Everybody knows about Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green and Alex Semin, but what about, say, Eric Belanger? Becca H at SBN’s Japers’ Rink school us on the unsung heroes the Capitals have employed so far in these playoffs.
Caps Fans: Team Has Many Unsung Heroes
There's been plenty of talk in this series about the usual suspects that have stepped up their game and the usual suspects who haven't (paging Messrs Green, Semin and Fleischmann). It dominates pre- and post-game chatter, with analysts and various media types choosing to focus on the "big" names over the course of a series unless prompted to do otherwise.
Lost in all of that talk sometimes, however, are the role-players - guys who almost always become increasingly important in the playoffs. While blogs and more specialist sites can and do devote time to these workhorses, their efforts can often go unheralded. And yet when everyone else's superstars are finding that next level to the game, often it's these lesser-known players who become the difference-makers over the course of a series. This series has been no exception, with a couple of guys standing out as the all important unsung heroes.
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