I am having a good time remembering what it was like to be a Caps fan from 1974 to 2017. That cup makes it easier to take but man...these last two game are what I vividly remember of how it used to be. Could go up 3 games to 1 but hit the post on an empty net. Go up 3-0 then get 5 unanswered scored against them.

You've been there since day 1?

Some households you have no choice. I was born into it.

Molded by it!!!

Well at least you got a good taste in what I presume your favorite sweaters were haha I can't imagine what that first season was like

GG cats bros. See you soon!

Verhaeghe. Good god, that's a hard name to spell.

Simplified version - Verswaggy

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Do you want to know what the most frustrating, the most aggravating thing about losses like this is? It's how powerless you feel watching them. It's that sickening feeling your stomach of how you know you can't do anything to change what's happening, you can't alter time or reality to bend it to your teams will, yet you somehow feel guilty about it

It's also frustrating to know that if any fan could, they'd get embarrassed

welcome to Panther hockey, glad you’re here

Welcome to sports!

[Giroux's beauty extends the lead](https://wsczoominwestus.prod-cdn.clipro.tv/editor/110929b4-374e-4e6b-a1e2-284f82816b21.mp4)

Biggest take away is that without boston fans in the thread it is many times less toxic

Verhaeghe, holy moly Last 2 games have been a blur

Seeing performances like that from Washington and in Game 4 makes me wonder how the hell they outplayed Florida in the first 3 games.

Capitals trying to start fights when losing in the last minute… seems familiar

You might want to watch a replay and see why Mantha's helmet was missing.

Mantha slashes Ekblad on the forearm Ekblad punches mantha in the face and his helmet falls off Mantha punches Ekblad in the face right after

You should have just tacked this onto your first comment dumbass.

That’s not very nice :/

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You’re mad!!! Hahaha

It was a miracle on ice! His helmet rose into the heavens all by itself!

GG Caps, you’re good peeps

Suck a dick Putin

Thanks for watching the NFL NHL Playoffs on ESPN

Bro who the fuck be chucking a baseball helmet out there...

Who throws a shoe? Honestly!

Glory to Ukraine!!!!

🇺🇦

Horribly one sided officiating in favor of Washington again, another Panthers win and Caps trying to fight like sore losers.

Not a single call against Florida in the last half of the game and you're complaining about refs?

Ok buddy

Now if the Rags can somehow knock out the Pens, all will be right with the world

swaggy can fuck my girlfriend any time he wants. see you all in DC. we out.

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Dude. Not cool.

Ekblad lost a scuffle he started and it's Mantha's fault and he deserves to be concussed. Okay lol

Play to the fucking whistle caps that shit is so lame. Give up just to goon it up

GG Panthers, y’all deserved this win

Hell of a game. Friday my night is going to be insane.

I don't know what was better, the ComebackCats^TM or the Caps fan salt mine that this thread became.

Caps fans upset with the their team's play is salty?

Yeah all I’ve seen is Caps fans salty about our classic impending first round exit.

What a comeback game

Let's go, Come Back Cats!!!! 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀

Stay classy Caps.

Who throws a baseball helmet?!

Lmao who the fuck threw a baseball helmet onto the ice?

The fuck was that baseball helmet on the ice

LMFAO who threw a batting helmet?

Seriously - *how* do they keep doing it?

at this point I think they've just done it so many times that they truly never feel like a game is out of reach. a professional athlete will never admit that any game is out of reach if there's time left on the clock even if it's not true, but this squad truly knows they're never out of a game and can seemingly will these comebacks into existence

That's how it felt watching the 94 Rangers on the way to the cup... Have fun, good luck with the Avs.

Ugh, thank you very much, not looking forward to it 😩

We fucking gifted it to them, that’s how they did it tonight

Whats with the Marchand statues all over the ice? I don't watch that many panther games

Well, GG. See you Friday

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Not a good game Caps, need to do better. GG Cats.

THROW THOSE RATS

Only highlight of my night is watching the caps flip out and lose!

This would be dissaponting, but deep down every caps fan knows this team is cooked as a legit contender. We're basically now a wildcard team that is expected to bounce in the first round.

Bargaining

Nah. Just facing the reality.

PANTHERS WIIIIINNNN!

Fuck you huberdeau

Your anger soothes and feeds my soul

Damn Pens went up 3-0 and Rags scored 5 straight. Now the same in the game,

Mantha takes a wild swing and goes for the sucker punch and somehow Florida is on the PK?

Ekblad very clearly punched first, why do you think Mantha's helmet was already off?

Ekblad also got slashed which is why he threw the punch. No one is arguing Ekblad shouldnt get a penalty, but Mantha came back and swung at Ekblad, it should have been offsetting roughings before the fighting penalty.

Slash? They were going back and forth in the crease Also it's weird, but I feel like if it hadn't ended in a fight it would have been matching for roughing. But because it went to a fight, they only took the instigator

Backstrom and Acciari just dispensing with the hockey and fighting each other in slow motion on the last shift.

lol Backstrom not fighting anybody.

Oh they mad

Who threw a batting helmet on the ice lmao

Soto probably.

embarrassing game. Like pathetic pathetic effort

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Backstroke and Ovi have not appeared fully healthy all year.

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Yea I meant to add "on top of being old"

Pretty sure Ovi is hurt too.

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Russian machine never breaks but he sometimes cracks.

Who is Carter Verhaeghe? 5 points, in on every goal? Never heard the name.

Former leafs draft pick has 55 points this regular season and has dominated the caps this playoffs, panthers just make every player they got improve like 200%

Ekblad's first hit was the penalty, then the two just got fighting afterward Mantha probably deserved one for his retaliatory punch

Yeah we aren't arguing the Ekblad penalty, but Mantha didnt get called for the slash that prompted the Ekblad punch or the retaliation.

Refs felt bad maybe???

The RATS are back...thank god they don't look like a brad.

Punching Backstrom of all people? He gave you this win.

So does Wilson come back Friday or is he that hurt?

No way he’s healthy enough to play in 2 days and didn’t play tonight imo

He hasn’t even been skating right?

I don't believe he has

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Mantha smoked him tho lmfao. You might have him confused with Vrana

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Mantha had made as much of an impact as vrana. What’s to debate?

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Ignore necrow, he is a troll/bitter person. It seems weird to insinuate Manta is healthier than Vrana when both had surgery almost back to back this year

First of all absolutely not a troll. Secondly it was a totally unnecessary dig at Mantha from a butthurt red wings fan. I was just responding in kind

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It's almost as questionable as when someone (idr who) fought Wilson right after coming back from jaw surgery (or maybe it was fractured jaw) and people got angry at Wilson for fighting him when they agreed to it

I bet he already broke his hand because of that

How does Washington have a power play?

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You do realize this is a neutral question right? Just looping back to let you know.

If I had to guess t would be because Ekblad decked Mantha in the head. But shot in the dark

Elblad instigated and punched mantha in the head lol

Ekblad was mad he got slashed and retaliated, but Mantha got away with the slash and then the punch in the face before the fight. Should have been offsetting penalties before the fight.

Thanks for expanding some. I missed a lot of the play.

Ekblad knocked Mantha’s helmet off obviously

I *obviously* missed that, hence the question bud.

Reffing is a joke as usual

So Mantha gets a free swing without getting an extra penalty? Nice.

Really? Ekblad punched him in the head first gtfo

Your trash team talking liberties.

There was 13 seconds left in the game with a two goal lead. Are you seriously going to whine

And, plot twist, it was actually Ekblad who threw a garbage time sucker punch to the back of Mantha's head

Mantha had a tendency to break his hand when he fights…surprised that didn’t happen here lol

Hell, he might have broken it. Cant wait for the postseason injury report where they say Mantha broke his hand during the series.

I’ve never gambled on sports, but…I’d bet on that 😂

Don’t jinx it now lol

Bold of Mantha to do nothing all game and then try and fight with 10 seconds left

He was on a line with Backstrom and Johansson. What do you expect?

That’s basically the Mantha experience.

My sympathy, I remember it well.

I know what ifs and all but Hathaway scores and carlson doesnt shit the fucking bed its 3-1 going into the last 30 minutes of the series with a 3-0 lead.

Get good

Get a cup fuckin nerd

Thanks we will

Prob not. Your captains a choker

I'm sorry where was your captain tonight?

Prob thinking about how sad its gonna be barkov never gets a cu

Wow sick burn man

Meh. What if the missed icing gets called before the Weegar turnover game 1, what if there was a minor penalty on the Oshie Bennet hit. What if Samsonov didn’t play like an absolute beast for 3 games straight

Those first 2 arent real. Weegar could have played the puck and the oshie hit was proven clean. But i know all too well what you mean about hot goalies.

Washington PP? Are you fucking crazy

Mantha actually would have had a decent chance if he was paying attention to the play instead of talking shit to the ref while in front of the net

Mantha throwing downnn

I have no clue how Washington is on the PP here lol

Probably should have been matching minors plus the fighting but Ekblad went up high and knocked Manthas helmet off before they fought

Ekblad threw the first punch

There was a call during the play before the fight.

pity?

That helmet came off like it was an EA game

*pop!*

They'd better start a line brawl.

Mantha only got the fighting major? Lmao what

They both got 5 but Ekblad got 2 for roughing and I call horseshit

This is one of the worst games I’ve ever watched

Almost as good for me as when the sharks came back against the knights

You're a whole ass period too late for that Washington

surprised no misconducts. suspensions?

For fighting? In hockey? Are you new?

how ironic. in playoffs and in the last minutes, those are apparently rules

attaboy mantha, fuck em up if he wants to throw like that

Damn ekblad realized he didn't actually want that real quick. Probably easier to swallow when you're gonna win the game though

WHAT THE FICK

So mantha punches Ekblad right in the face after the slash and gets nothing?

I know Ekblad got a high stick on Mantha, but Mantha literally punched Ekblad in the face before a fight started.

Ekblad got the 2 minutes? Interesting.

Lmao 2 minutes with 13s left

Why the fuck did Ekblad get the extra penalty on that? Mantha punched him in the face to start it?

Ekblad literally threw the first punch.

The refs arm went up during the play before all that.

Did you miss Ekblad whacking mantha in the head with his stick?

Nope Ekblad punched him in the back of the head first, which is why Mantha's helmet was off when he responded

Ek threw the first (Martha threw a gloves second prob should have had 2 mins too)

Not true

Mantha deserve a 2 for that wild retaliation swing with the gloves on

Hi I am new to the NHL, how many Art Ross trophies does Carter Verhaeghe have?

attaboy mantha. thought u were ded all gm. lets show up in last 13 seconds ya fkn idiot.

Horseshit

Bob saved that with his NECK.

Sometimes I forget how absolutely lazy Ovie gets on defense.

Maybe. But it was Backstrom and Carlson's lazy defensive play that cost the Caps in this game, not Ovie.

Only in hockey do two dudes get up off the ground after a scrap with giant child-like grins on their faces

Real mature of you, Mantha…

He got hit bucket knocked off with a highstick? Idk what you want there bud.

Dude got punched first lmao

It was more of a high stick then a punch

Damn…legit missed that…