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No thanks. No solace in another failed attempt, no matter how much effort they put into the final 15 minutes. The game was over after the first.

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Yeah. I also thought they had a good second so what, 35 minutes of good hockey but 25 of crap? It cost them. Bruce just can't win the big....oh wait.

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Did he? lol. That almost guarantees a loss. Has such a guarantee ever worked out except for Messier?

Maybe that was his way of saying I am going to show up this game. Does he even have a point since game 2? I admittedly haven't seen a lot of the games recently.

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Most worried they are going to make me shave at work if the caps lose wednesday.

I dont think they will till after the hawks are done but i dont know

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Not hockey but Rasheed Wallace did it for game 2 of the ECF's in 2004 and it actually happened. Takes balls to say it.

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never did that come out of my mouth
:cool

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No he is pointless since game 2. Though he hasn't really been bad. And I know the guy can't come out and say "yeah, we blew it, don't bother watching game 7, it's gonna be ugly". But to actually guarantee they will win the series? I dunno, Ovie.

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The Caps have a great chance to win game 7. Every game has been 1 goal. They found a way to make it close last night when it looked like it was going to be a blow out. If they play like they did for the final ten minutes last night....Rangers are in major trouble in game 7 haha.

I am just really excited to get a game 7. I have cleared the night to watch it. No matter what happens I am very proud of the Rangers for finding a way to force a game 7 when down 3-1 for a second straight year! Win or lose I can go on from this series happy now. MSG is going to be rocking!

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Yeah, the 2 goals in the 3rd had me really worried. Then from the 7 minute mark through the 3rd minute mark they had 4 minutes of zone time. Then they had that BS penalty for delay of game.

essentially the Rangers spent the final 7 minutes in their own zone and clung to life. Thought for sure it was going to OT

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:lol Rangers fans worrying

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No it doesn't. Anyone can say it. If the guarantee happens that person looks like a hero/prophet. If the guarantee doesn't happen they just look like one the 100's of others that guaranteed a win and lost.

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I know, right. Anything can happen but they are in the driver's seat and a big favorite, imo.

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Anyone can say it? Really? Didn't know people could use their mouths to speak. I think it takes balls cause when they lose (sorry barbs) he'll be ridiculed for it for a long time. Sure people might forget eventually but he'll get crapped on for a while. Hockey fans will remember for a long time because that's what we do and it's the Caps blowing a 3-1 lead...again.

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At the end of the day, both teams have won 3 games, every game has been decided by one goal, the Caps were amazing in the third period, the Caps have already won a game 7 this post season, and really ANYTHING can happen in game 7's. Of course we are worried too.

This is game 7...no body ever knows how it will play out. I hope like hell the Rangers find a way....but the Caps could easily take game 7.

Any Rangers fan who is not worried if crazy. Not saying the Caps fans shouldn't be worried either...just saying we should be just as worried.

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It is a bigger deal because it was Ovi who said it. Anytime you have one of the best players in the world saying something like that it means a lot more. If the Caps roll out of NY winning game 7, Ovi will finally have stepped up as the leader of his team and as a clutch playoff performer (especially if he scores in game 7). If he and the Caps lose, it will not be forgotten for the rest of his career and then some. His own fans will be the hardest critics of it.

Either way, got to give him credit...game 7 just became must watch sports for everyone...not just hockey fans now.

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ESPN is #loving it.

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Great opening to that post Mr. Literal :rolleyes

No one will remember it outside of DC because there's no track record with the Caps and winning where anyone will take it seriously. It fall's more into saying it more to motivate his team then being a ballsy thing to say.

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Disagree with this post completely. His team doesn't need motivation...this was for the Fans. And yes, it is being talked about everywhere today...so it will have a record in more than just the D.C. area.

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:lol even worse... for the FANS, really? It's the flavor of the day. Could be great for the Caps if they do win or Ovie will be eating his words, get crap for it for a few days/months after, and for gotten about quickly in the minds of most hockey fans.

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Running a McDonald's ad?

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You're definitely new here. Stick around for a while and see how quickly things are forgotten.

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I really don't think it will be forgotten if they lose. It will never be forgotten if they win...even more so if they were to win the Cup.

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I am new, but I'm speaking about the hockey world at large forgetting about it or just making fun of it (if they lose*), not here on AM.org, either way, HERE, it will never be forgotten. THAT I guarantee.

We'll see what happens.

That's obvious though.

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I thought you guys might get a kick out of this...I was just browsing the "People You May Know" feature of LinkedIn. And who came up? None other than Rico Fata.

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This is just wrong. So, so wrong.

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Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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It won't be forgotten when they lose. Just more fuel for the Ovi haters in the media, but unlike past things, this one he'll do to himself.

With the Rangers track record in elimination games at home, the Caps record in games 7 overall and their history of blowing series like this, I don't even know why I'm going to bother watching on Wednesday. Oh, I'll watch, but I'll hate myself for it later. :BANG

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Or love yourself later...that is the great part of game 7's!

No doubt we both have to watch. For one of us, it will be the last game of the season. After Wednesday, one of us will have to wait until October, basically 6 months, to watch our team play. So even if ends in a loss, I will be glued to the TV for the Rangers game with the hopes that it is not the last time I see them before fall!!

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Well yeah, but I'm just assuming they'll lose. That way, if they somehow don't, I can be pleasantly surprised. With the way all DC sports teams operate, I've just gotten to the point that I assume they'll embarrass themselves and crush my hopes. That way, I keep myself from getting too down.

That's what 0 championships in 23 years from our 4 major teams will do to you.

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I hear ya, it is hard to shake those feelings for sure. I posted about this during last years run, but I was not really old enough or a big enough hockey fan to enjoy 1994. Since that time (until last year) it has been a lot of heart ache.

I am also a forever Red Sox fan (with a little bit of a likefest for the Mets tossed in there), I know what it is like to feel pain. I can't tell you how bad losing the ALCS to the Yankees in 2003 felt. Obviously things got better just one year later! If the Sox can turn it around, so can the Caps eventually.