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General Manager George McPhee has never been shy about making moves to try to improve the Washington Capitals at the trade deadline. In fact, he considers it part of the process in trying to put together a team that will play its best hockey in the spring.Never has that been more true than this season. For the past several weeks, McPhee has talked about what he thought it would take to make the Caps true contenders for the Stanley Cup: a healthy Mike Green; a healthy Nicklas Backstrom; a rejuvenated Alex Ovechkin; and a trade at the deadline that could give the team a boost for the last six weeks of the regular season and the playoffs. Loading...Comments ArchiveGalleryTarik El-Bashir assesses the top teams in the National Hockey League this...(read more)