RodrigueGabriel

Florida is a freaking battle wagon.

I watched him get up and start limping towards the bench. By about 2/3 of the way there, he was putting weight on it and I knew that nothing catastrophic had happened.

A good scare and any number of bumps, bruises, and nagging injuries.

Man, he was completely invisible tonight. He just has nothing in the tank.

I came here to see a handshake line and goddammit I'm gonna get one

About 7 utterly huge men in Ranger jerseys just populated the row in front of me. I can pretty much do anything I want. They have a banner and a huge stuffed loaf of bread. They could def work their way on camera.

Officer Rempe on one knee at the red line, just waiting for trouble to start. Maybe someone should tell him it's only warmups.

Right. If the last one was the "most teethiest," what are we left with?

Interesting that both Florida and Carolina blew their clinch games yesterday, leaving NYR with the opportunity to be the only one of the 8 1st round series to sweep. That said, not a lock by any means. The Caps are going to want to goon it up to reassert themselves, but they're dead if they make too many trips to the box. Pressure is all on them. Sprung for the lower section (was not super pricey), so I'll be up close and personal.

Looking back at the replay, first contact on TVR was Rempe's hip to the middle of his chest. Think about that for a second.

Agreed. Never said it's beyond them or that they can't rise to the competition. But it will be a higher level.

There have been periods of sloppiness for which a better team would have made them pay.

Will be interesting to see. They should be pissed about TVR. I don't think they believe they can win the series. They might want to take a pound of flesh, but they might just go away.

Man, Rempe just eliminated TVR. Dude would have done better in a bad car accident.

I don't think the Caps are preparing them well for the Canes. It is going to be orders of magnitude more difficult. But hey, they'll ramp up when they have to.