Ted's Take

Judging by some comments of late on message boards, my blog and in some media circles, you would never know that:

• This Caps team regular season record after 76 games is the second best in team history with 99 points;
• We have had 6 straight months of above .500 performances and not a single losing month this season for the first time in team history. What was that again about inconsistency?
• We have a legitimate chance to amass the most points and most wins in team history as well.

So while we have lots of work left to do this season and in the playoffs, let us lay off some of the bad mouthing about this team’s play of late. We have actually been one of the better performing teams and most consistent teams in the NHL this year. I hope I didn’t just jinx us for the month of April and beyond but these are the facts.

OK - here we go. The race is on now.

New Jersey has played 76 games. We have played 76 games. We have 99 points and New Jersey has 98 points.

We are in second place in the East. New Jersey is in third place. We are both gunning for Boston who has 106 points but has only played 75 games. And we are all looking in the rear view mirror at the other teams with 90 or more points.

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