The Barry Trotz era of the Washington Capitals is now just two games old, but already this team looks much better than the squad that missed the postseason in 2013-14.
Sure, Washington fell to the Montreal Canadiens in a shootout during the new coach's regular-season debut on home ice. But for Caps fans, there's a lot to be optimistic about.
That's because Alex Ovechkin and company thoroughly dominated an elite Boston Bruins club in an immensely hostile environment on Saturday, and they appear to have the sort of structure that was often absent under Adam Oates.
Obviously, two games is a very small sample size. But thus far, Trotz has his best players firing on all cylinders, and that's been a key factor in Washington taking three out of a possible four points against two of the Eastern Conference's deepest rosters.
With that in mind, here's a look at grades for each of Washington's star players through the first pair of regular-season tilts.
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