How do the Washington Capitals reach that success level again? What three key areas would mean the 2019-2020 season was a major success?
To consider the season a success all teams expect nothing less than hoisting the Stanley Cup as the sign of a successful season. Reality though is that only one team will succeed in this goal, so by not winning the cup would a team consider the outcome to be unsuccessful altogether?
Each team has facets of the game which could undergo some marked improvement, and in those areas a team could have success without making it to the end as champions.