GAME ON! Caps @ Bruins 10-1-2009 Post-Mortem

Well, it's a start... Onto the Battle Damage Assessment...THE GOOD:Speaking for ourselves and ourselves alone, we're certainly glad we spending $2.8 a season for the next two seasons to get Mike Knuble to stand in front of the net and bang in rebounds on the Power Play like Brooks "and Dunn" Laich ($2.1 million this season) did twice tonight.The Penalty Killing tonight was good, going 5 for 5 and allowing only one shot on goal while down a man and getting five shots on goal against themselves. We hope they keep this up.And speaking of shots on goal, after going up 4-0 in the third period, the Caps clamped down and only allowed Boston 3 shots on goal for the third period.THE BAD:Tom Poti with some ill advised and timed pinches at the blue line. We counted three in the first half of the game alone that allowed Boston to generate scoring chances. We thought he was being counted on to lead this defense?While the A.O., Nicklas Backstrom, and Alexander "Slappy&...