Prediction

 The Caps aren't making the playoffs.There will be one loss too many to make that final cut. Someone will be traded for a name that sounds good but won't be a fit and the season will sputter and cough away like an old Chevette. I loved that Mike Green returned and looks solid enough out on the ice, but I still have seen more team identity and synchronicity (that is a word and not just a Police song, right?) in pick-up games. I don't know any more. It still doesn't feel like it's Dale's team but if he's not going to stay around long enough to restyle them in his likeness, then this season is just an experiment.