Kindred Spirits: Canucks @ Washington

Lack of a cup? Check. Superstar(s) who despite obvious talent receive nothing but scorn and insults from opposing fans and media alike? Check. There's a lot of similarities between the Washington Capitals and our Vancouver Canucks, but their performances this season isn't one of them.

The Caps are the best team in the NHL, and full value for it. Getting a Vezina-worthy season from Braden Holtby, and another stellar year from Alex Ovechkin are just two of the reasons that this Capitals team may be one of the best bets to take it all this year, and you know what? I'm really okay with that. There's not too many teams out there I am comfortable with seeing hoist the Cup before the Canucks, but the Caps are one of them. They have some serious firepower, play a strong defensive game, and are fun to watch.

CANUCKS LINES

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s Thursday and Dorsett is still a 1st liner. <a href="https://t.co/IYNuOYROEQ">https://t.co/IYNuOYROEQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/zxsvuJoAUE">pic.twitter.com/zxsvuJoAUE</a></p>&mdash; Daily Faceoff (@DailyFaceoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyFaceoff/status/687697912529301504">January 14, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Alexander Edler Chris Tanev

Ben Hutton Yannick Weber

Matt Bartkowski Alex Biega

Ryan Miller

CAPITALS LINES

Alex Ovechkin   Nicklas Backstrom TJ Oshie

Andre Burakovsky Evgeny Kuznetsov Justin Williams

Jason Chimera Marcus Johansson Tom Wilson

Brooks Laich Zach Sill Stanislav Gailev

Karl Alsner  Matt Niskanen

Dmitri Orlov  Nate Schmidt

Aaron Ness Taylor Chorney

Braden Holtby

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