GDT: WARNING: PHILADELPHIA (7PM)

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BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR: A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO ARE UP TO NO GOOD

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[ovikovy817]

Game 82 and we can still make it.
When were the Caps eliminated last year? I mean mathematically.

 

[Willgamesh]

Always love watching Ovi Go Caps Go!

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

C'mon dudes, do good things tonight.

 

[StrikingDistance]

Just play like last night.

Over/under on the # of total blocked shots by both teams? haha

 

[filinski77]

Love this kind of game. Everything is on the line. If they don't win, they don't deserve the playoffs - simple as that.

Go caps!

 

[zappa4ever]

This is an oldie but a, well, it's an oldie where I come from

Take the 2. Leave the cannoli.
Stomp.
Crush.
Carve shit into their foreheads Basterds style.

 

[Misery74]

Anyone going up to Philly tonight?

 

[895]

Elliot Fridman said that since the Flyers need a reguation win, if the game is tied with two minutes left they have to pull the goalie to try to score. Which means we can clinch on an Ovie empty net GWG. Please god let this happen.

We are starting this game up 0.5 goals essentially.

 

[RandyHolt]

I still hate the 3 point games. I will place the same loser bet I placed last night.

Anyone still want us to tank for a better draft slot lol

 

[trick9]

Biggest game of the season.

Part #17.

 

[Monsterrain]

Stressful day

 

[HeyMattyB]

The Caps sold at the deadline and yet now control their own destiny in making the playoffs in the last game of the season. The best of both worlds?

Yes, it would have been less stress-inducing if they had won some of those recent games they "should" have won and clinched earlier. But... are we not entertained?

I was thinking of trying to find tickets to tonight's game, but we haven't actually found a babysitter yet, so I'll be watching at home with a 2.5 month old strapped to my chest. And I'll have to wear one of my old slop jerseys in case he spits up during the game.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Anyone going up to Philly tonight?

Into the lair of the Hivemind?! Hard pass….

….seriously though, long ago I once went to a game in Philly with another regular here, both of us wearing a Caps jersey’s and we actually sat in the Comcast suite, eating and drinking….my buddy wearing a Kieth Jones Caps (#26?), but he was working on the Flyers broadcast team. He came into the suite to eat between periods, and we briefly met him. Nice moment to see him recognize my buddy was wearing his Caps sweater. We ended up losing that game, but the crowd was vocal, but civil to us.

This game is going to be a hostile environment. No way I would go tonight as an opposing fan.

 

[EYEuhFRAYtee]

Hope they have enough gas left in the tank after last night.

LFGC!

 

[HeyMattyB]

Into the lair of the Hivemind?! Hard pass….

….seriously though, long ago I once went to a game in Philly with another regular here, both of us wearing a Caps jersey’s and we actually sat in the Comcast suite, eating and drinking….my buddy wearing a Kieth Jones Caps (#26?), but he was working on the Flyers broadcast team. He came into the suite to eat between periods, and we briefly met him. Nice moment to see him recognize my buddy was wearing his Caps sweater. We ended up losing that game, but the crowd was vocal, but civil to us.

This game is going to be a hostile environment. No way I would go tonight as an opposing fan.

I've been to multiple Caps games here in Philly (including the infamous game last year where both Backstrom and Wilson came back after injuries, which IIRC preceded a long losing streak). I've always had a good time, and it's a fun/raucous crowd, but yeah--I wouldn't wear a Caps jersey to those games.

To be fair, I've seen plenty of Caps jerseys in the stands, and I've never seen anyone wearing a Caps jersey get harassed in the stadium or on Septa. That said, forever ago, I wore my Quintin Laing Hershey Bears jersey to the very last game at the Spectrum (Phantoms vs Bears), and an angry/drunk Phantoms fan threatened to beat me up while I was waiting in line in the bathroom.

 

[max21]

I’m so scared

 

[trick9]

This is a great scenario IMO. They've been competitive through 82 games. More than i anticipated. Now they handle their own destiny, win and it’s 3-game winning streak suddenly and you are in. Lose and you are out but atleast i don't have to suffer through lame tank games. If they lose this, i'll need a break from Caps hockey anyways.

 

[Lindemann]

Anyone going up to Philly tonight?

Why would anyone want to go to that gigantic crap hole.

Imagine living there

 

[HeyMattyB]

Why would anyone want to go to that gigantic crap hole.

Imagine living there

I was born in Baltimore, raised outside of Annapolis, went to college at Salisbury on the MD Eastern Shore, lived in downtown Silver Spring (pre-"Silver Sprung") for two years, lived in Mt. Pleasant for 10 years, have been lifelong Caps fan, and was a STH from 2006-2010, after which I moved to South Philadelphia, where I've been ever since.

It's a great city. I love living here. In particular, it's nice being able to... afford things.

 

[pman25]

Truly a play-in wildcard game. Fun!

 

[max21]

If we lose and Detroit gets in I can totally accept that, if Pittsburgh gets in that would annoy me for about 24 hours

 

[Pigskin]

Not fired up yet? Have a read over on the Pens boards, that should do it.
I don't care if we get swept in round 1, just knock them out please.

Caps played friggin great yesterday, hope we have something left. Cmon Ovi.

Ovi or Willy's head on that please if we make it.

 

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