Seems like it doesn’t matter how many points the Washington Capitals get in the regular season, when it comes to the playoffs, it’s a whole other matter. Unless that is, they can come back from a three-game deficit to overcome the Tampa Bay Lightning, which probably isn’t going to happen. The Caps changed their way of doing [...]
May 4, 2011 in Alex Ovechkin, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toe Blake, Washington Capitals
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Brooks Laich, Bruce Boudreau, HBO 24/7, Jason Arnott, Mike Green Nicklas Backstrom, Toe Blake | 3 Comments »
Not many gave them a chance, these Montreal Canadiens. Studio analysts laughed and smirked at the mere thought of it. There was no way the Habs, a team who had just squeaked into the playoffs by the skin of their teeth, were going to stop the mighty Washington Capitals, who most thought would go all the way [...]
April 28, 2010 in Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals
Tags: A;ex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Dominik Moore, Doug MacLean, Hal Gill, Hockey Central, Jaroslav Halak, Josh Gorges, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom | 24 Comments »
I hope you didn’t shave today. It’s playoff time. If you did, what were you thinking? The goalies are set – Halak and Theodore - and the hockey world waits for the Washington slaughter of the Habs to begin. It’s not going to be the least bit fair, no it’s not. The Caps are too big, too [...]
April 15, 2010 in Bobby Hull, Bobby Orr, Detroit Red Wings, Gaston, Gordie Howe, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Expos, NHL playoffs, Washington Capitals, Wayne Gretzky
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Barack Obama, Bobby Orr, Claude Provost, Gordie Howe, Jaroslav Halak, Jose Theodore, Paul Newman, Toe Blake, Wayne Gretzky | 6 Comments »
Time to pull out the good old Alexander Semin fight from 2009 against Marc Staal. You know, the one where he flails like a little girl.
April 14, 2010 in Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Washington Capitals
Tags: Alex Semin, Marc Staal | 1 Comment »
Hab-haters are in a giddy mood. They can’t wait for the series between Montreal and Washington to begin so they can be amused by the slaughter about to unfold. You’re screwed, you rotten bastard Habs, they exclaim with glee, a glee that probably rivals many of their best orgasms. And of course on paper, these folks don’t have to [...]
April 12, 2010 in Alex Ovechkin, Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins, Carey Price, Chicago Blackhawks, Jean Beliveau, Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens, Washington Capitals
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Bobby Orr, Carey Price, Glenn Hall, John Bucyk, Ken Dryden, Ken Hodge, Mike Green, Phil Esposito, Roger Crozier, Terry Sawchuk, Tomas Plekanec | 19 Comments »