12/22/2023 0 Comments Boston bruins react gordon downieMike Cammalleri’s wicked blast from the circles at 1:30 made it 1-0. It wasn’t until our once-lost-but-now-found Russian Supernova, Alex Semin, made one of the most selfless plays of his NHL career with 11:20 left in the first period that the Capitals finally woke up and started playing hard. (Photo via the first 10 minutes of tonight’s potentially series-ending contest, the Washington Capitals went through the motions and were subsequently dominated in every facet of the game by the Montreal Canadiens. Golf Habs Golf? Sadly, Montreal's Skins Game Is Put Off For Another Day. Why did the Washington Capitals lose to the eight-seeded team in the first round of the playoffs, a team in which they finished 33 points ahead of in the standings, after looking nearly unbeatable for three quarters of the season? Let’s just say, sometimes in the end, it’s not how talented you are, but how much you evolve your game to your competition that truly matters. I’ve tried to wrap my head around this season for a few days now, and I’ve come to a few solid conclusions. And now we’re left with another summer full of what-if’s and a bunch of regular season memories that seem to elicit more bewilderment than joy, more anger than hope. Plus, if the Capitals were still following the same trajectory that Pittsburgh had followed since the lockout in 2004-05, it was actually predetermined, this year was going to be our year.īut sadly, our dreams of drinking champagne and other adult beverages from Lord Stanley’s Cup did not materialize. I thought they had the right mix of youthful, talented players and solid veteran leadership, I thought they had a defense just good enough to get them by and I thought that with unquestionably, two of the top ten best players in the world in Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom, this offense could make magic happen in the postseason and persevere through any hardship. I was completely convinced that this year was going to be the year for the Washington Capitals. Trust us, the Russian Machine feels your pain. And the Washington Capitals struggled against the Montreal Canadiens and ended their season, thus releasing Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin and Semyon Varlamov to the national team.Īs it turns out, throughout the season we can root for our hockey players in the NHL, but when it’s playoffs time, we are all together in wishing them defeat.īut the real question is, what’s the mood of the NHL players who are coming to the team? Especially of those who were looking for a better result in their NHL seasons. New Jersey Devil Ilya Kovalchuk, Los Angeles Kings Alexander Frolov, and Nashville Predator Denis Grebeshkov were eliminated. However, the results from the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs were like balm to the soul of our fans. And the failure of Vancouver is far from forgotten, which will cast a negative shadow on everything regarding the Russian team. Injuries to Zaripov, Morozov, coupled with not very good play of the goalies in the Gagarin Cup gave Russian fans legitimate concerns. Lipkin, English translation by RMNB’s Fedor Fedin)Īs of a few weeks ago, the prospects for the Russian National Team at the World Championships did not look very rosy. If this wasn’t the most litigated pro hockey game you’ve seen in a while, I do not want to see your hockey games.Īlex Ovechkin arrives in Germany wearing a Capitals Hat. Across twenty seven penalties, the officials dealt out 78 minutes of penalty time (30 for Russia, 48 for Canada). What did matter was the steady drip of penalties leaking from the referee’s whistles. Aside from one tense scrum and a blocked wrister from Varlamov, the friendly rivalry was not a factor in the game. Today’s game was noteworthy in that Brooks “Lugnut” Laich opposed a ton of his current and former Capitals teammates (Ovechkin, Semin, Fedorov, Kozlov, Varlamov, Rasputin, Zhivago) and didn’t evaporate any friendships in the process. In a 5-2 thrashing, some of the Russian Olympic team beat some of the Canadian Olympic team, and it only took 78 penalty minutes to happen! Well, it wasn’t exactly a rematch of the Olympics, but Canada’s defeat at the hands of the Russians might salve some of the wounds from February. Alex Ovechkin is separated by an official from going after Brooks Laich while Steve Downie whisphers sweet nothings in his ear.
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