Theo up to the Task?

The Washington Capitals were eliminated in the first round of the 2008 playoffs, but their post-season still ended on something of a high.

Their highly entertaining confrontation with the Philadelphia Flyers could just as easily have gone in their favor and they could have been the Cinderella team in the East that went deep into the spring.

Nonetheless, a feeling persisted they could/would be the next version of the Pittsburgh Penguins, a sickly talented group that emerged from the depths of the NHL to find elite status.

And that may still transpire. But much of that hope now rests on the enigmatic shoulders of new netminder Jose Theodore.

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