Tag: The Narrative

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The Narrative: It Don’t Come Easy, Fives Hole, Top Fore

By Japers' Rink Team | May 12th 2022 | 7 min read |

1. It Don’t Come Easy It’s hard to ask the goalies in this series to do more than what they’ve done so far (not so fast, Vitek… you can si...

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The Narrative: The Good, The Bad and The Fugly

By Japers' Rink Team | May 12th 2022 | 3 min read |

1. The Good A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, so let’s start by remembering a time long ago when the Caps actually held a 3-0 lead in ...

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The Narrative: The OT Goal, No Offense? and Give and Take

By Japers' Rink Team | May 10th 2022 | 8 min read |

1. The OT Goal Let’s talk about the Game 4 overtime game-winner, shall we? Here it is: First off, who was out there? For the goal, it was Lars Eller...

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The Narrative: Game of Inches, O Shi*... and Trending

By Japers' Rink Team | May 10th 2022 | 3 min read |

1. Game of Inches Monday night’s Game 4 was one of those games that the Caps were lucky to even have a chance to win… and unlucky to lose. Mak...

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The Narrative: So Special, Second Line Shine, and The “On” In Samsonov

By Japers' Rink Team | May 7th 2022 | 6 min read |

1. So Special The Caps’ special teams were up and down all season, with both units going long stretches where they looked unstoppable, and sometimes...

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The Narrative: Goalie-Go-Round, What About Bob? and Pretty Tied Up

By Japers' Rink Team | May 6th 2022 | 6 min read |

1. Goalie-Go-Round It was never a question of “if,” only of “when,” and in Thursday night’s Game 2, that question was answered. After a soli...

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The Narrative: Sticktoitiveness, Ant-Man Gone Goliath, and the “D” in Defense

By Japers' Rink Team | May 4th 2022 | 5 min read |

1. Sticktoitiveness Through the first two periods of their Game 1 win against the Panthers, the Caps generated 24 all-situation scoring chances, 11 of...

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The Narrative: Comeback Caps, I’m Laving It and Willy or Won’t He?

By Japers' Rink Team | May 4th 2022 | 4 min read |

1. Comeback Caps The Florida Panthers went 39-0-1 during the regular-season when leading after two periods for a .975 win percentage, tops in the Leag...

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The Narrative: Good Guys, Bad Guys and It’s Been a While

By Japers' Rink Team | May 2nd 2022 | 3 min read |

1. Good Guys It looks as if the Caps’ lines for Game 1 are more or less set (whether you agree with them or not): These lines provide some balance, ...

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The Narrative: Never a Doubt, Never Have I Ever, and Never Tell Me the Odds

By Japers' Rink Team | May 1st 2022 | 2 min read |

1. Never a Doubt The Washington Capitals have played 141 playoff games in the Alex Ovechkin Era, and Alex Ovechkin has played in every one of them. So...