The Caps start a new season tomorrow night at Capitol 1 Arena against the Boston Bruins.

Anthony Bavillier joins us now on Grant and Danny to help preview a brand new campaign.

Anthony, the work is done.

The Hayes in the Barn.

Let's play hockey tomorrow night in front of a packed home crowd.

Let's get this thing going.

What do you make of the roster that the caps have put together and what you guys have going into the season?

Yeah, I think everyone's excited.

Everyone's looking forward to this season.

I think our potential is very exciting.

And obviously it was a tough camp, hard practices, some tough games.

But I think everyone's just excited to get going here and actually play real hockey.

What do you want to be the same from last year?

And what do you and your mates want to be different from last year?

Well, I think everyone wants to improve, right?

I think everyone wants to show that we're actually a really good team,

and last year was not only a fluke, but that we can compete for some of the top teams in the league.

And obviously, we want to be better the last year, I think, right?

We want to get further than round two in the playoffs.

And at the end of the day, we're all competing for a Stanley Cup here.

Anthony Bavillier on Grant and Danny here on the fan, your flagship home for Capshockey all season long. Anthony, you came in season last year as an addition. You ended up being a really nice acquisition at the deadline. But I'm curious, you know, a lot of us on the outside didn't think the Caps would be a buzzsaw at the beginning of last year. I know internally they had high expectations. You were on another team, though, with another org. What did you think of the caps when the season began? Did you guys think they were

going to be a fixture at the top of the conference? And then when you got here, what did you

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