The excrutiating post-mortem

April 30, 2010 by quovechkin

My heart is still heavy as I write this. Team Quovechkin was at the game and believing until the final second (well maybe until 4 seconds left) that the comeback was still at hand. I still can’t wrap my head around the second round brackets. And if I’m still in shock, I can only imagine what Ovechkin and the Caps are going through.

Nevertheless, they are professionals and today they faced the media to answer for the 3-1 collapse and the questions piling up about their play in the series. Ovechkin said it was fair that he take blame for the end result (via the Sports Bog):

“It was my fault when we didn’t score goals. I had the chance to score goals, I didn’t score goals. Sometimes you just have to take this moment in your hand. It’s just pretty hard when you see how we fight and how we play. We have a chance but we didn’t score enough. Maybe it was, I don’t know how to say it, but if you have a chance to score goal and you didn’t score you just feel Jesus, ok next time I’m gonna score, next time I have a chance [I’m] gonna score. What happen, that kind of pressure go to your mind. It’s pretty hard.”

He also claimed it was fair that fans booed at the end of the game. I’m glad to say I didn’t see any Caps fans booing, but there was a jerk Habs fan in 405 who booed and yelled “F*** the Caps!” the entire handshake line and salute despite our best efforts to shout him down. When we asked him to have a little class and show some respect during the salute, he kindly replied with a middle finger and “F*** YOU!!!” Creep.

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