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Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
Huh???
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Date: April 19, 2015 05:49PM
No tradition. And this is what you get. 40 years, no Cups and more heartbreaking losses than any other NHL from '74 to the present.
Ovie is going to go down as the greatest player to never win a Stanley Cup. With apologies to Marcel Dionne...
Teams like DET come to play every night. Win or lose, you always see the best game they are capable of playing. If you beat the Red Wings, you've earned it. Why? Because tradition...they gots it!
A team needs a coach and players who have won Cups to show them how to win a Cup. Trotz is a fundamentally sound NHL level coach. At the same time...there's a reason he spent 15 years in Nashville, never won a Cup and was never hired to coach an elite team.
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
Huh???
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Date: April 20, 2015 02:25PM
Poor Ovie Wrote:
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> I actually feel bad for Ovie. He's way too good
> for this organization. He deserves to get a
> Stanley Cup and it sure as hell won't be with the
> Caps.
Nobody "deserves" to get a Stanley Cup but, all players in the NHL have an equal chance at the start of each season to compete for one.
But, if you insist on having a "this guy deserves a Cup" conversation? Ovechkin, while an elite player and a future HOF'r...is WELL down the list of players who "deserve" or "deserved" a Stanley Cup.
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
Huh???
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Date: April 24, 2015 04:12PM
Wow, yeah...gee, you guys sure showed me! Damn...what EVER will I do now? Oh, I know...I almost forgot...
You guys do realize that winning one must-win NHL playoff game does NOT erase 40 years of heartbreaking losses and eliminations, right? NHL history extends WELL BEYOND the year you were born...
I'm sure this surprises you but...I'm a Caps fan, too. NYI in 7. There's zippy chance they're going to close Nassau Coliseum with a loss to WSH tomorrow afternoon. They've won 4 Cups on that ice. Then when they force a game 7, it'll be just like the loss to PIT in 2009 when they forced a game 7 back at Verizon and then shit the bed by the end of the 2nd period.
And for the record, I've been real critical of Tom Wilson and I STILL think he's an undisciplined hockey player whose reputation precedes him into every game. There's no way he could know that taking those 2 back to back minors in game 4 would go uncoverted by NYI but...having said that, Tom Wilson's play in game 4 might end up being the turning point in this series.
It's also rich to hear the NYI talk about the Caps dirty play...So, you guys can knock out Fehr but, we're just supposed to take that lying down?
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
Section400
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Date: April 25, 2015 12:29AM
capfan Wrote:
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> We Are Louder Wrote:
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> > Suck it OP. Caps up 3 games to 2.
> >
> > Loser
>
> it ain't over you dumbass they gotta win one more
> lol.
What're you talking about?!?!? The Caps have a perfect record when it comes to closing out a series once they get to 3 wins...wait...
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
Huh???
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Date: April 25, 2015 07:27PM
Kilton Wrote:
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> LOL, here comes game-7!
>
> The Caps have done so well in game-7s lately. Lots
> of reasons for optimism!!
Unbelievable eh, Kilty old boy? How the FUCK does a team win game 5 by 4 goals and enter game 6 facing a team who are starting 2 young defensemen making their playoff debuts...and lose?
I don't want to hear anything more about how "epic" and "legendary" Alex Ovechkin is...To win hockey games and ultimately win Stanley Cups you have to be a well rounded player. Alex has blinding speed, a quick release on his wrister and...that's...about...it. For a guy of his talents, he has absolutely ZERO hockey sense and situational awareness. Why do I say this?
He was more concerned about putting a hit on Tavares than he was being in the high slot defensively to protect against a score on the GWG. Today they were outplayed, outcoached and outclassed...and it's a crying shame. Holtby has played well enough to win this series and they are once again squandering goaltending. He is going to have to be perfect Monday night and throw a shutout.
Trotz and Leonsis can talk about ignoring the history of this team all they want...about how there are players here now who weren't here when they suffered their recent defeats. Trotz said it in the post-game today, "I wasn't here then...it means nothing to me."
You know who the Caps' playoff record matters to? EVERY OTHER TEAM in the NHL! Nobody fears the Caps. Nobody. Not now, not ever. Every team in this league knows that even if they are down 3-0 to Washington, there's ALWAYS a chance. ALWAYS.
Huh??? Wrote:
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> How the FUCK does
> a team win game 5 by 4 goals and enter game 6
> facing a team who are starting 2 young defensemen
> making their playoff debuts...and lose?
There's only one possible explanation: The DC-area Sports Curse.
> You know who the Caps' playoff record matters to?
> EVERY OTHER TEAM in the NHL! Nobody fears the Caps.
> Nobody. Not now, not ever
True that!
Do you think fans will be ROCKING THE RED tomorrow? I sure hope so! It's done the Caps a lot of good in their last couple home game-7s. :-)
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
Huh???
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Date: April 26, 2015 02:59PM
Kilton Wrote:
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> Huh??? Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > How the FUCK does
> > a team win game 5 by 4 goals and enter game 6
> > facing a team who are starting 2 young
> defensemen
> > making their playoff debuts...and lose?
>
> There's only one possible explanation: The
> DC-area Sports Curse.
>
> > You know who the Caps' playoff record matters
> to?
> > EVERY OTHER TEAM in the NHL! Nobody fears the
> Caps.
> > Nobody. Not now, not ever
>
> True that!
>
> Do you think fans will be ROCKING THE RED
> tomorrow? I sure hope so! It's done the Caps a lot
> of good in their last couple home game-7s. :-)
Well fortunately Halak is soft in elimination games, right?. Let's look at his game 7 statistics...6-1 with a .956 save percentage in elimination games. So, basically Holtby will HAVE to be perfect and have a shutout...Islanders in 7.
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
Intrade
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Date: April 28, 2015 10:46AM
Huh??? Wrote:
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> No tradition. And this is what you get. 40 years,
> no Cups and more heartbreaking losses than any
> other NHL from '74 to the present.
>
> Ovie is going to go down as the greatest player to
> never win a Stanley Cup. With apologies to Marcel
> Dionne...
>
> Teams like DET come to play every night. Win or
> lose, you always see the best game they are
> capable of playing. If you beat the Red Wings,
> you've earned it. Why? Because tradition...they
> gots it!
>
> A team needs a coach and players who have won Cups
> to show them how to win a Cup. Trotz is a
> fundamentally sound NHL level coach. At the same
> time...there's a reason he spent 15 years in
> Nashville, never won a Cup and was never hired to
> coach an elite team.
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
We Are Louder
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Date: April 28, 2015 11:42AM
capfan Wrote:
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> We Are Louder Wrote:
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> > Suck it OP. Caps up 3 games to 2.
> >
> > Loser
>
> it ain't over you dumbass they gotta win one more
> lol.
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
rocktheread
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Date: May 01, 2015 01:50PM
We Are Louder Wrote:
> Looks like the Caps won. Who's the dumbass now?
I am excited they won, and will continue to root for them...though I won't puff out my chest, yell, and insult people about it. They could get annihilated tomorrow night, I hope not, but you never know.
LKdxt Wrote:
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> Around here or in every major city that has any
> sports team? Go fuck yourself.
More here than anywhere else I've encountered. Not that it isn't cute that you dopes fantasize that you're part of these teams. :-)
> Let me guess, you can't stand the way people drive
> "around here"?
Maryland drivers are the worst in the country. Is that what you're referring to, slappy?
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
Huh???
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Date: May 01, 2015 07:15PM
Bury Trotts Wrote:
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> Ummmm. We just beat the Rangers. Who shit the
> bed???
Nope, the Caps didn't "beat" the Rangers. They haven't won 4 games in this series yet. All they've done is won ONE GAME against the Rangers...and since the goal is winning the Cup and nothing else matters? The Caps have won nothing. Rangers in 5.
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
Weinerman
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Date: May 01, 2015 11:57PM
I don't know, I started out the playoffs feeling pessimistic but the Caps are playing well so far. I think they have a chance to win this series but Holtby ha to be on his game, and so far he has.
Re: Caps shit the bed...again. NYI leads, 2 games to 1.
Posted by:
amen!
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Date: May 07, 2015 11:07AM
Kilton Wrote:
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> LKdxt Wrote:
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> > Around here or in every major city that has any
> > sports team? Go fuck yourself.
>
> More here than anywhere else I've encountered. Not
> that it isn't cute that you dopes fantasize that
> you're part of these teams. :-)
+1
The only thing dopier are those nimrod simpletons that prattle on about "curses" and such.