Redwings are a better team than the Caps right now IMO. Caps record is just way better than they actually are. Redwings are about at their level; a possible WC team.
AND...the Redwings are 8th from the bottom in salary cap and they have a total of 3 forwards over 30 years old; two are 35 (Kane and Perron) and one 31 (Czarnik - who is a UFA playing on minimum contract). I expect they will get better next year.
Its nice to see Ovi get 30, and Strome is one guy actually competing and producing for the contract he signed.