ARLINGTON, VA. — - Batting 0-for-1 in the prediction department thus far, Alex Ovechkin was given a green light of support and a pat on the backside from his coach the morning after stating the Capitals would beat the Rangers in Game 7.
“That’s what leaders do,” Barry Trotz said Monday at the Capitals practice facility. “I think leaders say, ‘This is what we need to do, this is what we’re going to do.’ I think I have a lot more respect for someone who will be bold enough to say ‘I’m the leader of the hockey team, we’re going to go there and give our best game, and we’re going to win the hockey game.