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Caps' improvement will come from within

By Mike Heika
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, July 31, 2003

If ever a team was caught between a rock of a contract and a hard cap, it has to be the Washington Capitals. 2002-03 BY THE NUMBERS Record: 39-29-8-6, 92 pts. (13th overall, 6th East, 2nd Southeast); Home: 24-13-2-2; Road: 15-16-6-4 Goals for/Avg.: 224/2.73 (T11th overall) Goals against/Avg.: 220/2.68 (14th overall) Differential: Plus-4 (14th overall) Power play: 17.2 percent (57-331, 14th overall) Penalty kill: 81.3 percent (312-384, 28th overall) 20-goal scorers: Jaromir Jagr (36 ...

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