Individually Evgeny Kuznetsov was coming off his best season yet. In my opinion, he went from being an NHL player to an NHL star. The Capitals in the Alex Ovechkin era had always needed that kind of player. Someone to help him and Nicklas Backstrom at the biggest time of the year.
The one year Ovechkin and Backstrom got that help they won the Stanley Cup. After that it was nothing but good times. Partying and dancing in the streets, or in the Capitals case, swimming in water fountains.