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Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan has been working to correct a team that suffered another early playoff exit in 2016-17 and entered this offseason with 14 pending free agents and a murky long-term future for Alex Ovechkin.
Whether he's actually succeeded is in question.
The final verdict won't come until Washington gets a shot at redeeming itself in the postseason, where history says they will run into another wave of trouble.