Rangers trolling Capitals by not using capital letters on Twitter

ByPatrick Dorsey ESPN logo
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The Washington Capitals eliminated the New York Islanders from the Stanley Cup playoffs on Monday night. Immediately, the Twitter account for their second-round opponents took to trolling them:

Get it? No caps! That's the tactic the New York Rangers are using -- apparently for the whole series -- as they attempt to knock off the team from the nation's capital.

And, without any comment, they are committing to the bit:

Rangers fans are enjoying this so much, a hashtag (#NoCaps) has emerged.

The Capitals? At the time of this writing they had not responded, although we're sure expert Internet troll and newfound Caps fan Paul Pierce is working on something.

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