FeelTheFORCE Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Yeah, he's definitely inconsistent, but if he does take it up a level and find his niche, watch out.
Top Thrill Dragster Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 The Redwings are going to light Niemi up like a Christmas tree.
tdub96 Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Ouch...blowing a 3-1 series lead is bad. 1 for 35 on the PP is worse.  Although i do have to say, playing without the world's best player, and another of the best in the world, for a very long time and still having a shot at a conference regular season title going down the stretch is impressive. But, we just couldnt put the puck in the net in the playoffs. I knew itd be the death of us, lack of offense.  Here's to next year lol  Better change my avatar til October.
QueerRudie Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 I will say the semi-finals are going to be far more interesting than the quarterfinals were; at least for me. Â Caps v. Tampa: Easy: Caps want blood for what Tampa did to them in the playoffs 2003- and they want it bad. Tampa is riding an ego streak that is bound to fail, especially in the PP area. Â As for the other's: I'm not quite sure how to boil it down. I know there will be a lot of bad blood in the remaining six teams; I know that it's going to be a very vicious series- and I'd bet we're going to see plenty of sin bin time- especially of the Caps.
FeelTheFORCE Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 I highly doubt something that happened 8 years ago is going to have any effect on this series. Ovechkin was only 17 and Backstrom was 15. Â Don't underestimate Tampa. They are a great team on paper, they just under-perform sometimes.
BaMiTsPaT Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 Chris Higgins' goal tonight was great, and I am so proud to have his high school jersey on my wall! Rinne was amazing as well!
beatle11 Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 What is going on here? The Wings and Caps are down 2-0. The Wings especially are a shock. They definitely need some home-cooking right about now, and the Caps are gonna have to make do in Tampa.
tdub96 Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 Yea go Sharks, great game they played yesterday... Â ...and where was the D on that Lecavalier OT goal??? Bad change...tsk tsk. 2-0.
imawesome1124 Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 ^ Hey smartass, at least we actually made it to the second round. Â Just messing with you, bud. I have to agree with you though, the last 2 games the Caps have not played like themselves. And remember, Tampa got lucky in both games when the puck went in our net off of Hannan's stick in game 1 and Green's skate in Game 2. The Lightning have been playing the best they can, and the Caps have not been playing their best. We got caught in a bad line change in OT and we payed for it. We are mathematically still in it, we came back from a 2-0 game deficit in the 2009 series against the Rangers. We have a much better Caps team than that year, so we can still come back. Don't count anybody out until the series ends. The Flyers showed us that last year against the B's.
tdub96 Posted May 3, 2011 Posted May 3, 2011 ^the fact that their powerplay is almost nonexistant too is amazing to be up 2-0, with a 7-3 win in game 1, over a team that was in first almost all year.
beatle11 Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Uh oh, Caps are in serious trouble. Should be interesting tonight.
imawesome1124 Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Remember all those nice things I said about Neuvy, well they aren't holding up this series. Neuvy has been the weakest link in the series and doesn't seem as calm as he did against the Rangers. And all the people saying Boudreau is getting fired if we lose the series, I don't believe them. Leonsis wouldn't get rid of him that quickly. He is the greatest coach we have had, and I don't blame him for the struggles we've had in the postseason as much as I do the players not being mentally ready. I would give him at least one more year. At least we can say we made it further than the Pens.
tdub96 Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Well at least we took the same team to a 7 game series without two of the three best players in the world there smartass Sorry, I had to get back at you a lil there bud  Anyways, theyre in deep do-do. Could this be it for Boudreau? Everyone's favorite to win the Cup have their backs against the wall.
beatle11 Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 If we go back to the beginning of the series, and for the whole series it stays close, and the caps lose in like game 7 in OT then I would definitely say Boudreau is safe. As it is, if they lose tonight or even in game 5, that could be it for him. Goaltending definitely needs to be addressed on the off-season though. Â At least we can say we made it further than the Pens. Â Yeah, the Pens (less Crosby and Malkin) lost in 7 to the same team that are up 3-0 on the Caps. Â Edit: Make that a sweep. Wow. And Boston is on the verge of sweeping the Flyers, again. They had better not blow that this time around.
beatle11 Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Add Detroit to the list of surprise teams down 3-0. San Jose has simply got their number right now.
tdub96 Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 WOOOOOHOOOOOOO! Â Â Sorry awesome. Â Â Sharks vs Lightning, a sunshine SC Final?
King of Ka Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj Edited October 8, 2012 by King of Ka
imawesome1124 Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Capitals season is over! Hey Jackass, we made it further than you did so shut up!
Top Thrill Dragster Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 The Pens took the Lightning to 7 games missing their two best players. Capitals on the other hand, healthy, with a stacked team, swept.   Sweep Sweep Sweep   And Caps GM is keeping Bruce Boudreau as head coach, prepare for more early exits from the playoffs.
djbrcace1234 Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 There's no need to get all butt hurt, imawesome. Quite honestly it's childish, much like most Ducks fans are now... It's sad.
tdub96 Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 ^My thoughts exactly  ^^My thoughts exactly.  We were missing our two top scorers, two of the three best players in the world, and took the same team to 7 games. The Caps, fully healthy, with Ovechkin playing well, a solid team, were swept.
BeemerBoy Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Hey Jackass, we made it further than you did so shut up! Well, jackass, you know what that gets ya? The same thing it gets 28 other teams each year. Â Â Â Â Stay classy.
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