tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838666590787905449.post2569951296059297985..comments2023-09-28T01:37:31.398-07:00Comments on imbroglioh: Esthetics don't equal successimbrogliohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995178943546248170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838666590787905449.post-31939959678880362492009-05-14T14:37:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:37:00.000-07:00funky cold jurcina is my new favorite nickname. i...funky cold jurcina is my new favorite nickname. i like the player too, big body, huge shot he doesnt look to use enough. he played well in the series. i just realized how much i miss jan hridna though. funky cold hrdina is as different a player from funky cold jurcina as possible, but both pretty effective. hrdina was playing in sweden last i heard, though i think he's moved on from there. im surprised jagr didnt force hrdina to follow him to omsk.<br /><br />i thought letang was bad early in the series (terrible decisions and execution on the pp) but got much better late. he is going to be a player, for sure.imbrogliohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995178943546248170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838666590787905449.post-78273726922624977222009-05-14T14:06:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:06:00.000-07:00no shout out to (funky cold 2) jurcina? him and l...no shout out to (funky cold 2) jurcina? him and letang were my favorite new players coming out of the series. the first few times his name called i heard it as hrdina, but the visual was always someone getting rubbed out around the blue line.odohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185117268356252796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838666590787905449.post-83453312391670591942009-05-14T11:39:00.000-07:002009-05-14T11:39:00.000-07:00i think there is a bit of a diff style the caps ne...i think there is a bit of a diff style the caps needs to play to have success in the playoffs. no "hope" plays, no trying to spring the forwards for a long bomb every time (ov and semin are terrible culprits), no 2 min pp shifts every time for everyone, and no more refusal to park yourself in front of the net and try to create havoc. the caps didnt lose bc they didnt try or were outworked. i think people that think that are idiots. they lost bc they play a style of hockey that is, while exceedingly fun to watch, harder to have success with against a very good team in a very competitive environment (and when basically everyone is playing injured).<br /><br />the good news is that they should be better next year. varly will be much better than their goaltending was this year. ov wont be worse. semin will be a li'l better. same with backstrom (tho how much better can he get? what a player). laich, steckel, gordo, flash should all be better. green will be great, he'll get better at clearing the front of the net. alzner will help the blue line. poti will be good. pothier should be good. they still need to get more physical on the back end (something I have been calling for for years and something which does not appear to be coming). most importantly, they just cant try to be so cute and they need to change their identity a bit. a little less rope to the skill guys, they need to be reigned in.imbrogliohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995178943546248170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838666590787905449.post-34334592033574751582009-05-14T11:29:00.000-07:002009-05-14T11:29:00.000-07:00you're very right - kind of sad. i wonder if it'l...you're very right - kind of sad. i wonder if it'll be like what they always say in the nba - that there's a "playoff" style of play that the caps under boudreau don't have and may never have.<br /><br />to come out so flat in a game 7 isn't as alarming as that they basically came out flat in every game.juliusnoreply@blogger.com