Is it time to worry about the offense?
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2017
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In the midst of their three-game losing streak, the Caps' offense went dry. JJ Regan and Tarik El-Bashir talk about whether it is time to worry about the offense or if this is just a blip on the radar. Plus, they open up the mailbag and respond to questions about a possible trade involving a certain Buffalo Sabres forward.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Joe Beninati. |
| 0:12.3 | You're listening to NBC Sports Washington's Capitals Face Off podcast. |
| 0:17.1 | Here's your host, J.J. Regan. |
| 0:19.6 | Hey, everybody, and welcome in to another edition of NBC Sports Washington's Capitals Faceop podcast. I am, of course, your host, the Capitals correspondent, J.J. Regan. With me today, he's the Capitals Insider. He's the Crampus to my Santa Claus. He's Targall Walsh. Tark? Who is Crampus? You never heard of Crampus? I believe I've heard the name, but I'm unaware of his... Crampus is like the evil... So, good kids get presents from Santa Claus. Bad kids get visited by Crampus. Last week I was The Grinch yes and today i'm crampus yes i'm a bit |
| 0:56.4 | of a jerk in real life so yeah i'm okay so it fits yeah this is why i do this crampus like what |
| 1:01.3 | do you look like do um i think he's got goat legs i think he looks like santa but we're like |
| 1:07.2 | with goat legs i don't know the specifics. All I know is, |
| 1:26.7 | I saw some weird movie about Crampus a few years ago. Goat legs. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I, I have Googled it. He does have goat legs. He's goat legs, yeah. Yeah. Okay. There's a little resemblance. I've been told I have chicken legs. There you go. Anyway We're off the rails already |
| 1:29.1 | We are going to talk some hockey today been told I have chicken legs. There you go. Anyway, |
| 1:29.1 | off the rails already. We are going to talk some hockey today. |
| 1:31.6 | What we're going to talk about, we're going to talk about the Capitol's recent offensive |
| 1:34.7 | woes, and whether those are a cause for concern, and we will open up the mailbag and |
| 1:39.1 | talk about how Tark and I made a horrible, horrible mistake last week. |
| 1:47.0 | But first, let's open up with the offense. Before a miraculous comeback win against the Boston Bruins, the caps had lost three games in a row as the |
| 1:52.1 | offense suddenly went dry. The caps went 177 minutes and 32 seconds between goals during the slump, |
| 1:59.6 | which included seven straight periods and two overtimes of hockey. |
| 2:03.7 | He was just four minutes shy of the longest drought in team history. |
| 2:07.8 | Tark, an NHL season is full of ups and downs. |
| 2:10.4 | Was this just a blip on the radar, or is the offense suddenly a real cause for concern? |
| 2:15.6 | I look at the big picture here, and I don't think it's a real cause for concern? I look at the big picture here, and I don't think it's a real cause for concern. |
| 2:22.0 | I will tell you this, however, I think that this team needs to figure out that, and we've been |
| 2:33.8 | talking about this almost throughout the entire Alex |
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