More on the theme of a widening universe of folks noticing these winning Caps: an overview of the Bruce Boudreau overhaul of the Caps’ offense from USA Today today and a profile of Alexander Ovechkin in today’s New York Times. In the USA Today account Brooks Laich offers an insightful assessment of the effectiveness of Boudreau’s system:
” . . . you just know where teammates are at all times. You always have an option. You’re always in a good spot. A lot of his game plan is just positioning. If a guy has a puck here, the other four guys go to these positions. It’s an easy game.
“We use our speed so much, it seems like the game in our mind has slowed down because we’re not rushing,” Laich adds. “We have some great creative players up front and that translates into more goals.”
Of Verizon Center’s fullness these days, Ovechkin told the Times, “Now we bring the fans and the crowd is very good. When it’s full, it’s unbelievable.”
“Ovechkin has quickly become Washington’s pied piper of hockey,” the Times’ Lynn Zinser wrote.
Indeed.
