Speculation: Caps General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines etc) - 2019-20 Season Pt. 6: 2020

[CapitalsCupReality]

How little did we know at that time that we would feel more than a decade worth of pain and heartbreak and then sudden exhilaration.

darker the berry, sweeter the juice!

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Nah, the Capitals' case is heartbreak. Like getting your heart broken over and over painfully by your one true love.

The Sabres' case is more like being an incel (involuntary celibate). Just lonely, bitter and depressed lol...

they’re not even past the hurting themselves stage....Sabre’s would need to “play up” considerably for a long time to get into our pre-Cup level of anguish lol....10 years doesn’t scratch the surface.

 

[Devil Dancer]

I'll take the 06-07 and 09-10 experiences over any non-playoff trash any day. Especially 07, that run was magic, and I knew they weren't ready to be true Cup contenders, so the playoffs were all lagniappe.

 

[Hivemind]

I'll take the 06-07 and 09-10 experiences over any non-playoff trash any day. Especially 07, that run was magic, and I knew they weren't ready to be true Cup contenders, so the playoffs were all lagniappe.

I assume you mean 2007-08, not 06-07. But yeah.

 

[Devil Dancer]

I assume you mean 2007-08, not 06-07. But yeah.

Oops, yeah. What a year.

• Ovie with 65 and all the awards.
• Ovie signed the 13-year contract.
• Backstrom emerged.
• The rise of Boudreau.
• Trading for Fedorov and others.
• That miracle run to make the playoffs.
• Coming back from being down 3-1 to Philly (though losing G7 sucked).

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Oops, yeah. What a year.

• Ovie with 65 and all the awards.
• Ovie signed the 13-year contract.
• Backstrom emerged.
• The rise of Boudreau.
• Trading for Fedorov and others.
• That miracle run to make the playoffs.
• Coming back from being down 3-1 to Philly (though losing G7 sucked).

I’m of the opinion if we don’t get screwed by the refs, we make some noise, maybe the East Finals, and we win a Cup much earlier, maybe have 2 by now.


Being in the building for that clinching regular season win was magical as a fan.

 

[crab]

Kempny seems to be working out quite intensely from his videos. Hopefully a good sign that he is further recovering since his play near season end was quite poor

 

[txpd]

I'll take the 06-07 and 09-10 experiences over any non-playoff trash any day. Especially 07, that run was magic, and I knew they weren't ready to be true Cup contenders, so the playoffs were all lagniappe.

The only thing destructive about what happened in the president's trophy seasons was the consistency of the failure. It was like proof that they would always choke. Even with the heartbreak, winning all those games is so much better than being the Islanders or Oilers.

Go back to the Rod Langway trade or the Ovechkin rookie season and I think from those points to present the Caps are the best team in the NHL. It didn't feel like that because playoffs. Put another cup in Ov's hands and all of a sudden the Caps look like a 20 year juggernaut

 

[txpd]

Kempny seems to be working out quite intensely from his videos. Hopefully a good sign that he is further recovering since his play near season end was quite poor

I am not holding my breath. I don't think his problem this season was conditioning.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I am not holding my breath. I don't think his problem this season was conditioning.

those types on injuries, Season 1 back is usually the hardest. The time off can only help him with the rest IMO.

I don’t think he’s proven ruined yet as you seem to be alluding to.

 

[txpd]

those types on injuries, Season 1 back is usually the hardest. The time off can only help him with the rest IMO.

I don’t think he’s proven ruined yet as you seem to be alluding to.

I understand that to the extent we have experience with "those type of injuries". A torn hamstring in a hockey player has little to no data to work from. You might be right. I hope you are right. I am not holding my breath

 

[Devil Dancer]

I'm rewatching the Cup run, and a big difference between that team and the 19-20 Caps was the play of Carlson and Backstrom. Both were so much better two years ago. Backstrom looked a lot faster, and Carlson's shot was much better.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I understand that to the extent we have experience with "those type of injuries". A torn hamstring in a hockey player has little to no data to work from. You might be right. I hope you are right. I am not holding my breath

I’m not getting specific as to torn whatever, I’m saying as far as major-level injuries go, doesn’t seem like a write off just yet as an NHL’er.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I'm rewatching the Cup run, and a big difference between that team and the 19-20 Caps was the play of Carlson and Backstrom. Both were so much better two years ago. Backstrom looked a lot faster, and Carlson's shot was much better.

And compared to Johnny Norris?


Successful Cup runs often have guys playing at their best don’t they? It’s about catching that fire again.

 

[txpd]

I’m not getting specific as to torn whatever, I’m saying as far as major-level injuries go, doesn’t seem like a write off just yet as an NHL’er.

I am not going to any extremes. Wait and see. Write off. Dude

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Can’t wait to see a blank playoff team win the draft lottery tonight

 

[Marshall]

#NotDetroit

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

What a mess this is

 

[Marshall]

The NHL just NHL'd itself. Which play-in team's management wants them to win now?

 

[um]

Was there a reason we couldn’t wait until after the play ins? I don’t get the rush.

 

[Rayquaza64]

Was there a reason we couldn’t wait until after the play ins? I don’t get the rush.

gotta get that TV ad revenue from hockey deprived fans

 

[Maldini]

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

gotta get that TV ad revenue from hockey deprived fans

I doubt many more people watched that over rerun of the 1998 Stanley cup

 

[Raikkonen]

If that was real time footage mostly (not fast forward) - Ovi looks quick.

 

[hockeykicker]