We sit in a suite that is high up for playoff games in the rafters. You can almost touch all of the retired player’s banners and the Stanley Cup Championship banners too. And wow there are a lot of them. Very impressive. Very historic.

One of the folks sitting next to us in a neighboring suite would constantly call to me. And when he got my attention after we scored a goal, he would make eye contact and then point up to the banners as if to say, “Look what we have. What do you have?” Point taken.

I did note to him that I was surprised to see so many fans leaving with 5 minutes to go and they only being down two goals. I thought that was not showing support to the team. So he said, “Yes but we are an impatient lot. We enjoy our hockey and we wish you the best. Very classy and a fun kind of trash talk.

See this article on Montreal and its history and its perceived birthrights.

Just back from a bad travel experience. We left Montreal after a big win. We couldn’t land in Dulles because of fog. We then turned and ended up in Norfolk Virginia. We landed at 1:10 am. There were no customs officials available. Hence, we ended up getting off the plane at 2:15 am. We took a shuttle bus to an airport Hilton hotel and stayed the night. Got up at 6:15 am and headed back to DC.

And here we are, back at work. Exhausted but happy.

We are reading articles like this one and we will say… we shall take the high road. We won’t respond. We will just try to conduct ourselves with professionalism. We won’t take the bait. We will just try to win and win in front of our great fan base on Friday.

I am hopeful that everyone at the game on Friday will show respect to the Canadian National Anthem. Just because some folks in Montreal wish ill on us and booed our National Anthem at both games at Bell Centre, it doesn’t mean we have to retaliate or take the bait.Rise above it and disregard many main stream print based articles like this one. They are just desperate to sell a couple of more papers and it isn’t working for their circulation, for their team, and for their fan base.

Have fun. Be happy for the next 24 hours. See you all at Verizon Center. We will continue to do the right things the right way. Go Caps.