I’ll believe it when I see it with the Rangers. Won’t count them out just yet but they clearly have issues right now
I still think they're a playoff team, but it'll mostly be off the power of Igor. For the last few years now they've been infuriating to watch because they seem to get caved in so routinely by good teams only to have Sheshterkin bail them out, then have the power play swoop in to save the day, but if one of those ingredients isn't at the absolute tip-top of its game then they're a very,
very mortal team, and frankly have been for a few seasons now. Been saying for awhile they remind me of the mid 2000 Yankees: teams with star power and high end talent that can feast on crappy opponents, but who get revealed when they play the legit contenders and don't have a horseshoe up their ass.
Caps are definitely concerning, but curious how their offense holds up without Ovi for awhile; they played well tonight against Florida, but the cats are in a slump right now so it's hard to make a definitive statement. Still, barring some kind of collapse in the next little while, they look like a real playoff team, not the phony version they were last year.