Thanks to everyone for their submissions – joking or deadly serious. Please vote below.
Option | Votes |
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“They took a lot of shots from supposed “high scoring” areas, but they were all easy for Halak to save. So he saved them.” | 19 |
“Halak stepped up, maybe he is the next big game goalie” | 37 |
“Washington was too tall and clumsy, Montreal has bigger hearts.” | 13 |
“They don’t know what it takes to win” | 18 |
“You make your own luck.” | 11 |
“They weren’t willing to pay the price (Eric Belanger notwithstanding…)” | 8 |
“They have no “experience”, meaning that Ovechkin, Backstrom, Semi, Green and Varlamov have never won the Stanley Cup, and therefore never will” | 20 |
“all of their key players are European” | 29 |
“They lost for the simple fact of being selfish. When I say selfish I mean selfish shots. They took hardly any meaningful shots and when they did Halak came up big and made the saves.” | 36 |
“Washington needs a Captain. A true Captain.” | 27 |
“WSH had lots of shots and even lots of ‘scoring chances’ but as you watch, how many of them do you really think ’that’s likely to be a goal’.” | 21 |
“The lack of breakaways” | 8 |
“Washington just wasn’t getting to the crease.” | 18 |
“All these numbers fail to take into account the position of the defense.” | 27 |