This weekend was again frustrating for me as a sports fan. I watched my boys lay and egg in Denver with yet another horrible performance for a team that should be much higher in the standings. The Capitals continue to be the most frustrating team in the NHL, the continue to give up early soft goals and lack the ability to score with the amount of talent they have. The power play is nonexistent and the star players are far from star status. The power play has been brutal all season especially on the road, at 6 for 53 on the season and watching there play with a man up, I would almost rather watch them 5 on 5, problem there is they can't score even strength either. Sure the Capitals are the only team in the NHL that has not been shut out this season, that goes for something, but when you continually lose games 2-1, someone has to ask the question, where is the Offense.
Alex Ovechkin's play as of late has been better, we see that spark he used to have, but i still feel he does to much, Alex Semin is horrible, and the secondary scoring has all but stopped. goal tending is suspect, you could blame it on the D, but a soft goal is a soft goal. You almost see a sense of panic in there play when the opposing team gets a goal, from there its just a matter of time before they get yet another loss. All is not lost, its a long season, but dale hunter has his work cut out for him, I'm not sure what he can do to spark the stars, its not like writers block, these guys are proven athletes who are playing like collage kids. he needs to instill that will to win back into a team that has dominated the last few years. Right now though they will be lucky if they win enough to make the playoffs, unless I see some changes, this will be the most disappointing season yet and if that happens you can bet, there will be a cleaning of house so to speak.
This week features games against Nashville and new jersey, Nashville is very stingy and its not going to get any easier on the already struggling offense, and no matter how good or bad the devils are, the capitals seem to struggle against them on a regular basis. A win Tuesday followed by a win Thursday could be a good spark going into Christmas weekend, but same day travel against buffalo will be another challenge. this is a big week for the capitals, if they can stick to there system and generate some O, six points would be a good start to turning around there season.
Now on to Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the Baltimore ravens, what can you say, it was a strange week in the NFL, I'm pretty sure no one figured GB would fall to KC, or that INDY would actually win a game, or the Jesus would leave Tim Tebow to figure it out for himself for once. BUT I'm pretty sure everyone else saw the Sunday night game coming, I for one picked the chargers to win and I'm a ravens fan. This team has just been brutal on the road, and unless PITT loses Monday night, it will be another year of road games for the ravens. You never know what team will show up week to week, and last night Phillip Rivers showed everyone how easy it is to beat the ravens. Its a shame really that the Defense couldn't stop rivers because it looked as if ray rice was going to have a big night, but once your down by 20 points you have to abandon your game plan and try to generate some points
Joe Flacco was horrible, one in particular play sticks out to me, the interception to spikes, clearly Joe never saw him, but how could he not, he was standing all alone in the middle of the Field, all to many times this season this has been how his picks have come, with direct passes to the defenders, its gets frustrating. but alas I have to give the guy credit, 4 years in the league and 4 playoff appearances. suspect he may be at least he is consistent, which is more then you can say for some QB's around the league.
For sure I'm a 49ers fan tonight, would be huge if they could pull out a win over Pittsburgh and put us back on top the division, but the Steelers are tough and they know its a huge game, they will show up to play I'm sure. Overall though it was a pretty good weekend of sports, save for my teams never letting me down with sub par performances.
next stop..the Baltimore orioles......yeah not much news here, as the writer for ESPN said in article this week about prince fielder, " the Baltimore Orioles can keep dreaming". at least when they continue to lose this year it wont come as such a shock....i guess you could say its business as usual.
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