On another bias note, when I went to read game notes on ESPN.com last night, I was automatically sent to the ESPN-New York page where the recap was distinctly weighted towards the home team. This makes sense if I actually had a choice to go there and wanted that perspective. I get that Ranger fan likes Rangers. But to default their coverage that way with no means of getting another point of view, really?

And to the folks who’re trolling this site – I’m one of the 100+ fans of this site who refused to whine and cry and back down when we were down 3-0 last night and responded to cynicism, gloating and taunting with belief and support for our team thanks to this blog. What you obviously don’t get about Caps fans is that most of us have become fans of this team thanks to the efforts of the most available, communicative owner in sports history. Their practices are regularly attended by the public at no cost. The players interact with fans far more often than most sports teams (hell they even change their freaking tires!).

So while I got hooked on the Caps in ’89, I’m ok with the fact that most Caps fans are relatively recent additions because only recently has their owner been someone who really invested his heart in them. And in return they’ve invested in us. Which means that when we talk about “we” and “us” like most sports fans we’re actually talking about people we’ve met and spent time with. People who’ve played hockey with our kids. People who we’ve had a beer with. So we take slights against them personally. It’s what friends do.

BORAT…OMG…XD….LMAO!

Also, someone else said this earlier. We have to remember, we got thoroughly outplayed and drew 8 minor penalties, and they still only beat us by one goal on a lucky bounce (not quite a flukey goal, but it was a lucky one).

The Rangers just wanted that game more and they deserved to win. It’s now time for the Cardiac Caps to respond.

I have long had this idea, but don’t know how to make web videos:

Video: to consist of great Caps goals, hits and saves by Russian-born Caps players in the last two years (reg season and playoffs combined)

Audio: Tchaikovskiy’s “1812 Overture“; the parts that sound like La Marsellaise would be matched to clips of positive moments against the Habs. The video of a Cap scoring a goal or laying out a crushing hit (or even “playing the bongos”) would be timed to match the cannon shots & other accents in the music.

What you might want to try is try is first studying the backstory of the music itself (written to commemorate the invasion of Russia by Napoleon, and the subsequent defeat of Napoleon at the very gates of Moscow), then putting on the music, closing your eyes and remembering those great Caps moments.

I think you’ll see what I have in mind.

Cheers,

Das Rhino

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