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Do you all think that Gary Bettman had to consult his doctor 4 hours after that game ended?

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[quote=GMScud;554955]He's double fisting the Dasani. Get it Zorny! Hilarious![/quote]

Gotta love how he acts freaked out and then wipes the kiss off like a 5 year old :laughing2

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Wow this series has been good. Very entertaining! Varlamov has been the story of the playoffs.

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Varly was absolutely outstanding tonight. Some of those flurries he withstood were amazing. That last goal in overtime wasn't his fault. Deflected in by his own player.

I'm a bit nervous though. If not for outstanding goaltending we could easily be down 3-0. We've been getting outplayed for the most part.

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The Caps were very sloppy last night, the defense atrocious. On Malkin's goal, to allow Billy Guerin to just sit in front of Varlamov without putting him on his ass was pretty bad. And a weak interference call put the Caps on only their 2nd power play all game, from which Backstrom capitalized. If that is a no call, it's 2-1 with no OT.

Hopefully they bounce back on Friday...

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Yeah I don't get why they are getting so outplayed. Especially on defense they're always chasing always slightly out of position.

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[quote=FRPLG;555677]Yeah I don't get why they are getting so outplayed. Especially on defense they're always chasing always slightly out of position.[/quote]The weird thing is the series is 2-1 but I, and I bet most of you guys, still feel like game 4 is a must win; especially since the NHL did us no favors by having games 4 and 5 on back-to-back nights.

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Where the hell has Mike Green gone to? Save for one game, he's had a pretty lousy postseason. The defense as a whole has really left a lot to be desired. We can't expect 35+ saves from Varly on a regular basis.

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[quote=GMScud;555696]Where the hell has Mike Green gone to? Save for one game, he's had a pretty lousy postseason. The defense as a whole has really left a lot to be desired. We can't expect 35+ saves from Varly on a regular basis.[/quote]I think he's been on he's heels trying to defend so much the last few games that he hasn't been able to move up to take extra chances. At some point the other guys are going to have to pick up the slack and let him do his thing as far as scoring goes.

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Bitter Penguins fans keeping it classy:

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/news?id=4150090[/url]

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[quote=GMScud;555811]Bitter Penguins fans keeping it classy:

[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/news?id=4150090]Teenager makes death threat against Ovechkin on message board - ESPN[/url][/quote]

I just read that, no surprise fckin retard in Pa! Lock that mofcker up!

In response to your earlier post. It could just as easily be CAPS up 3-0! Even after our worst performance in this series we still took there ass to OT.

And they got a hell of a lucky deflection to get that OT win, they will be lucky to win another game in this series. The CAPS will regroup and play LIGHTS OUT TOMORROW!

VARLY IS THE MAN! The entire team must step up tomorrow and stick it to there ass. And those officials from last night fckin suck ass, they all but gave the game to those shit birds....wonder how much that cost!

GO CAPS!!!!!

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More on OVY on the CAPS Insider:

String up that 17 year old dumb fck! Welcome to real world ass hole. Those kind of threats or remarks are no joke. Hopefully you find out while your Bubbas lil bitch.

[url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/]Capitals Insider - The Washington Post’s Tarik El-Bashir on the Capitals and NHL[/url]

GO CAPS!!!!!

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[quote=skinsfan_nn;555815]I just read that, no surprise fckin retard in Pa! Lock that mofcker up!

[B]In response to your earlier post. It could just as easily be CAPS up 3-0! Even after our worst performance in this series we still took there ass to OT.[/B]

And they got a hell of a lucky deflection to get that OT win, they will be lucky to win another game in this series. The CAPS will regroup and play LIGHTS OUT TOMORROW!

VARLY IS THE MAN! The entire team must step up tomorrow and stick it to there ass. And those officials from last night fckin suck ass, they all but gave the game to those shit birds....wonder how much that cost!

GO CAPS!!!!![/quote]

I love your optimism, but we're getting outplayed. Varly is saving us, which is fine, but we better step it up on the blue line.

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This Anaheim-Detroit game tonight is pretty sick. Playoff hockey is so friggin great.

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[quote=GMScud;555811]Bitter Penguins fans keeping it classy:

[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/news?id=4150090]Teenager makes death threat against Ovechkin on message board - ESPN[/url][/quote]

That's messed up. That's why we mods here always take comments about wanting to kill this player or that coach or, especially, other posters seriously. Zero tolerance policy on that.

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[quote=SmootSmack;556003]That's messed up. That's why we mods here always take comments about wanting to kill this player or that coach or, especially, other posters seriously. Zero tolerance policy on that.[/quote]

That and duplicate threads. Heads roll baby. Heads roll.

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Yanni?? Really?? We get stuck playing back-to-backs because of effing YANNI??

[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/news?id=4152756]Washington Capitals unhappy Yanni forced back-to-back playoff games - ESPN[/url]

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We look absolutely awful. So flat. Our defense is just terrible right now.

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varly had his first bad game of the playoffs last night. the entire team needs to step it up for tonights game. i say the winner of tonights game will win the series.

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Bad performance last pm. No worries The CAPS are in the phone booth tonight with the series tied, we shall get revenge! WE NEED GAME 5 AT HOME.

No punishment for OVY....one good move by the NHL.

Varly has to shake off last pm's performance and the rest of the team has to STEP UP and play wide open [B][U]60 MINUTES[/U][/B] of CAP/ phone booth style hockey!

[url]http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/no-punishment-for-ovechkins-hi.html#more[/url]

GO CAPS!!!!!

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[quote=skinsfan_nn;556301]Bad performance last pm. [B]No worries [/B]The CAPS are in the phone booth tonight with the series tied, we shall get revenge! WE NEED GAME 5 AT HOME.

No punishment for OVY....one good move by the NHL.

Varly has to shake off last pm's performance and the rest of the team has to STEP UP and play wide open [B][U]60 MINUTES[/U][/B] of CAP/ phone booth style hockey!

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/no-punishment-for-ovechkins-hi.html#more]Capitals Insider - No Punishment for Ovechkin's Hit on Gonchar[/url]

GO CAPS!!!!![/quote]

I don't know if I'd say no worries. I don't feel too good about things right now. We need a big performance tonight.

Where oh where have you gone, Mike Green?

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the caps just can't seem to win in overtime. good game by varly and the great 8 but overall not so good by the defense. if the caps can pull off a win in pitt. monday night then they'll have a good shot at winning game 7 but imo, the pens will take care of buisness and finish the caps off monday night.

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Ovie and Varly can't do it alone. Where is Semin? Kozlov? Green?

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[quote=GMScud;556439]Ovie and Varly can't do it alone. Where is Semin? Kozlov? Green?[/quote]


I would say of the three Semin has been the biggest disappointment - he has completely disappeared after scoring 5 goals in the Rangers series. For the series I have seen a lot of people complain about the refs but overall it really looks like the Caps are out of gas and playing on their heels the whole time. It seems like someone from the Pens is camping out in front of Varly the whole game, yet noone on the Caps is screening the Pens goaltender that much. What is diappointing is I think Fleury is very beatable and we could have really gone on far. What sucks even more is I think Carolina is going to advance and we could have had home ice in the Eeastern Conference Finals as well.

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[quote=GMScud;556439]Ovie and Varly can't do it alone. Where is Semin? Kozlov? Green?[/quote]

Well, Semin and Kozlov answered the call tonight. Another OT just getting underway. Come on guys!!!!

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[quote=Bill B;556630]I would say of the three Semin has been the biggest disappointment - he has completely disappeared after scoring 5 goals in the Rangers series. [B]For the series I have seen a lot of people complain about the refs[/B] but overall it really looks like the Caps are out of gas and playing on their heels the whole time. It seems like someone from the Pens is camping out in front of Varly the whole game, yet noone on the Caps is screening the Pens goaltender that much. What is diappointing is I think Fleury is very beatable and we could have really gone on far. What sucks even more is I think Carolina is going to advance and we could have had home ice in the Eeastern Conference Finals as well.[/quote]

The refs have been pretty awful again tonight.

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Game SEVENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!

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Ahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laich->steckel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[quote=SmootSmack;556713]Game SEVENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!![/quote]

YESSSSSS!!!!!! I had a good feeling going into OT. Nice work guys. Laich, Semin, and Koz all really stepped up tonight. Hell yeah!!!

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Dude, heart was pounding the entire game.

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The Steckel/Laich line is really playing well this series.

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[quote=FRPLG;556716]Dude, heart was pounding the entire game.[/quote]

Oh for sure. I didn't sit down the entire 3rd period and OT. My fingernails are in bad shape. LOL.

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FCKIN EH! How bout them CAPS!

Gonna ROCK THAT RED Wednesday pm! Way to knot it up boys!

Great game VARLEY, your the MAN!!!! Nice Kozzy, Semin comes alive, and the FLASH and of course Steck in OT, how sweet it is.

Now lets finish at home!

[url=http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/gamecast?gameId=290511016]Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins - GameCast - May 11, 2009 - ESPN[/url]

GO CAPS!!!!!

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[quote=GMScud;556718]Oh for sure. I didn't sit down the entire 3rd period and OT. My fingernails are in bad shape. LOL.[/quote]

I'm not anticipating cutting lemons tomorrow for work. My fingernails are destroyed...

How bout them caps!!!! I watched the game in Chinatown and went crazy...

Our D needs to step it the F... up.

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Either it's been really sunny in Bristol, or Barry Melrose and his mullet have been hitting the tanning salon big time. Wow. Dude is bright red. Hell, he's Rocking the Red just by showing his face! LOL!

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[quote=GMScud;556729]Either it's been really sunny in Bristol, or Barry Melrose and his mullet have been hitting the tanning salon big time. Wow. Dude is bright red. Hell, he's Rocking the Red just by showing his face! LOL![/quote]

Maybe he just finished cleaning out his desk in Tampa and spent a little time on the beach.

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Game 7 is going to be GREAT!

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Another slobberknocker of a Game 7 on deck tomorrow night, thanks to Laich and Steckel in OT. The Phone Booth is gonna be rockin'.

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One thing I can't understand is why we seem to be playing so lacadazical. It just seems to me that the games we have lost (including the rangers series) the caps have been playing down to the apposing teams level. Even last night - we played to the pens level but luckily won. Caps hockey is physical, hard nosed, high powered offense, team oriented hockey. I have only seen that in game 1 and 2 during the pens series and only a select few periods during the rangers series...Thoughts?

GO CAPS!!

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[quote=JLW428;556964]One thing I can't understand is why we seem to be playing so lacadazical. It just seems to me that the games we have lost (including the rangers series) the caps have been playing down to the apposing teams level. Even last night - we played to the pens level but luckily won. Caps hockey is physical, hard nosed, high powered offense, team oriented hockey. I have only seen that in game 1 and 2 during the pens series and only a select few periods during the rangers series...Thoughts?

GO CAPS!![/quote]

It's showing our lack of veteran defensivemen. Nearly every year we talk about picking someone up, but choose not to mess with the roster it seems. While it's building us for contention, we could certainly use someone in that role. And wow, we weren't getting any shots in at all, that has to change.