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Capitals Make Playoffs, History
Well, how do you like that? After 81 games—which included an early-season meltdown followed by an improbable comeback—the Washington Capitals found themselves in a win-and-you’re-in, lose-and-you’re-out playoffs situation during their final game of the regular season. (Okay, technically, they could have lost in overtime and still made the playoffs, but my way sounds ...
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Is D.C. Now a Hockey Town?
D.C. Sports Bog — Is D.C. Now a Hockey Town? Matt Cooke wanted into the dressing room this afternoon, looked at the masses of media persons, and smiled. "Back in a Canadian city, eh?" he said. Now I've never been in a Canadian city for the playoffs (although I did take my Honeymoon in Canada) and I would have thought that some sort of playoff fever would infect the entire civic apparatus and not just Washington City Paper blogs , but the Caps themselves are certainly going out of their way to talk about the excellence of the home crowd. Like, here's Fedorov, from today, talking about Caps fans: ...

Lots of Enthusiasm Out There
Ted's Take - The blogging site of Ted Leonsis — Wear red. Have fun. Go Caps!

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capsnut.blogspot.com 4/7/2008 — Never count on the Penguin Scum for anything. Given a chance to tank and get the Ottawa Senators for themselves, the Penguin Scum did exactly that and just lost to the Flyers 2-0. We should have known better, the Penguin Scum have a long and storied ...
Savoring the Historic Week That Was
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Stars Vs Ducks: Opening Battle for Pacific Bragging RightsBleacher Report - NHL 4/7/2008
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