To make the playoffs the Washington Capitals are a team that needs to improve. At least that was the thought coming into this offseason. How could you have another thought? After all, this was a team that last season missed the playoffs by twelve points. To make things look a little worse they missed qualifying for the playoffs in their own division by twenty-seven points.
I would have liked to see the facial expressions of people who follow this team closely if I had told them before the season the Capitals would be twenty-seven points out of a divisional playoff spot at seasons end.