"... The difference between winning and losing is just so small. So, I do not think our window as an organization is closing. I think we’ve improved as a team and I’m hoping, like all 29 other owners, that this is the year.

“And the only way you’ll know it is talking to you next year at this time to say, how did the season go?”

-Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals. More from Leonsis from Chuck Gormley of CSNWashington.