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Washington Capitals: Are They Meeting Our Expectations So Far?

ByJames Hoover|
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 20: The Washington Capitals celebrate a goal in the third period of their game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on November 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 20: The Washington Capitals celebrate a goal in the third period of their game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on November 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 09: The Washington Capitals mascot Slapshot takes the ice for the game against the Vegas Golden Knights on November 9, 2019, at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 09: The Washington Capitals mascot Slapshot takes the ice for the game against the Vegas Golden Knights on November 9, 2019, at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The Washington Capitals have passed the 1/4 mark of the season. Here we’ll discuss if they are meeting some of our preseason expectations.

We are officially past the 1/4 mark of the season for the Washington Capitals. Can you believe it? This is about the time where we start to see how the team is or isn’t meeting all the of lofty expectations we sit around all summer working on. Coming into the 2019-20 season there were a number of questions. Among them:

  • How would Alex Ovechkin do this year?
  • How would Evgeny Kuznetsov respond from an off-year and some off-season issues?
  • What about the bottom six?
  • Would the Defense be better?
  • Would the Offense?

I think its safe to say that so far, things have gone well. At 16-4-4 and 36 points things seem to be well in hand. But are they really? Leading the league can hide a LOT of issues. Lets take a quick look and see how things really stack up to our preseason expectations.

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