King Friday, your democratic nominee for 2020?
Posted on 06/07/2018 8:11:33 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Across their 43 seasons, the Washington Capitals have dabbled in hapless hockey and exquisite hockey, boring hockey and effective hockey, but never had they played winning hockey through four playoff rounds, all the way to a grueling, glorious end.
It took a team hardened by those postseason lures but liberated from high expectations to complete a run as dazzling as it was cathartic, capping it on Thursday night by dispatching the upstart Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3, to win the first Stanley Cup in franchise history.
It was the Capitals’ fourth consecutive victory in the finals after a disorienting 6-4 loss in the opener that made little sense in the context of how they played immediately before and afterward. After twice shutting out the offensive powerhouse Tampa Bay Lightning to advance to its first Cup finals since 1998, Washington outscored the Golden Knights across these last four games.
The Capitals overwhelmed Vegas with the same elements that propelled them past Columbus, their nemesis Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay: stifling neutral-zone defense, superb goaltending by Braden Holtby and waves of prolific talent headlined by the superstar scorer Alex Ovechkin, who will no longer be labeled the best player never to win a Cup.
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Washington may need a new coach, too.
You are now on the Hockey Ping List!
Welcome to the team!
Yea. First time! Caps.
Can I b too tired 4 nitemares?
Dreams are strange things, memory is a strange thing. Sometimes a dream reminds me of another dream I had, one that I haven’t thought of since I had it, months or even years prior and gone from active memory!!!!!
This morning I have no idea the association but as I was waking up something reminded me of that little skit in “Mister Roger’s ‘hood” with the train set and the little puppet king. I don’t think I’ve seen that since I was little and it hasn’t even crossed my mind in at least a decade or more.
We will control the horizontal ...
I’ve discussed this with you quite a bit.
King Friday, your democratic nominee for 2020?
Thanks!
My car was stolen by commie antifas. Then I woke. What a relief.
Most peoples dream of riding the Rogers train. I did it with Linda Ronstadt in ‘80.
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