Really? I'll have to try that! Thanks!
Good morning everyone! Playoffs are actually happening in our fair city, tonight. Feels good, right?
I'm assuming this question comes from Montreal, aka "up there"? Yes, quite a lot of interest down here, actually. Give us your series prediction, why don't you?
And because this is Washington, our next question reverts to the Skins. Well, this is what separates us form the Canadians.
Detroit's No. 2 is a possibility. It wouldn't be a bad deal for either team but perhaps the Lions want a player with a little less baggage.
The Titans have the No. 16 in the first round and then don't have another pick until No. 77. So there's not a lot of fodder there. Doesn't mean it won't happen.
I don't think all the lower seeds won. Detroit lost to Phoenix and they're the 5 seed, right? Trying to remember off the top of my head. That's the lower seed I'd like to see in an upset, the Wings.
How about Sens over Pens? Or is it more important to beat the Pens again in the playoffs? Discuss.
Yes.
(Thanks for the laugh, although it's the GREY Cup, because it's Canada, and they spell funny.)
I have been a Caps fan since the late '70s and I can not remember being this excited for the start of any playoffs...in actually any sport (maybe the Redskins in early '90s would come close!) What is the one thing the Caps need to be very careful of to ensure they make a nice, long run in playoffs and hopefully bring Lord Stanley's Cup to DC?
Alex Ovechkin's health springs immediately to mind.
I think goaltending will be important in particular for the Caps. Boudreau has been pretty good at playing the right goalie at the right time and he'll have to keep that up. I don't think one goalie will start every game for the Caps, and that's somewhat against conventional wisdom.
Ouch! But yes....
Agree about fewer calls favoring the Caps. It seems officials call fewer penalities in all sports in the postseason; I wonder if someone has done a definitive study on that.
I am also intrigued as to why the game changes so much in the postseason in hockey. The NBA game doesn't change in the playoffs; the only difference is that more people watch it. I'm no hockey expert but I'm interested in this. Tarik's story in the Post today deals with that question.
That is a very Zen attitude to have; good for you. I felt the same way when Kansas had to play Carolina in '08.
Oh, Toronto. The first Canadian city I ever visited. No, wait, that was Windsor. I'm sorry for your Leafs but must admit I've seen enough of the giant maple leaf on the jersey for this year, thanks to the Olympics.
Caps in five. There is our first prediction, from Toronto, no less. Caps fans, what say you?
I am not in Montreal and haven't been able to get through all the stories on the website yet, so I can't answer that. The Montreal Gazette has, uh, a LOT of coverage. Not surprising, very impressive.
No pomme frites, no bbq chicken. Got it. Wish I had paid more attention in French class.
Wait, better strip clubs than the Windsor Ballet? Oh my.
Formula One is an experience unlike any other. Used to have it in Detroit, of course.
I personally am fine with the Penguins losing before we face them. Not that I am afraid for us facing them but I'm even more fine with them losing early. That said, I am quite nervous for the Capitals.
You're my kind of fan. I'm the same way about the Jayhawks, which is probably not the parallel you'd like to hear.
Some are calling for the Caps to exorcise demons by going through the Pens to get to the SCF. I say nuts to that.
The most important "demon" to exorcise is winning the stinking cup. If getting rid of the Pens and Devils in the first round provides an easier path to the finals for the Caps I say go Sens! Go Flyers (although that last one freaking hurt!).
So clear the decks and get the monkey of their backs, says you. Got it.
Re: "a hot goalie is important in the playoffs, but the officiating can be more critical."
You must be a long-suffering Caps fan. Anyway, Washington has a very good chance to win the Cup this year but it will be ten times greater if they go through Pittsburgh along the way.
An advocate of the "beat Pittsburgh along the way" method.
Thanks. Wings making their 19th straight playoff appearance, I believe. Impressive. I still have a soft spot for them from my Detroit days. No, a 5 beating a 4 isn't a terribly big deal. Flyers beating the Devils -- that would be big.
I went to a Caps/Habs game at the old arena and told a friend sitting next to me that there wouldn't be many fights as the Habs were known as a skating/passing team. So the puck gets dropped and hadn't even hit the ice and a Caps player starts hitting the Habs player next to him. So much for my prediction. And the kid in the next row was wearing a Habs yarmulke.
Awesome. I'm guessing you mean The Forum, or do you mean the Cap Centre?
Hi, I read all the comments and what I'm sensing is that your male comentors think this girl is making it up or poor BB, those young girls just throw themselves at him. I guess when it was reported that she had blood near her below regions that it just a drunk girl having fun. Stop and think...if this was your sister, your cousin, your friend...and sure she was drunk...would you want this guy preying on her and thinking because he's BB, anything goes? As the DA said, grow up. All of you. Thanks for the rant space.
Oh, we're all about the rant space here.
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