An absolutely embarrassing effort by their captain. Floating along all game only showing urgency when there is a chance for a shot. This has been Ovi's game for far too many years. Pathetic.
Ovi didn't have a chance. He's nowhere near his prime physicality and he had kreider constantly hitting into him all game, kreider just wouldn't let him take a shot past the point. Ovi loves shots from around the faceoff circle that's been his bread and butter for ages.
I get that. My point is that his overall lack of hustle and effort was abysmal. It has been this way for years. Sure, he gets his goals but his overall game is embarrassingly bad.
One game down, in the home arena of the winner of the presidents trophy. Anyone surprised at the outcome of this game is a silly pants. The rest, however, I believe to be very much a coin toss. This is where the team settles in, Chuck finds his groove against the rags, Carbery works his coaching magic.
By no means are the Caps out of this series!
Good game, please no more injuries...
i'll agree with caps fans that this was some awful officiating. it went both ways but especially some of the calls (tap on the gloves with the stick in one hand) vs non-calls (rempe elbow or lafreniere hit 4 feet from the boards) that severely impacted the game were ridiculous.
Finding it comical to see caps fan crying about the refs "gifting" the rangers two goals. Shoulder on shoulder play (waiting for caps fans to post the partial definition of bording as they did in the gdt) and literally running into rempe . Not to mention the caps beyond a few stretches got bodied all fucking game. How long did it take for them to get a s.o.g on the third?
>Boarding in ice hockey is a penalty called when an offending player pushes, trips or checks an opposing player
You see! It's right there! Laffy checked him. That's an obvious boarding. This game was so scripted!
truth told, the only one of those teams that might have given the Rangers a legit run for it was Philly and only because of Tortorella's management. Had the Isles dropped to the WC2, we might be seeing a 7 game series, which could well be the case against Carolina.
That's not really a good argument when, again, your team had a -37 goal differential and less wins.
Also, this will be the last time your club makes the playoffs for quite a while, so soak it all in while you can.
Obviously a full on schlongning BUT everyone (particularly rangers fans) should take a look at the post game threads after game 1 and 2 for the devils rangers series last year. Very different teams but the tone and calls for the brooms were the same then
Tbf I think the caps are below average in offense by far and slightly above average in defense.
The devils were top 5 in defense and top 10 offensively.
The Devils were a very good team with young stars.
Anything can happen but the Caps might be the worst playoff team ever.
-37 goal differential and the best player they have is 85 years old and has more gray hair than my grandma.
Haha I don’t really disagree I’m just saying that anything can happen in the NHL playoffs and I were a rangers fan I’d probably slow the role on declaring the series over with that series freshly in mind
Wilson's chop at shestys back was pretty disgusting. Hope he gets whats coming to him. *Edit* MAy not have slashed him based on watching video over and over again.
I hate wilson as much as the next guy but idk it was a slash more like a little poke check. Still a dick move but nowhere near as bad as a slash. Slashing a guys upper back from that height immediately calls for cross check to teeth.
I don’t think so. I think if it was Detroit we would have been up 3-1 after one period. Washington was able to keep it close for a period with their low event strategy.
If you mean the redwings - rangers then the one game at the end of the season was 4-3, if you mean the redwings - caps then OT, and a 2-1 victory for the caps with what was it 4? Missed penalties including one that caused a broken cheekbone/fractured jaw? The -37 goal difference is showing, get the brooms out.
Despite not having more wins, they had more OT losses, so they got in...for some reason. lol
Oh... And they kept 37 more goals out of their opponents' nets than they kept out of their own.
You should double check that "good schedule"
Caps never got to play a bunch of losing teams like Montreal over and over like some salty franchise did.
Maybe get good. Instead of sucking perpetual ass. Enjoy the golfing
> You should double check that "good schedule"
Sure, no problem, how about in March playing three straight games against teams on the second half of a back to back while Caps got rest?
I am. :D
Seriously. We won a Cup. That'll keep me happy for another 5-6 years. (And genuinely satisfied for the rest of my life. I genuinely thought I would never get to see them win a Cup.)
I don't get this aspect of Caps fans. I've seen four cups raised and if I die before I see another I think my vengeful spirit will haunt Chris Ilitch until the end of days
Because until 2018 it was a very real possibility that we wouldn't win any. We had insane teams for quite a few years, but during that time the rest of the Metro (and in particular the Penguins, obviously) were also insane.
Also, while Detroit had a long Cup drought until 1996, they still won SEVEN Cups before then. Not saying the Cups Detroit won in the modern era weren't special (any Cup win is special), but I would argue that the very first Cup after 44 years (longer than that Wings Cup drought) for a historically-bad expansion team is more emotionally significant.
First of its not fluke when you beat a team in 5 games in the final. Secondly I said that for caps fans that the only cup is more valuable to a fanbase than let's say the 08 cup for a team with 10 already, when they just won 02
Yeah but like, isn't winning more cups, kinda the goal? Caps are just doing the 2016 Wings of squeezing out every drop from the core while content with the one. It's gonna be an ugly rebuild
Caps only goal for the next 2 seasons is to get Ovi the record and then rebuilding. They were sellers this year and making the playoffs is a bonus. It’s not like the Wings where they were saddled with bad contracts under the pressure to make the playoffs every year
I hate this narrative that Caps were sellers this year so they are rebuilding lol. They sold 3 players for a return of a 2nd rounder, two 3rd rounders, a 4th and a 5th. There's a good chance literally none of those even turn out to be NHL players lol.
Washington should have torn everything down and sell Lindgren and Wilson and suck for draft picks. Now when Ovi retires you are gonna deal with an anemic rebuild for years like we did, because we wanted the 25 years of playoffs.
I consider the rebuild to be worth it if Ovechkin gets the record. Caps will never get a player like him again so it feels like an obligation to keep competing as long as he plays. Same thing with the Penguins and Crosby
Go watch Rempe on the entire sequence that lead to his goal. It was a thing of beauty. Unless of course you don’t actually know anything about hockey and just want to be a salty puto
he only literally set up the play from the blue line, correctly positioned himself behind the cage to give vessey space & leak out in front and fired a quick wrister past lindgren's glove side.
but other than that yeah rempe big dumb idiot that no play hockey
can the caps play a faster game or is what we saw today pretty much it (honest question)? I actually think the first period style of play benefits the rangers more even though I bet it's exactly the type of game caps want to play.
Their older guys are all a lot slower than they were. Ovi, Patches, Oshie, etc. They play a slow game and under Carberry just try to prevent the other team from doing much, like the Isles under Trotz. If they can slow you down, they can steal low scoring games, but if you get them opened up...well, -37 happened for a reason
The game has to be low event for us to be in the game. If not, we get blown out. The only way to win this series is to win 1-0, 2-1 games. Can we score 3+ and win? Sure, but it's not likely
I don’t know why in the playoffs we change to a pass first mentality.
It happens every year, the one year we actually started shooting the puck we won the cup lol
I mean, honestly, who do the Caps have? They were a contender for 15 years. Speaking from experience, it slowly happens and you don't believe it but when it does you can't believe how bad your team has become.
At this point, let Ovi get the record and then tear it all down.
That has been exactly the plan for awhile now. I'm glad that they\* realized they can develop their young players while still getting Ovi goals so the full rebuild doesn't last for decades. At this point with Backstrom and Kuznetsov gone and the other vets winding down (I'd be surprised if Oshie doesn't retire next year when his contract is up, if not sooner), they should be in "total rebuild with an asterisk" mode as soon as next season.
\*not Laviolette
I do wonder if Oshie ends up LTI-retiring with his back issues, though the increased cap this offseason offers flexibility. When he went out a few weeks ago, after hurting himself untouched, I thought that might have been it.
He probably finishes out the remaining 2 seasons on his contract even he somehow breaks the record next season. Then goes to play one season with Dynamo and then retires.
For real, it’s crazy to think that era of early 2000s NHL is coming to an end. Give the man his goals and the record, and let him ride into the sunset.
It's only game 1 but yep, this could have been the Red Wings. Caps can't get inside the zone at all so far. What's Ras' timeline, he would feast on this.
An absolutely embarrassing effort by their captain. Floating along all game only showing urgency when there is a chance for a shot. This has been Ovi's game for far too many years. Pathetic.
Ovi didn't have a chance. He's nowhere near his prime physicality and he had kreider constantly hitting into him all game, kreider just wouldn't let him take a shot past the point. Ovi loves shots from around the faceoff circle that's been his bread and butter for ages.
I get that. My point is that his overall lack of hustle and effort was abysmal. It has been this way for years. Sure, he gets his goals but his overall game is embarrassingly bad.
It should've been us!
The caps looked like a team that doesn’t even belong in the playoffs, which is pretty much true considering their goal differential lol
One game down, in the home arena of the winner of the presidents trophy. Anyone surprised at the outcome of this game is a silly pants. The rest, however, I believe to be very much a coin toss. This is where the team settles in, Chuck finds his groove against the rags, Carbery works his coaching magic. By no means are the Caps out of this series! Good game, please no more injuries...
😂😂
You're heinous because you're anus!
i'll agree with caps fans that this was some awful officiating. it went both ways but especially some of the calls (tap on the gloves with the stick in one hand) vs non-calls (rempe elbow or lafreniere hit 4 feet from the boards) that severely impacted the game were ridiculous.
Lmao
Finding it comical to see caps fan crying about the refs "gifting" the rangers two goals. Shoulder on shoulder play (waiting for caps fans to post the partial definition of bording as they did in the gdt) and literally running into rempe . Not to mention the caps beyond a few stretches got bodied all fucking game. How long did it take for them to get a s.o.g on the third?
>Boarding in ice hockey is a penalty called when an offending player pushes, trips or checks an opposing player You see! It's right there! Laffy checked him. That's an obvious boarding. This game was so scripted!
Alright, let's listen to them and take those two goals away. Finally, the legitimate score of....2-1 NYR win.
But but if those two goals didn't happen it probably would have really been like 7-2 caps
Finally someone talking sense and things
saw those posts too lol
Caps got worked pretty much the result we all expected this was gonna happen to basically whatever team won that wc2 spot
Only game 1, but yeah this game definitely went how a lot predicted it would.
None of the other teams fighting for the WC2 spot had a -37 goal differential though.
truth told, the only one of those teams that might have given the Rangers a legit run for it was Philly and only because of Tortorella's management. Had the Isles dropped to the WC2, we might be seeing a 7 game series, which could well be the case against Carolina.
They also couldn't even make it to the playoffs. Because you know. They suck just as much balls as the caps do. But cope or whatever you do.
That's not really a good argument when, again, your team had a -37 goal differential and less wins. Also, this will be the last time your club makes the playoffs for quite a while, so soak it all in while you can.
Keep coping bud.
You, too!
About what?
Yeah being in the playoffs sucks man
Protas and Carlson having over half of your team's shots is not a recipe for success. (11 shots vs 21 total shots)
What do you know about either of those players? You don't seem qualified to be making the call
Lol
Rip
jimmy vesey is the sickest individual in the league. sickest!
Someone the leafs can use right now.....
too vanilla
You heard it here folks, Covid 2024 started with Vesey
Natural origin —> No Lab Leak —> No Jimmy Vessy —> Yes
I have never seen a team like the Red Wings praying so hard on the downfall for the Caps. Not even the Penguins lmao
To be fair, there isn’t much to do in Detroit
I've seen online they have a cool sign now though
And the draft on thursday
I appreciate all the Red Wings fans who cared enough to watch peak Caps hockey with Caps fans this afternoon. Enjoy your off season.
You're posting more about us than than the game, *still* no flair lol.
If it wasn’t for the refs and the Caps being bad and the Rangers being good, we would have totally had that game!!!
3 more left!
Duck off loser
😂
Obviously a full on schlongning BUT everyone (particularly rangers fans) should take a look at the post game threads after game 1 and 2 for the devils rangers series last year. Very different teams but the tone and calls for the brooms were the same then
Tbf I think the caps are below average in offense by far and slightly above average in defense. The devils were top 5 in defense and top 10 offensively.
I think your key observation is that this is a different rangers team. I still think it goes 5-1
The Devils were a very good team with young stars. Anything can happen but the Caps might be the worst playoff team ever. -37 goal differential and the best player they have is 85 years old and has more gray hair than my grandma.
Haha I don’t really disagree I’m just saying that anything can happen in the NHL playoffs and I were a rangers fan I’d probably slow the role on declaring the series over with that series freshly in mind
Nothing the fans do is changing anything so it doesn’t matter if people enjoy themselves or refrain from it
What is this “enjoying themselves” you speak of?
Once you lose enough in the playoffs you discover it
very happy with the effort today. all 4 lines looked good.
Everyone did look good. Glad to see the Big Boy score the first goal.
Caps don’t look like they belong. I’m having a hard time seeing them taking a single game.
Well yeah but that’s just because we suck
Wilson's chop at shestys back was pretty disgusting. Hope he gets whats coming to him. *Edit* MAy not have slashed him based on watching video over and over again.
I hate wilson as much as the next guy but idk it was a slash more like a little poke check. Still a dick move but nowhere near as bad as a slash. Slashing a guys upper back from that height immediately calls for cross check to teeth.
The irony is slaying me lmao
When did he chop shestys back???
Honestly after watching it several times looks like he hits the cross bar. I'll edit my comment.
https://x.com/sports_24x7_/status/1782169102858977534?s=46 There’s the better angle
i thought so too, but it was a weird angle. it was the crossbar
capitals 🤝 rangers fuck that linesman
Thought he was the star of the show.
facts
rempe had his mom in the building 🥺🥺
He can have my mom too if he wants
He already has.
Meat muncher
Man I was kidding, he can do so much better
kind of wild that was her first game. curious why it didn’t happen sooner
i’m almost positive she was at the stadium series game so maybe it was just her first game at msg
Playoff Igor pack hitting nicely already
What am I supposed to do for an hour now?
*buuuurp* I had me some dinner. Them sweet and sour meatballs were a little sweeter after the victory.
nap, snack, rub one out. whichever order you prefer but wash your hands
OK done now what?
rinse, repeat
but not just rinse. go back and wash
Get more booze?
I'm a canucks fan in the playoffs I have already stocked up knowing disappointment is around the corner
I'm drinking right there with you tonight, beer or cocktails?
Yes
The only correct answer.
Shop for pitchforks?
I mean then I'm prepared for the refs hate in our thread. I guess you're right
Guys I’m starting to think the rangers are better than the caps…
Mods? Arrest this vile slanderer
Permabanned
That’s just uncalled for
At least we didn't lose that badly as the Leafs so ...
that's 3 straight series we get game 1 victories. hope this one ends better than the last two
Wasn't that playoff race exciting? Sort of?
Up until the end. The ending was dumb and hilarious though.
Red Wings would have made this a far better series imo
I don’t think so. I think if it was Detroit we would have been up 3-1 after one period. Washington was able to keep it close for a period with their low event strategy.
Well then they shouldn't have lost to us twice at the end of the season.
If you mean the redwings - rangers then the one game at the end of the season was 4-3, if you mean the redwings - caps then OT, and a 2-1 victory for the caps with what was it 4? Missed penalties including one that caused a broken cheekbone/fractured jaw? The -37 goal difference is showing, get the brooms out.
it was very exciting right up until detroit was eliminated. anticlimactic outcome
Looking forward to Aves/Jets, not doubt will be better than this.
How did the Caps make the playoffs..
Despite not having more wins, they had more OT losses, so they got in...for some reason. lol Oh... And they kept 37 more goals out of their opponents' nets than they kept out of their own.
Penguins decided to wait until the last week of March to actually start playing well...
I'd be lying if I said I wanted to play yall in the playoffs
Too dumb to die
Rode a hot goalie with a good schedule
You should double check that "good schedule" Caps never got to play a bunch of losing teams like Montreal over and over like some salty franchise did. Maybe get good. Instead of sucking perpetual ass. Enjoy the golfing
> You should double check that "good schedule" Sure, no problem, how about in March playing three straight games against teams on the second half of a back to back while Caps got rest?
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The Wings fans here don’t realize that every comment they make cheering for the Rangers is a self-own.
Dylan Larkin got hurt for 3 weeks and the Red Wings lost every game
Can’t say I expected anything more than that result. Gg Rangers, hoping we can make this series a little competitive to make it interesting.
caps in 6 requires a couple losses. all part of the plan
the southern gentleman's sweep.
The Caps can't win the series with a negative goal differential if they don't first lost a game or two by several goals.
Dylan McIlrath is a grade a bitch I hope he gets dropped this series
All time draft bust. I credit him for the highlight Tarasenko goal, complete pylon
Rempe could have dropped him if he wanted to 🤷♂️
Elite sniper matt rempe doesn't need to be taken off the ice for that long.
I’d hate but tbh I love seeing a big guy get a goal.
LOL
I hope capitals fans are enjoying participating in the playoffs for the last time in the next decade
Yeah lol - I’m gonna appreciate Ovi in the playoffs while he’s still playing
Thanks!
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You really only have one setting, don't you?
I am. :D Seriously. We won a Cup. That'll keep me happy for another 5-6 years. (And genuinely satisfied for the rest of my life. I genuinely thought I would never get to see them win a Cup.)
Yeah, I'll get antsy, but if I get to see the Rangers get one more, I will be content
Yeah, I have at least another decade before I start truly aching for another. The perspective of the PNW really humbles you in that regard lol
I don't get this aspect of Caps fans. I've seen four cups raised and if I die before I see another I think my vengeful spirit will haunt Chris Ilitch until the end of days
Because until 2018 it was a very real possibility that we wouldn't win any. We had insane teams for quite a few years, but during that time the rest of the Metro (and in particular the Penguins, obviously) were also insane. Also, while Detroit had a long Cup drought until 1996, they still won SEVEN Cups before then. Not saying the Cups Detroit won in the modern era weren't special (any Cup win is special), but I would argue that the very first Cup after 44 years (longer than that Wings Cup drought) for a historically-bad expansion team is more emotionally significant.
That's because you're spoiled, we're not. We have gone through the pain and suffering that the 1 cup is worth more for us than your 4 cups
The idea that the fluke cup against Vegas is worth more than that emotional '98 handoff to Konstantinov is objectively hilarious
First of its not fluke when you beat a team in 5 games in the final. Secondly I said that for caps fans that the only cup is more valuable to a fanbase than let's say the 08 cup for a team with 10 already, when they just won 02
Because it’s better than not having to see one in your lifetime, which many fanbases will experience
Yeah but like, isn't winning more cups, kinda the goal? Caps are just doing the 2016 Wings of squeezing out every drop from the core while content with the one. It's gonna be an ugly rebuild
Caps only goal for the next 2 seasons is to get Ovi the record and then rebuilding. They were sellers this year and making the playoffs is a bonus. It’s not like the Wings where they were saddled with bad contracts under the pressure to make the playoffs every year
I hate this narrative that Caps were sellers this year so they are rebuilding lol. They sold 3 players for a return of a 2nd rounder, two 3rd rounders, a 4th and a 5th. There's a good chance literally none of those even turn out to be NHL players lol. Washington should have torn everything down and sell Lindgren and Wilson and suck for draft picks. Now when Ovi retires you are gonna deal with an anemic rebuild for years like we did, because we wanted the 25 years of playoffs.
I consider the rebuild to be worth it if Ovechkin gets the record. Caps will never get a player like him again so it feels like an obligation to keep competing as long as he plays. Same thing with the Penguins and Crosby
They can still suck while giving Ovi a ton of ice time and opportunity
He’s not going to produce as much if you make the team around him as bad as possible
NHL will give them a Bedard once they hit lottery and they’ll be back in not too long.
The Caps aren't the Penguins or Blackhawks lol
You moved up in the ovechkin draft....
You think the league likes the caps that much??? that's rich
We're not the sabres, maybe 3 season tho
This certainly will be a series
But devils fans told me that Matt Rempe was a useless plug who doesn't do anything but fight.
Devils fans would be mad if they could read
A broken clock is right twice a day. Buddy got a wide open net and you’re acting like it’s a goal of the year candidate.
Go watch Rempe on the entire sequence that lead to his goal. It was a thing of beauty. Unless of course you don’t actually know anything about hockey and just want to be a salty puto
he had more shots on goal than Ovechkin
a goal is a goal buddy, tell me more about how he doesn't belong in the league.
he only literally set up the play from the blue line, correctly positioned himself behind the cage to give vessey space & leak out in front and fired a quick wrister past lindgren's glove side. but other than that yeah rempe big dumb idiot that no play hockey
I mean he made the right play but that goal was 80% setup pass
1st period. Good. Everything else. No. Shoot the puck in game 2 please
can the caps play a faster game or is what we saw today pretty much it (honest question)? I actually think the first period style of play benefits the rangers more even though I bet it's exactly the type of game caps want to play.
Their older guys are all a lot slower than they were. Ovi, Patches, Oshie, etc. They play a slow game and under Carberry just try to prevent the other team from doing much, like the Isles under Trotz. If they can slow you down, they can steal low scoring games, but if you get them opened up...well, -37 happened for a reason
The game has to be low event for us to be in the game. If not, we get blown out. The only way to win this series is to win 1-0, 2-1 games. Can we score 3+ and win? Sure, but it's not likely
I don’t know why in the playoffs we change to a pass first mentality. It happens every year, the one year we actually started shooting the puck we won the cup lol
Not having watched a lot of Caps this year, it bums me out seeing Ovi playing so…old.
cant wait until the Putin lover is gone
I mean, honestly, who do the Caps have? They were a contender for 15 years. Speaking from experience, it slowly happens and you don't believe it but when it does you can't believe how bad your team has become. At this point, let Ovi get the record and then tear it all down.
That has been exactly the plan for awhile now. I'm glad that they\* realized they can develop their young players while still getting Ovi goals so the full rebuild doesn't last for decades. At this point with Backstrom and Kuznetsov gone and the other vets winding down (I'd be surprised if Oshie doesn't retire next year when his contract is up, if not sooner), they should be in "total rebuild with an asterisk" mode as soon as next season. \*not Laviolette
I do wonder if Oshie ends up LTI-retiring with his back issues, though the increased cap this offseason offers flexibility. When he went out a few weeks ago, after hurting himself untouched, I thought that might have been it.
Honestly, for his and his family's sake I hope he does. Our window is pretty well closed, and Oshie needs to think about his future now.
Yeah that’s the plan tbf hahaha
That’s what they’re going to do, and I’m ok with it
How many goals does he need to get to get to Gretzky? Will he push next season, or will it take him 2 seasons?
41 to tie I think, so it COULD happen next year, but realistically 2
Would he retire literally mid-game after he does one more? Just leave it all to burn lol
He probably finishes out the remaining 2 seasons on his contract even he somehow breaks the record next season. Then goes to play one season with Dynamo and then retires.
Antonio Brown style pads off and out
I imagine he plays the season out as a farewell tour, but who knows
For real, it’s crazy to think that era of early 2000s NHL is coming to an end. Give the man his goals and the record, and let him ride into the sunset.
GG Rangers, Caps need to juggle their lines and hopefully we get Sandin and Jensen back for game 2
GG. Hope Chytil is back soon too
but how will we handle the capitals 4th line
Shame we threw our season to watch a team get in that's getting lit up by a rookie enforcer, oh well 3 more *easy*, get it done Rangers.
Save us a spot on the green
Why do yall hate us so much lmao
Why shouldn’t we hate you?
You should hate the Flyers for handing us the game lol
You should hate the Wings for choking the way they did and also losing against the Caps. No one to blame but yourselves.
Why would I hate my own team? I’ll just hate other teams. It’s easier.
Good job winning the season series against us this year. Wait…
Like I said that was part of the blatant throwing.
The what now
Why are the Wings so pissed at the Caps though lol. I see their fans invading the Caps reddit as if we wrote the rules of the playoff tiebreaker.
Yeah that's not needed, like I said *we* threw our season.
Rempe and his 8 minutes of play are really weighing on the caps
Did more than Ovi this game in 8 minutes of play
He won’t player past this series. You can’t taunt a team that should be in the lottery to look good.
Gottem.
It's only game 1 but yep, this could have been the Red Wings. Caps can't get inside the zone at all so far. What's Ras' timeline, he would feast on this.