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Say good morning to Alan May,

Capitals Analysts for Monumental Sports Network.

What's up, Alan? Good morning.

Hey, guys, good morning. What a beautiful day.

Yeah, it's frustrating on so many levels.

What's your viewpoint of where we are at this point?

Well, the caps have been outplayed in every game pretty much for the most part,

and they're letting Carolina run the show, and they just haven't had the answers.

And, you know, they've been doing the same things, in my opinion, over and over,

and they've got to find a different way to play. They've got to make this a one-game series,

and it's Thursday night. And they've just got to go out there, and they've got to play a better

and a different brand of hockey and have execution from everyone that's getting any type of ice time.

So, Alan, the caps are two for 12 on the power play, if my poor math is correct through four

games. And the most frustrating thing to me, and I think to a lot of Caps fans, is one, you're

facing the best penalty kill not only during the regular season, but during the playoffs as well

in Carolina. And it just seems like the Caps get close to the regular season, but during the playoffs as well in Carolina.

And it just seems like the caps get close to the blue line and they dump the puck in

and they hope that they're going to go in and win a board battle against the canes.

And more often than not, a lot more often than not, they're not winning that battle.

And Carolina is just casually flicking the puck down the ice

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