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Miscellaneous you missed: big moods and lil bops from the Capitals/Blue Jackets game

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Note from Ian Oland: One of the reasons why I asked Brennin to join the RMNB over the summer was because she sees things I don’t during games. The hidden highlights she unearths and the context she gives will make you smile from ear to ear. I hope you enjoy this new series!

So, the Washington Capitals played the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night, losing 2-1 in overtime. Aaaand now that we’ve covered the “hockey” we can dig into the other, more important, much sillier storylines! 🙂

Let’s start with pre-pregame and Evgeny Kuznetsov’s double-breasted hella-gangster bad-ass suit.

Pregame

From Chelyabinsk with style.

The Caps hit the ice for warm-ups and the drama starter. Adults taking pucks that were meant for children is an epidemic. Last night, it happened to Alex Ovechkin when he tried to toss a puck to a kiddo against the plexiglass.

Ovi waited until another puck came his way and then made sure that it got to the intended recipient.

What a good captain.

Here’s a pregame moment I missed at the time and which deserves our full attention:

Let’s break down this play.

  • Holtby: Bops to the beat of his own guitar.
  • Ovi: High-fives and full-body-checks TJ Oshie before they get all up in each other’s grill while *bleeping.* (The swearing is only non-kid-friendly thing either of them has ever done). After they get their adrenaline pumping Ovi just chills out.
  • Oshie: High-fives, full-body-checks, etc etc etc.
  • Tom: Does NOT get involved in a physical altercation? What.

Okay. Here’s the real question: is the TJ Oshie/Jonas Siegenthaler little hand ritual at the end a shout-out to the Scrubs “Hungry Chicken” move or Castle’s “Feed the Birds?” We’ll keep an eye on this going forward and report back on any new developments.

During the game

*happy sigh*

There are few things more entertaining than a good hockey scrum. This one, from the third period, features an irate sweaty Backstrom and light strangling from pretty much everyone.

More shenanigans! Michal Kempny and Pierre-Luc Dubois got into it by Copley’s net. The hostilities appeared to be intensifying until Jakub Vrana came sliding in like a particularly smooth DM.

The game was a bit. Tense.

This happened. 🙁

Kuznetsov scored, yes good sure whatever. Tom Wilson congratulated him with a shot to the head.

It was adorbs. But Tom Wilson is good at more than just being big and bopping his teammates on the head.

Don’t worry, these posts will only contain Actual Hockey when it relates to spiteful revenge and narrative-forwarding plot points.

Thank you to the Jackets feed of the game for acknowledging that Top Line Tom Wilson can play really good hockey when he isn’t suspended.

Let’s Talk About Backstrom’s Booty

Have you read Emily Kaplan’s piece for ESPN on hockey butts? You should. And then you should watch Nicklas Backstrom boxing out like a boss with his bum.

They should’ve listened to Mike Babcock. He knows what’s up.

HUGS

(For an accounting of the goals that preceded the hugs, please proceed to Mr. Cerullo’s excellent recap.)

Ugh. Blue Jackets were the first on the board. The hug was cute. Ugh.

Kuzy SCOAR! More importantly, KUZY HUG!

John Carlson was first in the hug, with Backstrom bracketing Kuzy soon after, and then Tom taking Carly under his wing. THEN THE FEED CUT OUT SO WHO EVEN KNOWS HOW OVI FIT INTO THE HUG, IT’S NOT LIKE THE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT HUGS, WHY IS THIS LEAGUE SO TERRIBLE?

Prior to the hug Kuzy gave the Jackets the bird.

There was another CBJ hug but it was a bummer.

Post-game

Sadly, the Capitals lost, which means there wasn’t a Caps goalie hug line. 🙁

Also the Blue Jackets mocked Kuzy’s bird celly. Ian already wrote an excellent analysis of Nastya’s clapback which is the best take on the topic.

…but also also: why are the Jackets so bad at it?

Photo: Rob Carr

This just looks weird.

Photo: Rob Carr

In conclusion: when Ovi got home he got dog kisses.

THE END.

Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Blue Jackets

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