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The 2017 Capitals are a different team and will get past the Penguins

This is our year. The Capitals, it's a different team. Everyone knows it.

The Capitals lost to the Penguins in the second round in 7 games.

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Apr 24, 2017
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I am more confident than ever that the Capitals will beat the Penguins

I'm more confident than i've ever been going into this [series]. We just beat a bunch of yahoos that dump gravy and cheese all over their fries. We can beat a city that puts it in their sandwiches.

The Capitals lost to the Penguins in 7 games in the 2017 second round.
Void
Apr 24, 2017
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The NBA first round this year has been far superior to the NHL first round

The NBA first round this year has been far superior to the NHL first round. I know there's been a lot of overtime games, but like you said, there's no Game 7s. And the NBA feels like... last year was really bad. This year, there have been some really compelling stories, and we have a lot of fights going on.

This is a subjective opinion comparing two different sports seasons.
Win
Apr 24, 2017
#22324
Big CatBig Cat

Jeff Teague has been swept out of the playoffs by LeBron James for three consecutive years

I'm pretty sure Jeff Teague has been swept by LeBron three years in a row. That's amazing.

LeBron's teams swept Teague's Hawks in 2015 and 2016, and then Teague's Pacers in 2017.

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Michigan was definitively the better team in the National Championship and it never felt like UConn was in danger of winning.

Michigan was the better team. We all saw it. It never felt like [the game] was in danger. Like the only moment that I was like, oh, UConn might have a chance, was when there was like maybe five and a half minutes left and Mullens missed that three to cut it to four.

The episode presents Michigan winning the 2026 National Championship as a fact within the show's timeline.
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Michigan was the best team all year — outside of Duke, who would have won the championship by a lot

They were the best team. They were the best team all year outside of Duke. 'Cause that actually was my other big takeaway — Duke just completely, Duke beat this Michigan team a month and a half ago.

Subjective comparison of team quality. Duke did beat Michigan during the regular season in 2025-26.
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Danny Hurley is 18-1 against the spread in his last four NCAA tournaments, which is insane

Danny Hurley remains 18 and one in the last four tournaments against the spread. How insane is that? Furman is the only one that they didn't cover. That was the first round this year.

This is a factual claim about Hurley's ATS record over the last four NCAA tournaments. Based on UConn's remarkable tournament run, this is plausible and presented as a known stat. Cannot fully verify exact record but the claim is stated as fact.

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