Washington Wizards: Washington Capitals win Stanley Cup, a Win this City Deserves

It may have been in the cards, but the Washington Capitals captured the Stanley Cup 40 years later to the day that the Washington Wizards, then Bullets, won their first championship.

It may have been in the cards, but the Washington Capitals captured the Stanley Cup 40 years later to the day that the Washington Wizards, then Bullets, won their first championship.

From the moment I heard that the Capitals made the Finals, it was D.C. is going to get a parade. There was just something different in the air. I don’t follow hockey, although I am from a “sports place”—Massachusetts.

However, Washington is my home. These past few weeks it has been experiencing a bit of a rainy season. On top of that, the Wizards had a first-round exit. But they still took their fans on a journey, that had its share of victory in the small things that some may forget.

So when another Washington team reached the promised land, a sense of hope permeated throughout the area and beyond.

Whenever you’re around a Wizards’ fan, one hears about the storied franchise and it’s historic win in 1978.

There wasn’t the hockey is better than basketball argument or the converse. But everyone was united in rooting on a team that was on the verge of victory and the footsteps of history.

One could celebrate the Capitals without hesitation. This win was needed for a time like this. Sports is the one area of life where we all have the same dreams, fears, hopes and tears.

The one place where a player may go down whether it’s on the ice or any court, and an audible gasp goes up in unison. The one place where both male and female athletes cry, and you don’t have to ask why they’re crying. It’s the journey that they took by themselves, with their family, with their team, and with their fans.

It’s the one place where one can say “how about them Caps?” Or “how about them Wizards?” and everyone knows what you mean. How about those Mystics?

It’s the one place where the world pauses for 48 or 60 minutes, and people forget their troubles and cares.

It’s the one place where everyone is cheering for the same goal. For those 60 minutes, no matter which team you’re rooting for, everyone has a common aim.

So hats of to the Washington Capitals. Thank you for giving your fans here and around the world a piece of happiness.

A sense of happiness that can’t be defined by the cost of a game ticket or a jersey. But the type of happiness that the Caps were on this journey with you. Together, you stayed the course to see it through to the end.

If you told me a year ago, that I would be seeing Sting and Shaggy performing a free concert prior to Game 3. Someone named Oshie riding the Metro. Or Ted Leonsis giving away something that wasn’t a draft pick.

I would believe you. Because sports is the one place where anything is possible.

Opening up Capital One Arena to their fans was a beautiful gift to the City of Washington. For this shining moment, #DCFamily means more than what happens inside the arena, and more of what happens inside our hearts.

For this shining moment we all love the same thing—the Washington Capitals. They brought us all together, and that itself is the greatest victory.