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2023-24 Washington Capitals Thread


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It's easy to get carried away with recent wins against teams like Philly, Pens, and the Hawks, but games like tonight show that we're just not on the same level as the real contenders.  From the beginning of the game until the end, there was no question of who the better team was.

We'll get there, but it's gonna take a couple years.

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For the second game, we're getting exposed as average by a better team.  The only way we beat a club like the Oilers is if we outwork them on a night they don't play their best, or have one of our goalies stand on his head for 60 min, or just get lucky bounces.

 

By the time we get back from this road trip, we'll likely be a mile outside of the playoff race and hopefully management can start focusing on what needs to be done next year.

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And to kick someone when they're already down, Connor Brown just scored his first goal in 2 years.

This is the guy we traded this year's 2nd round pick for, all so he could play 4 games for us last year before getting hurt. Nicely done, GMBM.

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2 hours ago, ixcuincle said:

 

 

Inflating expected revenue is par for the course for anyone pitching a project which requires funding.  I wouldn't read too much into it.  The $75 parking will be for the bloated fat cats who park right next to the stadium (probably close to what parking costs now in the garage right under Capital One Arena), and there will be a garage a block down the road which will charge half that.  The $731 hotel room will be for the penthouse suite with a butler and private plunge pool.  The rest of the rooms will be available on Expedia for $150 on non-game nights. 

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Got into a hole early giving up a goal about a minute into the game, but they've been fighting.  Suddenly it's a 2-1 lead after a nice setup by Miroshnichenko to feed Wilson on the backdoor from the slot, and then Ovechkin pots one a minute or two later grabbing a rebound in the slot and stuffing it in through traffic.

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As lousy as this season has been on so many different levels, I can't believe we're in control of our playoff destiny with 4 weeks left.  We took care of business with two huge wins, including taking a game in Vancouver that no Caps fan outside of a psych ward had any thought of us winning, and just about every team we're fighting with lost their games.  1 point behind the last wild card, with 2 games in hand.

Crazy times.

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I'd of bet the farm we'd be in tanking mode by now, 8+ points out. But they just won't give up! Good to see. Still a long shot we pull off a playoff bid, but future looks encouraging. 

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Great game so far. After getting our teeth kicked in vs. Edmonton last week, none of us thought the rest of the road trip would go like this.

They've got a brutal schedule to close out the season, but they're playing a lock-down defensive style that can neutralize superior offenses, and is very conducive to playoff hockey.

I said this team was dead in the water in January. Glad they proved me wrong.

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25 minutes ago, capcrunch98 said:

RIP Chris Simon. Before the injuries started piling up, you were one scary mother f-er who gave us some good years.  Keep your hair long in the afterlife. 

 

Fond  memories of the “HSB” line circa 97-99  ….  no one messed with those guys …

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