Teams have collectively grown beards since the 80s. It’s like wearing a furry good luck charm right on your face.
The Caps can grow some mean playoff beards. Karl Alzner is pretty good at hockey, but he actually might be better at growing hair on his face. Braden Holtby’s beard looks like it is about to consume his face. Even the new guys, Tim Gleason and Curtis Glencross, can grow a great deal of fuzz on their chins.
But some Caps aren’t very good at growing playoff beards. Even Andre Burakovsky is aware of his lack of beard.