Comments on: The Jinxiest Jinx Ever to Jinx: Aleksandr Reut’s “We are the Champions” Painting

By: May As Well Give the Cup to the Caps :

May As Well Give the Cup to the Caps : — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:08:21 +0000

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World’s Strangest | Renaissance Paintings of Hockey — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:58:16 +0000

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By: Video: CSN’s Russ Thaler on RMNB and That Painting

Video: CSN’s Russ Thaler on RMNB and That Painting — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:41:36 +0000

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By: ExPat

ExPat — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:29:34 +0000

I’ve been a Caps fan since 1974 but wouldn’t pay $5 for these cartoons, much less $5,000.

By: BobbyG

BobbyG — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:40:34 +0000

Awesome paintings but I see no jinx or tempting fate or the hockey gods. As Ian said, it’s a farcical tongue-in-cheek creation, nothing more, nothing less.

BTW, I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m itching for Round 2 to start. The Caps have rested, so I don’t want too much time to pass before they play for real again. Let them ride their momentum from Round 1 no matter who they play next.

Speaking of which, it also seems like it’s taking forever to determine the Caps next opponent. Get on with it already. GO CAPS!

By: Bucky Katt

Bucky Katt — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:20:26 +0000

@Paula In medieval art birds had Christian/spiritual connotations with different birds representing different Christian concepts or allegories. The most well known is the dove as a symbol of peace.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:04:04 +0000

IMO the best comment on the painting is from Puck Daddy. Commenter Slozo had this to say:

“I am not sure how this can be construed as a jinx .. . seeing as it clearly depicts the Stanley Cup being given to the Montreal Canadiens. The clues:

1) It was painted AFTER the Caps loss to the Montreal Canadiens. Just let that sink in, and think about it . . . good.
2) The Stanley Cup is being given to two midgets dressed in aristocratic french style clothing, while the Capitals players and owner (and his wife) watch with indifference (they are all looking away).
This to me is the cup being given to two of the Canadiens, probably Cammalleri and Halak, the guys that were the main reasons the Caps lost.
3) Leonsis is on his HIGH HORSE . . . get it? The painting is filled with jokes like this . . . Boudreau as a pious priest . . . Semin appears to have goat feet and is holding the stick in an odd way upwards instead of on the ice, etc etc

It’s all a farcical thing, meant to be a tongue in cheek depiction of the Stanley Cup being given to Monreal after their loss to them . . . heck, the Canadian parliament building is even behind them on the right.

So, to sum up: definitely not a jinx . . . except on the Canadiens, where it worked its magic already!”

By: 28ISGREAT

28ISGREAT — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:36:56 +0000

Ugh – I don’t think there’s anything worse than reading/listening to self-righteous “old” fans complaining about or comparing against “new” fans.

People get it – you’ve paid a lot of money over a lot of years to watch a team lose, many times in a near empty arena. You’ve suffered. Ok – great. Now please get over it.

As far as I’m concerned, a fan is a fan unless you have a Caps logo tatooed on your forehead (anywhere else is standard at best, boring at worst). In which case, if you do, I will happily concede you’re a bigger fan than nearly everyone else.

Otherwise, long suffering “old” fans with those cushy lower bowl seats are entitled to complain about just one thing – getting hit with an avalanche of hats on a hat trick.

By: JClasser

JClasser — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:13:03 +0000

You call that art? lol

By: Peter Hassett

Peter Hassett — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:31:18 +0000

@Jay,

[sarcarm]Thanks for that dose of indignation and viciousness. It was very appropriate and needed in this lighthearted, self-effacing article about how good-humored we fans are.[/sarcasm]