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Quality win tonight...knock, knock, knockin' on playoffs door...
Gettin close so the disappointment will be bigger!
Playing with house money is fun!
This is good team without the dead weight. The kids are balling. Kuemper was the sole reason we aren’t looking at a 4 seed
So would you rather have Ovie get ten more goals this year or the Caps make the playoffs?
I don't know. I find it hard to see them getting out of the first round given the potential opponents. If the season ended right now as I type this, they'd be the second wild card and they'd play the Bruins in the first round. All things considered, the Bruins might well be the first-round opponent against whom they have the best chance. The other possibilities: Right now, if they finished third in the Metro they'd play the Hurricanes, against whom the Caps have not played well at all this year (or last year). The Rangers are four points ahead of the Hurricanes in the standings and would face the first wild card. The other team competing for first in the Atlantic Division is the Florida Panthers, and the Caps haven't done all that well against them this year either.
Bruins have been beaten by 8 seeds a couple of times. Didn't the Caps do it? The Panthers did it in2023
NHL playoffs are such a crap shoot though, and the Caps have had some great goaltending this year. If they come into the playoffs hot, who knows what would happen.
Bruins, Panthers, Rangers and Canes all look very strong. Hard to picture getting by three of those teams. If they were in the West might agree.
Didn't Boston have the winningest season ever last year and get knocked out early?
I believe the Caps have been beaten when winning Presidents Trophy. Although maybe second round.
Word on Twitter (repeating what TSN reported) is that former Caps player Chris Simon just killed himself at age 52. Apparently he was showing signs of CTE.