After another disappointing playoff exit, the Washington Capitals might just see their fortunes change.
Alexander Ovechkin has been the NHL's most exciting and popular player for the past six years now, but has always failed to carry the Capitals to lifting the Cup. Not entirely his fault, not by a long shot, but you always expect your team's top player to step up when it matters the most—right Canucks fans?
And the Capitals can't really say that they don't have a team that's strong enough to go the distance.
Ovechkin, Michal Neuvirth, Alexander Semin, Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom provide some guarantees for the future of the franchise on many levels, as well as some talent and depth to get the results they need. However, it hasn't proven sufficient to fulfill the team's expectations.
But 2010 had a lot of positives for the team hailing from DC.
Once again they didn't miss the playoffs, and despite returning home earlier than they certainly wanted, they had some periods of the season were their post-season spot looked to be in jeopardy.
And what better example of that than the period perfectly described during the documentary seri ...
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