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The Capitals are very good. They've got a lot of the right storylines going... the smart move at the deadline to get Shattenkirk, the young guns coming into their own, Justin Williams doing his whole veteran thing, a goaltender who can steal games. A pretty great penalty kill. I am predicting at least one game lost principally to a dumb thing Brooks Orpik does. I can also see Tom Wilson murdering a guy, but that could be strategically useful.
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Sick and tired of these g-d bandwagon fans. How long has she followed the team? Three months? https://twitter.com/nbcwashington/status/852562899759489025
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Apr 13, 2017 18:14
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Caps fans: HOLY poo poo WE WON YESSSS Everybody else: You beat the Leafs... on home ice... in overtime... as the President's trophy winners. Different expectations.
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Apr 14, 2017 03:26
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Nobody is talking about it, but it got pretty ugly between Caps and Leafs fans at Verizon Center last night.
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Apr 14, 2017 14:05
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During the height of the Crosby-Ovechkin rivalry, I remember a game where Penguins fans lined up on the steps of the Portrait Gallery across from the Verizon Center and were lobbing beer bottles into the crowd. Mostly it's just fans from New York parachuting in and telling people they are bad at being fans for not cheering enough or at the right times or something stupid. I've seen this in Jersey, D.C. and Florida at hockey, football and baseball games.
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Apr 14, 2017 17:16
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Matt Zerella posted:How can you cheer at the wrong time when you have constant triple horn blasts reminding you? Zodijackylite posted:Sorry, I was Googling how many periods are in a hockey game. What'd I miss? Yaaay go team! Right on cue boys, thank you. Makes me feel like I'm back home in North Jersey. In other news, Backstrom the new Jagr? https://twitter.com/bmcnally14/status/852932071765020673
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Apr 14, 2017 18:12
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Pornographic Memory posted:yeah that's stupid as hell, they had it perfect the first night with all the games staggered so i could just have a non-stop orgy of playoff hockey from 6pm until well past midnight  Especially when the team I care about isn't playing, it's nice to bounce between games for commercials and intermissions.
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Apr 14, 2017 20:12
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Caps played pretty good, but lost. Sky blue, water wet.
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Apr 16, 2017 04:44
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Guentzel was sharp, but one goal was a lucky bounce to his stick and the GWG was all Crosby. But then I thought Murray was overhyped too so what do I know.
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Apr 17, 2017 03:35
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Brave prediction: whoever scores first in TOR-WAS tonight wins.
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Apr 17, 2017 13:30
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Mind_Taker posted:So apparently Alzner is maybe hurt and is a gametime decision. If Schmidt can't get into the lineup over a banged up Alzner then I will be really pissed. But, but... ironman! Mind_Taker posted:Also for fucks sake do not play the 4th line more than the 3rd line again. It's nice that Tom Wilson scored a goal but the 4th line has been dogshit while the third line has been pretty good. I'm so sick of Trotz preferring his grinders. I love Bura, but I'm less sure about Eller and Connolly. Eller can't win a faceoff for his life. I actually like the idea of switching Backstrom and Kuzy. Kuzy has looked dynamic but he hasn't been able to finish. Playing with Ovi might give him more space.
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Apr 17, 2017 16:57
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sportsgenius86 posted:Werenski is out the rest of the playoffs with a facial fracture As much as a cage is said to obscure one's vision, I imagine having your eye swollen shut would affect you more.
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Apr 17, 2017 17:30
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Mage_Boy posted:I feel like Caps/Leafs fans totally deserve each other in the playoffs. What happens when an unstoppable force of playoff failure meets an immovable object of franchise bungling? It's been an enjoyable series of posting so far, except for the occasional playoff poster floating in and repeating talking points from TSN or summat.
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Apr 17, 2017 18:40
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https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/status/854026864159076354 Presumably Toronto doesn't have two other sports and a Chris Brown concert going on like the Caps do, right? We'll actually have good ice tonight?
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Apr 17, 2017 19:24
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JoelJoel posted:Lol, all that oil in the water gonna kill some marine life. This one? https://twitter.com/TheFlintor/status/853740832175910912
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Apr 17, 2017 21:27
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Leafs in 5 and the Caps fold as a franchise.
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Apr 18, 2017 03:14
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People sure have opinions about lovely retired porn stars, huh?
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Apr 18, 2017 03:40
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Koopa Kid posted:Yeah most Caps fans aren't seriously concerned about losing this series, near as I can tell, they're concerned because they can barely handle a team that backed into the 8 seed and it doesn't bode well for them looking forward to other rounds. No, we can legit lose. Doesn't mean the Caps aren't the better team, but it's the playoffs and sometimes the better team loses. And then you just get to add another year to your stupid loving President's Trophy banner.
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Apr 18, 2017 21:08
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Levitate posted:Coaches get up their own rear end about how gritty you have to be in the playoffs it's loving stupid. Then they get up their rear end about how "we need energy and you fancy pants scorers just aren't bringing it let's run out Tom Wilson so he can Honestly a lot of it was that, like Slappy Pappy said, Toronto was hemming the Caps into their own zone with an aggressive forecheck. I love Ovi, but he is not a great transition player and hasn't been for a long time. Caps fans always get on their feet at Verizon Center when he rumbles through the neutral zone, but he can't do poo poo with the puck at the blue line and almost always coughs it up. If they were able to set up more in the offensive zone like they are capable of doing, they could get Ovi more ice time and pick Toronto's lovely defense apart. There's been spots in this series where it looks like a Caps PP when it's 5v5, but they haven't scored often enough to put the games away.
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Apr 18, 2017 21:59
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I honestly have no idea which version of the Washington Capitals hockey club will show up tonight.
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Apr 21, 2017 18:47
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The Dirty Burger posted:Norris finalists announced, hard to argue with any of these guys Those are all very good hockeymen. Preemptive congrats to Burns on his win.
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Apr 21, 2017 19:21
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:history aside, i really don't want the pens to face the caps in the 2nd round. the key to us beating the jackets was getting a 0.933 from MAF and Bob gifting us an 0.882. maybe we get lucky and MAF stays hot, or even luckier and murray comes back (please god), or even luckierier and Holtby stays at around 0.900, but i wouldn't count on any of these. and given how poorly we contained CBJ's offense, i'm not looking forward to seeing what kuzy, ovie, backstrom, oshie and playoff hero tom wilson can do to a letang-less D corps Depends, can the Pens execute the Leafs' strategy of a really aggressive forecheck combined with taking away the boards? Is Hagelin coming back for Round 2?
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Apr 21, 2017 19:31
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Mind_Taker posted:When/if Alzner is healthy again he should be replacing Orpik, not Schmidt. Hopefully Trotz is smart enough to realize this. You know full well that would never happen.
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Apr 21, 2017 21:26
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Slappy Pappy posted:Thank Jesus Ovi is made out of titanium. gently caress the Leafs are going to be a juggernaut in a couple of years. They are a good drat team. LAS is going to be a juggernaut of shitposting in a few years too. It was civil through Game 4. Not sure what happened?
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Apr 22, 2017 16:05
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I think it's only appropriate that in "their year," the Caps may have to go through the Penguins and then the Rangers in the way to a SCF. Exorcize those demons or be eaten by them, I guess.
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Apr 24, 2017 13:15
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I know the series is over, but gently caress Kadri https://twitter.com/NHLonNBCSports/status/856310482583470080 Ginette Reno posted:What'd you forget Eugene Melnyk exists? What did Oshie do? I thought his larger thing was just being charmingly emasculated by his wife?
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Apr 24, 2017 17:41
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Kilza posted:I feel like the most crushing option for the Caps would be for them to easily get past the Pens and Rangers, only to lose to the Predators with Filip Forsberg scoring the Cup Winning Goal. Just getting to the ECF would make this post-season a victory. Getting to the SCF and losing is beyond the pale.
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Apr 24, 2017 18:51
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:Overall, I agree with your assessment, except... I'm not so sure about the Caps' struggles being ironed out. Pretty amazing that they were all decided by 1-goal games, and all but one were decided in OT. I only got to see the end of most of their games, but it didn't seem like WSH started off the series slow and then hit their stride after a couple games. Seemed more like they were generally playing pretty well but unable to shut down the Leafs as much as everyone expected. The Caps did a pretty good job shutting down the Leafs offense. The Leafs were picking off goals on fast breaks, turnovers and shots from the point through traffic. All perfectly fine ways to score goals, but heavily dependent on luck. The Caps had all but certain odds of beating out that luck over 7 games, but they weren't scoring as well as they should have been given how depleted the Leafs' D was, hence all those one-goal games. The Pens are also limping a bit on D, but obviously their offense is more dangerous. The Caps are going to need more of those 5 goal games if they want to have any hope of winning. Kuznetsov and Burakovsky in particular really need to step up.
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West coast games do sometimes conspire to make me think I have died. That Blackhawks-Kings 3OT in the WCF a few years ago literally felt like a half-waking purgatory.
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Apr 25, 2017 12:38
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Verizon Center ice is going to be SUPER https://twitter.com/ChuckBell4/status/856889018054836224
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Apr 25, 2017 16:33
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CBJSprague24 posted:Hey, I still have a Metrocard that's probably got some money left over on it from the last time I was in DC. Will that grant me admission to the Caps Stanley Cup train? Much like the Metro, the Caps playoff hypetrain is prone to fires. They'll tell you not to get off if you see smoke, but you really probably should.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:24
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:pierre is such a caricature, he definitely makes broadcasts more entertaining even if he isn't all that insightful I love Doc (Emmy-award winner!) but I grew up in Jersey, so I am inherently biased. Nobody waffleboards things like he does.
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:Letang is better than Subban Yeah, no...
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Apr 27, 2017 12:59
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https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/status/857613112043765760 I know CAS doesn't like him, but I wouldn't have minded Alzner back so we could dress 7D.
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I wanted so badly to use this as a victory.gif https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/857775110203334656 Alas.
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Gunjin posted:Not happy with the start of the second period or the final score last night, but if the Caps can keep at it like they did after the second Pens goal I think they still have a good shot at this. That's if they don't succumb to the pressure and misery of their present situation. The whole series could be an extended version of this play and they still might lose. https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/857780976180748288
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Apr 28, 2017 12:32
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PK is the best thing in the West rn
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Apr 30, 2017 04:20
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VJeff posted:Hey, so, gently caress hockey, imo. idk I have fun in the regular season
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VJeff posted:The regular season loving sucked for me this year because as a Red Wings fan, IT WAS poo poo!!!!!!! and I've been a Caps fan long enough where any regular season fun is severely tempered by the spectre of basically exactly what's happening right now. It's about the journey, my man, not the destination. (Also, ignore the last leg of the journey.)
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