Series Thread: First Round: Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Washington Capitals

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Milbury just picked the Jackets to go to the Finals.

Congrats Caps fans on your impending sweep with 4 straight shutouts.



Kiss. Of. Death.

Obligatory...

 

[thedddd]

Unlikely Series' Heroes!

Who ya got? Make a prediction (you pussies, RIP Bossman).


I'll go with Jakub Vrana having 3 goals and an important game winner in the series. He had a good stretch with lots of scoring chances in mid- to late-March, but couldn't get a little lucky to put more in the cage. Law of due!

Ovechkin for having more helpers than goals.

 

[thedddd]

Milbury just picked the Jackets to go to the Finals.

Congrats Caps fans on your impending sweep with 4 straight shutouts.



Kiss. Of. Death.

Sorry forty_three

 

[forty_three]

Sorry forty_three

There's always next year.

 

[elocomotive]

Ovechkin for having more helpers than goals.

Ahhhh, interesting angle, DDDD.

 

[ritari330]

Sounds like it may be Stephenson playing 4th line center. Top 2 lines are going to be playing a lot.

 

[sbb122]

This is going to be a fun series. Definitely going 7.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Unlikely Series' Heroes!

Who ya got? Make a prediction (you pussies, RIP Bossman).


I'll go with Jakub Vrana having 3 goals and an important game winner in the series. He had a good stretch with lots of scoring chances in mid- to late-March, but couldn't get a little lucky to put more in the cage. Law of due!

Jack Johnson and that fellow named after a dog.

 

[BGDave]

Jack Johnson and that fellow named after a dog.

^

Approved

 

[forty_three]

Jack Johnson and that fellow named after a dog.

What kind of impact is JMFJ going to make from the press box?


Put up or shut up time for the Jackets. Time to see what they are. I think they got ahead of themselves with that run last year. I think they are exactly where they should be, but expectations are a little high because of the streak last year. Every team in the east (except Philly, apparently) is dangerous and capable of some wins.

Time to see what the boys are made of.

 

[elocomotive]

Obligatory...

Can a moderator do something about this?

Someone is trying to troll the Series Thread with images that will upset everyone.

 

[forty_three]

Here we go. Lineups confirmed for game 1.

Jackets:
Panarin - Dubois - Atkinson
Jenner - Wennberg - Vanek
Bjorkstrand - Foligno - Anderson
Dubinsky - Letestu - Calvert


Werenski - Jones
Cole - Savard
Murray - Nutivaara

Bobrovsky (starter)


Caps:

Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Wilson
Burakovsky - Backstrom - Oshie
Vrana - Eller - Smith-Pelly
Connolly - Stephenson - Chaisson

Orlov - Niskanen
Kempny - Carlson
Orpik - Jerabek

Grubauer (starter)


Homerism and trash talk aside for a moment, that's two very strong and deep teams, We are lucky to be watching a league where two really good teams are going at it. Seems like every series is even like this. Well, except one, perhaps.

Good luck, Caps fans. Let's hope for some clean, safe hard hockey. Let the boys decide it.



eloco, sorry for poking the bear earlier. I had no other intention than trash talk, but clearly you don't like that or me. I will behave going forward. Or at least try.

 

[Sgt Brutus]

Jackets:
Panarin - Dubois - Atkinson
Jenner - Wennberg - Vanek
Bjorkstrand - Foligno - Anderson
Dubinsky - Letestu - Calvert

No Sonny Milano, interesting

 

[forty_three]

No Sonny Milano, interesting

Yeah, Torts said the other day that he wasn't going in. Foligno and Anderson are no brainers, and I guess Torts wants to put Dubi in to do Dubi things, he can harass the shit out of whoever he's against. Dubi does anything stupid and I bet Milano is in next game.

Still might have preferred Sonny over Calvert.

 

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Can a moderator do something about this?

Someone is trying to troll the Series Thread with images that will upset everyone.

Milbury replaced with a cat gif

 

[forty_three]

Milbury replaced with a cat gif

Put him back. The Jackets players need to face their demons head on. No one is going get fired up to shut up a floofball.

 

[dash]

This is going to be a longggggggggggggg series.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

More cats please.

 

[dare2be]

More cats please.

But only if they're doing stupid and/or dangerous things.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Jack Johnson and that fellow named after a dog.

What kind of impact is JMFJ going to make from the press box?


Put up or shut up time for the Jackets. Time to see what they are. I think they got ahead of themselves with that run last year. I think they are exactly where they should be, but expectations are a little high because of the streak last year. Every team in the east (except Philly, apparently) is dangerous and capable of some wins.

Time to see what the boys are made of.

Here we go. Lineups confirmed for game 1.

Jackets:
Panarin - Dubois - Atkinson
Jenner - Wennberg - Vanek
Bjorkstrand - Foligno - Anderson
Dubinsky - Letestu - Calvert


Werenski - Jones
Cole - Savard
Murray - Nutivaara

Bobrovsky (starter)


Caps:

Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Wilson
Burakovsky - Backstrom - Oshie
Vrana - Eller - Smith-Pelly
Connolly - Stephenson - Chaisson

Orlov - Niskanen
Kempny - Carlson
Orpik - Jerabek

Grubauer (starter)


Homerism and trash talk aside for a moment, that's two very strong and deep teams, We are lucky to be watching a league where two really good teams are going at it. Seems like every series is even like this. Well, except one, perhaps.

Good luck, Caps fans. Let's hope for some clean, safe hard hockey. Let the boys decide it.



eloco, sorry for poking the bear earlier. I had no other intention than trash talk, but clearly you don't like that or me. I will behave going forward. Or at least try.

Well looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.