The Washington Capitals just hired Adam Oates to be the new head coach. He replaces Dale Hunter, and joins Jim Johnson on the coaching staff. Suddenly it's the late 90s and I'm hanging out at Caps practice.

I know it wasn't entirely Bruins fans, but it was the majority. They know who they are.

( Racist Tweets Greet Joel Ward Goal )

( Lots of little things and a couple piccies )

OK, I somehow survived a weekend of full 8 hour days all week, not sleeping all week, WWDTM Thursday, gaming Friday, dog show/Capitals/Dr Who Saturday and Easter with the nephews. And oh yeah, got the cable system upgraded to include 6 months of free HBO (man, it'll be hard to give it up again) which grants unfettered access to Treme, but means I ( Read more... )

What was that, Capitals? Seriously, WTF? The best team in the regular season and it wasn't even close? Dominating all season long against all comers? Prohibitive favorite for the Cup?

Eliminated in the first round by an 8 seed that barely made the playoffs.

Again, WTF?

Something new to make me feel old. The retirement of NHL goaltender Olaf Kolzig ( Read more... )

I thought I was going to have a conflict issue last night. Ahhh...not so much. Everytime I turned on the game, the Pengwhines scored. Pretty easy choice with the Caps getting their posteriors handed to them. I was probably too tired to be watching Lost though, I think the massive information overwhelmed my tired little noggin.

OK...I decided to try reverse psychology on the Caps. It seemed to be working - when I watched they committed penalties and gave up goals. When I watched the DVR, the Caps would score. Then they went to OT and I'd finished my shows, but the DVR was about to start on Castle so I figured, I won't see the rest of the game, maybe the Caps will win. ( Read more... )

Particularly in the 'I don't feel like I accomplished much' department.

( Weekend Report )

But apparently the Caps didn't need me in red last night. Ovechkin and Varlamov handled everything just fine, thanks. And dueling hat tricks. Nice game.

Although, Crosby complaining about people throwing hats after a hat trick? Huh? Yo, traditionalists, your golden boy just trashed one of your most cherished traditions.