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  1. #21
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    Feb 2007
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    Skinker-DeBaliviere, Saint Louis
    Quote Originally Posted by rasputin View Post
    I live in St. Louis. Who knew they still played hockey in June?
    Although, this "The Blues of the East" talk about the Capitals is trending again. (Almost always good, never great; someone else always in the way). Bernie Miklasz has been the high priest of this position for years. I'm not sure I agree but I am sure I'd far rather see Washington win than Vegas.

    A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
    ---Roger Ebert


    Some questions cannot be answered
    Who’s gonna bury who
    We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
    ---Over the Rhine

  2. #22
    Quote Originally Posted by throatybeard View Post
    Although, this "The Blues of the East" talk about the Capitals is trending again. (Almost always good, never great; someone else always in the way). Bernie Miklasz has been the high priest of this position for years. I'm not sure I agree but I am sure I'd far rather see Washington win than Vegas.
    I don't think I buy the analogy, either. For one thing, the East was pretty weak compared to the West from about 3 to 10 years ago. So there was no one in Washington's way to the Finals, other than Pittsburgh, for most of Ovechkin's career and they still couldn't make it. They've won 8 division titles in 11 years and this is the first time they managed to get out of the East playoffs, despite only losing to the Penguins twice in that time. The Blues of the last decade (before the balance seemed to shift a few seasons ago), on the other hand, could blame the Kings and Blackhawks for a lot of their woes. And they had the Red Wings to blame back in the Hull era.

    Completely agree with your last sentiment, though. I'm not sure if it's anger at the league screwing up so badly on the expansion draft, the style of play, the smoke and mirrors aspects of it, the absolutely hideous uniforms, or what, but I deeply, viscerally want Vegas to lose. Maybe it's just that as a native Minnesotan, the idea of Las F'ing Vegas, where I'm sure there are some transplants and a few legit hockey fans around, but there's ZERO history of the sport and it's the middle of the godforsaken desert, winning a championship in its first season of HOCKEY, without paying a single cent of dues, before my home state gets one just burns me like you cannot believe. I already can't wait for reality to set in when this team returns to the middle of the pack, the novelty wears off, no one's as excited to see a team that sucks, and the casinos and corporations have bought up all the tickets so the average person can't afford one anymore. It will be 80% tourists at their home games, and if they're ever a bottom dweller for several years even that will suffer. No offense to any Nevadans, but the fact that there's an NHL team there and not in Quebec City or Halifax chaps my hide. You have not earned this. I mean, the whole Nashville thing is annoying enough.

    Also, you kids GET OFF MY LAWN.

  3. #23
    Quote Originally Posted by Mal View Post
    I'm not sure if it's anger at the league screwing up so badly on the expansion draft, the style of play, the smoke and mirrors aspects of it, the absolutely hideous uniforms, or what, but I deeply, viscerally want Vegas to lose. Maybe it's just that as a native Minnesotan, the idea of Las F'ing Vegas, where I'm sure there are some transplants and a few legit hockey fans around, but there's ZERO history of the sport and it's the middle of the godforsaken desert, winning a championship in its first season of HOCKEY, without paying a single cent of dues, before my home state gets one just burns me like you cannot believe. I already can't wait for reality to set in when this team returns to the middle of the pack, the novelty wears off, no one's as excited to see a team that sucks, and the casinos and corporations have bought up all the tickets so the average person can't afford one anymore. It will be 80% tourists at their home games, and if they're ever a bottom dweller for several years even that will suffer. No offense to any Nevadans, but the fact that there's an NHL team there and not in Quebec City or Halifax chaps my hide. You have not earned this. I mean, the whole Nashville thing is annoying enough.

    Also, you kids GET OFF MY LAWN.
    Well I thoroughly enjoyed the Hurricanes Cup in 2006 - season tix holder, and neighbor of the Lavoilettes...used to carpool with them to youth hockey practices.

    But I agree with you on expansion draft, and are you kidding? No entry fee? WTF

  4. #24
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    About 150 feet in front of the Duke Chapel doors.
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!

    (That's a great 8 right there...)
    JBDuke

    Andre Dawkins: “People ask me if I can still shoot, and I ask them if they can still breathe. That’s kind of the same thing.”

  5. #25
    Well, there ya go caps fans! Congrats!
    Nothing incites bodily violence quicker than a Duke fan turning in your direction and saying 'scoreboard.'

  6. #26
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Washington DC
    Quote Originally Posted by JBDuke View Post
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!

    (That's a great 8 right there...)
    AMAZING!!!!!!!!

    Trailed in all four rounds

    Closed out every series on the road

    40 years to the day after the Bullets only NBA championship

    First DC big 4 pro championship since 92

    Tens of tousands of people outside downtown going crazy

    C-A-P-S Caps Caps Caps!!!

  7. #27
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Richmond, Va
    Can't help but wonder if a few car's might take aflame tonight. Very frustrated fanbase, those DC, Maryland, NoVa folks. Shortly after the win I heard fireworks in my neighborhood (15 minutes ago). Amazing for them!! Congrats Caps and their fans!! Played golf a few years ago with Rod Langway, known as The Minister of Defence.
    Very nice guy, good golfer and fun to be with. I'm sure he's a very happy Cap tonight.

  8. #28
    Quote Originally Posted by duketaylor View Post
    ...Rod Langway, known as The Minister of Defence...
    Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't he one of the last guys in hockey who was allowed to play without a helmet?
    Nothing incites bodily violence quicker than a Duke fan turning in your direction and saying 'scoreboard.'

  9. #29
    Quote Originally Posted by JBDuke View Post
    Wow - DC is so hungry for a sports championship, and this is the closest they've been to one since 1992. If the Caps blow this now, it will be just a crushing blow.
    Well, Caps got to the finals in ‘98. Of course, they got swept that year.

    I love that my Caps closed it out on the 40th anniversary to the day of the Bullets championship from when I was 2. So apropos.

  10. #30
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Quote Originally Posted by JBDuke View Post
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!
    The Capitals win!

    (That's a great 8 right there...)
    Congrats, all my DC and NoVa peeps! It's been a long time coming for y'all.

  11. #31
    I have now been alive and old enough to remember seeing 3 of my 5 teams win a championship. Only Georgia football and the Redskins, I turned 5 a month before Super Bowl XXVI and I might have been in the room but I have no memories of the game, remain. Until a week ago I would have sworn the Caps would be the last team on my list to ever win one. So happy right now!!

  12. #32
    Quote Originally Posted by kmspeaks View Post
    I have now been alive and old enough to remember seeing 3 of my 5 teams win a championship. Only Georgia football and the Redskins, I turned 5 a month before Super Bowl XXVI and I might have been in the room but I have no memories of the game, remain. Until a week ago I would have sworn the Caps would be the last team on my list to ever win one. So happy right now!!
    I'm glad the Caps won, because I think Vegas was the big time beneficiary of the NHL giving away the store to get Vegas in the league. Now those fans are spoiled, and the next few years of coming down to earth will be interesting to see.

    But as far as lifetime team titles, I've been blessed to see 5 Duke titles, a few Redskin titles (Skins fan then, now more Panthers fan) few Cincinnati Reds titles (now care nothing about MLB, but did at the time) -- and by far the most amazing, a Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup, while we were season ticket holders and neighbors, little league hockey carpool partners with Peter Lavoilette and family (the head coach). Hard to believe that was 12 years ago...

    As for my Duke fandom, I suffered through Bucky Waters, Neal McGeachy, and the first few years of Coach K while my Carolina and State buddies were beating our fannies and winning titles. Needless to say, I was there as K has guided Duke to supremacy...91-92 were amazing (almost 94 too)...2001 validated K could win without Laettner, Hurley and Hill, and 2010 and 2015 were such different teams, his validation just increased.

    Those years of loyalty amply rewarded by the Duke program of the past 32-33 years...

    Now back to our regularly scheduled Stanley Cup thread...

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