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Night Songs – That’s How Ovie Does It

Sam Fels June 8, 2018 0

Call me a sucker for these moments. I’ve certainly had my issues with the Washington Capitals. I’ve definitely reveled in their failures along with everyone else, spiced with a tinge of frustration with them for not making good on the promise of so many teams in the past

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Night Songs – Stanley Cup Final Game 4

Sam Fels June 5, 2018 0

And now we’re on the brink, though everyone already writing the tributes to the Capitals might want to check their history when leading a series 3-1. Even this grouping, for the most part, was around when they blew one of these to the Rangers three years ago in one off those Caps-Rags series we’ve all […]

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Night Songs – Stanley Cup Final Game 2: I’m Incendiary Too, Man

Sam Fels May 31, 2018 0

For most of the past few years, one of the main discussions in the game and outside of it is how to improve scoring. And we here have tried to point out that scoring isn’t the problem, action might be. There have been half-hearted attempts to try and open the game, but mostly it’s to […]

Musings

Fallacies, Vegas, And Whatever Else In This Goofy Final

Sam Fels May 30, 2018 0

Not that I normally like to waste any more space on Tom Wilson than I have to, but here we are. It’s the NHL, so even after a frantic and exciting, if not elegant. opener to a very intriguing Final one of the main talking points remain the #43 Dipshit Train. Still, I have to […]

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Night Songs – Final Game 1: The Reactors Won’t Take It…Just FYI

Sam Fels May 29, 2018 0

So that’s what Game 1 in 2010 looked like to everyone else. It’s been a while since we’ve had two teams that haven’t been anywhere close to this in the Final, or at least hadn’t been in recent history. Basically 2012, and neither the Kings or Devils played a system that could get loose at […]

Previews

Watching The Party – Stanley Cup Final Preview

Sam Fels May 28, 2018 0

 vs.  SCHEDULE: Game 1 Tonight, Game 2 Wednesday, Game 3 Saturday, Game 4 Monday When it’s been 90 degrees for a few days you’re probably not thinking about hockey. You’re even less likely to be thinking about hockey between these two teams. This was not the Final predicted, and in the NHL’s supreme marketing strategy […]

Musings

Bury My Heart At Michal Kempny

Sam Fels May 24, 2018 0

It’s something of a spring tradition, at least it is when your team doesn’t go anywhere or misses the dance altogether. There’s always a player or two or six who make it to the Final and some of those even win it (funny how that works). And you sit there and curse the brainpower of […]

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Night Songs – There Isn’t A Record Of Anything Until There Is

Sam Fels May 24, 2018 0

It’s probably harder to compare to other eras, but it feels like across all sports we’ve seen the breaking down of a lot of “truths” the past 15 years or so. “Truths” in that teams that would never win or couldn’t get past a certain point have done so. I suppose it starts with the […]

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Night Songs – You’re Only Going To Get More Caps

Sam Fels May 22, 2018 0

It was quite the viewing to have the Capitals on one screen last night and the Cleveland Cavaliers on another last night. Both played with a unique desperation and frenzy against teams that not only didn’t match it, they didn’t seem very interested in doing so either. As Ryan Callahan said, “They played like they […]

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Night Songs – Conference Final Weekend Wrap: So That Happened

Sam Fels May 14, 2018 0

One in a state of shock, one game went exactly as planned. It’s the NHL on NBC! Capitals 2-0 Lightning I guess this is what everyone else felt last year when watching the Preds roll over the Hawks from the outside. But I think that made more sense than this. At least Game 1 of […]