2024-2025 Playoff Plavatar Thread

[usiel]

Shorsey is MUCH less of a commitment in time 4 seasons (24 episodes) vs 12 seasons (81 episodes) of LK.

I challenge @Calicaps to make it through more than 3 episodes of those LK dumbasses and how they all talk!

You don’t need to watch LK to enjoy Shorsey.

Gauntlet thrown.

 

[RedRocking]

Shorsey is MUCH less of a commitment in time 4 seasons (24 episodes) vs 12 seasons (81 episodes) of LK.

I challenge @Calicaps to make it through more than 3 episodes of those LK dumbasses and how they all talk!

You don’t need to watch LK to enjoy Shorsey.

I think I tapped out around S4 of LK. I have a high tolerance for shows about nothing with witty banter. But my goodness, I felt like I was getting dumber the more I continued, lol. Maybe I’ll revisit someday.

I prefer Shoresy cause at least there’s more of a point. Each season is only about 2.5 hrs, with good and rewarding arcs. And, hockey jokes along with sports movie cliches make it easy to get invested and root for the guys.
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On avatars, my random late night thought is: Protas. Just all things BIG Pro. Pro as The Hulk; Pro as Ivan Drago; Pro as Groot; Pro as Paul Bunyan; Pro as Godzilla; Pro as the Terminator; Pro as King Kong.

Generally, we have a pretty gigantic team - can we do anything with that?

(With apologies to @twabby ‘s funny nicknames, I think they actually call him ‘Zeus from Belarus’. )

 

[usiel]

Large is a good theme since many teams comments here on how large the Caps are.

 

[g00n]

I would rather focus on something less ....insecure feeling...than "misfit" or unwanted players. That just seems a little too hypersensitive and negative, and like playing into the HF haters hands too much.

OTOH, the Caps have the most wins when trailing. Comeback Caps are back.

Not quite the best at 3rd period but close.

Never being out of the fight/game feels better to me as something to put forward and fall back on when they get behind. If they get behind.

 

[Langway]

Never being out of the fight/game feels better to me as something to put forward and fall back on when they get behind. If they get behind.

Especially given the outside impression of the team re: the window being closed and just being all about 895 there for a while. One stellar off-season and the script is flipped. Given what's coming it may not be a one-off either. But also they're less good on home ice so they may get themselves into hot water early if they're not careful.

Either that or something incorporating their pre-game / post-game routines and how tight they are make sense.

Edit: Or #3...got that dawg in them.

 

[Corby78]

Was this thing supposed to be closed?

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I won’t change my avatar because I really like it. It was from a playoff theme in the early Ovie era.

I’m not sure about the underdogs. We are 1st in the league and should act like it.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I think I tapped out around S4 of LK. I have a high tolerance for shows about nothing with witty banter. But my goodness, I felt like I was getting dumber the more I continued, lol. Maybe I’ll revisit someday.

I prefer Shoresy cause at least there’s more of a point. Each season is only about 2.5 hrs, with good and rewarding arcs. And, hockey jokes along with sports movie cliches make it easy to get invested and root for the guys.
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On avatars, my random late night thought is: Protas. Just all things BIG Pro. Pro as The Hulk; Pro as Ivan Drago; Pro as Groot; Pro as Paul Bunyan; Pro as Godzilla; Pro as the Terminator; Pro as King Kong.

Generally, we have a pretty gigantic team - can we do anything with that?

(With apologies to @twabby ‘s funny nicknames, I think they actually call him ‘Zeus from Belarus’. )

THIS!

Honestly not trying to crap on LK, just wasn’t my thing. Shoresy was just way easier for me to get invested in and enjoy.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I would rather focus on something less ....insecure feeling...than "misfit" or unwanted players. That just seems a little too hypersensitive and negative, and like playing into the HF haters hands too much.

OTOH, the Caps have the most wins when trailing. Comeback Caps are back.

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Not quite the best at 3rd period but close.

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Never being out of the fight/game feels better to me as something to put forward and fall back on when they get behind. If they get behind.

“Never out of the fight” with a few frames of various fights from the season of a Caps player punching?

 

[Ridley Simon]

Cardiac Caps is true this year. That’s for sure

 

[The Instigator]

Anyone superstitious? Looking back, in 2018 we did a villain / Tom Wilson unmasked theme.

Nobody except us would remember it was a repeat idea.

I still like the misfit toys or similar. Maybe something about the great HF crash of 2025.

And no sooner after posting this do I get "An unexpected database error occurred. Please try again later" going back.

I think I remember this one.