It’s Game 7 time. Heart in mouth, prayer in mind, lucky clothes on body time. Every superstition, every trick, every measure of defiance will be in use tonight like it’s the Battle for Hogwarts all over again.
Whether you’re watching Rangers/Caps or Leafs/Bruins, I defy you to make it through the post with your blood pressure intact.
Play this song:
Then play this song:
Then play them again. I can hardly sit still.
Mr. Pants is gonna have to hold me down.
Before the Caps Game 5 win, Mike posted this photo. Are you still standing? LIAR. Here’s hoping it works again.
Pets and cuddling and selfies? Lookout, Landeskog.
Don’t tell me the season is almost over. Don’t tell me there are 3 games left, you have a 3 point lead and I have to spend the next week trying not to throw up over whether or not you can hold onto a playoff spot.
And don’t tell me this just happens when you take off your helmet….
I have 108% faith in the Capitals right now. This hot streak, this hair and even that captain are going to make it happen. Now, how to get out of visiting family dinner tomorrow night to go to the game vs. Winnipeg?
We’ve been razzing a lot of “part-time models” around here lately. Maybe I could be a Part Time Reporter?
For my real job, I do entertainment PR and was lucky enough to work with Joel Ward and the Caps on a special screening of the new movie 42. Joel wears number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, and hosted our event on Wednesday.
A handful of other Caps also attended: Erskine, Fehr, Laich, Wolski and my new favorite, Steve Olesky. All the players and staff were great! The event was a huge success that generated tons of publicity and made me look really, really good on paper.
Turns out it’s much more weird to hear myself than see myself. We’d rather see Guerin, she is stunnnnnnning.
This feature played on the Jumbotron during the game vs. Tampa Bay on Saturday. Thank goodness I wasn’t there – that’s too much! Also the Caps blew a 5-1 lead and I having a meltdown. But Mike saved the day – he scored the OT game winner because he wasn’t about to let my game go out like that.
Of course it’s stupid to say your bad long hair affected your play, Mike! It’s also dumb to say that I haven’t worn any Caps gear to the last four games and you’ve won them all, but I’ll keep doing it because it’s working! It doesn’t hurt that it’s foxy as all get out too. You need to sell tickets – warm up without your helmet.
Mike played a great game last night – the latest in a row of great games for him. He had a goal and some stellar chances, plus strong defensive play and legs under him all night. He’s got 9 G in 28 games. Last year he had just 3 G in 32 games, and the year before scored 8 in 49.
More of this and you can be as serious as you want. I’ve got sugar and Twitter and not a single Caps logo visible anywhere. Play on!
There was a moment in last night’s Caps’ game when Mike Green scored and I yelled, “I love you, you crazy looking hipster!”
Now I see this and it’s all OneRepublic in here, “Is it too late to apologiiiiiiiiiize?”
Deb (@DLF1021), what would I do without you sending me things?
Mike is featured in this month’s DC Modern Luxury Magazine (Page 81) as one of DC’s Men of Style. Based on this, I’m buying it. Do not adjust my vision. Do not make me wait for Monday!
We called him a Part-Time Model… THIS IS NOW VALID EMPLOYMENT.
It’s still not my favorite Mike Green look, but I can evolve. There’s a lot going on here – stripes in every direction, 50 shades of pink, is that the Avengers logo on his pocket square? – and it ALL works. As long as he’s combed and clean, it’s a far cry from the caveman roster head shot!
“We usually have blood all over us after the games.” Stop it, Mike.
As for the aforementioned screaming, Mike had two goals in the Caps’ win over Carolina. The first was assisted by Nicky B, giving Piglet his 400th NHL point. IT TIED THE GAME.
The second was, of course, also assisted by Nicky. That’s how bromances work. IT ALSO TIED THE GAME.
Henceforth, goals scored by your OTP (or just OTP for that team) shall be known as: THE ADORAGOAL.
Robin (@rockinredbirdie) is like Shakespeare, coining her own terms.
The Young Guns were all firing – Ovi had 2 G, Mike had 2, Nicky had 4 As. Just to stick it to us, Sasha Fierce stopped Ovi’s shot toward the empty Canes net with under a minute to go, looking for that hat trick. Hahahaha, JERK.
This weekend, the artist formerly known as GAME OVER changed his name to GAME TIED. And that’s okay with us.
How I looked Saturday night, only with a scream of joy.
On Saturday, after hitting the post earlier in the game, Mike banked one in behind Jhonas Enroth to tie the game with 42 seconds left in the third period.
The Caps later won the game on a shootout goal from Ovi that caused Matty Perreault to have the greatest celebration in history:
I could/will/have watch(ed) that a thousand times.
Here’s Mike on the post-game… if he were blond, I would be shipping a Dread Pirate Roberts Halloween costume so hard right now.
Mike even got a little sassy on Twitter post-game, calling out someone who called out his early-game play. While I’m not generally a fan of revenge chirping, it had to feel SO good. And it earned the rest of us this:
Love you too, Mikey. But don’t scroll back through my Twitter feed, ‘kay?
Sunday the Caps played again, this time vs. the Flyers. I might have driven up for the game, but I couldn’t behind my steering wheel after Easter lunch. Just as well, I would’ve fainted when this happened:
As it was, I launched off the couch for the kicking equivalent of a Matty P Party. Mr. Pants was both alarmed and impressed by my sudden outburst of energy. Alas, the Caps got back into the game just to let it get away. They scored 2 more (In 26 seconds! Both on the PP!) early in the 3rd, then gave up 2 and went to OT.
Damn Flyers won it in extra innings.
Someone on Twitter called it an “unacceptable loss” and I have to agree. With this state of the union, they can’t be letting leads get away and momentum die a terrible death.
The promising news is, the Caps are tied with Carolina. The two teams play tomorrow in Raleigh. Please, please, please let the Caps bring their A game. They need to hopscotch over the Canes then worry about NYI and NYR for that 8th spot, all while setting their sights on the Jets for 1st in the Southeast. The only way in is to win, a lot, from here on out.
What do you think? Here’s the Caps’ schedule for the rest of the season. Can they pull it off?
Last night, Mike and the Caps really wanted you to tag your Tweets.
I don’t think “I miss hedgehog, fidgety, Jersey Shore-style Mike Green but at least this guy has a manicure. *P #CapsNYR” is what they were after.
They could have gone with #CutYourHair or #DontYouMissWhenIWasHot or… I’ll stop. Mike did have a goal in Friday’s rout of Winnipeg – an old fashioned slapshot from the point reminiscent of his “Game Over” days (at the 2:57 mark). Remember those? Aren’t they gorgeous enough?
More please and you can keep the hair! Too late for this, though:
I have used every Mike Green photo on Google/Tumblr and I’m feeling really pouty. So I went to Bing to hunt for a new photo so I could post something – anything! – here for Mikey Monday, like a candle kept burning in the window of a house waiting for someone to come home.
See? Pouty.
The Bing homepage knew, and reached out to me.
Are you kidding me? Pouty no more.
Mike skated the other day. That’s hopeful, if you’re the kind of person who thinks that twice a year is often enough to buy Girl Scout Cookies.
Somewhere these two are just trying to get back to us, but their human forms just won’t cooperate. It’s like The Little Mermaid. They just want to be part of our world.
He missed three games in late February after aggravating last season’s groin injury, then came back for two matches. All was not well – he did not practice Friday or make the weekend trip to Winnipeg for the Caps’ 3-0 win on Saturday.
Perhaps afraid this look would not pass airport security.
What else is there to say?
There is currently no timetable for Mike’s return. My depression is multiplied by the fact that everyone knew this would happen – and only 30 minutes into the movie season.
What? Too dramatic? (Insert haircut joke here.)
After losing 6 of their first 7 games, the Caps are mounting a little comeback. They’ve won 6 of 10 – 5 of those against Southeast Division opponents. It doesn’t hurt that the Southeast is still the worst division in the NHL. The Caps play Boston and Florida at home this week, then spend the weekend against the Islanders and Rangers.
At this point, it’s not a question of “Can the Caps win without Mike?” It’s a matter of figuring out a reliable, practiced backup plan for replacing him whenever he’s out. One that (please) is not Jeff Schultz. Increasing the role of rookie D Thomas Kundratek [link] and workload of Tom Poti are fine stopgaps, but not solutions. Just as Ovi seems to find his mojo and teams above them get hot (Winnipeg won 5 of 7, Carolina won 4 of 5), the Caps can’t afford to lose a big on offense or defense.
But hey, we’re winning some games, right? On the subject of Caps D, let’s love on iCarly for a minute. After an abysmal start to the season, John’s got 8 points including 1 G/1A last week vs. Carolina – a game in which he had 6 shots. See what happens when you cut your hair?! And help a kid?
Mr. Pants is gonna have to hold me down.
Pets and cuddling and selfies? Lookout, Landeskog.
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