Comments on: Open File: Survival Saturday in the Nation's Capital

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:32:02 +0000

For those of you fortunate enough to be there – be happy you didn’t have to endure the once-again awful NBC announcing team. McGuire mentioned that the reason the Caps fan so heartily boo Briere is because Briere checked Ovechkin into an open door on the ice a couple of seasons ago. Uh, no.
Shouldn’t these guys have to check their facts?
At least Emerick made fun of McGuire’s “50% Flyers fans” comment from last week.

By: SovSport

SovSport — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:15:16 +0000

No offense to any of the Caps players because they are all great… But Alexander Semin is amazing.

By: MulletMan

MulletMan — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:12:01 +0000

Alex2:
It hasn’t hurt my ears yet, maybe my ears are damaged from too many rock concerts. I have noticed that there are several fans now with ear-plugs. I guess that will be one of the next items that the caps will start marketing…Rock the Red Earplugs to fully support your Capitals.

By: Alex2

Alex2 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:53:33 +0000

Speaking of loud… I was in Philly on Thursday. All of us there agree… Philly was MAYBE 30% of what us Caps fans have to offer… My ears never hurt up there, but tonight WOW I almost (ALMOST) wish I had ear plugs! GO CAPS!!!

By: grapejoos

grapejoos — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:50:18 +0000

The ref on the ice definitely signaled interference on Fedorov’s penalty. I’d buy that before roughing. He took his hand off of his stick but that is as ticky-tacky a call as you can make in any circumstances. When it gives a team a 5-on-3 and occurs on the forecheck and gives the penalized team no advantage, it’s outrageous. The interference penalty on Philly today was pretty bogus too. The officiating in this series has been absolutely abysmal. Game 4 is still the worst I have ever seen, in terms of being both bad and one-sided. Today it was mostly just random.
Semin has really showed me something this series. I didn’t know he was as intense a competitor as he showed. He has gone from occasional (but amazingly skilled) goat in my eyes to one of my favorite Caps in this series. Fehr, Bradley, Gordon, and Steckel have also been impressive in their grit, and Brashear has just been a force out there.
Caps in 7. Don’t stop believing.

By: Bucky Katt

Bucky Katt — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:59:57 +0000

“The sublime Semin is back at it, sending a gorgeous cross-ice pass that Nicklas Backstrom ripped home high on the 5-on-3 power play.”
Semin had a great game out there today! Props to Sovsport on his Semin predictions earlier in the week.

By: tess

tess — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:50:38 +0000

Re: air-conditioined metro cars:
Going to hockey games and not needing a jacket is a WONDERFUL feeling. Even better when it gets to be hockey in June.