Typical Caps Fan
Rejoint: oct. 2018
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Is Vatanen really what we need though? He's a smooth skater and puck mover, but he's undersized and that's exactly part of our problem. A lack of physical toughness and tenacity on the D. Someone like Orpik who is a big stay at home defensive defenseman that hits like a tank and protects the crease. We have no one really like that. Vatanen is just a better (more expensive) version of what we already have twice with Jensen and Kempny. Even if we acquired him, I'm still not sure it solves our problems on D.
It may also be a systems problem, in that the Caps play a run and gun look for the homerun pass type of offense. The opposite of a team like the Islanders. It didn't work well for us last April against a young fast aggressive forechecking team, and it seems like the Metro has caught on and are filled with that style of play.