re: The Stanley Cup Final(s): Tampa Bay Lightning vs Chicago Blackhawks

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Note that I included my own team in that analysis. Caps fans have that same sense of impending doom come the playoffs. and just a cursory look at this thread shows Blues fans have the same feeling.

So, yeah. Part of it is the fanbase. You can just feel it when you're in the building: everyone expects bad things to happen, they just aren't sure what. And players feel it, too. It takes on a life of its own and in a way, it's far more pressure to play for the Caps, Blues, and Sharks in the playoffs than for the Habs or Bruins. Their ghosts help their teams. Our ghosts torment us.

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Baloo you are going to have to speak for yourself on this one bud. I was in the building for game 2 and there was no impending doom when we were down 3-1. Yeah the fanbase was bummed, but I had the sense that everyone knew we were poised for a comeback. It was a let's cut the bullshite and get down to business attitude.

The Caps are down 2-1, same position they were in against Boston in 2012. The Isles have played IMO 110% and the Caps have played around 50%. They lose tonight the series is over, but if they can snag one in Nassau coming back to Verizon, momentum swings back to the Caps.

Have some faith brother.