I don't know. I find it hard to see them getting out of the first round given the potential opponents. If the season ended right now as I type this, they'd be the second wild card and they'd play the Bruins in the first round. All things considered, the Bruins might well be the first-round opponent against whom they have the best chance. The other possibilities: Right now, if they finished third in the Metro they'd play the Hurricanes, against whom the Caps have not played well at all this year (or last year). The Rangers are four points ahead of the Hurricanes in the standings and would face the first wild card. The other team competing for first in the Atlantic Division is the Florida Panthers, and the Caps haven't done all that well against them this year either.
I’m with you. Even though it’s supposedly not a great draft the higher the pick the better the chance of hitting on it.
