WASHINGTON – At the root of it, Capitals forward Tom Wilson really just wants to help.
And maybe, just maybe, if we’re focusing on the totality of trying to reduce head injuries in the NHL and we’re taking a bunch of truly genuine steps toward doing that, railing against what Tampa Bay’s Anton Stralman did at 8:58 of the first period Tuesday could be productive. Perhaps even logical.
Only this was not that.
Wilson, the longtime Penguins’ nemesis the league’s resident Bad Boy, took center stage after the Capitals’ 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final at Capital One Arena, and he began by introducing a bunch of pots and kettles to one another.