Caps look terrible, so naturally they'll give us all we can handle
They certainly have the offense to drop 6 goals on a team with little effort.
I kinda feel bad for Oates. It took the Devils like 35-40 games to really get Deboer's system down and start playing like the team that went to the Finals. I think it's no surprise Oates is trying to implement a similar system, but with a short camp and no preseason and a 48 game season, they simply don't have enough time I think.
And if there's one thing we can assume about Oates, it takes him awhile to make adjustments. Who knows if he'll try to run an easier system for now or just push until they get it.
And for the record, it was Ovechkin that went to Oates and asked him to put him at RW. He thought it might give him different looks and shake up all the scouting reports that seem to have nullified his offense.