Washington Capitals Playoffs: Top 5 reasons they will win the Stanley Cup

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Ilya Samsonov, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

The Washington Capitals are back in the playoffs. This article will list the top five reasons that they will win the Stanley Cup. I’ll have a counterpoint argument top five reasons that they won’t win the Stanley Cup tomorrow to look at both ends of the spectrum.

There was a brief scare less than a week before the postseason began when Alex Ovechkin failed on a breakaway attempt and crashed into the boards. He was day to day with an upper body injury but practiced this morning at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.

Here are five reasons the Caps can win the Stanley Cup.

Vitek Vanecek, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

#5 Goaltending tandem

I’m going to get in a lot of trouble for saying this but maybe the Caps goaltending situation isn’t as bad. We don’t know who will get the nod for Game 1 but we do know this, if the series goes backwards early, the Caps have another and possibly another goalie in their back pocket.

The Caps have three options for Game 1: Vitek Vanecek, Ilya Samsonov, and Zach Fucale who they just recalled from the Hershey Bears. Caps fans are divided on which goalie should get the nod but perhaps we’ll finally put to rest the goaltending debate based on their playoff performance.

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