DCist: Caps Briefing: Johnny vs. Godzilla

juanfe

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:40:17 -0500

Caps fans behaved like a very classy bunch yesterday. From the pre-game through the 3-points-in-first-period to the last (miserably poor) Tampa goal to take it 4-2 Caps, the Caps crowd cheered Ollie, applauded him, and generally showed the guy the love that he earned through so many seasons. The fact that he let in those 4 goals shows, though, why he's no longer with the Caps. Even though he's a huge loss. Eminger still stinks, though.

DC Guy

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:50:36 -0500

It will be like seeing Art Monk in a Jets jersey. Oh, wait....

UrsusMajeure

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:38:59 -0500

I hope the Phone Booth crowd shows Olie the Goalie some love. He gave many quality years, and a lot of emotion and leadership, to this franchise - and can hardly be blamed for departing after last season.

Spill

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:09:03 -0500

It's still so odd to see Olie in anything other than a Caps uniform. For Skins fans out there, it would be something like seeing Darrell Green play his final season for the Eagles or Giants. How Kolzig plays tonight (will his emotional return to DC inspire or distract him?) and the reception he gets from the crowd (I assume there will be a good deal of cheering during the video retrospective they plan on showing, but what about during the game itself?) will be very interesting to watch.