This morning, the Pittsburgh Penguins roasted the Washington Capitals about their banners on Twitter. As you’ll recall, earlier this season the Penguins got gaudy, gigantor replacements for their champion banners while the Caps tailed back theirs.
New banners this year for the Penguins and Capitals. 😏 pic.twitter.com/wf4juD9Hga
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) November 16, 2016
Yes, we get it. You’re the league’s defending champions and you’re a bunch of Sassy Pants McGees.
One Caps fan asked the Penguins, essentially in the poetic words of the band MAGIC!, why you gotta be so rude?
@penguins why are y'all being this petty at 11am?
— monica (@hheyitsmonica) November 16, 2016
@hheyitsmonica It's rivalry night! And we were just making an observation.
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) November 16, 2016
@penguins mhmmm
— monica (@hheyitsmonica) November 16, 2016
The Penguins and their fans are inarguably the most insufferable in the NHL. But in a time like this, we must remember the words of Michelle Obama: “When they go low, we go high.”
The best way to do that is throw on your Deadguins shirt, tweet a photo of you in it at the Penguins Twitter account, and cheer loudly for the Capitals tonight.
If there’s anything that will get the Capitals out of their funk, it’s playing these flightless birds.
12:30 Update: The Capitals have responded.
.@penguins Must have missed the one right next to it. pic.twitter.com/YfrtDHimNt
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 16, 2016
