Ovechkin carried the weight of 44 years of playoff disaster on his back.
For more than a decade, we saw the Caps meltdown in ways we didn’t think were possible. The losses seemed like they were crippling to Ovechkin.
After 13 years, his year went like this:
- started the season with BtB hat tricks
- scored a hat trick on HNiC is honor of I’ll fan, also named Alex
- scores his 600 goal
- leads the postseason in goals
- Wins the Conn Smythe
- Wins the Cup
- Carries the Cup through the MGM Grand
- had a woman flash him while carrying the Cup
- Took over city, a football town, now our greatest ever athlete
- lead, what seemed to be, the greatest ever Cup celebration
Stats aside, that may be the single greatest season any player has ever had.
As a Caps fan, I can honestly say Ovechkin is a legend. I can also say, we’ll probably never see anything like this ever again.