Capitals Owner Pissed Pens/Caps Playing Back to Back

Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis is pretty steamed that his team, and the Penguins, are being forced to play back to back playoff games.  The teams squared off tonight in Pittsburgh (Pens win 5-3), and travel to Washington tomorrow for Game 5.

Leonsis is even more pissed because of the reason for the scheduling snafu…a Yanni concert.

That’s right, friggin’ Yanni, that creepy New Age musician with the 70′s porn star ‘stache and flaming Greek loins that make the blue-haired ladies moist.

But the Yanni concert isn’t the only gig screwing over the playoff schedule…a WWE event and a concert by the incredibly lucky and terribly unfunny Dane Cook also played a part.

“It is a shame that both teams will have to play back to back games … because the Pittsburgh building – against NHL rules – booked a series of concerts and forced the league to alter the playoff schedule,” Leonsis wrote recently on his blog, Ted’s Take.  “This is bad for the league, both fan bases and for the players.  The playoffs are very intense and physical and players need time to recoup. No one is advantaged by playing back to back games so no one can complain but it is unfortunate that the Yanni concert takes precedence over high quality NHL playoff hockey.”

At this time the Penguins have not yet commented on the situation–no doubt too excited over the thought of seeing Yanni, in all his New Age glory. [CBS Sportsline]