Carbery, [the rookie coach](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/12/spencer-carbery-coaching-history-washington-capitals/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4) who made significant changes to his system early in the season when it became clear this version of the Capitals was going to struggle mightily to score, has offered honest evaluations of his team this year. And as Washington faces elimination in Game 4 on Sunday night at Capital One Arena, Carbery is keenly aware the Capitals’ season-long issues have been at the center of their difficulties in this series.
“It’s not a lack of effort. Guys are trying. It’s just, we’re very, very limited offensively with what we can do with the puck,” Carbery said Friday night. “In these situations where we get down in a game — we get out to a good start. We need to keep them at one or two [goals]. That’s what it’s been all year. … We’re limited offensively, and you can see it in these moments. Power play and just the ability to — we need to just make those final one, two, three [plays], and it’s been a struggle all year. It’s no different right now.”
Carbs said the team is slow. We used to be able to blame that on age but the infused youth, that’s not a viable excuse anymore. The young guys look just as slow as the old guys.
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Spencer Carbery’s postgame news conference after his [Washington Capitals lost Game 3](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04/26/rangers-capitals-stanley-cup-playoffs-game-3/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2&itid=lk_inline_manual_2) of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series lasted all of six minutes. In that span, he used four variations of the word struggle, called his team “very, very limited offensively” and pointed out that Washington’s “lack of foot speed” was exposed on the shorthanded goal that stood up as the [game-winner.](http://game-winner.in/)
Carbery, [the rookie coach](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/12/spencer-carbery-coaching-history-washington-capitals/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4) who made significant changes to his system early in the season when it became clear this version of the Capitals was going to struggle mightily to score, has offered honest evaluations of his team this year. And as Washington faces elimination in Game 4 on Sunday night at Capital One Arena, Carbery is keenly aware the Capitals’ season-long issues have been at the center of their difficulties in this series.
“It’s not a lack of effort. Guys are trying. It’s just, we’re very, very limited offensively with what we can do with the puck,” Carbery said Friday night. “In these situations where we get down in a game — we get out to a good start. We need to keep them at one or two [goals]. That’s what it’s been all year. … We’re limited offensively, and you can see it in these moments. Power play and just the ability to — we need to just make those final one, two, three [plays], and it’s been a struggle all year. It’s no different right now.”
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Looks like we are gonna be fuckin suck this year
Carbs said the team is slow. We used to be able to blame that on age but the infused youth, that’s not a viable excuse anymore. The young guys look just as slow as the old guys.
I wonder gmbm will get his coach what he wants.