Post-Game Talk: Golden Knights @ Caps, 8PM

[CapitalsCupReality]

Calling from Canada. I believe (and I'm hoping) that the Caps win the Cup this year. Just curious about the hype surrounding the Caps around Washington. Are the Caps on top of the sports world in Washington right now?

It’s a landslide for them right now.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

In the name of the father, the son, and the Holy Lloyd... Caps win.

 

[JMUcapsfan07]

You know the Caps are at the pinnacle of hockey in terms of having an opportunity to do something special and I'm still not enjoying it. That seems like a bad sign. I think the decades of sadness have made playoff hockey not fun anymore. I need to figure out a way to fix that.

This is something I really can't understand. This is the most fun I've ever had watching sports and has been since the Kuzy breakaway KO'd Pittsburgh. IveI just been enjoying the ride ever since.

 

[blokeyhighlander]

You know the Caps are at the pinnacle of hockey in terms of having an opportunity to do something special and I'm still not enjoying it. That seems like a bad sign. I think the decades of sadness have made playoff hockey not fun anymore. I need to figure out a way to fix that.

Caps just need to win their first cup to get the pressure off; it's like getting laid for the first time.

 

[JMUcapsfan07]

It’s a landslide for them right now.

It definitely something I'm not used to and never thought I'd see. It's so nice listening to local sports radio and it being almost nothing but Caps talk all day every day.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

This is something I really can't understand. This is the most fun I've ever had watching sports and has been since the Kuzy breakaway KO'd Pittsburgh. IveI just been enjoying the ride ever since.

A championship run is a bucket list experience.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

A winning Championship run are what makes lifetime and extra generations of fans as well.

 

[Oilers in NS]

It’s a landslide for them right now.

Good to hear. I lived in Edmonton during the 2006 Cup run. It was an unreal experience. Edmonton is Oilers 24/7 365 days a year but the playoffs are another beast.

Good luck tonight! Would like you guys to win your 1st cup. Im not a big fan of Vegas winning a cup in their 1st year. Means you can buy one. I feel like I'm watching an episode of Harry Potter ffs when Vegas does their pre-game

 

[peterthegreat12]

Caps just need to win their first cup to get the pressure off; it's like getting laid for the first time.

I think this is it. If/when they can win a championship I think I will be able to enjoy the game for what it is again. Sad, but true.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Huge game, needless to say.

If they win, they go back to Las Vegas up 3 games to 1.

Pedal to the metal. Looking for good things from Vrana, Steph and Bura. The youth and their speed will get ‘er done.

Let’s go Caps!!!

 

[Langway]

This is something I really can't understand. This is the most fun I've ever had watching sports and has been since the Kuzy breakaway KO'd Pittsburgh. IveI just been enjoying the ride ever since.

Yeah, I don't know how even the most jaded long-term fan can't watch the various behind the scenes clips and not soak in how special this group is and how special these moments are.

 

[CapsDC]

Anyone not enjoying this due to stress or PTSD or whatever needs to fix it fast. This may happen again next year or not for another 20 so enjoy it while it lasts. As someone who vaguely remembers the Redskins championships but was a pre-teen I can say this is the most fun I've ever had as a DC sports fan and it's not even remotely close.

 

[Blades of Steel]

Let's not choke

not us

we choke out their offense.

 

[strungout]

Vrana finally nets one tonight...that kid is due.

 

[kicksavedave]

Caps just need to win their first cup to get the pressure off; it's like getting laid for the first time.

Yep, for the first time, at age 44.

 

[Devil Dancer]

There's no one emotion or feeling for me watching these games. It is stressful and not nearly as fun when they're protecting a one goal lead, but most other situations are enjoyable. And the breakthrough moments are AMAZING. I was jumping around my living room after DSP's goal last game. Same with Bura's first goal in R2G7.

Being a Caps fan in the playoffs is like playing Dark Souls. A lot of the time it's hard, and sometimes it feels unfair. But the successes are indescribably satisfying.

And agreed with Langway the you can't not enjoy the off the ice stuff that goes with a deep run.

 

[ovikovy817]

There's no one emotion or feeling for me watching these games. It is stressful and not nearly as fun when they're protecting a one goal lead, but most other situations are enjoyable. And the breakthrough moments are AMAZING. I was jumping around my living room after DSP's goal last game. Same with Bura's first goal in R2G7.

Being a Caps fan in the playoffs is like playing Dark Souls. A lot of the time it's hard, and sometimes it feels unfair. But the successes are indescribably satisfying.

And agreed with Langway the you can't not enjoy the off the ice stuff that goes with a deep run.

R3G7

 

[peterthegreat12]

 

[kicksavedave]

A championship run is a bucket list experience.

For all of us, yeah. But, true story for those who are somewhat new around Caps land...

Ted Leonsis was in a plane that nearly crashed in 1983. After surviving, he made a 101 Bucket List and on that list he included "Own a pro sports franchse" (basketball, hockey or football) and Win a World Championship. He also included far out things like Win an Emmy/Oscar/Gramy/Tony. He's done most of the things on his list already including winning an Emmy for his documentary/movie Nanking, but IMHO, winning a World Championship will be the hardest accomplishment on the list. He's almost there.

A true once in a lifetime experience for him and for all of us!

 

[kicksavedave]

Anyone not enjoying this due to stress or PTSD or whatever needs to fix it fast. This may happen again next year or not for another 20 so enjoy it while it lasts. As someone who vaguely remembers the Redskins championships but was a pre-teen I can say this is the most fun I've ever had as a DC sports fan and it's not even remotely close.

This feels more like the Redskins 1982/83 first Super Bowl run to me - Unexpected, incredible, dominant. I was 15 so I remember it well enough - all the neighbors banging pots and pans outside the house after it was over. The other two Super Bowls simply felt like a right of spring every few years, until suddenly 25 years goes by in a blink and you never get another whiff.

Who the eff knows what next year or the next 25 or 44 years brings, but I'm enjoying this run more than anything I've ever seen in sports, with the possible exception of the real Miracle on Ice in 1980. Maybe its a tie

 

[Ridley Simon]

And to think...he could’ve been Rocking the Red for that video and freeze frame.

Welp, no point looking back. Must look forward—

Edit — added something for clarity

 

[IafrateOvie34]

If Caps win the cup, I'm not sure there is anything left in sports to highlight in my life. I've watched the Steelers and Dodgers win championships, but it won't come close to the Caps winning it. The Caps have always been my favorite professional sports team and a long time dream to see them win it all.

 

[HeyMattyB]

I think this is it. If/when they can win a championship I think I will be able to enjoy the game for what it is again. Sad, but true.

For me, the more I financially/mentally/emotionally invested in the Washington Capitals--which, I have to regularly remind myself, is one cog in a massive business owned by billionaires (and a game played by millionaire professionals)--the more the organization's losses became, like, my own personal losses. For a while, I tried to distance myself from the entire experience--which was made a little easier with every soul-crushing post-season loss. I've recently tried to re-evaluate what it means for me, personally, to be a fan of this team: What I put into it, what I get out of it, how much of that experience is a positive thing in my life (entertainment, exhilaration, the joy of a shared experience), and how much of it is a negative (stress, frustration, moodiness, obsessiveness, argumentativeness, etc.) I'm finally at a place where I can enjoy the successes but not be consumed by the losses. It took a while to get there, but it's been working for me.

This is just my own personal experience, and is not meant as advice for anyone else or any kind of judgement of other fans' experience.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

This feels more like the Redskins 1982/83 first Super Bowl run to me - Unexpected, incredible, dominant. I was 15 so I remember it well enough - all the neighbors banging pots and pans outside the house after it was over. The other two Super Bowls simply felt like a right of spring every few years, until suddenly 25 years goes by in a blink and you never get another whiff.

Who the eff knows what next year or the next 25 or 44 years brings, but I'm enjoying this run more than anything I've ever seen in sports, with the possible exception of the real Miracle on Ice in 1980. Maybe its a tie

That is a perfect example to use. I remember that frenzy.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

For me, the more I financially/mentally/emotionally invested in the Washington Capitals--which, I have to regularly remind myself, is one cog in a massive business owned by billionaires (and a game played by millionaire professionals)--the more the organization's losses became, like, my own personal losses. For a while, I tried to distance myself from the entire experience--which was made a little easier with every soul-crushing post-season loss. I've recently tried to re-evaluate what it means for me, personally, to be a fan of this team: What I put into it, what I get out of it, how much of that experience is a positive thing in my life (entertainment, exhilaration, the joy of a shared experience), and how much of it is a negative (stress, frustration, moodiness, obsessiveness, argumentativeness, etc.) I'm finally at a place where I can enjoy the successes but not be consumed by the losses. It took a while to get there, but it's been working for me.

This is just my own personal experience, and is not meant as advice for anyone else or any kind of judgement of other fans' experience.

I definitely went through a similar process. I feel better mentally for kind of resetting my Caps fandom.