Winding down the week with another mailbag. If you have a question for next week, send it in here.
What do you think are the chances of the Washington Capitals making the Eastern Conference Finals or Stanley Cup? -- Tommy Huynh, @GLaSnoST9
Everything measurable points to a strong season from the Capitals, including our formula calculated in ESPN The Magazine's NHL preview issue that's out this week. I loved the moves GM George McPhee made this offseason, adding exactly the kind of players the Capitals need.
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- Wrote for Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Wrote for The Sporting News
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Craig Custance
Craig Custance joined ESPN in September 2011 as an NHL reporter for ESPN the Magazine, ESPN Insider and ESPN.com. A graduate of Michigan State University, he lived for nearly a decade in Georgia working for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he spent time covering the late Atlanta Thrashers. He was the only Thrashers beat writer to get the team to the playoffs.
From 2008-11 he was the national hockey writer for the Sporting News, writing regularly in print and online. A member of the PHWA, he's a proud voter for the major NHL awards and can occasionally defend his selections.
Like hockey, he left Atlanta to return north where he currently lives in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, with his wife Cassie and their three kids.
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