Hockey Anyone? Go CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!
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Amaximus
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The Sens may not have been a good team all year but they were plenty fine the past 2 weeks. It's not about how a team played it's about how a team is currently playing. Washington wasn't a very good team all year but right now they're doing fine. But hey, If everyone thinks the caps are gonna crush the Rangers so be it.
Amaximus
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Rangers in 6.
48martin
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Yeah, I cant really say I disagree with you. However, this is the first time I have seen the Capitals play with purpose and determination.
Everyone knows they have insane individual talent offensively but they have always lacked Defense and had sub par goal tending.
If they play the same type of game they did in the last series, they can beat anyone.
However, since I am a life long Cap fan, I expect them to let me down like the Orioles do year in and year out. LOL
I just hope its a great series.
Good Luck
st0wandgrow
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I don't think the Caps are going to "crush" the Rangers. Not at all. I'm just saying that the caps are a better team than the senators. The Rangers/Senators series was as much about the Rangers playing with no sense of urgency as it was about the senators being hot. If the Rangers take that same approach to this next series they'll be booking tee times in short order.
Amaximus
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You're starting to sound like me when I discuss the Mets. heh.
I agree with your assessment completely.
Call me old school but I'm not one to wish a team wins 4-0 or anything like that. Personally I'd like to see my team challenged (but eventually win heh) so I'm hoping the Caps bring it like they did last round and the Rangers don't just roll over. I'm looking forward to a good series.
I look forward to all the cheering, complaining, bitching & taunting this series is going to bring to the forums!
Good Luck & Enjoy!
Amaximus
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I retract my "crush" comment. That wasn't the best wording anyway, I couldnt think at the time how to express myself properly.
You however hit it on the nail. I agree 100%. When you take away the "Who's Hot Now" argument and just look at the teams the Caps are far better than the Sens. If the Caps play with the intensity the Sens showed and the Rangers lay on their back acting like they're owed the playoff berth then it will indeed be a short series.
That being said sometimes a team just has another teams number regardless of who thinks what team is better. This is why I love sports!
1 hour to go! talk to ya's all later on!
GAME ON!
po'thead
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racerboy71
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that shit was ugly.. in the 2nd period the flyers only had like one shot on goal.. not going to win many games like that...
the sad thing is my nephew went to the game last night and had to watch that shit game.. my sister has season tix, so she's used to seeing them lose once in awhile..
Amaximus
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Rangers-Caps 2nd Intermission.
Wow! What a fast paced 2nd period!
I don't care what Tortorella says, The Rangers looked slow as shit in the 1st period. I don't know what that's about but they better get their shit in gear because the Caps came to fucking play! These teams look evenly matched, I'm loving the play.
Off to the 3rd!
Let's go RANGERS!
Wow! What a fast paced 2nd period!
I don't care what Tortorella says, The Rangers looked slow as shit in the 1st period. I don't know what that's about but they better get their shit in gear because the Caps came to fucking play! These teams look evenly matched, I'm loving the play.
Off to the 3rd!
Let's go RANGERS!
st0wandgrow
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Ovechkin needs to be traded. If he doesn't have the puck on his stick, he's floating around out there giving what looks like a minimal effort.
st0wandgrow
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Consistent effort. That's what I'd like to see from him. Honestly, I haven't watched any games this series, but I did catch a couple Caps games from round 1, and he was floating whenever he didn't have the puck. That's not what a captain of a team should be doing in playoffs. He has had ZERO success in the post season where the intensity gets turned up, and I question his heart/character because of it.
Yes he shoots the puck a shit-ton (too much if you ask me), and yes he battles *at times* when he has a chance to get the puck, but have you watched him away from the play? He doesn't hustle on the back check, and he's constantly staring at the puck leaving guys wide open in dangerous areas of the ice. If you want to see what a true captain plays like in the playoffs, watch a guy like Dustin Brown with the Kings, or even your boy Callahan with the Rangers. Those guys are willing to pay the price to win a championship. I don't see that from Ovechkin.
There's a reason why he's been in and out of the doghouse with his coaches.
Amaximus
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Nah, I haven't noticed. I really haven't been watching all the games outside of the Rangers and Devils series. I know prior to the series they were making a big deal about how the Rangers were going to have to keep him covered etc etc etc to be successful (I guess they all say that about every teams star player though). The Rangers did that in game one and for most of game two before he scored the game winner but in game 3 they didnt do as good of a job covering him and he seemed to step it up. That's what i was basing my opinion on.
Your gonna have me watching him every shift next game to see what he does away from the puck!
pinchegordo
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Looks like the COYOTES have a solid shot at the cup finals this year!!! Woohoo hockey the hard way
