This year was supposed to be different, but the Capitals, on the verge of another early exit, only build on their rep as sports’ most consistently disappointing team
The Washington Capitals are one game away from elimination. One more loss and it’s all over. Their season, but almost definitely this era of Capitals hockey along with it.
It wasn’t supposed to end this way. This year was supposed to be different. The Capitals won the Presidents’ Trophy for the best regular season record in the NHL and were primed to put it all together this postseason, make it through the second round of the playoffs for the first time in Alexander Ovechkin’s 12-year career and finally win a Stanley Cup for an organization that has been waiting for one since entering the league in 1974. Instead, the Capitals are 60 minutes of hockey away from having Pittsburgh Penguins fans celebrate across the street from the Verizon Center on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery once again.
PARTY ON THE STEPS! pic.twitter.com/NAKeaV7Tq4
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