NHL 2017.1: We turn over a new Leaf and still find a Penguin

[Jimjamesak]

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US beats Czechs 3-2 in the Quarterfinals, Kane with 2 goals.

RUS-CAN is 4-4 in OT.

[Jimjamesak]

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Canada wins 5-4 in OT.

[Kepler]

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Canada wins 5-4 in OT.

Zzzzzz....

I wouldn't mind about 2 decades where Canada, Russia, and the US never win a game.

[Jimjamesak]

Zzzzzz....

I wouldn't mind about 2 decades where Canada, Russia, and the US never win a game.

You’re not going to get your wish anytime soon. This World Championship has shown that the gap between the Big Six and the Mid Majors is growing. At this point it’d be remarkable for a team like Switzerland or Latvia to win in the Quarterfinals, let alone medal.

[Jimjamesak]

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And I wouldn’t put the US in the same boat as Canada or Russia or even Sweden.

Since 1980 it’s been two Olympic Silvers and 4 Bronze at the Worlds, not exactly lighting it up.

(TBF the Junior and Women’s record is significantly better.)

[Jimjamesak]

You’re not going to get your wish anytime soon. This World Championship has shown that the gap between the Big Six and the Mid Majors is growing. At this point it’d be remarkable for a team like Switzerland or Latvia to win in the Quarterfinals, let alone medal.

And after I type this Switzerland beats Finland 3-2...

[hockeyplayer1015]

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Caps performing their annual choke job.

In all seriousness, what is in the Caps minds after game 4. They just threw the entire kitchen, the bathroom and the dang baby with the bath water at Tampa, and it wasn't enough.

[Kepler]

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Caps performing their annual choke job.

In all seriousness, what is in the Caps minds after game 4. They just threw the entire kitchen, the bathroom and the dang baby with the bath water at Tampa, and it wasn't enough.

The Caps fans here at work this morning look like 9/11 just happened, their Mom was in the building, and their dog was flying the plane.

I was in Boston in '86 and walking around after game 6 every single yokel's face said "the Red Sox are going to lose game 7." It was universal. One of the most eerie things I've ever seen -- a fanbase utterly defeated before the event, completing embracing their identity as Losers.

That's what it feels like in NoVa today. It's Lovecraftian.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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The Caps fans here at work this morning look like 9/11 just happened, their Mom was in the building, and their dog was flying the plane.

I was in Boston in '86 and walking around after game 6 every single yokel's face said "the Red Sox are going to lose game 7." It was universal. One of the most eerie things I've ever seen -- a fanbase utterly defeated before the event, completing embracing their identity as Losers.

That's what it feels like in NoVa today. It's Lovecraftian.

*nods*

The Red Wings before '97.

[icehawk]

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Fleury doing it again tonight.

[icehawk]

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Vegas was 500 to 1 odds to win the Cup. They are now 1 win away from the finals. Crazy man

[WeAreNDHockey]

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*nods*

The Red Wings before '97.

5 years of pain. 4 of those 5 years I was SURE Detroit would break the spell. In 1993 I thought they could make a run but in '92, '94, '95 and '96 I believed they were gonna win... And each year was a gut-punch ending to the season. Swept by the Hawks. Losing at home in a game 7 OT in round 1. Losing at home to the worst team in the playoffs in round 1. Swept in the final. Claude Lemieux. It all made 1997 a lot of fun. For about a week.

[Jimjamesak]

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4-0 Sweden in the 2nd.

*facepalm* What an embarrassment.

[The Sicatoka]

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To me WAS/TBL is simple. Either:

Game 1/2 Washington shows up tonight and the Caps have life
or
Game 3/4 Washington shows up tonight and it's over (because Washington will be defeated mentally).

[The Sicatoka]

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4-0 Sweden in the 2nd.

*facepalm* What an embarrassment.

I stepped outside at 1-0, came back in, and Whiskey-Tango.