As has been noted before (here and basically everywhere else)... this is not going to be a normal postseason. Aside from making the transition from training camp and a mini preseason, the Caps are about to embark on a thoroughly foreign adventure: the round-robin tournament between the four best teams in the East.
The action gets underway for the Caps on Monday when they take on Tampa Bay - but before they hit the ice for the official start of the postseason, the Rink crew weighs in on the tournament ahead:
Q1.