For All You Caps Fans

[grotty]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   

Originally posted by i'm her slave:
 
 My dream series: Pens vs Caps. Like I said very early: it's showcase hockey: up & down the ice - olympic-esque. If only the Caps would do their part...

i had a friend that was a huge caps fan and he was convinced that the pens purposefully tried to play the caps in the first round of the playoffs, and would win or lose where appropriate to match up against the caps. [/b]

I think that may have had some truth in a specific year - but it's probably more of a jab considering how the Pens have tormented the Caps with not only series victories but epic comebacks.

[slappy]

Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:
   

Originally posted by i'm her slave:
  Best stategy in the East?: drop to #6.
 

I've seen Carolina live twice this year. They're out in 5 games, tops, against any other playoff team. If the Caps could get the division, I'd give them a little better chance, but only because Huet or Ovechkin can take over the occasional game.
 
 Canadians/Bruins would be an embarrassment too. Pens/Sens would be a dream 4/5 series. [/b]

The whole East needs a miracle to not be an embarrassment. Wings, Stars, and Sharks have more points than the current East leading Devils.
 If the Wings stay healthy its theirs to lose. I don't think the Ducks can repeat. But I love watching Teemu.
 
 Someone needs to take the Devils out quickly so boring to watch.
 
 Caps miracle would be making the last spot and playing the Sens.

[grotty]

Originally posted by slappy:
  The whole East needs a miracle to not be an embarrassment. Wings, Stars, and Sharks have more points than the current East leading Devils.
 

That would only be relevant if they had all played the same teams the same # of times.
 
 Just sayin...

[godsshoeshine]

the best hockey game i ever saw in person was that pens/caps game in pittsburgh where juri slegr put one in from the top of the circle in overtime. we were 8 rows from the glass, right behind that net

[ggw]

Originally posted by i'm her slave:
  reason #1,098 why Crosby is better than Ovechkin.
 
 Sid is like James Bond.
 
 
 Alex is...
 
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Looks like the Anaheim Ducks have some fugly players as well:
 
  <img src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p7o9R6Nw3-cFWztxNFjXsVEfR6qVIMaXyCcNuf9h3BY_kVlQ9yjMSHi6TuMIwEErw" alt=" - " />

[Frank Gallagher]

You know what sucks about hockey...or American sports in general? It's the same teams in the same division year in year out. Why can't they have divisions where you get promoted and demoted? And I don't buy the 'our country is too big' argument, you could promote and relegate within the eastern and western conferences.
 
 If the two best teams in the country are in the same conference...there's no way the two best teams in the country will have a chance to play in the final playoff series.
 
 Make sense???

[godsshoeshine]

because the owners pay hundreds of millions of dollars to start franchises, where as prem teams started as clubs
 
 arent there rumors that the prem will end relegation in the next 5 years. hope not

[slappy]

Originally posted by i'm her slave:
   

Originally posted by slappy:
  The whole East needs a miracle to not be an embarrassment. Wings, Stars, and Sharks have more points than the current East leading Devils.
 

That would only be relevant if they had all played the same teams the same # of times.
 
 Just sayin... [/b]

Oh, it's relevant when you look just a little deeper.
 
 Playoff(ish) West teams record vs. East
 Ducks 6-1
 Stars 0-1
 Wings 2-1-1
 Sharks 5-3
 Flames 2-0-1
 Nucks 3-1-1
 Wild 3-2-1
 Col 4-1
 
 25-10-5
 
 just sayin...

[vansmack]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Looks like the Anaheim Ducks have some fugly players as well:
 

We can all look like the Tennis God...
 
  <img src="http://www.fuzzysignal.com/tennis/fashion/john-mcenroe.jpg" alt=" - " />

[Tom Cashel]

A couple years ago, when the Caps lost the first round to the Canes, I was able to get a playoff ticket to MCI Center on the day of the game.
 
 That's right: face-value, from the ticket booth, on the day of a playoff game. Sad, really.
 
 Last time I went to Verizon Center, to see the Caps (unfortunately) beat the Rangers, I got no end of abuse as I was walking out. Some brilliant hockey mind shouted at me that the Rangers suck, to which I replied, "See you in the playoffs...OOOPS! Sorry! Guess not!"
 
 It's always nice when predictions come to pass. Go Rangers! Caps are folding like a paper bag.  

[grotty]

Originally posted by Tom Cashel:
 
 And to whoever said thay'd rather have a high draft pick than a "one and done" playoff run...that's sad too. You need a new team if your Caps have conditioned you to think that way.      

Slappy's new motto:
 Doin' Whatever It Takes To Avoid Having Any Caps Bandwagon Fans (even if it means eternal suckitude.)
 
 ok - so it's a little long for a slogan.
 
 Hey slappy - you seem to know a little about hockey (note emphasis). Got a question for you.
 
 I know Backstrom is in the running for rookie of the year. Every point helps. Does he get credit for the own goal?
 
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[grotty]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  the best hockey game i ever saw in person was that pens/caps game in pittsburgh where juri slegr put one in from the top of the circle in overtime. we were 8 rows from the glass, right behind that net

Definitely NOT my best game attended:
 
 I was @ that Pens v. Flyers game that went to 5 OTs.
 
 Never seen anything like. I still shudder when the zamboni comes out. Only thing you could get @ 2:00 a.m. was twizzlers.
 
 I left the game - went home - showered - & left for a 7:00 am meeting.
 
 My signif other still hasn't been back to a game. It ruined her.
 
 And it killed the Pens in that series...

[godsshoeshine]

i thought you were going to say the 4 ot game that the pens won in 96 (against the caps). that nearly ruined a final in college for me

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  didn't the penguins lose that one?

Keith Primeau (an ex-Wing) won it for the Flyers, if I remember correctly. Pens were up 2-0 in the series, that goal tied it at 2-2, Flyers won in 6.

[grotty]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  i thought you were going to say the 4 ot game that the pens won in 96 (against the caps). that nearly ruined a final in college for me

Was that @ home game for the Caps? Can't remember - but do know I watched it in Rockville MD.
 
 Those games are so strange - if your team wins: elation. Lose & it's devastation.
 
 *************************
 
 My best Pens v. Caps game. Featuring our beloved Gonchar contributing to an OT series winner:
 
 Straka OT
 winner ices Caps
 CBC Sports
 Sitting on the Penguins' bench in overtime, Martin Straka decided to take a page from the Babe Ruth playbook.
 "Marty made the call on the bench before we went out there," said linemate Alexei Kovalev. "He said, `We're going to get one."'
 
 Moments later Straka stole the puck from Washington defenceman Sergei Gonchar and made no mistake on a breakaway as the Pens eliminated the Capitals from Stanley Cup contention with a 4-3 win at Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena on Monday.
 
   <img src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/topstory/lemieux0423.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 It was Straka's first goal of the series.
 
 With the win, the Penguins take the series 4-2 and advance to an Eastern Conference semifinal date with the Buffalo Sabres.
 
 Kovalev, Mario Lemieux and Robert Lang also scored for Pittsburgh. Brendan Witt, Jeff Halpern and Calle Johansson replied for the Capitals.
 
 Rookie goalie Johan Hedberg was solid again between the Pittsburgh pipes. The former Manitoba Moose (IHL) netminder turned aside 28 shots for the win.
 
 Olaf Kolzig made 31 stops in a losing cause.
 
 The Pittsburgh Penguins continue to have the Washington Capitals' number come playoff time. It's the sixth time the Pens have disposed of the Caps in seven post-season meetings.
 
 The Capitals' undoing was a lack of scoring punch. Washington managed just two even-strength goals in regulation, both in Game 6. Adam Oates, who tied Jaromir Jagr for the regular season assists lead, didn't record a point in the series.