Can you remember the last time a major four Washington sports team advanced to a conference championship game or series?
You can’t if you’re a college-aged student. Not if you didn’t follow sports in the District of Columbia before the turn of the millennium. Essentially, not if you weren’t around for the year 1998.
The Washington Capitals played in the Stanley Cup Finals that season, only to be swept by Detroit. Those were the days of Peter Bondra, Adam Oates and Joe Juneau. This was so long ago, the franchise was going through its phase of not using the color red in its uniforms and logo.