Stanley Cup Picks

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RatBastard wrote:
The bean pot might be a cool thing to see as well.  I damn near drove to DC for the Championship game and just hung out until people out side were dumping tickets.  It always happens but I was beat from hitting a show the night before and not getting home until after 4:00 AM.

It was easy to get tickets. There were lots of people selling out front before the game. 400 level could be bought for below face value.

I wonder what the market is going to be like for Caps tickets. I'm still amazed at the upswing in demand. Are there really that many hockey fans? Or (more likely) is it just people jumping on a bandwagon when the rest of the DC area teams aren't doing well?

We got tickets for the first two games from friends. Should be a blast! I'm looking forward to Ovie putting Avery through the glass.  ;D

they had a ton of sellouts this year in the regular season

EAST
Boston
Washington
Carolina
Philadelphia


WEST
San Jose
Columbus
St Louis
Chicago

I know it's a pipe dream, but I'd love to see Columbus and Caps in the final round…

how 'bout them devils?

sweetcell wrote:
how 'bout them devils?

  how 'bout them rangers!

  I  have decided that I like the Capitals less than the Yankees.

didnt you have season tickets at one point?

good game 1, but i dont expect the flyers to be as poor as they were last night all series

im loving the rangers right now (even more so than usual). my co-worker is a huge caps fan, so he has not been happy at work today. I need both the devils and rangers to keep winning as i found an in to get some play offs tickets. Working for Mario Batali has so many advantages im learning (not me, a friend).

back wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
how 'bout them devils?

   how 'bout them rangers!

  I  have decided that I like the Capitals less than the Yankees.

godsshoeshine wrote:
didnt you have season tickets at one point?

  I had season tickets for 3 years. We bought them to secure Playoff tickets in 2003. Once the Caps choked in the Tampa series, we watched as they wore ugly jerseys, unloaded all of their talent, played like shit and refused to get rid of their old crappy goaltender.

  When Ovechkin came, it was a great first year to watch. He's amazing and sometimes it almost seemed like people would cheer for the team.  Attendance was horrible and I couldnt even GIVE my tickets away on nights i couldn't use them.

    So I decide not to renew them in 2007-2008 and what happens?  New jerseys…..no more Kolzig….playoff series……sold out buildings…..I want 3 years of my life back.  fuckers.

    I hope they never win a playoff series and they have to trade Ovechkin to the Red Wings one day!

yeah i remember going to some sparsely attended games as late as early last season. this year i wanted to get tickets for the pens and got shut out

i do think its kind of funny how caps fans seemed to cry about all the hype that crosby got, but now its all ovie talk all the time

godsshoeshine wrote:
i do think its kind of funny how caps fans seemed to cry about all the hype that crosby got, but now its all ovie talk all the time

they are good at crying!  without fail every game i went to people aruond me would boo the linemen on offsides calls.  people in the 400 section. I have been to hockey games in Pittsburgh, Boston, NJ, Phoenix, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Chicago and i have never heard anyone once question the offsides call in the upper deck.

  ovechkin is better than crosby, though.

crosby's better, nah ovie, wait malkins better than both
zzzzzzzzzz
theyre all under 24 and none have hoisted the cup. talk to me in 5-10 years

ovechkin isnt going to be hoisting any cup, not with Washington.

i'm cant believe i'm going to say this, but thats a lot of caps hate

Alex has skills but is a total douche and has no respect for the game.  Sooner or later someone will cocl his ass and I will be the one standing up cheering the loudest when he gets what is coming to him.  He is a total clown.

I HAZ A HAPPY: just discovered that my hotel has Versus!!!

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so i hit up the concierge lounge for a bottle of wine, some cheese and crackers, and i'm in the middle of tonight's triple-header.  the jackets have their work cut out for them, they need a new plan on offense 'cause they got nowhere tonight (even on PPs).  at times it looked like they couldn't be bothered trying. 

so far the second period of flames-hawks is kinda meh but i'm enjoying it disproportionately, because i wasn't expecting to be watching ANY hockey tonight. 

damn bruins.

looking forward to sharks-ducks but i doubt i'll be able to stick out the whole game.

sweetcell wrote:


damn bruins.

get used to it. and i know you couldnt see that game on vs. but check some highlights sometime. Kessel but the empty net goal in a Lapierrere comes over and decks him and starts a big fight.  Then as time expire, Kostapolous picks another fight with Yelle.  not very sportsmanlike and i hope the B's dont let it get under their skin.

vs had plenty of coverage of the end-of-game and after-game shenanigans.  not pretty at all.  i like a good scuffle/excessive roughness as much as the next hockey fan, but that was just stoopid.  nothing was achieved there other than a suspension or two.  pointless.  now the habs are going to be down at least one player, and for what?

sharks lacking the luster i assumed they'd bring to the game, but game is still tied.  dammit.  must to go to beeeeed…. muuuuust…

San Jose doubles up an opponent in shots, runs into a hot goalie, and Thornton and other "stars" come up minuscule in a loss to an inferior opponent… must be playoff time.

Julian, wrote:
San Jose doubles up an opponent in shots, runs into a hot goalie, and Thornton and other "stars" come up minuscule in a loss to an inferior opponent… must be playoff time.

big joe has always been tiny come springtime!