The Penguins get a double dose of the Capitals.
What can you say about the Capitals.
They are like that uncle you never really liked, showing up at Thanksgiving. Familiar, predictable… and somehow always part of the tradition.
As of April 8, the Capitals were five points behind the Philadelphia Flyers for the #3 spot in the Metro Division and three points behind Ottawa for the final wild-card spot. They have little room for error and need every point, so this will be a fight.
What can be said about ‘The Gray 8’?
Seeing him is like running into your high school love once a year. The initial hate has faded, and now you just laugh about how toxic you both used to be.
Ovechkin is aging like milk. He parks himself at the left dot like a retiree settling into a booth at Denny’s—waiting for the puck to be served up like a plate of hotcakes. 20 + years of watching the same play. For nearly 20 years, it’s been Crosby, Malkin, and Ovi—three players who defined an era. Playoffs, rivalries, HBO series, highlight reels, and dueling play-off hat tricks. Sigh. Soak it in guys.
The Penguins are back in the playoffs.
After 3 long years, ups and downs, questions about the core, and plenty of doubt, The Penguins have punched their ticket again. And it was not easy—they earned it. If I were less lazy, I’d dig up all those comments about “embracing mediocrity” just to land a higher draft pick.
We’re not dead yet—blow that whistle, Rose.
This group stuck with it: no more ‘grinding bitches’, no more ‘play-the-right-way’. Instead, more like ….
Highest scoring team in the Crosby era.
The stars have shown up, Dubas added depth, and now Pittsburgh is right back where it belongs.
Let’s Go Pens