Series Discussion: 2018 Stanley Cup Final: Washington Capitals vs Vegas Golden Knights

[ovikovy817]

Dude, man up. Sell the car or the house or something....show some commitment..

Normally I'll cancel my vacation in Spain because of a potential game 6 and 7. Am I showing some commitment??


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Btw, I hope nhl realise that Vegas winning in the 1st year wouldn't be good for the franchise (no goals for the future) so they'll favor the Caps who am I kidding? We know how it will work

 

[EternalOptimist]

This is some dante's inferno shit going through the layers of hell before reaching your prize at the bottom. Demon after demon defeated, one left standing..

 

[Roshi]

We have beaten all the Disney monsters on our way to meet the Cinderella. Now show no mercy to that b**ch and her mean stepfather Georgie

Win or lose, its exstatic to get there. Stanley Cup finals. After all the years of disappointment. Im going to give this team my sincerest hats off expression no matter what happens from this point on. This team is a thing of beauty, the mindset and the story is there to take it all. And we have been around for 40+ years. Its not fair if the first timers can have it.

Vegas is so scary. Their mindset and story is there too, and their speed and resilliency have crushed anyone standing on their way so far. But if anyone can do it, its this Capitals team.

Just win a (first for franchise) game in the finals and build from that.

Also happy that even having GMGM there, i cant find myself disliking Vegas. Its a sweet final series with a great storyline on both parties. Would still rather have taken Jets..

 

[Improvise]

May the puck be with you.

Sincerely,
Another sharks fan with a decade long soft spot for the caps.

 

[mad4comp]

Looks like we're on a mission to knock out all the Pens 3-peat members.

Round 1 - Cole
Round 2 - Pens Team
Round 3 - Kunitz
Round 4 - Fleury?

Make it happen boys.

 

[chilimac]

So if I’m flying 3,000 miles... game 3 or game 4? What say you?

uh.... both ??

 

[Sam Spade]

Went through the team that tanked to get us.
Made it through the mighty Pens (finally).
Made it through the team everyone said would destroy them.

Everyone will pick Vegas, and with MAF playing the way he is and his history against the Caps, I understand it. No idea how it works out but man I am praying they keep proving the experts wrong.

 

[Blades of Steel]

The final demon... George McPhee

lol it's like a video game

 

[Murzu]

Go Caps! I'm rooting for you like a maniac. Destroy the Vegas, you can do it! Go for the Conn Smythe, Ovie!

 

[Blades of Steel]

This is some dante's inferno **** going through the layers of hell before reaching your prize at the bottom. Demon after demon defeated, one left standing..

I was visualizing darksouls

 

[BallardEra]

I'm glad that the team is starting on the road.

 

[PredsV82]

**** the Penguins
**** the Rangers
**** Game 7s
**** the second round
**** the choker label
Dig Halak up and **** him too

**** George Mcphee and **** Forsberg

You forgot f*** Trotz cant win in the playoffs.

Good luck Caps, will be pulling for you and NoNeck...

 

[Steeltown]

I don't post much, but I've been around forever.

I just wanted to say, **** YES! LET'S GO CAPS!

Ovi needs a cup. He's a legend

 

[Ridley Simon]

Safe to say the Karlsson line will see plenty of 9/2. Harder to match on the road, though, so Carlson will need to be on his game as well. I thought his decision-making was rather off in G7 tonight but when you're feeling it as a team it's manageable. Djoos will need to be better as well.

Lots of speed in that Vegas lineup so we'll see how well the Caps are able to slow them down. On paper you see a team with Sbisa & Engelland and think maybe you've got a chance but it'll be on the Caps to break them down. Exits and the forecheck will need to consistently be on point against a team that seems to bring it arguably as consistently as anyone. Shutting down the Karlsson line and being hard on Schmidt will be two keys to at least start putting their defensive grind type stamp on the series.

To the bolded:

Come on man. Maybe they have a chance? This isn’t the first round we are talking. Caps just blew through 2 amazing teams (and CBus was no wallflower). Caps have a TERRIFIC chance to bring a championship to DC.

I know you’ve doubted them this entire time, I get it. But it’s time to see them for what they are.

 

[RandyHolt]

My vision of Djoos having to stand up to Reeves in the playoffs, come to fruition after all.

Djoos seems like he may need a break, as he looked a little shaky late in the series. I am not sure it was anything physical as I cannot even recall him getting hit once but a few days off should bode well.

 

[895]

I have a feeling Schmidt's smile which I always found quite endearing is going to become very annoying very quickly.

 

[Devil Dancer]

To the bolded:

Come on man. Maybe they have a chance? This isn’t the first round we are talking. Caps just blew through 2 amazing teams (and CBus was no wallflower). Caps have a TERRIFIC chance to bring a championship to DC.

I know you’ve doubted them this entire time, I get it. But it’s time to see them for what they are.

Good point, and that's the big difference here between 2018 and 1998. This Caps team is much better than the '98 club, and the Golden Knights are nowhere near the powerhouse that the '98 Wings were. The Caps can win this! Hell last night they were favored in the HF poll.

The 98 final was over before it started. Even if Tik buried his big miss and they went on to win G2, the end result wasn't going to change.

This year anything is possible.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Good point, and that's the big difference here between 2018 and 1998. This Caps team is much better than the '98 club, and the Golden Knights are nowhere near the powerhouse that the '98 Wings were. The Caps can win this! Hell last night they were favored in the HF poll.

The 98 final was over before it started. Even if Tik buried his big miss and they went on to win G2, the end result wasn't going to change.

This year anything is possible.

I think its finally this franchise’s time.

I thought before the playoffs started that this was Trotz’s best TEAM....due to the synergies from the stars (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Holtby, Carlson, Oshie), the emergence of the NexGen (Kuznetsov, Orlov, Wilson, Eller), the steadiness of guys like Orpik, Niskanen, Beagle....and the speed, passion and enthusiasm of the youth (Vrana, Burakovsky, Stephenson, Gersich, Walker, Djoos). It looked like a 2016/2017 Pens team to me.

Here we are. Chef Trotz cooked the stew perfectly (with help from his sous-chefs). Few more demons to conquer (Fleury, McPhee, Zero SCF “game wins”), and they’ve done it.

 

[bur and 666 others]

Maybe both

Did everyone forgot the biggest demons out there? The caps has never won a game in the finals .... and never has won the Lord Stanley!

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

 

[Sam Spade]

What a difference three days makes. Tickets were $73 for game six.

p.s. it's "Final" idiots.

 

[RandyHolt]

Golden Shower Nights

I would love a sweep to keep George winless.

 

[thegr8one66]

Rooting for you guys.

 

[Lindemann]

Vegas is a good team. Fluery is a hell of a goalie

However, I feel like Vegas played an easy west coast conference, similar to how Tampa got to the ECF.

But maybe I am just being bias. The east had WAY better teams than the west this year

 

[RandyHolt]

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