Monthly Archives: April 2008

Overdue Post

Posted by on April 30, 2008 2 comments

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. I can’t blog from work now unless it is from my iPhone, which doesn’t really work too well with not having copy/paste, etc. I should make a post soon about the most recent of my iPhone gripes.

Anyway, first I’ll tackle hockey. The Capitals were eliminated in Game 7 of Round 1 to the Flyers. I was saying for months that I felt like making the playoffs at all would be gravy on a magnificent season. Still, it’s disappointing the team isn’t still playing. I still believe this team is capable of beating any other team in the league in a seven game series. The bounces didn’t go our way and we didn’t get it done. We’ll get them next year. Alexander Ovechkin has the Art Ross and Maurice “Rocket” Richard trophies locked up already, with the Hart a virtual lock along with the Pearson being a strong possibility. Backstrom is a finalist for the Calder trophy and is certainly deserving, though it likely will not go his way. Finalists haven’t yet been announced for the Jack Adams coach of the year award, but it would surprise no one if was awarded to Bruce Boudreau. The team’s best players are it’s young players, and they are only going to get better.

All in all it was a phenomenal year for Washington Capitals hockey. The team has awoken DC as a possible future hockey town. Season ticket sales are way up and it is looking like hockey won’t be the forgotten stepchild in Washington, DC sports much longer.

Moving on.

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Back to Philly

Posted by on April 21, 2008 No comments

After dropping Game 2 at home, Game 3 in Philadelphia and a heartbreaking but encouraging defeat in Philadelphia on Thursday in Game 4, the Capitals are making a series of it.

The Caps played a dominating game on Saturday and pushed the series out to Game 6. They play tonight at Wachovia Center in front of an orange-clad crowd that would like nothing better than for their team to win this thing at home.

The Flyers have got to be hearing the footsteps after completely physically dominating the Caps through two games only to awaken the beast and be matched in that area in game four, which can fairly be said to have swung on a bad bench minor putting the Caps in the box for two not once, but twice.

They don’t want Game 7 in front of the roaring sea of red at Verizon Center and will come out raging in the first. The Caps will surely match that effort. I’m predicting a hard fight tonight but beyond that I’m not predicitng the outcome. Suffice it to say that the Caps have been playing must-win games for two months. They won seven in a row to make the playoffs and there isn’t a team in the league more capable of pulling off three in a row to advance.

Puck drops at 7. Go Caps!

Don’t Stop Believin’!

Posted by on April 6, 2008 2 comments

Southeast Division Champions!

The Washington Capitals have gone from dead last in the NHL to a 3rd-seed playoff berth as the Southeast Division Champions! They will face the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Game 1 looks like it will be at Verizon Center on Friday, with Game 2 on Sunday.

Provided my ticket rep(s) did what he(they) were supposed to do, I’ll be at both games. Looks like playoff tickets are already sold out, but I got in under the wire.

LET’S GO CAPS!

Nothing beats playoff hockey.

The latest from the Obama-haters

Posted by on April 6, 2008 6 comments

There’s a new email forward circulating. New to me, at least.

It features this photo, reminiscent of President Bush’s binoculars-with-the-caps-on picture, and another one of the same phone theme.

Barack Obama on phone - Faked

Pretty embarassing, says the folks who will find any reason to dislike and/or mock the man, but here’s the real photo.

Barack Obama on phone - Real

I expect much more of this.