People are on the right track, they just don't know WHY they are mad about it. One part is that they spent so much time on the penalty kill in the 3rd that cut into his time, but the other big problem was that Trotz was trying to cherry pick his line changes too perfectly and was running his 3rd and 4th out there too much. He was so worried about keeping the Leafs from scoring that he wasn't playing offense anymore. It's the equivalent of when a football team is up by 2 with 6 min left. They go into a prevent defense instead of trying to keep the ball and keep the other team off the field when they have it.
Interesting heard an interview on 980 last week a guy who was on the Pens coaching staff when they came back and beat the Caps down 3-1. Now that team had talent. But he basically said they figured out that the coach would pull Cicarelli when certain defenders and lines were out there and they knew they won the series after they started dictating the lineups to the Caps in that series and that the Pens were controlling the line changes of the Caps. Obviously a very long time ago and not overly relevant today.
What I thought was interesting was the interview was by Alan May who hammered Trotz for the playing time after the game. May said "Babcock controlled the line changes". Maybe Trotz should have listened to that interview (of some random Pens bench coach that I can't even remember).
The other good tidbit from the interview was from the coach in a series they played against Boston. Apparently they were down 2-0 and in the locker room all the local guys got up after the game, said they were embarassed by their play and they were embarassing themselves in their own home town and committed to stepping up the next day. I wonder if the Caps have anyone stepping up and leading from the team now?
