Check out Tim Russert on Meet the Press. Go Caps!

Maybe the Flyers would like to hand this article out to their fans like they wanted to hand out Mike Wise’s column last week?

“The pressure really does shift to the Flyers.” “They don’t want to see Washington again.” Thanks Phil. Isn’t this a fun series? I love NHL playoff hockey.

Thank you for all of your support. As I noted many years ago, our fans will fall in love with this team and we will be prepared for success. Our business is strong and growing. Our team has lots of upside for the future and we are in the playoffs RIGHT NOW. Times are good here in Washington. Go Caps!

I hear that NBC again called Verizon Center a house divided.

I hear that NBC again called Verizon Center a house divided. I think I know why and we will fix it for future games. We allow fans to congregate early in front of the glass by both benches before the game starts. Hence, whatever fans are in the arena can come down to mingle around the benches. So at yesterday’s game, the 200 or so Flyer fans were all in front of the glass near their bench. There were perhaps 500 Caps fans doing the same thing at the same time. Twenty minutes before the game starts, the crowds are then dispersed. But these fans are all mingling in front of the NBC announcers. Hence, a bit of a safety issue and the “house divided” comment. This is creating some havoc, too, for our fans that have tickets in the same area and need to go wading into the crowd with fans who sit upstairs or elsewhere. So starting next game and in all future playoff games, we will stop this practice and NOT allow fans – before the puck drops – to go to the glass and bench area without the tickets that allow them to go to the correct seat. This will benefit our fans; improve safety and convenience; and help NBC “get a real picture” of the stands and Caps fan headcount. Go Caps!

I have been waiting to use this line for a long, long time. Check out my diary entry from yesterday regarding the game.

Thanks Caps fans. You were absolutely awesome in the arena on Saturday. You were loud and proud!

Thanks Caps fans. You were absolutely awesome in the arena on Saturday. You were loud and proud! It was a sea of red. I shook a couple of Flyer fans’ hands as they exited the building and one of them said to me – sheepishly – “I will see you on Tuesday night.” I said, “Exactly right!” Of course, we have to take care of business on Monday night in Philly first. Practice is at Kettler tomorrow at 11:00am. Come out and support the guys. Go Caps and thanks for believing!

Cool headline on ESPN.