Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: (3) Washington Capitals vs (6) New York Rangers

[dmvincent]

The Rangers have won two in a row! My Rangers in 7 prediction looks pretty good right now!

[Carcillo]

[mister_mcgoo]

was just coming here to post this!

hilarious!

[metaldude26]

The one and only, Alex Ovechkin. You can't teach that.

[The Comish]

The one and only, Alex Ovechkin. You can't teach that.

Yeah, that's some effort on the backcheck there by OV!? Wow. Good thing he's not being paid in excess of $9.5M a season for his defensive prowess and you know, effort.

Watching things like the World Juniors/Championships really makes you wonder about just how lazy many of the NHL players are. Maybe they are just "positionally sound", I don't know, but when you see players not in the NHL (I guess tournaments are an anomaly?) where back checking actually happens more than just in the playoffs, you wonder what the F are these guys getting paid so much money for?

Is it too much to ask players to give their all each shift, which is what 20-25 minutes most nights? I'm going to try this at my job and see how long it takes before I'm canned! No jokes about working for the government...

[Bomm Bastic]

The one and only, Alex Ovechkin. You can't teach that.

Wow. I had heard about that but had never seen it until just now.

wow...

[doulos]

Ribeiro might not be my favorite player but he's had a fantastic year. Huge win for the Capitals and what an exciting overtime game.

Hopefully they can end this in New York in Game 6!

[littleranger]

Should be a classic at the Garden this afternoon! Let's Go Rangers! Don't be afraid to pop in one or two Nash!

[blayze]

King ****ing Henrik steals another one. Best goalie in the game PERIOD.

I would be nervous if I were the Caps right now. All hail the KING!!!

[Shake]

Awesome finish!! Henrik stood tall!! Huge scrum at end of the game.

[dejeanneret]

Caught the last half of this one ... what a game!

But strange to see the power play calls go 5-0 in favor of the Rangers. Maybe it's not all that rare, but I can't remember the last time I saw a playoff game with one team getting no power play chances (or, I suppose, not a single penalty at all -- offsetting or otherwise -- being called on one of the teams).

Should be an epic Game 7 tomorrow night.

[blayze]

Now if only Nash and Richards would get their heads out of their asses...

[dejeanneret]

Now if only Nash and Richards would get their heads out of their asses...

Both snakebitten more than anything, I think. Neither has really played that badly. Nash is getting a ton of defensive attention, and both have literally been an inch or less away on a few occasions so far.

Anyhow, two incredibly evenly matched teams here. Home team winning all 6 so far, and all but Game 1 (a 2 goal "blowout" -- sarcasm, btw) being 1 goal games. Great series.

[sparrowtrini]

King ****ing Henrik steals another one. Best goalie in the game PERIOD.

I would be nervous if I were the Caps right now. All hail the KING!!!

Geez i thought Carey Price was.......sigh.

[blayze]

Both snakebitten more than anything, I think. Neither has really played that badly. Nash is getting a ton of defensive attention, and both have literally been an inch or less away on a few occasions so far.

Doesn't matter how unlucky/snakebitten/tightly covered these guys are... for what they are paid, they need to be delivering more than a combined 2 points in 12 games. Inexcusable.