Round 2 Game 6 Preview: Penguins/Capitals

Good Point on the penalties. There are only two ways I see the pens losing this one; either Varlamov takes control and wins the game(Which is very unlikely) or in a close game nearing the end, the pens give a power play to that great special teams that Washington has. The latter was the sole reason for losing game one and two, so lets hope it doesn’t happen again. Everyone is talking about how desperate the caps are, but I think Pittsburgh is just as desperate. They certainly don’t want to go back to wash and play a game 7 where anything can happen.
Anyways, I am excited for tonight!!! Lets see Crosby get another hat trick and Fluery post a 30 save shutout!!!

I am from the ‘burg but live in the DC-area now and have to put up with the constant whining by Caps fans/analysts/news reporters about how much better Ovechkin is than everyone else buts gets no attention, about the league promoting Crosby over Ovechkin, about the league and media conspiring against the Caps with a back-to-back Fri/Sat match, about the Caps getting called for penalties but not the Pens, about Crosby being a crybaby, and so on. The fans in DC are fair weather at best, only creeping out of the woodwork like cockroaches since Ovechkin was drafted. They have no stamina for the long haul, maybe because the population here is so transient and lacks any traditional grounding in a historically shaped sports community. It is so easy for people in DC to look for the scapegoat; that’s the way the politicians here get by. The Caps and their fans still can’t get over the fact that the Caps haven’t beaten the Pens in the playoffs since the 1993/1994 season playoff series. The fact of the matter is that the Pens have been playing more as a team the longer the season has gone on…with different players scoring in each game, while the Caps are too reliant on too few players to score — the Caps only have themselves to blame, not the officiating or the league. I think that Boudreau is the biggest Caps complainer of all, and I would love to hear the Pens fans at the game cheer “BOU-HOO-HOO-DREAU” as much as possible so that it can be heard on the television. And I hope to find a t-shirt saying the same as well. GO PENS!!!!!!!!!!

I’m another Pittsburgh ex-pat in DC. By “Rock the Red” I think they mean red in the face temper tantrums about the officiating, Yanni, lack of respect, Gary Bettman, the Mellon Arena ice, just to name a few. The tin foil hats only retain more heat, which makes them more red in the face. It’s pretty embarrassing. Did I miss something, or did the league find a way to provide the Pens an extra day off between Fri and Sat but not the Caps?

It makes my skin crawl to say this, but am I alone in having just WAY more respect even for Flyer fans?

Anyone know where i can find a clip of Martin Straka’s OT winner vs the caps in 2001? looked every where could not find it

thats weird dont know y that would be unless it has something to do with the game being on ESPN because i remember that some how.

ya alright thanks anyway, i guess its kinda like gus furotte headbutt into the wall it was talken off and u cant get it anywhere