Oh yeah — game 1 was relentlessly entertaining, but game 2 (notwithstanding I’m a Caps fan) was even more fun to me. Bodies flying, pucks clanging off the goalposts, Holtby’s god-like save, just the sheer level of desperate effort both teams put forth.

This was the game you wanted to show your non-hockey fan friends; I cannot imagine they wouldn’t have been converted. The first two games have been enormously entertaining; I really hope folks are tuning in. #ALLCAPS

If this had been the image of Jesus I’d been exposed to early in life, I would have been way more accepting. Because the irony is that the Jesus that the evangelicals love looks like a hippie, and the only thing I have in common with evangelicals is that it is always fun to hate hippies.

I’m morbidly curious about a further breakdown. I’m an Episcopalian in DC, and we are pretty liberal on this stuff. Moreover, I’ve heard anecdotally that the Mormon Church is very supportive of accepting refugees and pro-asylum, but I have yet to see it backed up with data.

It’s hard to explain, but watching these Caps through the playoffs, it just felt different, even as I was stress-drinking and chewing my fingers off. They played loose and relaxed and they never, ever panicked. As a fan of this team for 25 years, I had never seen them play like this. Even in ‘98, there was a frenzy to…

Sorry — my point is that either way it’s a great story. Either the Caps overcome decades of heartbreak and hoist the Cup, or a friggin’ expansion team wins in its first year.

Exactly.

Exactly. I am bleeding for the Caps, but it’s a guaranteed joyous ending.

I’m legitimately emotional right now. I’m getting married in four days, and my bride-to-be is confused as all hell, but this is the first time in a long long long time that I’ve been this happy about a sporting event and a team.

I just made this same point to my friends. The NBCSN are so dismissive — and always have been — of Ovechkin, and it’s freaking ridiculous. He may not be the best player of his generation, but he’s certainly the most exciting and the greatest goal scorer, and they are consistently dismissive. It’s infuriating. I’m…

I agree; I probably drink more than should, but who “sometimes” drinks before they go on national television, and then forgets about it? If I was going on a national TV talk show hosted by my mom dedicated to telling me what a good son I was, I’d still stay away from alcohol for at least 72 hours.

Matt was good at this. He should do it again.

I hate you for the accuracy of this comment. +1

Preach.

What the ever-living fuck? Like....really. What the fuck?

But are they gritty?

Sometimes I feel like I’m being punished for rooting for the Wizards. I love John Wall so much, and they’re going to ruin his career with these dumb, doofus moves.

I cried when this happened, and I still get teary when I see it. I was a Junior Mariner when I was 8 years old and they arrived in Seattle. Edgar’s double might be my favorite sports moment.

Serena is such a goddamned Boss. All hail the Queen.

Nah. She’s done. MSU is going to get swamped with civil suits when this is all over, isn’t it? This is a last gasp defense before the earth swallows them alive. Which they all so richly, richly deserve.