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.