I have acquired the Caps/Pens 24/7 DVD from eBay, so I can finally watch episode one. The sad part about the DVD is that it doesn't have the same soundtrack - they didn't license all the classic songs beyond the one showing on live TV. IIRC this is why I didn't buy the DVD at the time.
Not much worth a comment for the first 10 minutes or so, just a basic intro to the rivalry, the Pens win streak, and the Caps losing streak.
Boudreau was often not a super articulate or motivational speaker. I wonder in hindsight if he was intimidated by the camera? Because he stuck around for several years so he had to be connecting well with the players. I happened to listen to Carbery on the Line Change podcast today too, and there's such a big contrast there.
Boudreau with the ketchup on his mouth during the interview too.
Hang on the Pens locker room has a wall of identical razors. With jersey numbers (and presumably coaches names but I can't read them) above each one. Every razor is held up by two command hooks. It's like that ragebait tiktok come to life.
Now we watch Ovi shave (and possibly flash the cameraman). He has a Gillette sponsorship. And a freaky CCM commercial.
Little kid at a skating event telling Backy about how bad it is the team is losing. And a couple of teenage girls getting to skate holding his hands, aww.
The Pens are having their Christmas party and family skate. Matt Cooke's kid speared Max Talbot. "Oh yeah you play like your dad"
Sad Caps locker room after Boudreau yelled at them for looking sad on the ice.
Varly's having a bad time.
Lol someone biking along the river in Pittsburgh wearing a Caps hat.
Crosby and Fleury as permanent seatmates on the plane. They could totally change if they wanted to but it's just habit! Did that keep going forever?
I want to know what book "Harvard graduate Craig Adams" is reading. They don't show the front cover.
"Suck it Talbo" I love MAF
"Sid's definitely the worst" "I can't believe he's saying he's the best player" "Oh wait I just killed you! ...I didn't say that. I said you're the worst."
"Max is a douche"
Apparently they did get a distribution license for Right Back Where We Started From.
Fleury and Cooke leading the prank on Letestu and Lovejoy. "We're gonna find out who did it and probably do nothing about it."
And then Fleury informs us that Brent is always naked in their hotel room. The camera following him in finds Johnson fully clothed though.
Caps have "a little epidemic going on": Gordo, Brooks Laich, Nemo, Woody, Ian, Louie (I'm not even sure who the last 4 are? Some must be staff? Gordo = Boyd Gordon tho.)
Smitty: "It's hard because it's not like we've got extra guys laying around. We've only got a 23-man roster. We're gonna need most of them to play." This feels very familiar rn.
And Green left practice with a knee injury. Feeling even more familiar today.
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Omg I forgot about "He probably have sensitive skin, no?" Ovi arguing that Semin shouldnt be ejected for cross-checking a guy in the neck and making him bleed.
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Caps down 4-0 and Hendricks fights Rangers #38, who was that? Its not Avery. Oh and Ovi fighting Dubinski! "Fucking come on for fuck's sake!" But the Rags score #5
Now Hendy fights Avery, but the game ends 7-0. I feel like Varly should have gotten pulled at some point, for his own sake if nothing else.
Ovi inspecting his knuckles after the fight.
And a final voiceover on resilience and the rhythms of hockey.
