You know how in some Stanley Cup playoff series the opposing coaches start sniping at each other by the end of Game 1, calling the other side whiners or divers or cheaters or worse? Yeah, that’s not this one between the Caps and Tampa Bay. Worst trash-talking series ever. Guy Boucher spent an entire media session Thursday telling reporters how good the Caps were. Bruce Boudreau – complimentary of the Lightning, of course – wasn’t buying the Eddie Haskell act.
“That’s so much crap. You know [Boucher] doesn’t want to get in trouble by saying anything,” Boudreau said. “But we all know we have faults. We got as many or more as most teams and gutted out a lot of things this year.”
Your team is better! No it isn’t, you guys are the better team. We have no chance!
Boudreau has a point. While Boucher was busy making his squad into the ultimate underdog – Tampa Bay was the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference and led the Southeast Division for 66 straight days into early March – Boudreau was shooting down any David vs. Goliath analogies.
“They’re a great team. So if [David] is 6-6, [Goliath] is 6-5 and a half,” Boudreau said. “He’s trying not to say anything in the paper. And he’s doing a good job at it. But we know these are two evenly matched teams. And both teams know that they can win. That’s how all six games went as well in the regular season and I’m sure that’s how it’s going to be.”
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