ECQF Game 4: Washington Capitals @ Columbus Blue Jackets | 7:30 PM ET | SN,TVAS2, USA, FS-O, NBCSWA

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

Oh, I think, for the time being at least, the Caps fans have cornered the market on playoff disappointment. And yet, the masochists that we are, every year we start believing "this is the year".

No doubt but my point is at least the Caps have some playoff experiences. Plus the Caps have won the President's Trophy, the Metro. It's not the Cup but the Jackets have never even won the lottery.

 

[nothingbeatshockey]

No doubt but my point is at least the Caps have some plastic experiences. Plus the Caps have won the President's Trophy, the Metro. It's not the Cup but the Jackets have never even won the lottery.

Speaking of the lottery, can you imagine the outrage if Edmonton wins another lottery? Don't worry though, I'm sure they'd draft yet another forward.

 

[GKJ]

You know what you're going to get with Tom Wilson. He's had his fair share of dumb and dirty plays. The referees are not going to give him the benefit of the doubt, at this point he's always going to have more unfair calls against him than almost anyone else. Everyone knows it. If you're the coach, it's the risk you're willing to take and you only have yourself to blame if you get burned.

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

I disagree this series is still up for grabs. It's pretty boring in my opinion though. Caps playing with zero energy. Wilson and a select few others are the exception.

It is far from over but you have no idea what it's like to be a Jackets fan.

 

[apollo71426]

Speaking of the lottery, can you imagine the outrage if Edmonton wins another lottery? Don't worry though, I'm sure they'd draft yet another forward.

@Edmonton

Ovechkin for #1 pick?

 

[AussieCapsFan]

Instead of Wilson, I am more pissed off that the Jackets are going to let us down again. I feel for the Caps playoff experience but at least the the Caps have done SOMETHING. The Jackets have been one of the worst franchises in all sports.

The Caps haven't done what was expected of them, and the window closes after these playoffs.
The Blue Jackets are getting better each year and they a lot of young talent. Panarin, Jones, Wennberg, Werenski, the list goes on and on.

I'd be more optimistic as a Blue Jackets fan than I am as a Caps fan.

 

[apollo71426]

Am I biased or does this game have about as much energy (fans and players) as a pre-season game?

 

[nothingbeatshockey]

@Edmonton

Ovechkin for #1 pick?

No way Leonsis gives up his gravy train, marketing machine. He makes him too much money. But if the Caps lose in the first, or even second round, again this year, they need to stop deluding themselves into thinking that what they're currently doing is working and try something different .... and that should include major roster changes.

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

Am I biased or does this game have about as much energy (fans and players) as a pre-season game?

The fans there have given everything they can...time, money, patience. There is a sense they are going to blow at 2-0 lead.

 

[brewski420]

Trolling other boards? Sad, and hypocritical because if anyone dares goes on a Pens board and post they get their nuts ripped off.

I thought this was the main board?

 

[apollo71426]

No way Leonsis gives up his gravy train, marketing machine. He makes him too much money. But if the Caps lose in the first, or even second round, again this year, they need to stop deluding themselves into thinking that what they're currently doing is working and try something different .... and that should include major roster changes.

Yea but I still believe a team that can consistenly make long playoff runs will make more than a team with an aging, marketable player (in the long run).

There is 0 evidence that an Ovechkin led team will ever consistently make deep playoff runs.

 

[Bumpus]

Trolling other boards? Sad, and hypocritical because if anyone dares goes on a Pens board and post they get their nuts ripped off.

Somebody forgot he wasn't on his own board.

 

[apollo71426]

Kuzy has to hit Wilson there...

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Instead of Wilson, I am more pissed off that the Jackets are going to let us down again. I feel for the Caps playoff experience but at least the the Caps have done SOMETHING. The Jackets have been one of the worst franchises in all sports.

You're too hard on your team. Last time I checked, they're still leading the series.

 

[nothingbeatshockey]

Somebody forgot he wasn't on his own board.

Nice to see the Pittsburgh fan base. Welcome. Please feel free to make all the chippy, inane comments you'd like. It'll only endear you to us even more.

 

[apollo71426]

How does the ref behind make that call? He had no visual...

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

You're too hard on your team. Last time I checked, they're still leading the series.

Years and years of training from the franchise

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

How does the ref behind make that call? He had no visual...

It was the right call. A stick in the mid section is almost automatic.

 

[nothingbeatshockey]

Is Boone Jenner always so feisty? Is he an agitator, and I don't mean that negatively.

 

[apollo71426]

No doubt but my point is at least the Caps have some playoff experiences. Plus the Caps have won the President's Trophy, the Metro. It's not the Cup but the Jackets have never even won the lottery.

Caps may not be the best comparison. The past 9 years have been torture for most cap fans.

I yearn for the post-Jagr and pre-Ovechkin years. Absolutely terrible but you knew what you were getting

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

Is Boone Jenner always so feisty? Is he an agitator, and I don't mean that negatively.

He plays hard. What had he done that's illegal?

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Years and years of training from the franchise

I could say the same thing. We're the Caps man. Worst record in the playoffs of any team in major North American sports now that the Cubs have a championship.

 

[HTFN]

He plays hard. What had he done that's illegal?

Are you joking? You probably ought to be.

 

[Koized]

The Caps haven't done what was expected of them, and the window closes after these playoffs.
The Blue Jackets are getting better each year and they a lot of young talent. Panarin, Jones, Wennberg, Werenski, the list goes on and on.

I'd be more optimistic as a Blue Jackets fan than I am as a Caps fan.

Neither of these teams are coming close to the Cup in the forseable future

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

Are you joking? You probably ought to be.

I am tired of arguing. Talk to somebody else.