Just stay home?

Guess what? According to this guy at Canucks.com, the Caps shouldn't even bother going to Vancouver tonight:

You could excuse the Washington Capitals if they loaded up their gear after the game in Denver and headed straight for Saturday’s game in Edmonton without ever entering Vancouver air space. They won’t, of course, because the National Hockey League schedule says they’ll be here to face the Canucks on Friday. But given the way Roberto Luongo absolutely owned the Caps last season, you couldn’t blame them, if they had no interest whatsoever in being in the same province, let alone the same rink, as the new Canucks netminder later this week.

Yeah, well, I couldn't blame anyone for having no interest whatsover in reading his article. Hello, arrogant! Whatever, dude. We'll see how it goes. I don't doubt that Luongo is a great goaltender (Florida sure seems to miss him), but one also has to account for being on a new team (yeah, he seems fine, but there's always an adjustment period, team chemistry and all that). And the Caps did quite well in Colorado, so who knows. The Caps aren't the same team they were last year, and neither are the Canucks; so past history doesn't count for much.

What is up with the boorish Bruins fans?

The Boston Bruins didn't even make it to the final buzzer against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Andrei Markov scored the tiebreaking goal with 1.2 seconds left Thursday night, giving Montreal a 3-2 victory over Boston and prompting a shower of garbage from the Bruins fans that convinced the officials to call the game with two ticks left.

Look, I understand being pissed off about not going to overtime and losing the game, I really do. I've been to quite a few Caps games over the years where that's happened and it sucks- big time. Yeah, I'm angry. But Caps fans would never throw garbage on the ice! What the hell is that? I'd expect to see that kind of, well, garbage, in Pittsburgh or Toronto, and I guess now I can add Boston to the list.