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The Washington Capitals came out of nowhere to win the Metropolitan Division last season.

The Caps were projected to be a bubble playoff team with a limited ceiling, but they defied those expectations with a 111-point campaign, the best mark in the Eastern Conference.

Washington fell short in the playoffs, losing in Round 2 against the Carolina Hurricanes, but that didn’t change the fact that it was a hugely successful season in D.C. and one that the Caps could build on going forward.

Logic would dictate that a performance like that would have raised

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