Leadership Most Important Thing for Caps Now  May 02, 2011 | Ed
Frankovic  Trailing two games to none heading to Tampa for game
three was definitely not a position this Washington Capitals
team ever imagined they would be in on Monday afternoon. The
Caps have lost two close, hard fought hockey contests primarily
due to their own mistakes and now are in a very difficult
position. There is nothing they can do about those losses now so
they have to focus solely on winning on Tuesday night. Strategic
and tactical adjustments will likely be made by the coaches but
to me the most important thing for the Capitals now is for their
team leaders to stand up and take control of the team.
Alexander Ovechkin is the team captain but he has pretty much
admitted he also relies on veterans Mike Knuble, Jason Arnott,
and Scott Hannan to help him in the leadership department. How
that trio gets a still very young hockey team to settle down and
not panic will be crucial to the rest of this series. Arnott has
been through a Stan