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Lol Caps crap the bed again. F you Tedd
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Even the elite DC teams are losers at heart. I feel bad for the big Caps fans out there, hopefully next year is the year
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Ted crying himself to bed tonight, spooning a gyro. Bathe me in tzatziki sauce, my secretary!
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Until the caps can become a dominant 5v5 team, they will never make it to the cup. Sadly, being saddled by Orpiks contract, I don't think it will happen in the Ovechkin era. They placed an emphasis on getting old players just for the sake of cup experience instead of actually building properly. Just look at the team that eliminated them. Chris Kunitz is the only player on that roster over the age of 33 that is making more than a mill, Caps have 3...
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Sluggerface wrote:Until the caps can become a dominant 5v5 team, they will never make it to the cup. Sadly, being saddled by Orpiks contract, I don't think it will happen in the Ovechkin era. They placed an emphasis on getting old players just for the sake of cup experience instead of actually building properly. Just look at the team that eliminated them. Chris Kunitz is the only player on that roster over the age of 33 that is making more than a mill, Caps have 3...
Sounds like a familiar formula, doesn't it?
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AFM wrote:Ted crying himself to bed tonight, spooning a gyro. Bathe me in tzatziki sauce, my secretary!
Ernie will be there to console him.
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closg00 wrote:AFM wrote:Ted crying himself to bed tonight, spooning a gyro. Bathe me in tzatziki sauce, my secretary!
Ernie will be there to console him.
Ernie is to Ted as Smithers is to Mr. Burns.
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so how did they end up going against this team in the second round anyway?
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Dark Faze wrote:so how did they end up going against this team in the second round anyway?
I want Tampa Bay to beat Pittsburgh so people can stop with the excuse that the Caps just got screwed from seedings. We just don't have what it takes.
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thricethefun wrote:Dark Faze wrote:so how did they end up going against this team in the second round anyway?
I want Tampa Bay to beat Pittsburgh so people can stop with the excuse that the Caps just got screwed from seedings. We just don't have what it takes.
Tampa Bay does not have a chance in hell against Pittsburgh. Has nothing to do with the seeding. The underlying numbers suggest this series isn't even going to be remotely close. Would not be surprised to see Pitt sweep them.
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Pitt made some good trades at the trade deadline and that took them from a good team to a very good team. The seeding was not indicative of how good Pitt is since after the deadline moves they made.
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ugh
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The NHL's playoff system is odd. They have four divisions, and the first two rounds of playoffs are against teams in your own division. So, the Caps and Penguins were the two best teams in the East, but they met in the second round because they're in the same division. In an NBA-style seeding, the Caps and Penguins would have been at opposite ends of the bracket and they couldn't have met until the conference finals. Instead, Washington got Philly (7th most regular points in the East) and then Pittsburgh (2nd most points in the East; 4th most in the league). In an NBA-style format (the format NHL used in the past), the Caps would have gotten Detroit in round one and the Rangers in round two. Then probably Pittsburgh or Tampa in the conference finals.
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TheSecretWeapon wrote:The NHL's playoff system is odd. They have four divisions, and the first two rounds of playoffs are against teams in your own division. So, the Caps and Penguins were the two best teams in the East, but they met in the second round because they're in the same division. In an NBA-style seeding, the Caps and Penguins would have been at opposite ends of the bracket and they couldn't have met until the conference finals. Instead, Washington got Philly (7th most regular points in the East) and then Pittsburgh (2nd most points in the East; 4th most in the league). In an NBA-style format (the format NHL used in the past), the Caps would have gotten Detroit in round one and the Rangers in round two. Then probably Pittsburgh or Tampa in the conference finals.
Some Caps fans are screaming foul because of this. Basically saying, as you have said, they never should have met this early. I believe the NHL made this change a couple of seasons back.
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Rafael122 wrote:TheSecretWeapon wrote:The NHL's playoff system is odd. They have four divisions, and the first two rounds of playoffs are against teams in your own division. So, the Caps and Penguins were the two best teams in the East, but they met in the second round because they're in the same division. In an NBA-style seeding, the Caps and Penguins would have been at opposite ends of the bracket and they couldn't have met until the conference finals. Instead, Washington got Philly (7th most regular points in the East) and then Pittsburgh (2nd most points in the East; 4th most in the league). In an NBA-style format (the format NHL used in the past), the Caps would have gotten Detroit in round one and the Rangers in round two. Then probably Pittsburgh or Tampa in the conference finals.
Some Caps fans are screaming foul because of this. Basically saying, as you have said, they never should have met this early. I believe the NHL made this change a couple of seasons back.
I don't know about "foul" -- it's the system the league chose. They committed to doing it for three years, and this was year two. I can't find the voting numbers, but the system was approved by the NHL Board of Governors, which is comprised of a representative from each team. The Caps' rep is Ted Leonsis.
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TheSecretWeapon wrote:Rafael122 wrote:TheSecretWeapon wrote:The NHL's playoff system is odd. They have four divisions, and the first two rounds of playoffs are against teams in your own division. So, the Caps and Penguins were the two best teams in the East, but they met in the second round because they're in the same division. In an NBA-style seeding, the Caps and Penguins would have been at opposite ends of the bracket and they couldn't have met until the conference finals. Instead, Washington got Philly (7th most regular points in the East) and then Pittsburgh (2nd most points in the East; 4th most in the league). In an NBA-style format (the format NHL used in the past), the Caps would have gotten Detroit in round one and the Rangers in round two. Then probably Pittsburgh or Tampa in the conference finals.
Some Caps fans are screaming foul because of this. Basically saying, as you have said, they never should have met this early. I believe the NHL made this change a couple of seasons back.
I don't know about "foul" -- it's the system the league chose. They committed to doing it for three years, and this was year two. I can't find the voting numbers, but the system was approved by the NHL Board of Governors, which is comprised of a representative from each team. The Caps' rep is Ted Leonsis.
Yeah Ted's probably going to reconsider that when it comes to a vote again.
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Ted deserves this for how he has handles the wizards...