Eastern and Western Conference Finals
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Finally he gets to the finals: good for him, good for the Capitals, good for their fans.
Now finish the job.
DC teams are now undefeated in conference finals appearances in the past 20 years. Take that, Boston!
The zingers are starting:
DLVerified account @davelozo 10h10 hours ago
Vegas-Washington. A Stanley Cup Final involving one team nobody ever dreamed could get that far and Vegas.
Dan Wade @Dwade 9h9 hours ago
So the Stanley Cup Finals will pit sin city, a den of vice and corruption where the worst of the worst gather, against Las Vegas.
DLVerified account @davelozo 10h10 hours ago
Vegas-Washington. A Stanley Cup Final involving one team nobody ever dreamed could get that far and Vegas.
Dan Wade @Dwade 9h9 hours ago
So the Stanley Cup Finals will pit sin city, a den of vice and corruption where the worst of the worst gather, against Las Vegas.
As a DC-area resident but not a Caps fan, I’d still like to see the Caps win, if only for my friends who are long-suffering Caps fans. That said, the one guy on the team I’ve always liked is Holtby, who seems like one of the most thoughtful and progressive-minded professional athletes around today.
I’ve hated the Caps for a long time, probably stemming from the bull shit Tim Taylor toe in the crease. So fuck them. Team Vegas for me.
I wonder if Trotz will bench Holtby to start the series.
It really would be the Capsiest thing ever to finally beat the Penguins and get to the Finals only to lose to an expansion team.
It really would be the Capsiest thing ever to finally beat the Penguins and get to the Finals only to lose to an expansion team.
Anyone that brings up the St Louis Blues (as having been "first") expansion team in the Stanley Cup finals just needs to be shot.
It was guaranteed to happen that year.
It was guaranteed to happen that year.
The funny thing is they have to go up against Fleury, who eliminated their two best teams in franchise history (09 & 17).
It would complete their run.
Win 1st round after going 0-2 at home? Check.
Beat nemesis (2-time defending champ) in their building to break the 20 yr 2nd round "curse"? Check.
Beat top seed after blowing 2-0 lead on the road (then losing 3 straight) by throwing double shutouts? Check.
Beat Fleury? We'll see.
That was another brilliant move by the NHL; expand the league from 6 to 12 teams in 1968 and put the 6 expansion teams in one conference, leave the original 6 teams in the other conference and have the winners meet in the finals...............the Blues got swept twice by Montreal and once by the Bruins, thankfully they changed things in 1971.
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