It would be nice to make the playoffs, but lets be real, the Caps will get smoked by any team they could face in the 1st round. There's not a single team in the top 6 that we are competitive with. Maybe the Caps hang with Boston only because we have some sort of magic juju vs. them, but I doubt that magic holds for an entire series.
Caps can hang with good teams on occasion, but not night in and night out, and not when it really matters (like the last 6 games).... we just are not that good overall. We don't have even one area that we excel at...or even are above average at; size, speed, skill, O, D, GT...undeniable desire? We've got none of those.
(no Mick didn't hijack my account...it's really me that's being debbie downer)