Dear Patrick: That's because Alex Ovechkin has FINALLY GOTTEN A HUGE MONKEY OFF HIS BACK and has silenced his critics. For awhile I thought he MIGHT "pull a LeBron James" and leave Washington DC to go to a Cup contending team. It's great that he kept his word to Caps fans and FINALLY brought home "hockey's holy grail", i.e. the Stanley Cup -- and yes, Caps fans all know that it was Evgeny Kuznetsov that played the role of "The Holy Handgrenade Of Antioch": he scored the goal that slayed the "killer rabbit" (i.e. the Pittsburgh Penguins) that was guarding the "holy grail". :D [only hockey fans who have seen the movie "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" will understand my analogies]
LB Brick Productions Not a fan of either team, but looking forward to game 7 tomorrow. But are you guys gonna bring back the red jerseys? Those grey ones are an abomination.
Yeah Sen like Washington Capitals from the stanley cup 1974 for real I was born 4 years old from 2020 12 years old I was born from hockey team season RIP Vancouver canucks I no heartbreaking she saw cayleb hearts sad I'm so sad too I was watching the hockey RIP CAYLEB MAD AT ME LOL
Fyi, Caps won 8 games their 1st year. I'd say the Knights had a good 1st year. By the way, all these highlights I saw live. A 58 yr old, Caps fan from the beginning.
King of Fedoras he was going to do it for the Vikings, but they got smashed in the NFC championship, so he used it as a continuation video for their legacy
As a Caps fan, I want to thank you so much for making this video. I'm sure it must've been difficult for you as a Pens fan, but it really warmed my heart. Mad respect.
TrailMixBlazer As a Penguins fan, I really was happy for Alex Ovechkin when he finally lifted the Cup. It just felt right and honestly he is a top ballot HHOF for sure. I'm not salty about you being 2-9 overall against us in the playoffs. Sorry, I had to. Anyways, Congratulations to the Capitals and hopefully the rivalry between our 2 teams will get even better. October can't come soon enough!!
Longlobster6 They might not. The Caps as a team might look very different next year. We have a lot of free agents, and we're in cap hell. But hey we got a Cup tho
All those years of pain, misery, anguish, and pure rage, all wiped away by a single image, Ovi screaming his head off with the Stanley Cup held high above his head. One of the few times I cried from joy over a sport it was well deserved Washington, you broke your cities goddamn curse Congratulations. Now if only this curse is lifted from the Nationals, we shall see.
It should, but personally I'm hoping the curse is lifted for the Wizards first. In theory, the hope would be if Washington had a curse, the curse happened because Dan Snyder refuses to rename the Redskins. Therefore, I'd assume that if this happens, the Wizards should get their title first, solely because the Bullets did the right thing and renamed their team when the name became a bad thing.
As a St. Louis transplant in Vegas, watching my 2nd hometown team lose in 5 was bittersweet. But I got to experience the pandemonium that the Cup Finals brings to any city and the hockey fever that comes along with it...If only I'd known the very next year my hometown Blues would cure me of that fever and a life of heartbreak...
As a Caps fan and a lover of DC...I really hope this is the turning point for DC sports. And props to you Tree for class and making this awesome video. *Go Caps!*
What a year, Philadelphia Eagles win the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots and the Capitals beat the Penguins in second round game 6 overtime and go on to win the Stanley Cup against the expansion team Vegas Golden Knights. This is what makes these leagues so exciting... Too bad the same can't be said for the NBA
Thank you Tree. I swore that this day would never come. It was Sisyphus. The Caps would get to that "second round" and crumble. To do it all again the next year. IT HURT!! Also knowing that there was no comeback against The Shit posters. Now? I don't know what to do. Losing was such a part of my identity as a Capitals fan that I feel liberated. But what now? Ovechkin's primal scream at grasping Stanley was the catharsis I felt. I could watch that moment forever. I sat there saying, "Oh My God" in disbelief for a minute straight. I am happy but still don't grasp it. The world can be a tough place so this Cup win is a moment of happiness,
I can only imagine how it felt to see this team win it. As an outsider looking in, as someone with a team who's had good success in every sport in my hometown city, I can only imagine what this moment felt like for Capitals fans. It made me tear up with joy thinking of what this means to all the Caps fans! It made me happy when I think there are people who've waited 40 years, potentially in middle age who've went their whole life waiting for this moment and they finally got to see it! AHHHH it's so heart warming. I can't even fathom what Cubs fans felt in 2016, but I also think the fact that Ovechkin finally earned his cup made this just as special. So many players marked as cursed, now never more.
edalder2000 do what Ovi said during his interview: grab some beers, and celebrate! You and your favorite team have been waiting 44 years for this moment. Savor it.
I have. The Cup was near me but I had to work that day and couldn't find someone to switch shifts. I don't drive so I have to do longer term planning. What I wouldn't give for an itinerary of where Stanley will be. I just want to see The Cup and get my picture.
KEEM STARK let's make that the new meme! Maybe we can use it if we beat the pens again. In fact, I may go as far as to say that while the Bataan might have been passed, the Bolts are not the new failures and underachievers. That would either be the Blues (throughout their history), or maybe the Pens are filling in that role.
I'm not even mad that Vegas lost. They made their mark on the NHL by making it to the finals, and the Caps got to kill all the memes. A win for both, really.
At long last, the Capitals have freed themselves from 3 separate curses and become champions! EDIT: Nevermind, the memes continue where they last left off with Carolina. Fuck it.
Eric Douglas The penguins, the second round and... I'm sure of the 3rd but they got swept in the finals the only other time they went so I'm guessing that?
The memes are dead. Their sacrifice was heroic and their efforts were valiant. But sadly, their time has passed. We are now entering unknown territory. May the hockey gods have mercy on us all.
Even as a Vegas fan, I do have to congradulate Ovie on finally winning his first cup, a player as excellent as him doesn't deserve to leave a legacy of failures, chokes and endless memes behind him.
Dah fighter jaguars lost a lot of their defense and their QB is a scrub, I doubt they’ll go anywhere, it’ll probably be pats or San Fran or eagles guaranteed
Jack Skellington Dear lord I would rather have any other team go to the super bowl than the patriots. It’s not that they aren’t great, I’m just ready for the afc to be competitive again. I miss that so much. you know what I’m saying?
Dah fighter I mean I’m a pats fan because I was born there but I see what you’re saying, tbh if it was another team I’d probably feel the same way, and tbh it is kinda boring knowing it’s most likely always gonna be the pats, I want the pats to atleast have a challenge to get there.
Man Ovi and Backstorm have stuck with the Captials for a long time and have bern chasing that cup and the stuck with them and went through all tye pain and the finaly did it.
Bossi, Lemieux, Yzerman, Jagr, Crosby, Halak, Lundqvist, and Fleury have all haunted this franchise. No more, Washington. No more. EDIT: Apparetly that would not be the case. The names "Mrazek", "Aho", "Williams", and "Brind'Amour" run through their heads like the aforementioned Hall of Famers that consistently owned them throughout their existence. Blowing a 2-0 series lead to a team that hadn't made the playoffs in ten years! Bunch of choking bastards!
sens army 2017 Go figure, a cuckold that has nothing better to say about an entire city than they suck because reasons. How about instead of spouting out two words that any person with basic motor skills can perform, you form a valid argument or cognitive thought?
Caps fan who was annoyed that the King didn't get the Cup in 2012. NYR lost to the freaking Devils? Seriously? Who then couldn't handle the LA Peasants.
yea as a Rangers fan I have no ill-will towards the caps, we've kinda owned them for a while now. was rooting HARD for them to take out the Penguins, and ex ranger scum in Tampa, and I was dying for them to shut the pretenders from Vegas up. Cant wait for ovi to be a Ranger when hes 40 and can barely move anymore, because you know the Rangers would do a move like that. dudes a BEAST. Hanks screwed, but atlead he has HOF locked down.
It's almost amazing how many droughts and years of futility have come to and end in North American sports in just a few years The Royals went over 30 years without winning The Cubs went over a century without winning The Cavaliers completed a historic sweep a few years ago The Eagles, Astros, and Capitals all won their first championship in the span of a year Who knows what other teams will end their misery?
Caps fan of 30 years. I'm not gonna lie I cried a little when Ovechkin finally raised that cup. All those years of carrying the team on his shoulders, wearing his heart on his sleeve. All the jokes and hate towards the guy was finally washed away. For the fans all those years of failure yet still sticking with your team. That was all awarded on this amazing day. What a moment, what a season. I had been waiting since I was a 10 year old child to be able to say this.The Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup champions!!!! #RockTheRed #ALLCAPS
I was born and raised in DC. This was the first time we made any major sport final in my lifetime and the fact we finally won something is so relieving. The DC curse is broken!!
I could not be any prouder of a franchise for having proved me wrong. What's next, the Blues win it all? EDIT: Holy shit, the Blues actually did win it all one year later. What in the literal fuck?
As a Red Wings fan and a Caps fan (parents are from Michigan, I live in Maryland), I gotta say, this is the most satisfying cup I've ever witnessed. With the Wings, we knew before the playoffs they were good and they could win it. They always seemed to have another level in the postseason, they didn't win it every year, but they were a threat every year, and won it some years. It was a brilliant run by an amazing set of teams. This cup though, this was something else, made more special by the legacy of failure Washington has managed to bring over the years. The Caps haven't had bad teams, far from it, they've had amazing teams at times, but anything and everything would go wrong for them in the playoffs. Beating Pitt was shocking, winning the cup afterwards is surreal, and watching the Caps get bounces to go in their favor and go 4 for 4 in series closeout games is freaky. All in all, this team earned their cup, beating back both the other teams and their own inner demons. The Caps may not win next year, but from here on out, anything can happen. The Caps have done the impossible, they've broken almost every curse that's surrounded this team these playoffs, and now, well... Its ok to believe again, and that feeling is special.
Jeeves Anthrozaur I think you are confused of the term "salty". You see, saltiness occurrs over hatred to a team that has had more success then you. And Washington has not had more success then pittsburgh
I lived vicariously through Washington as a Blues fan. That run was amazing. Their history is almost similar to the Blues with one distinction: Blues had some of the hockey greats come through and still lost. Washington had a few but none compared to the Great 8. So that makes STL more laughable. But... Seeing the Caps finally say fuck it and tear through the playoffs for their first cup... It gives us hope here in Blues Nation. P.S. Oshie finally winning the cup and being one of the most important players in the process had the entire Blues fanbase buzzing. So happy to see him win it all and share it with his dad. Kudos
I really hope this season’s playoffs and finals will bring more attention and popularity to hockey. It deserves to be back up there with the top North American sports.
Watching this two years later and it still feels like it did the first time. Truly timeless. Ya done good capturing the feeling in a video yinzer, your content is still awesome
Blues: "Why did the Caps win their cup now? I feel so alone!" Sharks: "Don't worry. You still have us." Canucks: "Don't forget about me. We rioted after losing Game 7" Sabres: "How about us? Walking Mediocrity AND no cups as well." Legacy of Failure on the Canucks and Sabres when?
Really nice that when a team with a legacy of failure wins a championship, you make an actual congratulations video. Hoping you can do that for my rangers one day.
cameron 😂😂😂 Rangers? It doesn't even matter if you meant the New York Rangers, neither Rangers franchise is gone be so much as sniffing playoff success in a long time. Arlington had their shots in 2010, 2011, and 2015. They either choked away the series in amazing fashion or got beat badly in all three of those series where they were supposed to win the World Series.
Outside of the Bruins in 2011, this was my favorite Cup run. To see them come back against Columbus, then to take down the Pens who I despise and have friends who root for them to take the piss out of, then beating Tampa, which was a quantum of solace for losing to them in the 2nd round, to winning the Cup was a joy to watch. Love the emotion from Ovi and the Caps fans. This was a worthy championship team.
Dishonorablejedi It's near impossible to make one if the team has only been around for a year, and will be back next year. As good as they were this year, they're going to win a Cup in the next 5 years. Mark these words.
Dishonorablejedi they were an expansion team that people expected to get 20 wins the whole season.. them managing to get to the final and win a game is pretty amazing
In one year, the Knights have performed better in the playoffs than the Blues have ever done. There is no shame in what Las Vegas accomplished this year
Congratulations Washington !!!!! You have now all four Major Championships !!!! Washington Senators - 1924 World Series Washington Bullets - 1978 NBA Championship Washington Redskins - 1982, 1987 & 1991 Super Bowls Washington Capitals - 2018 Stanley Cup Suck it Pittsburgh !!!!
Indeed they did Zephyran. Don't be surprised if a statue of Caps goalie Braden Holtby in his "Save" position gets erected on the banks of the Tidal Basin in Washington DC soon. :-)
I love this video, because it proves that all of your videos are based on truth. You’re not just some internet troll that is fueled by hatred of awful teams and masquerading teams you like even though they have the same fate as anyone the teams you criticize. You’re a fan of sports. You give each and every team their own shit and you tell it like it is. You’re an analyzer of the game. Keep with the posts man
As much as I love it when you rip the shit out of pro sports teams, I love these legitimate "Congrats" videos where you put aside differences and give credit where credit is due. They are also a cool time capsule, too! It was a long time coming for the Capitals. Ovechkin was due to get his name on the Cup.
As a relatively new fan (2014) I cannot comprehend what the older fans have been through '44 years of misery' but damn am I happy that my Caps won and I watched every single game. And I did cry when Ovechkin hoisted that cup above his head like he deserved. Love from Australia and my St Louis Cardinals better start being consistent or blood will be spilt.
And you guys just shat away any chance of making a cup run by resigning a glass house in EK and letting Pavelski walk to Dallas.... Your ownership is mental lol
I never get tired of watching this; thanks for taking the time to put it together. As a longtime Caps fan since the early 80s I remember every single playoff failure.
One of the happiest moments of my life was seeing Ovi lifting that cup. No longer will he have an asterisk next to his name to say that he's one of the greatest of all time, without a cup.
As a long time capitals fan yeah I remember alot of those games you showed from the 70s I want to say thanks for the video many of the fans today are too young to remember how bad we really where an how far we've come great video I always enjoy your channel keep up the great video work an yes!!!! We are the champs finally!!!😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Last year, the caps legacy of failure was cemented. One year later, It is now broken. This year, the Sharks legacy of failure was cemented. Does that mean it will be broken next year?
The pain of all those losses, all the suffering. It just made it that much sweeter. I actually cried, just watching Ovi lift it. The joy on his face, and the years of suffering washed away. #ALLCAPS
Ovechkin's legacy is now cemented in hockey history. One of the greatest players ever now has the cup, at long last.
Crosby has 3
@@robbielewis4740 yeah but Crosby don’t have 803 goals
@@robbielewis4740 Thank God for high-end talent
@@robbielewis4740 thats why crosby is also ONE of the greatest players ever
Ovechkin holding up the trophy and screaming just gives me chills.
Dear Patrick: That's because Alex Ovechkin has FINALLY GOTTEN A HUGE MONKEY OFF HIS BACK and has silenced his critics. For awhile I thought he MIGHT "pull a LeBron James" and leave Washington DC to go to a Cup contending team. It's great that he kept his word to Caps fans and FINALLY brought home "hockey's holy grail", i.e. the Stanley Cup -- and yes, Caps fans all know that it was Evgeny Kuznetsov that played the role of "The Holy Handgrenade Of Antioch": he scored the goal that slayed the "killer rabbit" (i.e. the Pittsburgh Penguins) that was guarding the "holy grail". :D
[only hockey fans who have seen the movie "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" will understand my analogies]
Stanley Cup Finals > NBA Finals
Person2966 understatment of the century
And it only went 5 games
ah yes the five game series win has so much more parity lmao
It was meant to go to 7 but Vegas blew it hehe
xPyroNv the final itself is proven parity. And the NBA Finals won’t probably go beyond 5 either
Thank you. I know it’s painful for you, but thank you for doing this.
Next the Wizards need to make it past the second round
You know the hurricanes are gonna win against the caps in round one, right
LB Brick Productions Not a fan of either team, but looking forward to game 7 tomorrow. But are you guys gonna bring back the red jerseys? Those grey ones are an abomination.
Bro the nats and caps LESGOOOOOOOOOO!
Yeah Sen like Washington Capitals from the stanley cup 1974 for real I was born 4 years old from 2020 12 years old I was born from hockey team season RIP Vancouver canucks I no heartbreaking she saw cayleb hearts sad I'm so sad too I was watching the hockey RIP CAYLEB MAD AT ME LOL
DC finally has something to be happy about
Highlight Heaven being a Pens fan makes me beyond toxic though lol
Highlight Heaven Redskins look good this offseason
Highlight Heaven thank god
ZECTCustomUnit u r bad he’s a good president
Steven Gehring Trump won't even let the championship teams to the White House anymore!
First Stanley Cup loss in Vegas Golden Knights history. Truly something special we got to witness
M_Morra I'd say they did alright for their tank year.
H I S T O R I C
First time the VGK ever lost 4 games in a row.
Fyi, Caps won 8 games their 1st year. I'd say the Knights had a good 1st year. By the way, all these highlights I saw live. A 58 yr old, Caps fan from the beginning.
I feel bad for them. The fans have waited so long for this, only to come up just short
Hearing Ovechkin's primal roar gave me goosebumps. Congrats Caps!
John O'Malley Same. That's the embodiment of catharsis
What do McDonalds and the Knights have in common?
Their Fleury machine is broken
That was a good one
...yeah that was pretty decent.
Dan Brooks defense not fleury
but Russian machine never break
michael aronchik yeah sure cough cough it only took you 44 years to repair that Russian machine....
Like these sort of “congrats you broke your legacy of failure”
The only other time he did this was for the Astro's I believe, I too also enjoy them.
King of Fedoras he was going to do it for the Vikings, but they got smashed in the NFC championship, so he used it as a continuation video for their legacy
Just waiting for one for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Just once.
As a Caps fan, I want to thank you so much for making this video. I'm sure it must've been difficult for you as a Pens fan, but it really warmed my heart. Mad respect.
TrailMixBlazer
As a Penguins fan, I really was happy for Alex Ovechkin when he finally lifted the Cup. It just felt right and honestly he is a top ballot HHOF for sure. I'm not salty about you being 2-9 overall against us in the playoffs. Sorry, I had to. Anyways, Congratulations to the Capitals and hopefully the rivalry between our 2 teams will get even better. October can't come soon enough!!
THEY DID IT. FINALLY. 44 YEARS OF MISERY HAVE BEEN TOSSED OUT OF THE ROOF OF CAPITAL ONE ARENA.
BLACKHAWKSVISION now you know how us eagles fans felt this year lol congrats tho
Will Cherry I was more excited for WSH and OVI
Can the blues feel some of this beauty pls Army, Yeo pls
Joe Sontag yes, the blues are next
It's great for them but one year does not erase 44 years.
That's like saying all is well in Cleveland because the Cavs won in 16.
I know the memes dying is painful, but I would say this: To have had the memes and then lost them is better than to not have had them at all.
Watch them not make playoffs next year
Longlobster6 They might not. The Caps as a team might look very different next year. We have a lot of free agents, and we're in cap hell. But hey we got a Cup tho
DCSportsFan fuck you Washington Capitals fans
+Zachary Partsch You too, sir!
@@T5Dens1ty and look at them in the playoffs now. (Yeah I know devils sucked ass this year)
Who else cried when they saw ovi lift that cup for the first time
After the watching it 10000 times*
Ayyy now y'all got one too
LOL I CAME BACK TO THIS VID AFTER THE BLUES WON!!! CONGRATS TO YOU TOO
Congrats buddy
I cried because I hate ovenchicken
All those years of pain, misery, anguish, and pure rage, all wiped away by a single image, Ovi screaming his head off with the Stanley Cup held high above his head.
One of the few times I cried from joy over a sport it was well deserved Washington, you broke your cities goddamn curse Congratulations.
Now if only this curse is lifted from the Nationals, we shall see.
It should, but personally I'm hoping the curse is lifted for the Wizards first.
In theory, the hope would be if Washington had a curse, the curse happened because Dan Snyder refuses to rename the Redskins.
Therefore, I'd assume that if this happens, the Wizards should get their title first, solely because the Bullets did the right thing and renamed their team when the name became a bad thing.
GO CAPS. Nats suck. I’m a yankees fan. *NOT A BANDWAGON*. And basketball will never be the same.
As a St. Louis transplant in Vegas, watching my 2nd hometown team lose in 5 was bittersweet. But I got to experience the pandemonium that the Cup Finals brings to any city and the hockey fever that comes along with it...If only I'd known the very next year my hometown Blues would cure me of that fever and a life of heartbreak...
The Nationals are in the World Series
King of Fedoras this was a prophetic comment. They won the World Series.
As a Caps fan and a lover of DC...I really hope this is the turning point for DC sports. And props to you Tree for class and making this awesome video. *Go Caps!*
ProDucktions idk the wiz still have a bad gm and redskins front office is not much better
Nats win the world series calling it
Redskins will make the playoffs
Redskins are probably gonna be awhile.
First Cavs, Then Eagles and Now Caps!
What a year, Philadelphia Eagles win the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots and the Capitals beat the Penguins in second round game 6 overtime and go on to win the Stanley Cup against the expansion team Vegas Golden Knights. This is what makes these leagues so exciting... Too bad the same can't be said for the NBA
The Duppe game 6 actually
Basketball sucks anyways! Just watch hockey!
Gignac the Big Mac Thanks, correcting that
The Duppe the MLB is usually exciting too with the Cubs and Astros the last two seasons, can't wait to see how it turns out this year
The Duppe Well for the NBA,...the Warriors finished off the Cavs in a record amount of games! Hehehehe
Thank you Tree. I swore that this day would never come. It was Sisyphus. The Caps would get to that "second round" and crumble. To do it all again the next year. IT HURT!! Also knowing that there was no comeback against The Shit posters.
Now? I don't know what to do. Losing was such a part of my identity as a Capitals fan that I feel liberated. But what now?
Ovechkin's primal scream at grasping Stanley was the catharsis I felt. I could watch that moment forever. I sat there saying, "Oh My God" in disbelief for a minute straight. I am happy but still don't grasp it.
The world can be a tough place so this Cup win is a moment of happiness,
I can only imagine how it felt to see this team win it. As an outsider looking in, as someone with a team who's had good success in every sport in my hometown city, I can only imagine what this moment felt like for Capitals fans. It made me tear up with joy thinking of what this means to all the Caps fans! It made me happy when I think there are people who've waited 40 years, potentially in middle age who've went their whole life waiting for this moment and they finally got to see it! AHHHH it's so heart warming. I can't even fathom what Cubs fans felt in 2016, but I also think the fact that Ovechkin finally earned his cup made this just as special. So many players marked as cursed, now never more.
edalder2000 do what Ovi said during his interview: grab some beers, and celebrate! You and your favorite team have been waiting 44 years for this moment. Savor it.
I have. The Cup was near me but I had to work that day and couldn't find someone to switch shifts.
I don't drive so I have to do longer term planning. What I wouldn't give for an itinerary of where Stanley will be. I just want to see The Cup and get my picture.
@The STL Fan : ^ )
The city of DC deserved this honestly
Adam E facts
Adam E Yes they did
The Caps didn’t deserve anything. They earned it the hard way.
First time that a team in DC did something successful and win a championship in the 2000s
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany
Marc Andre Fleury is just too good right now.
THE FUCKING CAPITALS!
Nice one like actually very clever
KEEM STARK let's make that the new meme! Maybe we can use it if we beat the pens again.
In fact, I may go as far as to say that while the Bataan might have been passed, the Bolts are not the new failures and underachievers. That would either be the Blues (throughout their history), or maybe the Pens are filling in that role.
I think you're forgetting about Pekka Rinne who is way too good right now.
I mean fleury wasn’t the reason. Defense collapsed around him but really capitals were just better at capitalizing on their chances
I'm not even mad that Vegas lost. They made their mark on the NHL by making it to the finals, and the Caps got to kill all the memes. A win for both, really.
5 years later and Vegas got their cup
At long last, the Capitals have freed themselves from 3 separate curses and become champions!
EDIT: Nevermind, the memes continue where they last left off with Carolina. Fuck it.
Trey Magathan what was the 3
Eric Douglas The penguins, the second round and... I'm sure of the 3rd but they got swept in the finals the only other time they went so I'm guessing that?
Eric Douglas
The Second Round, And the Penguins. dunno about the third one. Maybe no Stan Lee cup?
Jacob Eberhardt oh I forgot about those fing penguins I knew about the capetals and the Washington sports team track record in the playoffs
Legionnaire Dimitri
1: The Penguins
2: The 2nd Round
3: The Washington Curse
Urinating tree is the lolcow of series predictions
The memes are dead. Their sacrifice was heroic and their efforts were valiant. But sadly, their time has passed.
We are now entering unknown territory. May the hockey gods have mercy on us all.
EyeOfLyger Im banking on Vegas becoming the next St Louis.
teriaky taki I kinda wanna see Fleury hoist the Cup one more time. Unless the Knights wind up opposite the Pens. Then he can drown in pucks some more.
The new legacy of failure is Tampa bay
A new generation of memes are emerging.
they won a cup already.
Even as a Pens fan, I couldn't help but feel good for Ovi and Backstrom finally seeing them lift the Cup. Congrats Caps!
Congrats you not only made it past the 2nd round you won the god damn Stanley Cup
In the same year!!!
Even as a Vegas fan, I do have to congradulate Ovie on finally winning his first cup, a player as excellent as him doesn't deserve to leave a legacy of failures, chokes and endless memes behind him.
Jaguars vs Vikings super bowl this year. Jaguars are unable to score and Vikings still lose after a safety in overtime. Mark my words.
Dah fighter jaguars lost a lot of their defense and their QB is a scrub, I doubt they’ll go anywhere, it’ll probably be pats or San Fran or eagles guaranteed
Jack Skellington or maybe the rams
Jack Skellington Dear lord I would rather have any other team go to the super bowl than the patriots. It’s not that they aren’t great, I’m just ready for the afc to be competitive again. I miss that so much. you know what I’m saying?
Dah fighter I mean I’m a pats fan because I was born there but I see what you’re saying, tbh if it was another team I’d probably feel the same way, and tbh it is kinda boring knowing it’s most likely always gonna be the pats, I want the pats to atleast have a challenge to get there.
Tempest Storm Meh
Man Ovi and Backstorm have stuck with the Captials for a long time and have bern chasing that cup and the stuck with them and went through all tye pain and the finaly did it.
I knew this was gonna be brutal but congratulatory at the same time. Wouldn’t be you if it wasn’t! XD
Bossi, Lemieux, Yzerman, Jagr, Crosby, Halak, Lundqvist, and Fleury have all haunted this franchise. No more, Washington. No more.
EDIT: Apparetly that would not be the case. The names "Mrazek", "Aho", "Williams", and "Brind'Amour" run through their heads like the aforementioned Hall of Famers that consistently owned them throughout their existence. Blowing a 2-0 series lead to a team that hadn't made the playoffs in ten years! Bunch of choking bastards!
Trey Magathan How many times are you going to comment you idiot
boston sucks
Donsburt
For as many individual thoughts I have. Don't tell me you haven't spammed a comment section at least once in your life.
susMaster77
I'm referring to all time greats that have bested them in the playoffs, not just your average hall of Famer.
sens army 2017
Go figure, a cuckold that has nothing better to say about an entire city than they suck because reasons. How about instead of spouting out two words that any person with basic motor skills can perform, you form a valid argument or cognitive thought?
2015 - Trump begins campaign.
2016 - Trump elected.
2017 - Trump becomes president
2018 - Ovechkin Wins cup.
This is the real russian collusion nobodies talking about.
SupTestMan They work 8 minutes from each other.
DUN! DUN! DUN!
We've been talking about Russian collusion ever since Ovi passed up the middle to Kuznetsov for the Game 6 OT winner
2016 is the year Trump was elected. Unless you the year he was sworn into office.
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PEKKA RINNE IS PLAYING GOLF RIGHT NOW
and he’s just too good at it
As this legacy of Failure comes to a close, we look back on and think 'at least we have the Blues'
Blake Agan facx
Gotta lump Columbus in there too.
reaverofsouls Columbus is at the point where they are not even worthy of one
I'll agree to that just because the franchise hasn't been around long enough. Yet.
reaverofsouls it’s not even that they have only made the playoffs 4 times. None of which they made it past the first round
I’m legitimately happy for Ovi, but also depressed that Henrik will never achieve this..
Caps fan who was annoyed that the King didn't get the Cup in 2012. NYR lost to the freaking Devils? Seriously? Who then couldn't handle the LA Peasants.
Canucks had a 3row choke in the finals to bloody Boston so my home city experienced riots. The Sedines deserved at least one.
Daniel Payne LA was really good back then. esp the one in 2014 that beat the rangers in the finals.
Quick basically won them at least one of those Cups. LA has definitely fallen off since then.
yea as a Rangers fan I have no ill-will towards the caps, we've kinda owned them for a while now. was rooting HARD for them to take out the Penguins, and ex ranger scum in Tampa, and I was dying for them to shut the pretenders from Vegas up. Cant wait for ovi to be a Ranger when hes 40 and can barely move anymore, because you know the Rangers would do a move like that. dudes a BEAST. Hanks screwed, but atlead he has HOF locked down.
This and the Astros Congrats was beautiful.
Drinks at Ovi's house? I heard he finally got a Cup
He spelled Congratulations correctly the respect is real I'm tearing up rn
As a Penguins fan, I feel happy for the Capitals and their fans. They waited a long time and deserve it.
It's almost amazing how many droughts and years of futility have come to and end in North American sports in just a few years
The Royals went over 30 years without winning
The Cubs went over a century without winning
The Cavaliers completed a historic sweep a few years ago
The Eagles, Astros, and Capitals all won their first championship in the span of a year
Who knows what other teams will end their misery?
I really do hope the browns get their lombardi after 24 long years of losing in horrible fashion because of a terrible GM and HC
Nationals can be next?
Aaaand now we can't use the Astros as an example anymore cause it turns out they cheated. Lol
@@snakeeyes9246 yup
Would you believe the Blues, Raptors, Nationals, and Chiefs?
Sharks are now officially the best chokers in the league. This pleases me.
Vancouver 2011 wants you to hold their beer. Like, take it 🍺
Most of us did not, well at least not me as I was on vacation. Let’s just say I’ve grew dull and cheer for more competent teams..
In the West and the east it’s Columbus
You clearly dont know tampa exists then
*Leafs
Caps fan of 30 years. I'm not gonna lie I cried a little when Ovechkin finally raised that cup. All those years of carrying the team on his shoulders, wearing his heart on his sleeve. All the jokes and hate towards the guy was finally washed away. For the fans all those years of failure yet still sticking with your team. That was all awarded on this amazing day. What a moment, what a season. I had been waiting since I was a 10 year old child to be able to say this.The Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup champions!!!! #RockTheRed #ALLCAPS
I'm not crying, you're crying
Wow this is a video where he actually says good things about a team lel
No remember congrats Houston
Mr Fragels
First off, this isn't the first time he's done this. Secondly, he technically didn't say a single word.
He had some good things to say about Colorado in the Hater's guide to the Finals vid.
darth khan actually that video only had him say the three words that matter the most when talking about the city of Los Angeles. FUCK YOU SPANOS
This isnt the first time. Did you not see the cingrars Houston video he mafe when the Astros won the 2018 world series?
St. Louis Blues: Wait... T.J Oshie won a cup as well?
...and that guy we took in the 1st round a couple years back scored the GWG in the final game of the series?
And now the Blues have a Cup too!
I couldn't be any more proud of all the players, the coaches, the front office and staff of this team. Washington freaking did it!
Yes we made it
I was born and raised in DC. This was the first time we made any major sport final in my lifetime and the fact we finally won something is so relieving. The DC curse is broken!!
Now they can no longer say the Bullets are their main claim to championship fame anymore!
Yeah, but come on, who really wants to represent them these days? Also, kind of furthers my point a bit when going back to the Bullets name for a bit.
I could not be any prouder of a franchise for having proved me wrong. What's next, the Blues win it all?
EDIT: Holy shit, the Blues actually did win it all one year later. What in the literal fuck?
Trey Magathan my rangers will next year
Let’s hope
Sharks maybe
Trey Magathan Nope, but I can promise you Tarasenko will. Maybe even for a division rival
Trey Magathan i hope the blues don't win it all cause I'm a hawks fans I hate them all I want to see is to watch then fail
As a Red Wings fan and a Caps fan (parents are from Michigan, I live in Maryland), I gotta say, this is the most satisfying cup I've ever witnessed. With the Wings, we knew before the playoffs they were good and they could win it. They always seemed to have another level in the postseason, they didn't win it every year, but they were a threat every year, and won it some years. It was a brilliant run by an amazing set of teams.
This cup though, this was something else, made more special by the legacy of failure Washington has managed to bring over the years. The Caps haven't had bad teams, far from it, they've had amazing teams at times, but anything and everything would go wrong for them in the playoffs. Beating Pitt was shocking, winning the cup afterwards is surreal, and watching the Caps get bounces to go in their favor and go 4 for 4 in series closeout games is freaky. All in all, this team earned their cup, beating back both the other teams and their own inner demons.
The Caps may not win next year, but from here on out, anything can happen. The Caps have done the impossible, they've broken almost every curse that's surrounded this team these playoffs, and now, well... Its ok to believe again, and that feeling is special.
Wait, was Tree right about a prediction? I think Trees Legucy of failure is over too 😂
Yeah we've crossed into Berenstain universe?
Caps in 6
He’s a Pens fan so the legend continues on
Meanwhile the Blue Jackets haven’t even won 3 games in a playoff series...
Meanwhile the Canucks still haven’t regain anything since the riot. Blues, Canucks and Sabers really deserve some cups..
My wild would love to make it to the Western conference finals, even if they get swept there....
Get Giggy wit it
@@aaronb6878 you should be proud! they set a *record* for goals in a 4-game sweep
Until now
I was expecting to hear faint crying from you in the background over the memes.
The memes are dead. You did it, Capitals. From a Penguins fan, Congratulations.
The Steel City has now become The Salt City
Pens fan here, caps won the cup fair and square, they were due. Congrats to the caps! This will make the rivalry better.
Jeeves Anthrozaur dont you have a secular talk video to comment on? Gtfo JEEVES
Rob Spaghetti thats not how rust works bruh.
Jeeves Anthrozaur I think you are confused of the term "salty". You see, saltiness occurrs over hatred to a team that has had more success then you. And Washington has not had more success then pittsburgh
Plus, we got the Steelers. And I still care about the Pirates too
I lived vicariously through Washington as a Blues fan. That run was amazing. Their history is almost similar to the Blues with one distinction: Blues had some of the hockey greats come through and still lost. Washington had a few but none compared to the Great 8. So that makes STL more laughable. But... Seeing the Caps finally say fuck it and tear through the playoffs for their first cup... It gives us hope here in Blues Nation.
P.S. Oshie finally winning the cup and being one of the most important players in the process had the entire Blues fanbase buzzing. So happy to see him win it all and share it with his dad. Kudos
Mind Awakening the Blues now have a Cup too! Celebrate
You beat the golden Knights. Whoopdy freakin do. What do you want a cup or something?
Jeremy Hayes indeed they do.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Jeremy Hayes ha you sound like a salty pens fan. Stay classy.
Don't worry. We'll use your salty Pittsburgh tears to surface the ice next year.
Jeremy Hayes something none of the teams in the West could do . And they beat the pens and lightning
Went from a legacy of failure to this. So proud.
I really hope this season’s playoffs and finals will bring more attention and popularity to hockey. It deserves to be back up there with the top North American sports.
It deserved infinitely more popularity than the NBA churning out the same fucking matchup four years in a row, that's for sure.
Watching this two years later and it still feels like it did the first time. Truly timeless. Ya done good capturing the feeling in a video yinzer, your content is still awesome
I legit cried when I saw Ovechkin hoist the cup. Caps Nation has been waiting for this moment for ages.
Blues: "Why did the Caps win their cup now? I feel so alone!"
Sharks: "Don't worry. You still have us."
Canucks: "Don't forget about me. We rioted after losing Game 7"
Sabres: "How about us? Walking Mediocrity AND no cups as well."
Legacy of Failure on the Canucks and Sabres when?
Predators: “Pekka Rinne was just too good”
Wild: “Our relationship with Chicago is even more embarrassing then the Caps and Pens”
Anthony Joseph Sostre he did a combined Legacies of Failure with Buffalo; both the Sabres and the Bills.
digitalrailroader that was a lolcow video
Columbus: we never even won a playoff series y’all crying over nothing look at us we suck!!
As a Canuck and Sharks fan I’ve felt this burn for far too long. Sedines deserved atleast 1 cup.
The NHL was too good for memes right now.
The time has come... ITS TIME TO LAUGH AT THE LIGHTNING
Really nice that when a team with a legacy of failure wins a championship, you make an actual congratulations video. Hoping you can do that for my rangers one day.
cameron
😂😂😂
Rangers? It doesn't even matter if you meant the New York Rangers, neither Rangers franchise is gone be so much as sniffing playoff success in a long time. Arlington had their shots in 2010, 2011, and 2015. They either choked away the series in amazing fashion or got beat badly in all three of those series where they were supposed to win the World Series.
Rangers have cups though. Theyre not a legacy of failure.
If you are talking about baseball then sure
Do you mean the Texas Rangers?
I would like to see that day for the Phoenix Suns myself, actually. :)
This guy literally has the Ranger logo on his default with the 3 Dallas teams. Not sure why bringing up the New York Rangers made any sense.
Still love coming back to this video. Brings a tear in my eye.
They got past the second round of the...the...
*PLAYOFFS*
I love the peguin's salty tears when they loss in game 6 lol
I've seen this like 6 times and still am in awe. Our drought is finally over.
Outside of the Bruins in 2011, this was my favorite Cup run. To see them come back against Columbus, then to take down the Pens who I despise and have friends who root for them to take the piss out of, then beating Tampa, which was a quantum of solace for losing to them in the 2nd round, to winning the Cup was a joy to watch. Love the emotion from Ovi and the Caps fans. This was a worthy championship team.
It's so weird seeing tree be positive about a team.
No more Legacy of Failure for the Caps
Sean Cleary and now the Blues
But will he make a “Congratulations Golden Knights”? 🤔
Dishonorablejedi It's near impossible to make one if the team has only been around for a year, and will be back next year. As good as they were this year, they're going to win a Cup in the next 5 years. Mark these words.
Dishonorablejedi most likely not, they weren’t even projected to go as far as they did, they’re own owner said he didn’t expect much
Dishonorablejedi they were an expansion team that people expected to get 20 wins the whole season.. them managing to get to the final and win a game is pretty amazing
In one year, the Knights have performed better in the playoffs than the Blues have ever done. There is no shame in what Las Vegas accomplished this year
Basically what everyone else said. There’s nothing really to make fun of about the knights
Congratulations Washington !!!!! You have now all four Major Championships !!!!
Washington Senators - 1924 World Series
Washington Bullets - 1978 NBA Championship
Washington Redskins - 1982, 1987 & 1991 Super Bowls
Washington Capitals - 2018 Stanley Cup
Suck it Pittsburgh !!!!
Bruh
Waited my whole life for a DC championship. So stoked to finally get one. Caps played outa their minds this year.
Indeed they did Zephyran. Don't be surprised if a statue of Caps goalie Braden Holtby in his "Save" position gets erected on the banks of the Tidal Basin in Washington DC soon. :-)
Richard Santalone Fleury’s better ;)
- This...makes it official. The Memes. Are. Dead. The Caps. Are. Champs. :-D
Not even a caps fan but this was beautiful.
It feels good to be a Capitals fan right now, I cried when we won.
I love this video, because it proves that all of your videos are based on truth. You’re not just some internet troll that is fueled by hatred of awful teams and masquerading teams you like even though they have the same fate as anyone the teams you criticize. You’re a fan of sports. You give each and every team their own shit and you tell it like it is. You’re an analyzer of the game. Keep with the posts man
The Hockey Gods are alive and well .👏👏👏👏👏 Congratulations Alex and Washington!
I’ve been waiting for this video for a long, long time. DC was electric last night!
The Golden Knights are doing so well this season. Only a brick wall can stop them. Its name is the Capitals.
As much as I love it when you rip the shit out of pro sports teams, I love these legitimate "Congrats" videos where you put aside differences and give credit where credit is due. They are also a cool time capsule, too!
It was a long time coming for the Capitals. Ovechkin was due to get his name on the Cup.
Yes congratulations caps see you next year caps
As a Capitals fan, June 7th is now the equivalent of a national holiday to me
Even as a wings fan, this made me tear up. I knew Ovechkin would win that cup one day, and I’m so happy he did.
As a relatively new fan (2014) I cannot comprehend what the older fans have been through '44 years of misery' but damn am I happy that my Caps won and I watched every single game. And I did cry when Ovechkin hoisted that cup above his head like he deserved. Love from Australia and my St Louis Cardinals better start being consistent or blood will be spilt.
Legacies of failure and long curses have been broken in this decade, it’s a bit weird.
And you guys just shat away any chance of making a cup run by resigning a glass house in EK and letting Pavelski walk to Dallas....
Your ownership is mental lol
I never get tired of watching this; thanks for taking the time to put it together. As a longtime Caps fan since the early 80s I remember every single playoff failure.
I'm a Caps fan and I still have to be like, "Wow! We actually did it!"
One of the happiest moments of my life was seeing Ovi lifting that cup. No longer will he have an asterisk next to his name to say that he's one of the greatest of all time, without a cup.
How can you not be happy for Ovi. Finally.
As a long time capitals fan yeah I remember alot of those games you showed from the 70s I want to say thanks for the video many of the fans today are too young to remember how bad we really where an how far we've come great video I always enjoy your channel keep up the great video work an yes!!!! We are the champs finally!!!😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Last year, the caps legacy of failure was cemented. One year later, It is now broken. This year, the Sharks legacy of failure was cemented. Does that mean it will be broken next year?
Aljoriz 14
Hopefully. Brett Burns is one of those guys that deserves a Cup at least once in their career.
St Louis is next in line I think. The Sharks one is pretty recent.
Trey Magathan same with Thornton.
Cristiano Euronaldo
Poor poor Thornton.
Aljoriz 14 no
CAPS HOCKEY GOLD STORY...CONGRATS TRUE CAPS FANS ...you earned it.
I'm crying tears of joy.. ALEXANDER OVECHKIN WINS THE STANLEY CUP!!!!!
The pain of all those losses, all the suffering. It just made it that much sweeter.
I actually cried, just watching Ovi lift it. The joy on his face, and the years of suffering washed away.
#ALLCAPS
They were due
Watching Ovechkin jump off the bench with tears of joy in his eyes was the best thing I'll see all year. Grats caps!
Don't worry. We still have the Blues.
An actual congratulations
I think Marc-Andre Fleury is just too good right now
The drunk Ovi videos of him celebrating with the cup is the true jewel from all this!