Alchemy - creating a winning team is all about developing talent; team chemistry; coaching; character; personality meshing; infrastructure; depth; luck and health. Mashing that all up in a unique way is what defines a winning team.
I certainly believe our team now has a lot of the key ingredients to be successful short, mid and long term. We have lots of talent with more waiting in the wings. We have a made to order system and a coach the team believes in. We like each other. We have great infrastructure and great chemistry. We display high levels of grit, character and heart as a unit.
We don’t know yet whether we can stay healthy. We are certainly banged up right now with many key players missing or hurt. And we don’t know if we will get some lucky bounces like we did last Saturday with Alex scoring with one second left in regulation.
That great unknown and how will the story end is what is so exciting about developing and owning a team. We are all so hyper competitive. We all want to win. We all want to be great alchemists but a little luck and some good fortune health wise would sure go a long way to help us get to our ultimate goal. Wish us luck along the way. Go Caps!
Tags: Hockey, NHL, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Capitals
Ted,
Saw the trailer for a good movie on hockey. http://www.pondhockeymovie.com/
Teleported me back to growing up in Northern Minnesota, and a flooded backyard, playing one on one until it was too dark to see. Hockey at it’s best.
GO CAPS in LA !!
R/
john
[...] of injuries and jeopardy, Uncle Ted wrote a quite moving, late last night post about what all has to come together to result in a championship. I couldn’t help but read [...]
I said it before the season began.. this is the deepest Caps team I’ve ever seen. It may also be the strongest team as well. From what I’ve seen so far in the Eastern Conference (thanks to Center Ice, I’ve seen all the teams a few times) the Caps look like the best in the East. Only Montreal, Buffalo, and Boston look to be in the same class. Pittsburgh might be there if they get some healthy defensemen.
Out West, San Jose has been very impressive so far, but they’re one injury (Joe Thornton) away from being one of the lead pack as opposed to the leader of the pack. There are many more good teams in the West, and no really horrible teams, such as the Islanders in the East…
If the Caps play to their capability and there aren’t any dramatic injuries, it is very possible that this could be THE YEAR, and the Stanley Cup comes to DC.