I am not saying I necessarily believe this, but let me throw it out there.
Maybe the Capitals know they cannot afford to go full steam all the time or they will run out of it come the playoffs. Especially with plenty older guys leading the team. As you pointed out Rush, the Caps are a winning team and sit at the top of the NHL standings. It's enough at this point to put us in a most favorable position heading into the post season.
We are in great shape. We are healthy. And we have the firepower to SLAM other (good) teams, even from deep deficits almost at will.
Hell, our Vezina and Cup winning goalie is in a slump and we have a record breaking young fresh backup to fill in.
I would not trade this position with any other team in the NHL right now.As Caps fans we might be a tad spoiled.
Good point AJ! We are a tad spoiled, and YES, if we are completely honest, we wouldn’t trade our team for the world!👍
I’ve actually thought just like you did that maybe they have these little dips in mid season so that they don’t get to cocky, and can have a reason to “ramp up”, just before playoffs.
That was one of the explanations I thought about, to explain this mysterious phenomenon that happens every year, with these low energy periods!
The only thing is, they’ve had these low energy things before, then, Sort of ramped up to the playoffs, and bagged out. So like I said it’s still a mystery. But hell, they’re winners, so it’s hard to complain!!👍
Rush