Scott Walker (24) celebrates with his new teammates after scoring the game-winner last nightagainst Tampa Bay. Photo by Hoosiers United.If first impressions are everything, then D.C. should be head over heels in love with new Washington Capital Scott Walker. In his first game as a Cap, Walker netted two goals — including the game-winner late in the third — to help Washington to a 5-4 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning. Despite his 15…

The 2010 playoff-edition Washington Capitals are here, and they are here to cause pain. You might not recognize all four of the Caps’ latest acquisitions, but no one will recognize you when they get through with you. The departing Brian Pothier, for all his previous experience with post-concussion syndrome, will be happy he doesn’t have to hit the Kettler ice with this bunch.

The Washington Capitals are the best team in the NHL’s eastern conference, and the hottest in the league, only a few games removed from a franchise-record fourteen game winning streak. They have scored the most goals in the NHL by a margin of half a goal per game, and their defense is distinctly middle of the road. It’s only fitting, then, that as they approach the NHL’s 3pm deadline for trades in the 2009-10 season, they have added… two veteran forwards?