Ummm... Washington is a team that it very dependent on their captain's leadership. It's one of their biggest weaknesses. Now that they are through playing, I can admit one of their weaknesses without superstitious fear that I may jinx them.
Yeah, they have some fixing to do with that team, they need
to learn how to play without the puck, and how to play in
their own end. One good example of that is 'when' the
second montreal goal was scored, Green made a ridiculous
lunge at the first player carrying the puck, and left the
player coming in, all alone, and he went in and scored, I
have seen that far too often with green and other players
on their team who don't know how to 'defend' properly.
They can get away with some of that during the season, but in
playoffs, everyone tightens up the defense, and plays a complete
game.