Four reflections on Game 7 and a lament on the officiating to come.
I haven't really digested that game yet and not sure when I will. But a few thoughts still fresh in the wake of the Game 7 loss will seem stale later, so here we go...
1. Halak was The Man. Holtby let them back in...and they wasted it.
My biggest fear during this series -- at least before the blueline injuries multiplied -- was that Braden Holtby would steal enough games to win the series. Capitals fans understandably feared Jaroslav Halak based on his past haunting D.