There will be a time to panic in Washington, to blow it all up and start with a clean slate. Now is not that time. Not even close. Yes, the Capitals have reached the post-season eight times in the Alex Ovechkin era and failed to survive past Round 2 all eight times. Depite fighting back from a 3-0 deficit, and Jay Beagle showing a winner’s fight to the bitter end, Washington came up short again Tuesday night, losing in overtime by the thinnest of margins. But don't let the NHL's all-time parity and the fluky nature of hockey skew your perception of a great team, one capable — with a few tweaks — of contending for the Stanley Cup in 2017. And if you're silly enough to point the finger at the Washington captain — he of back-to-back-to-back 50-goal seasons in this goalie-friendly epoch — well, you must not have been watching the series. - See more at: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...e-richards-chimera-weber-pittsburgh-penguins/
