re washington to beat pitt in article apr ncsu edu fmsalvat eos ncsu edu frank michae salvatore writes what makes you think so i d like to understand your reasoning from my seat the caps don t really appear to believe that they can defeat pittsburgh therefore they don t i think their spirit was broken in last year s playoffs and hasn t really recovered i don t know what the season series numbers were but i believe that the pens won it i think that either the devils or the islanders will cause more problems for what is this spirit crap i m a caps fan and hope they win if they end up facing pittsburgh but i don t think the caps lose to pitt because of lack of spirit yes the penguins won the season series against the caps they ve won eighteen games in a row for god s sake did you ever think the penguins might be good and that s why they win i re read what i wrote and it didn t say exactly what i thought sure the pens are a better team they ve got size and the best skill players in the league they ve also got the best clutch goaltending they re the best team in the league but my point was the caps have not played to their ability level vs the pens since last year s choke and that s the mental problem the one they ve had for a number of years i tried to point out spirit mental preparedness will to win whatever you want to call it it s missing when the caps play the pens actually you re right it won t make any difference george
