Comments on: Rockin' the Red: Afternoon Style

By: Jbo

Jbo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:59:00 +0000

I would rank Sunday among the low moments in Caps playoff history behind
1) Esa Tikkanen missing a wide open net in a pivotal game of the Stanley Cup Finals druing Detroit. go to youtube for it.
2) “The Easter Epic” After a six hour triple overtime game our goalie Pete Peeters is beaten from the blue line by the New York Islanders
3) scrawny midget Martin St. Louis erasing our two game lead in the best of seven series vs. Tampa Bay in 2003.
It’s time to follow the Red Sox (curse of the Bambino ended in 2004) and end our playoff curse!!!!!!!!!Bring the cup to D.C.!!!!

By: JMoney

JMoney — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:31:23 +0000

It’s never easy against Philly – not something to give up over by any means, but something to keep in mind. Let’s see where we are after the next couple of games.

By: Cathy W

Cathy W — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:39:39 +0000

Your entry mentioned the fight in 421. There were various accounts of the flight in 421 on the message boards and HockeyBuzz. From these accounts,it appears that a Caps fan instigated the event. In comments to Tarik’s blog, someone complained about three Caps fans harassing their six year old son, who was wearing a Biron jersey, in the restroom. There appears to be a hopefully small number of Caps Fans that think fighting in the stands is good and opposing fans deserve more than good natured ribbing. We are Caps fans, not a street gang. As someone who have gone to away Caps games with the Fan Club and Road Crew, I have never been treated in this manner by fans at another venue, and that includes Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Philly. I am appalled that anyone thinks that it’s OK because a fan of the opposing team is involved. I just hope this stops now and there are no additional incidents on Saturday.

By: Scai

Scai — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:58:43 +0000

Seems to me that Stevens has “out-systemed” Boudreau pretty bad so far. The Caps couldn’t execute controlled breakouts for most of the 2 games, couldn’t get a sustained forecheck going, had their first line shut down except for one (big) moment and in the second game the Flyers also took Green and his rushes out of the game.
That kind of dominance in the systems-department to me is the root of the problem, much more than lack of effort or goaltending. Gonna be interesting to see what adjustments Boudreau makes.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:49:22 +0000

The crowd was fine. It wasn’t Friday, but we were doing our best to lift the guys up at every turn. More than anything, the team just seemed tired and no amount of loudness was going to wake them up.
I’m more worried about Backstrom’s disappearance than anything else…

By: migz

migz — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:11:06 +0000

Just to add my 2cents to what others had posted, the Caps did not show up at all today. I felt like the crowd did, but the crowd had very little to cheer for (BTW, the pom poms were chinsey & terrible, more towels please). The thing I noticed the most was the complete absence of any of the Caps checking anyone or even being remotely physical. Why didn’t Brash drop the gloves a few minutes into the 3rd to get the crowd/team fired up? I didn’t get any sense of urgency or desire to win this game today from the guys. Yes they had their chances, but Biron was on his game today. I’m not trying to be a Negative Nancy here, but today was a terrible game for the Caps & the fans. Let’s hope Boudreau can get the team back on track for game 3 in Philly. Let’s go Caps!

By: Igor

Igor — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:06:40 +0000

Section 430, row J, seats 3 and 4. Neighbors — beware of loud ukrainian Caps fans!!!

By: Igor

Igor — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:45:30 +0000

Beer is good for me. I hope. Just bought season tix for next year.

By: Igor

Igor — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:37:56 +0000

dmg, I’m not saying he was. They could have scored 5. They chose no to. Huet could stop them, but was out of luck. At least, unlike the rest of the team he tried. Looks like tix will go on sale at midnight.

By: dmg

dmg — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:34:26 +0000

Mike Green’s struggles aren’t just limited to today – he was to blame for 2 of the Flyers 4 goals on Friday and took that bad penalty to end the second period in that game. In the playoffs he’s had one excellent period and five bad ones.
Igor, I have to say that I don’t blame Huet for either goal. He could have had the first one but it was a good (not great) shot off a breakaway. The second was an unmarked player on a rebound – that’s not the goalie’s fault. Plus Huet did stop 39 of 41 shots on the day. He wasn’t the Caps problem.