Where Do Capitals Go From Here? I BMitch & Finlay

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Tobi and Lynell react to the Capitals Game 5 loss to the Hurricanes.

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00:00what is Alex Ovechkin's role going to be?

00:03Because in this series,

00:05and I know this is kind of what he's been known for,

00:08and he's older,

00:09but remember all the hubbub that was made

00:11when he was called a one-trick pony?

00:13Yeah.

00:13What was he in this series?

00:16Standing, waiting, one-trick pony.

00:18Well, and he struggled so much

00:20because this is just a faster team.

00:23This is someone that's going to get up and down,

00:25and they're going to make you defend,

00:26and they're going to try to basically be in your...

00:30your D zone the entire time,

00:32and that's what the Capitals were,

00:34and that's not Ove's specialty,

00:35and especially at this point in his career

00:36when he's an older guy,

00:39and you don't want him on the ice

00:40trying to defend the entire time.

00:41He's never been the best defender,

00:43but especially at this point in his career,

00:45and I think he's a better defender

00:46throughout his career than what he is right now

00:48just because of the fact that

00:49he can't be giving his all on every single shift,

00:52especially in the D zone.

00:53So it was just a tough matchup for him.

00:56I think this Capitals season

00:59is going to be a memorable one.

01:00Obviously, we're going to remember

01:01a lot of the moments from this

01:02because Alex Ovechkin breaks the record

01:04after breaking his leg, remember?

01:07I mean, that's something that...

01:08Special.

01:08...we thought might not even happen this year

01:10because of the fact that he broke his leg.

01:12He was off to such a torrid pace to open the year,

01:14but then he broke his leg,

01:15and then he comes back,

01:16and he's still on a great pace

01:17and ends up breaking the record,

01:18so that was special.

01:20And seeing this team...

01:21Again, I don't know that right now

01:23is the best time for it

01:24because you're right.

01:25They were the top seed

01:26in the Eastern Conference.

01:27The way that they went out

01:28against Carolina,

01:29where Carolina really dominated the series,

01:32you know, they went in five games.

01:33I mean, that's domination.

01:35That's a gentleman's sweep.

01:36It is, especially when you think about

01:38the last...

01:39really the last three games,

01:41really the whole series, though.

01:43It would be like,

01:43what was the story of this thing?

01:45Their inability to get the puck

01:49in Carolina's defensive zone.

01:52Like, that was the problem.

01:54Getting in the corners,

01:55getting good offense,

01:56puck possession, shot attempts.

01:58Like, that was the story

01:59of this entire series,

02:00and moving forward,

02:02like, if you get matched up...

02:05I think after this series,

02:06you need to get younger.

02:07They need to get faster.

02:09Yeah, they need speed.

02:09Like, yeah, there's a couple of things

02:11that kind of, like, stick out

02:12like a sore thumb for you,

02:13but all in all, like you said,

02:16good season.

02:17I think maybe I'm being

02:18negative Nancy here.

02:20Kind of disappointing

02:20that you get bounced in five

02:22in the second round

02:23after being the one seed.

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