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Originally Posted by blankall
The Caps were the last team in the league to secure a playoff spot last season, and the first this season.
I had totally written them off and thought they would miss the playoffs this year. Instead....
1. Protas, 2019 3rd round pick emerges as a 30 goal and near PPG player.
2. PLD finally gets his groove back.
3. Chychrun shows that he is a legit top pairing d-man, once he's able to leave bad teams.
4. Logan Thompson proves that he is indeed a #1 goalie.
5. None of the vets take a step back, including Ovy, who somehow increases his scoring pace from last year.
Did not see that coming.
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They've also got one of the best prospect pools in the NHL (Leonard, Cristall, the younger Hutson, the younger Protas -- who was another 3rd round steal), so they'll likely be on top for a while.
It very much looked like they were about to drop off two years ago.