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***Official 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs thread: Caps and Mystics to raise banners together in October. Congrats DC!!!!!!! (1 Viewer)

The_Man said:
Nice. I remember the Save the Caps telethon, with George Michael selling season tickets on Channel 4. 

During their inaugural season, the Caps posted a never-to-be-beaten road record of 0-39-1. I started going to games in 1982 - they still hadn't reached the playoffs by then, even though 16 of 21 teams qualified. First game I ever went to, I made my dad drive us through a snowstorm on the day of the Air Florida crash so we could see Gretzky. The place was empty and Dennis Maruk scored with 10 seconds left to force a 6-6 tie. 
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82 was the year they traded for Langway and Scott Stevens had his 1st season which led to them being a very respectable defensive team.To this day Stevens remains one of my favorite Caps ever.

Ovechkin,however,has brought a skill set this team has never had and along with it the fans started showing up to see him play night in and night out.Once he is gone or the team fades back into being below average I have no doubt the fans will stay away as well.That's just how this town is with sports teams.He has brought an excitement and buzz around the team like no other.

I really doubted the team from a defensive point of view this year and early on they clearly showed some really big holes but I have to give them credit in that they brought a few guys in and also had fringe players step up pretty big to make contributions.I'm pleased with how this team has played and how this season has went but being within 1 game of a SCF has me very hungry to get back and hoist that elusive Cup.Bolts will come at them will full force,I have zero doubts in that.I think the Caps can win, now they just have to go out and do it.

Hold on tight! :excited:

 
WTF AM I SUPPOSED TO DO TONIGHT? Baseball? Is that what we've been reduced to? Sigh.

Oh wait, it's Tuesday. I'll watch SmackDown.

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
saw a tweet that said this:

he's only been in Washington for 3 years. So, his 5 playoff winning goals have come in 43 games played (11.6%).

#1 on the list is Ovechkin, but he only has 7 in 115 games played (6.1%)

#2 is a 3-way tie between Backstrom with 6 in 110 games played (5.5%), Peter Bondra with 6 in 73 games played (8.2%), and Jason Chimera with 6 in 63 games played (9.5%)

Oshie is tied with the legendary Joe Juneau, who put up 5 in 44 games (11.4%) with the Capitals.
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Love me some Oshie. Side story - My kid and 5-6 of his buddies (bunch of 11yo's )went to wild-caps this year and got downstairs into the locker room area with their Cullen connections (the kids play summer hockey with cullens kid, Matt coaches the team).  Oshie being the nice MN kid he is came over and was super cool to all the kids and signed a bunch of stuff.  Awesome dude, only reason I'm pulling for the caps.

 
Contract sponsored by Bad Idea jeans.

Evander Kane and 7 year deal. Yikes.

@PierreVLeBrun: Deal isn't finalized quite yet, sources say, but all signs point towards a seven-year extension getting done for the pending UFA winger who has been a nice fit in San Jose. It will also mean that draft pick in the trade deadline deal becomes a first-rounder for Buffalo. https://twitter.com/sportsnetirf/status/999062077246324736

 
mozzy84 said:
Love me some Oshie. Side story - My kid and 5-6 of his buddies (bunch of 11yo's )went to wild-caps this year and got downstairs into the locker room area with their Cullen connections (the kids play summer hockey with cullens kid, Matt coaches the team).  Oshie being the nice MN kid he is came over and was super cool to all the kids and signed a bunch of stuff.  Awesome dude, only reason I'm pulling for the caps.
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Yep, Oshie is a really good guy.  I am almost numb to ex-Blues winning the Cup elsewhere at this point.  I hope the Caps win it just so Oshie gets to skate with the Cup. 

 
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Tough to know with Kane but I think he’s worth that term if the cap hit is ok. Pretty good group in San Jose and he’ll be 28 to 34yo. Still shocked the return wasn’t better for Buffalo but this definitely softens the blow a bit. 

 
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Feel like we're sitting on the O/U line for my satisfaction with the Caps season with 3 wins in the semis.

Win and the season is a raging success.

But beating the Pens and playing well three series in a row is a decent season -- it's already beyond a crap letdown like every other year.  A loss would make it just meh, not awful.

 
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Capella said:
So who wins tomorrow. Not feeling very good about it myself. 
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51/49 Tampa. That keeper is just so good right now. Caps need to play the games of their lives just to get one shot by. Then there's everything else that can happen. Caps are playing with such determination though. They have that "refuse to lose" thing going on. Which normally leads to losing on a fluke goal... 

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
Tough to know with Kane but I think he’s worth that term if the cap hit is ok. Pretty good group in San Jose and he’ll be 28 to 34yo. Still shocked the return wasn’t better for Buffalo but this definitely softens the blow a bit. 
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Chances are this contract is bad news for the Flyers. Even though he's a year older,  i think Wayne Simmonds' agent uses the E. Kane contract as a starting point.

Interesting to see if they try to deal him at draft with 1 year remaining on deal.

 
I feel sick to my stomach already. I expect that sensation to only intensify throughout the day.

Getting to the Finals would be so far beyond my wildest expectations for this team. As I've said before, I really thought either the '16 or '17 Caps were poised to win it and that the title was determined both years in the Penguins series. This year's team isn't nearly as good, so the post-season has been a sweet rarity - an over-performing Washington playoff team. But coming up short after being so close would still sting just as bad as any other Game 7 loss.

I really like what the players were saying yesterday about what they learned from the Game 7 loss last year to Pittsburgh. They came out flying in the first period, couldn't break through, and then were completely staggered when the Pens scored first. They're at least saying all the right stuff now about being prepared to handle the adversity that comes your way during a Game 7.

 
The_Man said:
I feel sick to my stomach already. I expect that sensation to only intensify throughout the day.
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I remember that feeling and the Red Sox back in 2003 and 2004. 

This may be the Caps' year; you just never know. I remember 2004 was so unbelievable, so wild. The Yankees looked scared in pre-game, Jeter shooing Sheffield and A-Rod away. Bucky Dent throwing out the first pitch. Every psych job in the book and the Sox just rolled with the better team. Ortiz picking up a coach's mistake with a bomb after Sveum got Damon thrown out at home with no out in the first. Talk about adversity being met with a level head. And then Damon's subsequent grand slam to make it 6-0 and a two-run bomb to answer a tack-on run. D. Lowe on two days rest for about seven. I could watch that on repeat forever. I wish you the same tonight, even though I'm a little bit pulling for Tampa, too, as I think they're just excellent.  If ever I could split loyalties as a neutral fan, tonight is it.  

Sports is serious at times, Smoo. There's no suprarationality in life; to have that outlet instead of passion seeping into sociopolitical forums is something the West has been great at. To sublimate our thymos to sports and business endeavors has suited the West well. May it keep being so. 

:cue patriotic music, tears:  

 
By the way, IMHO, The_Man is one of the most eloquent and temperamentally sane members of these boards. If he's nervous as a Caps fan, I sympathize.  

I love tuning in every year during playoff time to hear his musings and enjoy him in the college admissions thread. 

Peace, 

RA

 
Just a little reminder of how bad the Caps have been in game 7's.

15 games played total,4-11 record and only once have they scored more than 2 goals(0 times in Ovie era).

Link

[in my best John Walton voice]Time to exercise a few more demons tonight!

 
The_Man said:
I feel sick to my stomach already. I expect that sensation to only intensify throughout the day.

Getting to the Finals would be so far beyond my wildest expectations for this team. As I've said before, I really thought either the '16 or '17 Caps were poised to win it and that the title was determined both years in the Penguins series. This year's team isn't nearly as good, so the post-season has been a sweet rarity - an over-performing Washington playoff team. But coming up short after being so close would still sting just as bad as any other Game 7 loss.

I really like what the players were saying yesterday about what they learned from the Game 7 loss last year to Pittsburgh. They came out flying in the first period, couldn't break through, and then were completely staggered when the Pens scored first. They're at least saying all the right stuff now about being prepared to handle the adversity that comes your way during a Game 7.
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My advice to you is to drink heavily.

 
@DarrenDreger: As has been reported, expect Evander Kane’s 7 yr, $49 million dollar contract with the Sharks to get done as early as today.

 
Capella said:
Even if the Caps lose tomorrow I don’t think you can call it a choke (unless it’s something stupid like 6-0 and it won’t be). They have been amazing. 
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I totally agree here.  This wasn't the President's Trophy winning stacked Caps line-up of the last few years.  There were pre-season polls that didn't have this team making the playoffs.  Admittedly, I think that was a stretch in the other direction, but if somebody told us Caps fans at the beginning of the year we'd force a game 7 in the 3rd round, we'd probably be ecstatic.

 
Capella said:
Even if the Caps lose tomorrow I don’t think you can call it a choke (unless it’s something stupid like 6-0 and it won’t be). They have been amazing. 
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The Caps fell behind the Pens 5-0 before losing 6-2 in the last game of the 2009 EC QF. Just saying. 

 
Smoo said:
Ah yes, that feeling. I like to call it "taking sports way too bloody seriously".
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For sure but hockey is how I connected with my wife when we met in 2011 and the Bolts went to G7 of the ECF. She had never really seen the sport before and fell in love with it and it became our thing to do together. It’s the only sport she likes. I really really really want her to be able to celebrate a Cup one day. I’ve thought all season that this was the year. 

 
Capella said:
For sure but hockey is how I connected with my wife when we met in 2011 and the Bolts went to G7 of the ECF. She had never really seen the sport before and fell in love with it and it became our thing to do together. It’s the only sport she likes. I really really really want her to be able to celebrate a Cup one day. I’ve thought all season that this was the year. 
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That's funny ... my wife never had been to an NHL game before we started dating. Now she's the one I bring to games, because she truly does appreciate it and enjoy it.

As I mentioned earlier in this thread, she'll message me about stuff during games if I happen to be working and she's at home.

I'll be working tonight ... guarantee she'll be watching Game 7 instead of the Celtics.

 
Capella said:
For sure but hockey is how I connected with my wife when we met in 2011 and the Bolts went to G7 of the ECF. She had never really seen the sport before and fell in love with it and it became our thing to do together. It’s the only sport she likes. I really really really want her to be able to celebrate a Cup one day. I’ve thought all season that this was the year. 
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I was at that game.  Probably the best sporting event I have ever seen in person.  1-0 game with no penalties and the only goal wasn't scored until late in the 3rd.  Crazy electric.

 
I pretty much can't miss.  If Vegas wins the cup I probably win the Playoff pool, if the Bolts win tonight and win the cup, my favorite player of all time Yzerman gets a cup as GM, if the Caps win tonight and win the cup local team wins the cup and exercises some demons.  :thumbup:  

 
hagmania said:
'Save the Caps' banners 

Here I thought @Doctor Detroit was exaggerating.
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Don't understand this...it's a true story

In the early 1980s when Pollin owned the Caps and they hadn't had a winning record in their 10 or so years of existence and he was putting all his money and efforts into the Bullets.  Polin had lost like $20m or so on the Caps, which was a good bit to a cheapwad owner in the early 80s.  Pollin put out a series of demands about revenue, # of seats sold, etc that had to happen within 30 days.  If not he was going to move the team.  And the book on Pollin was he wasn't full of BS.  It was real.  This led to a "Save the Caps" campaign that ended up working mainly because the Washingotn Post bought almost all the tickets needed to reach the mark Pollin had set, and Pollin found a partner to leave him in charge but buy into the team.  I forget that guys name.  Patrico or something like that.  Later Pollin ended up making a trade for Rod Langway that essentially made the team interesting enough to draw crowds in DC.  But the whole time Pollin wanted to move the team.  He didn't think hockey in DC would work.  The area forced him to stay and he was bitter about it for years. 

 
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Always love me some Game 7s, more so when stakes are this high. And especially these two teams who are no strangers to the 7th game.

We will see if the Caps efforts to play a bruising style pays off tonight -- certainly helped them in G6 given the imbalance in hits (39-19) and the Caps ability to control the puck, all while staying out of the box. Refs seemed to pocket their whistles a little more on Monday, so bringing the hits may not work out as well.

Bolts will definitely have a different intensity level than they did in G6, and they need to as it seems to me they've been largely outplayed through this series save for Game 3. Keeping turnovers down and making the most out of any PP opportunity is key, as is scoring first on home ice to keep pressure on (and the fact that they are 8-1 when scoring first this posteason).

Both goalies coming in hot out of Game 6, Holtby wtih his shutout and Vasilevskiy being the sole shining star from his team.

No true dog in the fight so hoping for a great game throughout all 3 periods.

 
Capella said:
For sure but hockey is how I connected with my wife when we met in 2011 and the Bolts went to G7 of the ECF. She had never really seen the sport before and fell in love with it and it became our thing to do together. It’s the only sport she likes. I really really really want her to be able to celebrate a Cup one day. I’ve thought all season that this was the year. 
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'Ning: "Let's go out there and WIN THIS ONE FOR MRS. CAPPY!"

 
Brunell4MVP said:
Don't understand this...it's a true story

In the early 1980s when Pollin owned the Caps and they hadn't had a winning record in their 10 or so years of existence and he was putting all his money and efforts into the Bullets.  Polin had lost like $20m or so on the Caps, which was a good bit to a cheapwad owner in the early 80s.  Pollin put out a series of demands about revenue, # of seats sold, etc that had to happen within 30 days.  If not he was going to move the team.  And the book on Pollin was he wasn't full of BS.  It was real.  This led to a "Save the Caps" campaign that ended up working mainly because the Washingotn Post bought almost all the tickets needed to reach the mark Pollin had set, and Pollin found a partner to leave him in charge but buy into the team.  I forget that guys name.  Patrico or something like that.  Later Pollin ended up making a trade for Rod Langway that essentially made the team interesting enough to draw crowds in DC.  But the whole time Pollin wanted to move the team.  He didn't think hockey in DC would work.  The area forced him to stay and he was bitter about it for years. 
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Which makes the Caps fans chirping at Pens fans about them possibly moving to Kansas City way back when all the more ironic. 

 
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Tom Servo said:
Which makes the Caps fans chirping at Pens fans about possibly moving to Kansas City way back when all the more ironic. 
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Except the Caps had gone their first eight seasons without posting a winning record (or anything even close) when that happened. The Penguins were only three years removed from making the Eastern Conference finals when things tanked and Lemieux was looking to sell the team (just before the '04-05 lockout). A bit of a difference.

 
Dickie Dunn said:
Except the Caps had gone their first eight seasons without posting a winning record (or anything even close) when that happened. The Penguins were only three years removed from making the Eastern Conference finals when things tanked and Lemieux was looking to sell the team (just before the '04-05 lockout). A bit of a difference.
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Not in the twitterverse. :D

 
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