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RavenCp:
--- Quote from: 4 Caps on Friday March 09, 2018, 09:00:00 PM Eastern ---Mickstix, with all due respect I think you are ignoring the fact that the season prior to GMBM taking over, the Caps missed the playoffs. Since he took over the Caps won the Presidents trophy twice and over that time has the best regular season record. Ya ya, the team didn’t win a Stanley Cup but I blame that more on Trotz and the players. I have followed the Caps from their inception and have been a season ticket holder for close to 30 years. IMO last season’s team was the best Caps team ever. The only General Manager who has arguably done a better job than BMac over this period of time is Rutherford. Extending BMac was a good move by Ted despte what DC thinks. McPhee had 16 years to win a Stanley Cup and failed to do it. I am willing to give BMac a few more years to see what he can do.
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I for two season we had the roster which was capable to win the Cup. BMac did many good moves and some bad. Trotz was a save shot, he can bring almost any team to playoff zone, but never win anything. Did Caps really miss playoffs at Ovie's time?
alta:
--- Quote from: Devise on Friday March 09, 2018, 04:38:34 PM Eastern ---
But it isn't. Like, go look at his Wiki page. It states the same thing.
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That just proves my point, crappy journalism. Copy and paste is not journalism, nor is reposting a bunch of tweets. How many fans does this game have that have no idea there was a 4 column win lose sheet?
alta:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Saturday March 10, 2018, 10:19:56 AM Eastern --- You do know that the run in 97-98 was total luck. We were an average team that rode a hot goalie. We also had an easy run in the eastern conference. The Caps were the 4th seed so we faced Boston who was the 5th seed. The top 3 teams in the east lost in the first round so we became the top seed left in the 2nd round. We then faced the 8th seed Ottawa in the 2nd round and the 6th seed team Buffalo in the 3rd round. We finally faced a top team in the final and got swept. The series was closer than people think. 3 of the 4 games were by one goal. I think the turning point in that series was the OT loss in game 2. Im sure Juneau was rewarded a penalty shot in the OT but lost the puck in the snow that Osgood piled up in front of the net. That might have been the game that Tikanen missed the wide open net.
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that run to the finals had as much luck in it as every time since that the Caps crapped out in the 2nd round, it was all luck ::)
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: alta on Saturday March 10, 2018, 11:45:16 AM Eastern ---
that run to the finals had as much luck in it as every time since that the Caps crapped out in the 2nd round, it was all luck ::)
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My point is that we weren't as good as some other teams but got further. Showing that anything can happen in the playoffs. Like riding a hot goalie and getting favorable matchups. That team was built more like a playoff team than our teams of the past couple seasons. That team had some grit.
alta:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Saturday March 10, 2018, 04:02:12 PM Eastern --- My point is that we weren't as good as some other teams but got further. Showing that anything can happen in the playoffs. Like riding a hot goalie and getting favorable matchups. That team was built more like a playoff team than our teams of the past couple seasons. That team had some grit.
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yea, because a point isn't made until you've added your 1/2 cent
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