After the Washington Capitals close out the regular season in a home match up against the Anaheim Ducks on April 10, all bets will be off.
Following the most successful regular season in franchise history, one that has awarded the Caps their second ever Presidents’ Trophy and thus, home ice advantage through the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Washington will need exactly 16 more wins to validate their season.
I’ll get this out of the way now – and this is something that has been preached in recent weeks by the more level-headed fans of the Washington Capitals – it is completely okay to appreciate and even celebrate the success of this year’s regular season.