Who adds what?
Rejoint: juill. 2017
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After losing Niskanen and Orpik, and adding Jensen and Gudas, the Caps' PK went from 24th to 8th so far.
Their GA/GP has moved up from 19th to 17th.
Yes, Panik and Hagelin help, but Panik is injured. Yes, Orpik slowed down a bit last year, but Niskanen has the Flyers one point out of a wild card right now. So the Caps gave up a terrific defenseman and improved defensively by adding two pretty good ones.
It's tough to find a scapegoat on a first place team, and you might not need to.