Well Flyers fans, i hate to break this to you but this past year's postseason run was all for not. Or atleast in history it went down as the farthest run for the Washington Capitals since the '97-'98 season, when they lost the cup to those pesty Red Wings.
This year was different; the Ovechkin era in full swing, Semin was playing his best offensive game, and Simeon Varlamov was really standing out breaking into the 1-a role(in front of Theodore). Critics said they had bad coaching, not enough defensive depth, even RJ Umberger said they play wrong. This run to the Cup Finals really shut them up. After being taken to game 7 by the Montreal Canadiens and Halak, Washington stood proud. After playing the Boston and doing the impossible coming back from a 3-0 deficit, Boudreau and Washington stood proud. And then fending off the reigning Cup Champs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ovechkin and Washington stood proud.
The finals and the Chicago Blackhawks proved to be too much for a system based on cherry picking and the concept of "Why block a shot, that's why we have a goalie(s?)." The quick feet of Dustin Byfuglien and the gritty nature of Patrick Kane seems too much for the strong Capitals defense. Mix that with Strong defensive play of Brian Campbell and goaltending of $6 million dollar man Huet and you have your cup champions.
Here's to an amazing run Washington.
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