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[quote=saden1;696049][B]They may not be done yet but this team is nowhere near championship caliber team[/B]. Uuuf. 2001 Mariners anyone?[/quote]

No doubt. Spotty goaltending and poor defense won't win you a Stanley Cup. We're a defenseman or three away from being a real contender (I don't care what our regular season record says). You can't half-ass it for a period or two and then suddenly decide you're going to try to outscore everyone. That doesn't work in the playoffs, and we're finding that out.

It certainly doesn't help us that Poti will be out tonight after taking that puck to the face on Monday.

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Not sure I agree with this.

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/varlamov-appears-set-to-start-5.html]Capitals Insider - Varlamov appears set to start[/url]

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[quote=GMScud;696055]No doubt. Spotty goaltending and poor defense won't win you a Stanley Cup. We're a defenseman or three away from being a real contender (I don't care what our regular season record says). You can't half-ass it for a period or two and then suddenly decide you're going to try to outscore everyone. That doesn't work in the playoffs, and we're finding that out.

It certainly doesn't help us that Poti will be out tonight after taking that puck to the face on Monday.[/quote]
definitely

just like in any sport stopping the other team is a huge part of it, shootouts (not the overtime variety) are no way to take home a championship

hopefully Alzner can help us out tonight

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Just got tickets to the game tonight. 75$, face value. Awesome.


Biggest game of the season... LETS GO CAPS!

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I'm scared.

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Sitting across from Verizon right now; headed to a nearby bar. If we win, my next post could be in the drunk thread.

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after that semin miss of an empty net i goty a bad feeling about this one, they look more intense for sure tonight though, i really hope they get their shit together and win this damn seris tonight

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fuck mike green keep him off the ice, you lose your handle so you cross check the defense men god you suck!

god damn it that goal was a direct resault of how shitty mike greens sorry ass is takes a god awful penalty and now it cost us a goal go f yourself, hew should bnever play in the playoffs again

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Seasons over. Maybe next year will be better.

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[quote=Dirtbag359;696197][B]Seasons over[/B]. Maybe next year will be better.[/quote]

Huh,after one? Way early for that Dirt.

The CAPS shall keep pushin and break through. The gates will then open.

We shall prevail!

GO CAPS!!!!!

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mike green needs to get his shit together. enough silly penalties. we need a big 2nd period here.

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here is to hoping this pp anemia ends....

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[quote=johno;696205]here is to hoping this pp anemia ends....[/quote]

we [B][U]have[/U][/B] to score here

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f :doh:

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seriously lets get a goal on this one. a few more goaless power plays and what confidence this offensive did have is a ghost. GO CAPS!

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now they get another pp see what they can do, even if they win this game things don't look good for the caps

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we dont even look like we want it right now.

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green is a fucking peice of shit!!!

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seriously mike green? :doh:

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What a ballsy call there...

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one of these has to go in right?

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[quote=johno;696226]one of these has to go in right?[/quote]

nope

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someone has got to step up if this team is going to survive.

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well thats all she wrote. thanks for coming out. what the french toast.

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And forget it..

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a glimmer of hope........

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if there was a time to score a power play goal, this is it.

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wow. just wow.

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wtf?

f mike green

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What an embarrassment. This is why I didn't get excited about the team all season. Pathetic.

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Too bad , Caps had a great season , sucks to end it this way .

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Someone needs to cart Mike Green's ass back to Canada.
I thought the Redskins were bad last year, but being THE FIRST FUCKING No. 1 SEED to lose a series to an 8 seed after leading a series 3-1 takes the cake.

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Choking. Dogs.

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Well......at least we have the Redskins?

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[quote=Dirtbag359;696280]Well......at least we have the Redskins?[/quote]

I'm calling it now. Redskins will be in a Super Bowl before the Caps even get to a Stanley Cup only to lay an egg in another Game 7. Of course, I'm going to be smarter now and not get any playoff hopes until 2 seasons have passed from now.

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Anybody think we ship Mike Green out of town this offseason?

Caps once again proving that old adage it doesn't matter how many goals you scored in the regular season, playoffs is defense and good goaltending. Aka the Caps weak points.

And we're next in the ever growing list of Presidents Trophy winners who get ousted early in the playoffs.

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so glad we waited till that first goal to really get in there, penetrate, try to get 2nd shots, etc

we don't get as many of the structured pass around, shoot from afar goals as some teams.. especially when they've got the lanes blocked heavily.. gotta push through

would be nice if we showed some urgency, even in just getting the puck out of our zone, instead of just letting them take it from us... again..

what a disappointing ending to the year

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I don't understand how they could keep letting the Canadians block passes and shots like that. If your opponent starts frustrating you with one move, you counteract with another move, in this case even if you don't know what to do push the tempo and just go balls out, start whacking anything that moves and make them pay for blocking the shots. Or just lighten up on the passing and try to crash the net more and hit those rebounds.

It just felt like they got demoralized by the Canadians constantly blocking shots and passes and didn't know how to react. They did that all series long and we didn't have an answer for it at all.

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was great seeing Carlson just loaf around on that 2nd goal

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Wow what a letdown. I was more worried about the Wings taking out the Coyotes in Phoenix and now this. Over 100 shots on goal and only 2 go in. I take back what I said earlier about the Wings getting old. They might be getting old, but they know how to play great defense and kill penalties.