in case you missed it, the first shots have been fired in the round 2 series between the washington capitals and the new york rangers (on social media, anyway). beginning immediately after the caps eliminated the islanders in game 7 monday night, the rangers’ official twitter feed stopped using capital letters…
so we meet again #nyr
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) April 28, 2015
the first tweet was pretty subtle, so not many picked up on it. as the account sent more tweets during the day on tuesday it became more and more obvious, as though they were channeling e.e. cummings…
#nyr hit the ice for full team practice today in westchester…marc staal is out there as is kevin klein..keith yandle is not
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) April 28, 2015
of course, it took a while for folks to see what they were doing…
https://twitter.com/countdown2march/status/593083017045893120
but they eventually got with the program…
https://twitter.com/countdown2march/status/593083875682816000
@madison_faucher @nyrangers NO CAPS!
— Karl Stanton (@karlstanton) April 28, 2015
well played, indeed. your move, washington.
