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This series is over... Lunqdvist looks like crap the last two games, no way NYR goes down to DC in game 7 and wins....

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Way to GO CAPS!!!!

CAPS knot it up...how bout a game 7 in DC!

Great game VARLEY & The Defense was OUTSTANDING, overall great team effort! Can't wait to ROCK THE RED Tuesday pm at the phone booth.

[url=http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&seas=20082009&gtype=3&gnum=126]Washington Capitals - Recap: Washington @ NY Rangers - 04/26/2009[/url]

GO CAPS!!!!!

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Great win, Beat the shit out of them. Mike Green scored, but is still looking a little flat on defense. Overall great win.

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Last week during rush hour I was stuck in touch and go traffic when I noticed this strange vehicle (stickers plastered everywhere), with an even stranger guy driving trying to get my attention. I cautiously glanced over and the dude is waving at me a ROCK THE RED towel.

He nearly smashed the car in front of him.



ROCK THE RED. Go Caps!!

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[quote=Gmanc711;551157]This series is over... Lunqdvist looks like crap the last two games, no way NYR goes down to DC in game 7 and wins....[/quote]

Still think the Tortorella's suspension was a non-factor?

Great win Caps.

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Just saw that Mike Green and Donald Brashear are suspended for Game 7. That sucks. Brash probably deserved it for his cheap shot. I didn't see what Green did.

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Are you serious? Donald Brashear did lay that guy out. But why Mike Green?

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SportsCenter just retracted their initial report. But both players have a meeting with league officials at 1pm. Can someone tell me what Mike Green did?

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But not Morrison?

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I think Morrison not Mike Green. Nothing is confirmed though. DB may get a game suspension.

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[quote=redsk1;551875]I think Morrison not Mike Green. Nothing is confirmed though. DB may get a game suspension.[/quote]

Yeah, I don't know where this Mike Green stuff is coming from. Apparently ESPN doesn't either, because they don't know why he's in question for game 7.

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lol apparently the rangers can't handle having obscenities hurled at them, only team in major league sports I guess.. once you're grown up you should stop whining about things like that, now we have this mess coming up, ugh

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I thought for sure after that win, the Caps would win game 7, however, [b]IF[/b] Green is out, that might change my mind. IMO Green is your MVP.

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Crazy how you can fight on the ice and receive a few minutes in the box, but you knock someone over and you're looking at maybe missing game 7 of the playoffs.

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[quote=tryfuhl;551952]Crazy how you can fight on the ice and receive a few minutes in the box, but you knock someone over and you're looking at maybe missing game 7 of the playoffs.[/quote]

Well, he blindsided him with a forearm/elbow to the back of the head. I'm a huge Caps fan, but it was dirty and excessive. The fighting is at least mutual and face to face.

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[quote=GMScud;551967]Well, he blindsided him with a forearm/elbow to the back of the head. I'm a huge Caps fan, but it was dirty and excessive. The fighting is at least mutual and face to face.[/quote]
they've got helmets and pads

in the NFL we've seen cheapshots draw flags and sometimes ejections, not too often do you get a further suspension

oh well

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[quote=tryfuhl;551978]they've got helmets and pads

in the NFL we've seen cheapshots draw flags and sometimes ejections, not too often do you get a further suspension

oh well[/quote]

I just watched another replay online- it wasn't really the back of the head, more like the side of the head, but the guy wasn't looking and it seemed like the incident occurred away from the action.

In the NFL, if a guy gave a blindside forearm to the head of another player 10 yards away from the play, and the guy got knocked out and helped off the field, there would probably be a suspension.

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The BRASH to miss 6 games. No problem...thats all the CAPS need is a little more motivation!

You better be ready rangers...WE WILL BE!

GO CAPS!!!!!

Posted at 3:57 PM ET, 04/27/2009
Brashear Suspended for 6 Games

The NHL has suspended Caps enforcer Donald Brashear for six games for his actions before and during Game 6 at Madison Square Garden.

From NHL.com:

Brashear was suspended one game for initiating contact with Rangers forward Colton Orr during the pre-game warm-up. Brashear was suspended for five additional games for a blind-side hit on New York forward Blair Betts at 9:54 of the first period.

We'll have more on this soon, so stay tuned.

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tonights game is going to be sweet!!!!! i dont follow them that hard anymore but a game 7 from 3 - 1 down should have everyone in the dc metro area hyped up!!

a caps win could really energize this fan base for next year. maybe ill come back on board.

go skins!!

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6 games for Brash really sucks, especially with how hard they were going after Ovie at the end of the 3rd yesterday. I just hope the Caps doesn't play down to the rangers level like they did in all three losse. Just stick with what's working, play physical and shoot, shoot, shoot!

OTM, games tomorrow night. You should def. get back on board because this was a great year regardless of what happens tomorrow. Plus, we've found ourselves an awesome young goalie.

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That's crap about Brash. I can see a one gamer for the hit but anything for a bump prior to the game is stupid. Give him a warning and if he does it again then suspend him. 5 for the hit is redonkulous.

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6 games.. 1 game for that lil pansy shit before the game? lol what a joke

just waiting for the game now

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[quote=GMScud;551992]I just watched another replay online- it wasn't really the back of the head, more like the side of the head, but the guy wasn't looking and it seemed like the incident occurred away from the action.

In the NFL, if a guy gave a blindside forearm to the head of another player 10 yards away from the play, and the guy got knocked out and helped off the field, there would probably be a suspension.[/quote]

I've seen cheaper hits get less, sure there really wasn't play going on, but he didn't get him that hard. I'm not so sure that the guy got as hurt as they made it out to be honestly.

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Game 7 hockey is absolutely the single best sporting event to me, and I don't generally watch hockey. Haven't since moving back to Md. I will definitely watch this one tho'.

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A little Ovie to get you pumped for tonight

[url=http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4087085&categoryid=3060647]E:60 - Alexander the Gr8 - ESPN Video - ESPN[/url]

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[quote=SmootSmack;552380]A little Ovie to get you pumped for tonight

[URL="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4087085&categoryid=3060647"]E:60 - Alexander the Gr8 - ESPN Video - ESPN[/URL][/quote]

Shameless self promotion. ;)

Seriously though, E:60 is some of my favorite stuff ESPN. I saw that Ovie segment. Really cool.

I gotta say the opening of the program where it shows Jeremy Schaap in black & white / slow mo emerging from the subway, Lisa Salters strutting through the crowd, etc, etc... Man that cracks me up for some reason.

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Great comeback in the series, great come back in game 7!!! I was nervous as crap all day and the first 2 periods had me on the verge of breaking my TV. Just like in the overall series it took some time and some luck to solve Lundquist, but man I'm glad they did.

Whoever they play next round will obviously have a more potent offense, so I hope they Caps can play with a lot more consistency. Unleash the Fury indeed!

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;552745]Great comeback in the series, great come back in game 7!!! I was nervous as crap all day and the first 2 periods had me on the verge of breaking my TV. Just like in the overall series it took some time and some luck to solve Lundquist, but man I'm glad they did.

Whoever they play next round will obviously have a more potent offense, so I hope they Caps can play with a lot more consistency. Unleash the Fury indeed![/quote]

Varlamov will definitely be tested more by either NJ or Pitt than he was by the Rangers, but neither team has a netminder of Lundqvist's ability.

What a game, what a series. Al Koken called it. A few minutes before Federov's goal, he reported "don't be surprised if Sergei has something to say about this game before it's over."

What a win. LET'S GO CAPS!!!!!

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God I was nervous for this one. HUUUGGGEEE win. Feels good to win something in the postseason!!!!

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WOW..What a game and a HUGE comeback for this young CAPS team!

Great game to be at ROCKIN THAT RED....We had Players Club seats for this one...OUTSTANDING, BIG TREAT! The Town was going CRAZY after the game!

Time for a new thread called CAPS vs. pens, lets keep rollin!

OVY vs Cindy!

GO CAPS!!!!!

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Caps vs Pens is going to be awesome. I can't wait!

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Fedorov. Glove Side. Top Shelf. Koken on Point. 'Nuff Said.

I was amazed by the level of aggression the Caps stayed at. One point in the 3rd period, there was a hit on the near side boards down by Varlamov, where a stick went up in the air. I rewound that hit 3 times. And watching Sean Avery limp off the ice with 30 seconds left was priceless.

I just hope the aggression stays high, and would love to see the return of Donald Brashear in the Conference Finals.

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Well as a Ranger fan.... This is a tough one for sure. I guess I will start by that the first period was the Rangers best all series. They did EXACTLY I had talked about. Not only did they weather the storm, they were the storm. Holding that team to just two shots and scoring that first goal, couldn't have been a better start. I thought the 2nd was very similar outside of about a five minute stretch or so where I thought Washington had some control. To me, it was the early penalty in the 3rd. Washington did not score on the PP but it gave them (and the crowd) some life very early in the 3rd which is exactly what they needed and they fed off of it the rest of the way.

The Rangers played their best defensive game of the series, unfortunately it's the same old story with them all year - they couldn't score (Kinda like the Skins lol ). Lundqvist wasn't tested as much as he had been but was equally as good as he was at his best this series. Big saves he made last night. That 2nd goal, listen, people can say oh they beat him glove side again, ok, they can say well he dropped early, fine....fact of the matter is that's a laser of a shot, put in a perfect place by a guy that's been doing that for 15 years. You'd like to see him make that save of course, but sometimes credit has to go to the shooter, that was just a great shot.

I don't know what to think of this team. Drury was NO WHERE to be found but he's hurt and I'm interested to hear the extent of his injury. Gomez showed spurts but they needed more out of him, Naslund did not impress me. Antropov had his moments. Callahan, Avery (when his head was on right), Sjostrom, Dubinsky, Betts (when his head was on period) all played pretty well and provided some good spark. They missed that top end talent DEARLY. Problem is, they spent all their money signing guys they thought were those "top end" guys over the past couple of off-season's (Drury, Gomez, Naslund) so their likelihood of being big players this FA period I don't think are very good.

Overall though, hats off to Washington. I mean they were the better team, I still thought NYR would pull this one off after taking the first two in Washington and than having a 3-1 Series lead.. but what can you do? They were not going to get past Boston anyways (nor do I think anyone will until maybe the Cup finals)... I'm very excited to watch the Pens/Caps series... and will be hoping that goes to 7 as well... there really is NOTHING like Game 7 in the NHL playoffs... F Baseball, F Basketball... Hockey is the BEST game 7 there is... I"ll be rooting for Vancouver the rest of the way, and hoping anyone besides Carolina comes out of the East. Good luck to you guys and the Caps though!

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[quote=skinsfan_nn;547749]Way to go VARLEY & CAPS! The new #1 goalie...Theo take a seat!

That's a way to kick that NY ass, keep that dumb ass avery the turd in the sin bin! 4-0 CAPS!!!! This is the CAPS best performance by FAR, just what the Dr. ordered! Looked more like the regular season team I'm used to seeing.

Nice game Pothier, Semin, #8, Johnny E, nice to see BRASH, Nicky Back, and the shutout for VARLEY=GAME PUCK AND STARTING JOB.

We now have a series. The CAPS will now have some confidence moving into Wednesdays game, in a big way.

[URL="http://espn.go.com/nhl/gamecast?gameId=290420013"]Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers - GameCast - April 20, 2009 - ESPN[/URL]

GO CAPS!!!!![/quote]

Congrats on the win...Varley proved to be the deciding factor in winning the series. Going with the hot hand proved to be right. Good call.