Unmasking the NHL’s Deceptive .500 Teams: Who’s Faking Success This Weekend?
I’m not there yet. Neither are the oddsmakers, who still have the Caps well behind the Hurricanes, Lightning and Panthers in their Stanley Cup futures listings (although some books have moved them ahead of the Devils). That’s probably just fine for Washington fans, who’ve been able to credibly bang the “nobody believes in us” drum for going on three seasons now.
For now, Caps fans will just have to settle for watching a fun season play out. They’ve got Logan Thompson making a run at the Vezina, Jakob Chychrun at least making Cale Makar sweat a bit for the Norris, and maybe even Spencer Carberry building a case to be the first back-to-back Jack Adams winner since the ’80s. And of course, Tom Wilson’s push for Team Canada will be front-page news up here for the next few weeks, which will just shine a bigger spotlight on what the Capitals are doing right now.
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