My goodness, what's wrong with the Washington Capitals? Losers of 5 straight going into last night's game, I really had a feeling that the Caps would right the ship against the New York Rangers. Wrong feeling.
First, the Caps gave up a goal in the first period with only 2 minutes left. Then, they gave up 3 more goals in about 5 minutes early in the second period. At this point, coach Bruce Boudreau called a time out and lectured his troops. By "lecture," I mean that he launched a vein-bursting, obscenity-laced tirade. It was a work of art. But it got no results.
The Caps finally began to exert some pressure on the Rangers, but Alex Semin zipped one off the cross bar, and on the next shift, the Caps hit the post on two consecutive shots. Alex Ovechin even got into a fight, drawing only the second fighting major in his career, in an attempt to fire up his team. As he headed to the penalty box, he pumped his fist at his teammates, as if to say "Let's go!" or whatever the Russian equivalent may be. The Caps soon went to a power play--and promptly gave up a short-handed goal.
The Caps gave up two more goals in the third period and--for good measure--hit the post one more time. Final score: Rangers 7 Capitals 0
Just as with baseball, there seems to be no figuring slumps in hockey. They have what is arguably the most talented team in the NHL and yet these last 6 games they look like they don't even know which skate to put on which foot, much less how to score a goal or two. Obviously, some Capitals fan is not wearing a lucky shirt or he washed a lucky shirt or she moved to a chair from the lucky couch or from the lucky chair to the couch. Clearly, the fabric of the Capitals Cosmos has been disturbed and if you're the one who rent that fabric, the FIX IT! Fix it before Bruce Bodreau really does pop a vein. Of course, he's a hockey coach, so they would just stitch him up and send him back to the game.
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