This is Joe Beninati.

You're listening to NBC Sports Washington's Capitals Face Off podcast.

Here's your host, J.J. Regan.

Thank you, Joe.

Welcome into another edition of NBC Sports Washington's Capital's Faceoff podcast. I'm, of course, your host, the Capitol's correspondent, JJ Regan. Why are you, of course, the host? Because who else would be the host? You? It should be good. Me and Tark are a bit fired up today because we were fighting before this podcast even started.

I'm just really trying to hit record so we can get it on the podcast.

Of course, with me today is the Capitalist Insider.

He's the Sylvester to my Tweety.

He's Stark help with here, Tark.

Sylvester was a good-looking cat.

That nice, you know, sleek black mane with the... He was a good-looking cat. That nice, you know, sleek, black mane with the... He was a good-looking cat. Okay. Tweety Bird. You want to be a Tweety Bird? That's all you, bro. It's just, I always get the advantage of you. Okay. Sure. Every time. Obviously, today we're going to talk about the... I'm pretty sure Sylvester got Tweety Bird a couple times.

No, he didn't because if he did. Like feathers went flying a few times. You understand the end game if he had was no more Tweety. So, of course he never got Tweety. I mean, not like got him, got him, but like, you know, semi-got him. Wouldn't that happen like... All right, move on. series finale where Sylvish is O2, bro.

I'm not.

I'm not.

I'm not in the mood.

I'm not I'm not I'm not in the mood

I'm not in the mood so I talk about Tweedy Bird obviously we're going to talk about the

first two games of the capitals Columbus series and we're going to look ahead to see what

the chances are for the rest of the series we're going to answer some list of mail

taric the capitals are down 02 against the Columbus Blue Jackets, a team that you and I both I told you. I told you. You and I both took the caps in six. You and I both took the caps in six. I told you they weren't the team that the caps wanted to face in the first round, one of the Flyers. Well, yeah, clearly. With their 19 goaltenders. But things have not been. Things have not been good the first two games. Caps are down, O2. Now they're going into Columbus. They have a monumental task of trying to battle back in this series. I got a flight in a few hours, so speed this up, buddy. Tark, what have you seen in the first two games? I have seen a Capitals team that I think that people who've been following this team for years and decades like myself.

We've seen this before.

The lack of killer instinct, you would think that you've changed coaches, you've changed core players to a certain extent.

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