from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

Riddle me this, Batman.

Say you're the Washington Capitals, an outfit that a Western Conference GM recently told me was the "one true powerhouse'' in the NHL this year.

Or you're the Pittsburgh Penguins, who arguably are in a better position now to win a Stanley Cup than they were a year ago at this juncture, when they actually went on to win it.

And -- gulp -- you might just have to play each other in the first round of the playoffs.

If you're the GM of one of these two contenders -- two teams without any obvious weaknesses or holes in their lineup -- do you really need to add anything before the March 1 trade deadline?

"We've got good chemistry, which is important,'' Caps GM Brian MacLellan said Wednesday via phone. "It seems like our lines are all settled in here. Everyone is comfortable with their roles, the coaches are comfortable. So it has more the feel right now of something you don't want to mess with ... at all, in my mind, because it's running smooth right now. So I'd be more inclined to do nothing.

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