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The Caps head are in Philly for tonight’s game 3 against the Flyers. After coming off of a loss on Sunday, I expect Bruce Boudreau to have the Caps focused and playing as a team again. This team hasn’t gotten down for long and I don’t expect them change anything about that now. I [...]

An afternoon of flipping between channels has ended mixed. Down at the Navy Yard station, The Nationals finally won again, 5-4 over Atlanta. They had lost nine in a row. Tim Redding gave up 3 runs over 5 2/3 (I think) innings. Tom Glavine left in the first for Atlanta with the bases loaded and [...]

The Capitals came back from two goals down to beat the Flyers. Yay! Game winner from Alex Ovechkin. Game 2 is tomorrow.
Despite eight innings of 1-run ball out of Matt Chico, the Nats could not end their losing streak. The bullpen gave up two in the ninth too, final score 3-0.
I would blog more, but [...]

This morning on WTOP, Dave Johnson suggested the Caps bring in Jim Mora to start off the festivities by yelling “Playoffs?! Playoffs?!” Not a bad idea, though I thought a commercial of Alex Ovechkin standing at a podium yelling that would be even funnier.
Funny anecdote: A colleague and I were talking and I noted that [...]

More on Playoff Beards:

Liz Chang (DC Sports Chick) and John Keely of On Frozen Blog on Washington Post Live::

I will posting some article links and giving my Capitals vs. Flyers series prediction over lunchtime.
Washington Capitals, Caps, playoff beards, On Frozen Blog
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Caps Go Back to The Start – The PostSHORT TERM: The Bruce Boudreau era began with a Black Friday victory over the Flyers in Philly.
Caps rise from the ashes of a fire sale – The Wash. TimesLONG TERM: Four years after the fire-sale, a review of how the Caps got here.
A Capital problem for Flyers [...]

The Capitals are in the playoffs for the first time in five years and here come the Flyers, sixth seed in the Eastern conference. Washington leads Philadelphia 2-1 all-time in playoff series, all of which happened in the 1980s. It doesn’t take a genius to know what YouTube video I’m going to pull up:
The series [...]