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Ameriganastan wrote:You hockey guys got a goofy looking trophy...

You should hear the stories of what that trophy has been through. You couldn't pay me to kiss that thing.

Idzequitch wrote:

Ameriganastan wrote:You hockey guys got a goofy looking trophy...

You should hear the stories of what that trophy has been through. You couldn't pay me to kiss that thing.

What happens when there's no more room for names on it?

Ameriganastan wrote:

Idzequitch wrote:You should hear the stories of what that trophy has been through. You couldn't pay me to kiss that thing.

What happens when there's no more room for names on it?

Top big ring get's taken off.

Ameriganastan wrote:

Idzequitch wrote:You should hear the stories of what that trophy has been through. You couldn't pay me to kiss that thing.

What happens when there's no more room for names on it?

They put another ring on the bottom.

And LARS ELLER's name is gonna be on that baby!!! What a game winning goal against Marc Andre Fleury!!

Washington and also Baltimore are going NUTS!!!

Taxi King wrote:Washington and also Baltimore are going NUTS!!!

Yup. Huge drought ending. You know what that means guys, tear jerking fan react videos.

Tarsonis wrote:

Taxi King wrote:Washington and also Baltimore are going NUTS!!!

Yup. Huge drought ending. You know what that means guys, tear jerking fan react videos.

Find somebody in red and ask them to puck-er up!

We finally did it.

Ransium wrote:I never thought I’d live to see the day!

None of us did, not after all these years....

BUT IT'S HAPPENED!

My dad said the mob fixed the finals because if Vegas won it would have broke Vegas.

Impaled Nazarene wrote:My dad said the mob fixed the finals because if Vegas won it would have broke Vegas.

Hardly. There wasn’t a single multimillion dollar bet

Impaled Nazarene wrote:My dad said the mob fixed the finals because if Vegas won it would have broke Vegas.

Does he Alex Jones much?

United City States of Oceania wrote:

Ransium wrote:I never thought I’d live to see the day!

None of us did, not after all these years....

BUT IT'S HAPPENED!

IT'S A TOTAL REDEMPTION!!!

Ameriganastan wrote:So they make them shake hands? Kind of rubbing salt in the wound.

Not this game I think, as they both tried really hard to make it, and the Capitals got lucky to score one point higher than the Golden Knights.

Ameriganastan wrote:So they make them shake hands? Kind of rubbing salt in the wound.

Shaking hands after a hockey game is a tradition as old as hockey itself. It signifies that whatever happened during the game gets left on the ice. It's an honor between players.

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Reading this article from last year just makes me smile and laugh now

Congrats, Capitals! is up. And it's more along the lines of that Congrats, Astros! video Tree did where he said "Congratulations" instead of "Conglaturation" to Houston winning the World Series after so many seasons of failure.

New Rogernomics wrote:

Ameriganastan wrote:So they make them shake hands? Kind of rubbing salt in the wound.

Not this game I think, as they both tried really hard to make it, and the Capitals got lucky to score one point higher than the Golden Knights.

Not just that but I reckon it was also lucky how the Caps were trailing 3-2 at the end of the second and not only did they tie the match up but they'd get the series-winning goal roughly two and a half minutes later. But still, agreed with the first bit. Both teams tried incredibly hard and gave us a match-up for ages and I'm pretty sure we'd be remembering this series for a long time.

United City States of Oceania wrote:

Shazbotdom wrote:Well, this has gone a direction that I didn't figure.

I'm still thinkin' Knights will lose in 5

Fixed for you.

Elejamie wrote:

Shofercia wrote:If the Caps win, I win the poll. If the Knights win, you win the poll. But I don't care about our poll as much as I care about Ovechkin winning the Stanley Cup, and being one step closer to the Triple Gold Club. We need more Russians there

Canadians: 10
Swedes: 9
Russians: 7 (I'm guessing Voynov will be there in the next few years, and it'll get my Kings on the board)
Czechs: 2

And I don't care about the poll either; after all, it's only a bit of fun and, again, I'm more competitive with my nation's team at the World Cup of Hockey over in NS Sports than I am with the real life ice hockey.

Either way, other than possibly Ovi, will there be any Russians who'll be joining the Triple Gold Club if the Caps win? Or would it just be him? (edited because I found out Ovi hasn't won gold at the Olympics)

Nope. However, the 2022 Winter Olympics aren't too far away, and Ovechkin's extremely likely to be invited. Ditto for Kuznetsov and Orlov. Plus, there's a potential for Kovalchuk to join the Capitals, considering that he's on great terms with Ovechkin, and wants to return to NHL for a year to win the Stanley Cup. He already has the other Russian Four, i.e. Olympics, World Championship, the Gagarin Cup, and Euro Hockey Tour. Hopefully they'll resign Trotz. Also, congrats on Walker winning the Cup!

New Rogernomics wrote:

Ameriganastan wrote:So they make them shake hands? Kind of rubbing salt in the wound.

Not this game I think, as they both tried really hard to make it, and the Capitals got lucky to score one point higher than the Golden Knights.

Your knowledge of Hockey is unsurpassed.
Point taken.

In my lifetime the Cubs, the city of Cleveland, the Eagles, and the Capitals have won championships. This is surely the darkest timeline. What next Blues vs Mapleleafs going 7 games???

Taxi King wrote:

Impaled Nazarene wrote:My dad said the mob fixed the finals because if Vegas won it would have broke Vegas.

Does he Alex Jones much?

Holtby was deliberately ran into by Perron to cover for the mob. He orchestrated the whole thing!

New Rogernomics wrote:

Ameriganastan wrote:So they make them shake hands? Kind of rubbing salt in the wound.

Not this game I think, as they both tried really hard to make it, and the Capitals got lucky to score one point higher than the Golden Knights.

The Caps scored clean. The Knights scored very unchivalrous goals.

Impaled Nazarene wrote:In my lifetime the Cubs, the city of Cleveland, the Eagles, and the Capitals have won championships. This is surely the darkest timeline. What next Blues vs Mapleleafs going 7 games???

The Maple Leafs are bound to lose. Even if it's to the Blues, and even if it's in 7 games

Impaled Nazarene wrote:In my lifetime the Cubs, the city of Cleveland, the Eagles, and the Capitals have won championships. This is surely the darkest timeline. What next Blues vs Mapleleafs going 7 games???

The Cleveland Barons are resurrected. They storm the Eastern conference then sweep the Jets for the cup. NBC rating in Winnipeg and Cleveland are off the charts.

The Story behind this year's Washington Capitals

Taxi King wrote:

Impaled Nazarene wrote:In my lifetime the Cubs, the city of Cleveland, the Eagles, and the Capitals have won championships. This is surely the darkest timeline. What next Blues vs Mapleleafs going 7 games???

The Cleveland Barons are resurrected. They storm the Eastern conference then sweep the Jets for the cup. NBC rating in Winnipeg and Cleveland are off the charts.

The Story behind this year's Washington Capitals

Canadians would probably be watching it on CBC, not NBC

United City States of Oceania wrote:

Taxi King wrote:
The Cleveland Barons are resurrected. They storm the Eastern conference then sweep the Jets for the cup. NBC rating in Winnipeg and Cleveland are off the charts.

The Story behind this year's Washington Capitals

Canadians would probably be watching it on CBC, not NBC

Not if Trump invaded Canada tomorrow.

Taxi King wrote:

United City States of Oceania wrote:Canadians would probably be watching it on CBC, not NBC

Not if Trump invaded Canada tomorrow.

Then it'd be Fox News