It's October, y'all, and hockey games that count start in a week. But before they do... let's 'Bag:
@JapersRink I think this is the most complete Caps team of the Ovie era, but is it their best team ever (on paper)? #JapersMailbag
— Ben DeSantis (@desantbt) September 29, 2015 Nope. For my money, that would be the 1985-86 squad, which boasted three future Hall-of-Famers on the blueline in Rod Langway, Scott Stevens and Larry Murphy (not to mention a young Kevin Hatcher), a pair of 50-goal scorers (future HoFer Mike Gartner and Bobby Carpenter) among other weapons up front, a Jennings-winning duo in net, and a recent Jack Adams Trophy winner behind the bench. On paper, that was one hell of a…
