Alexander Ovechkin: Still a superstar

Many have criticized Alexander Ovechkin in the past 2 years. But most of it is unfair.With him and the caps finishing seventh in the east. Many have written him off. But the reality is that ovechkin is the least of the Capitals problems. The problem is the other caps have become absolute duds. Remember Nicklas Backstrom. He had 14 goals in 2011-12. What about alexander Semin. The ''superstar'' that the Caps plan on letting go during Free agency. 21 goals. What about prized free agent signing Joel Ward, 6 goals. There has also been some bad luck. Such as defenseman Mike Green missing most of the season with injury. Or is it that big contract given to backup Tomas Vokoun? Their is two things that has caused the Caps downfall. One is that Ted Leonsis is a complete moron. If you don't believe me, go to NBA.com and look at how the Leonsis owned Washington Wizards did in 2011-12. Number two you have to look back at the 2009-10 NHL season. The capitals behind 50 goals from Ovechkin and high scoring from Semin, Backstrom and Green, won the presidents trophy. The Caps headed into the playoffs as the number one seed and perennial cup favourite. In the first round they played the eight seeded Montreal Canadiens. Most had the capitals making easy work of the habs. I mean, who did they have. Mike Cammalleri? Brian Gionta? Andrei Markov? And who was their goalie? Some guy named Jaroslav Halak? The caps jumped out to a 3-1 series lead. But behind spectacular play by Cammalleri and Halak, the Habs forced a game seven. The Habs would dominate the capitals in game seven, winning 4-2. As we know the habs made it to the conference final that year, only to bow out at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers. My point being that the Caps failures are not the fault of Ovechkin. Nobody took the loss to Montreal harder than Ovechkin who had his worst season ever in 2010-11. But unlike his ''superstar'' teammates. Ovechkin came back in 2011-12 with something to prove. He did, scoring close to 40 goals. With Semin likely out of the picture, it will be interseting to see what the caps do this offseason. But with a committed Ovechkin and Green, expect a back to form Caps this upcoming 2012-13 NHL season.