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« Previous EntriesDMV: Still Handling Caps Sadness
Thursday, May 16th, 2013Here are the five stages of Caps fan grief. Good stuff. [Caps Insider]
John Tortorella think Caps’ whining is part of why they lost. [WaPo]
Ted Leonsis’ Wikipedia page got absolutely savaged. [For The Win]
Answers to five questions the Caps are faced with now. [Caps Insider]
Kornheiser sounds so out of touch on the Caps and their fans. [...]
Mike Green’s Had A Rough Week
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013hahahaha green’s hair twitter.com/brouwerrangers…
— Brouwer Rangers (@brouwerrangers) May 15, 2013
Previously: Alex Ovechkin’s Hair Is Playing At A High Level
The Caps’ Short Season in Five Awesome Pictures
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013Here with a quick season recap is Caps correspondent Brad Parker.
1. Shouldn’t a Man of His Advanced Age Know Better?
Caps fans loved Mike Knuble when he was in town. So when he returned to Verizon this year CSN quickly pointed out why GMGM let him go: He’s old. Also, he picks his nose all [...]
Ranking 2012-13 D.C. Sports Fails
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013With the wound from Caps-Rangers Game 7 still gaping like a Braden Holtby-protected net, let’s chronicle the repeated failures of D.C.’s pro sports teams over the past seven or eight months. A few notes before doing so:
– The United and Mystic and whoever else need not apply for the purposes of this discussion, because we [...]
DMV: I Have No Idea What Bryce Harper And The Caps Were Doing
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013My SovSport colleague Dmitry Shumin asked Ovi to describe what happened in one word. Ovi: “[We] sh*t ourselves.” #caps
— Dmitry Chesnokov (@dchesnokov) May 14, 2013
The Caps got spanked 5-0 by the Rangers in Game 7. Hard. [WaPo]
It was reminiscent of the Game 7 loss to Pittsburgh in ‘09. [WaPo]
Alex Ovechkin went absolutely apeshit on one [...]
DMV: Braden Holty’s Boner
Thursday, May 9th, 2013Caps lose 4-3 in an ugly Game 4, return to D.C. tied at 2. [Japers', RMNB]
Holtby inexplicably turned it over, giving New York goal No. 1. [RMNB]
Ovechkin hurt Martin Erat while trying to take out a Ranger. [USAT Sports]
Ovi got called for a penalty on the play, which was BS. [Russian Machine]
Rangers fans own Ovechkin [...]
History Says Caps Winning Game 4 Means 40% Chance Of Epic Fail
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013Here to prep you for tonight’s Game 4 is Caps correspondent Brad Parker.
By now we all know the Caps have never won a game when having the chance to take a 3-0 lead in a best-of-seven series. (Twice they’ve swept a best-of-five series and in ‘85 blew a 2-0 lead on the Islanders and lost [...]
DMV: Huge Game 4 Looms For Capitals
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013Braden Holtby visualizes the game before it happens. Futuristic. [RMNB]
Caps need to stay out of penalty box to win Game 4 in MSG. [WaPo]
Very calm Adam Oates gave the boys yesterday off, cool move. [CSNW]
Looking at recent playoff history between Caps-Rangers. [Grantland]
Wieters carries weight for Orioles, brings in 3 runs in a 4-3 win. [Balt. [...]
DMV: Caps Now 0-7 At Going 3-0
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013Caps get called for six penalties, lose Game 3 in NY 4-3. [Japers' Rink]
Mike Green scored again and had a very good game. [Russian Machine]
Caps couldn’t capitalize on a 6-on-4 advantage at the end. [Caps Insider]
Joe Beninati stood on a stack of books to interview Jason Chimera. [RMNB]
Indiana’s grad ceremony was interrupted by “Game Over” [...]
This Call Went Against The Caps
Monday, May 6th, 2013Too many men called on the Caps. Here are eleventeen Rangers on the ice. twitter.com/stopthehats/st…
— StopThrowingHats (@stopthehats) May 7, 2013
Five straight penalties called on Washington. Rangers up 2-1. Discuss.
Update: And now it’s 2-2 (via Mike Green basketing the biscuit).
The Green goal. Err, the most-recent Green goal. vine.co/v/b2eixpp1PrB
— JapersRink (@JapersRink) May 7, 2013