Ovi then backtracked a little, going from blaming the refs to the entire Washington Capitals roster, including himself. "It’s very frustrating. That’s the whole point; you have to win the games and try to win the Cup. We have a great coaching staff, good group of guys who support each other. It doesn’t matter what happen, we not yelling at each other, nobody was pointing finger like it’s your fault we lose the game. It’s everybody’s fault. All guys are at fault. My fault, Backie’s, Ribs’s — everybody. It’s not about one person or two persons, it’s about the team. We don’t get team success in game seven and game six. It’s blame on us."
You know as much as he sounds like Tonto when he talks, he still has a better grasp of English than Datysuk who’s been here for about 15 years at least.
Vary tough words to utter under the circumstances, I’ll give him a lot of credit for that.
It must’ve been difficult to realize even before two periods were done that your season is over… At least it didn’t come crashing down within 10 minutes as it did in Boston for Toronto — not much consolation though, and it probably doesn’t sting any less.
I guess the next big East matchup* TPTB are looking for is Crosby vs. the Blueshirts… (Unless they want to play the sympathy ploy a bit more re BOS.)