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The ‘24-‘25 boredom thread..
alta:
I’m happy we avoided the Blue Jackets this year. They got hot when it mattered, just a few games too late.
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Thursday April 17, 2025, 11:13:28 AM Eastern ---Very happy we avoided Columbus and Ottawa, but I do remember being at Game 7 last time we played Montreal after we won the Presidents Cup. I took my young daughter who was a big fan and I was telling her before that series that the Caps had one of the best teams I had seen and they had a great chance of winning the Cup. But Montreal had the hot goalie.....
It's going to be different this time!
--- End quote ---
Yes I was at game 1 or 2...and we outshot them literally like 54 to 18 or something crazy and lost the game. We dominated the entire game but just couldn't get the puck to go in. There was so much expectation and excitement that year and it came to a crashing halt early. I celebrate every time we stomp Montreal since that time, just cause it still hurts.
and yes...This time will be different!!!
BlackIce:
May I suggest that during the Montreal series we pay particular attention to one player - their undersized power play defenseman, Lane Hutson. I say that because the Caps drafted his younger brother, Cole, last year, and he is considered a VERY promising prospect. They are both similar size, and Cole is considered to have skills comparable to those of his older brother - though one never knows until those skills actually transfer to the NHL level.
This is sort of a similar situation to the Caps' situation with Protas, where they also have his younger brother in the system and he is showing HUGE promise as a LW.
richkrt99:
and....we need to boot Montreal EARLY! Way TOO many Canadian teams in the playoffs this year: all three Canadian teams made it in the east, and 2 in the west....and Calgary missed by a whisker.
(I have nothing against Canadian teams, but the ratio is just way off this year)
I expect there will be only one Canadian team left in the east after the 1st round. :wackysmile:
Beaglefan2:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Thursday April 17, 2025, 11:57:17 AM Eastern ---
Yes I was at game 1 or 2...and we outshot them literally like 54 to 18 or something crazy and lost the game. We dominated the entire game but just couldn't get the puck to go in. There was so much expectation and excitement that year and it came to a crashing halt early. I celebrate every time we stomp Montreal since that time, just cause it still hurts.
and yes...This time will be different!!!
--- End quote ---
So the other part about when I went to Game 7 with my 12 year old daughter ...... After the game ended we sat in stunned silence and the arena was very quiet. All the way to the car, we didn't say a word and it was just awful. I then drive out of the parking lot and get stuck in traffic. I come to a stop outside of the Jaleo restaurant where this rather large girl was getting her car from the valet. She takes her sweet time and is chatting with other girls - all the while I am fuming from the game and now the delay. Finally, with my impressionable daughter next to me, I roll down the window and basically scream at this lady to "move your fat ass!".
My daughter gives me the look and instead of apologizing and telling her how wrong I was, I just looked at her and said "don't tell your Mother". Not my proudest moment, but one that we now laugh about.
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