Pretty much yes, but you KNOW lost idiot Reirden will not only reduce Hagelin to a 9 minutes a night 4th line role (now that he's flying out there), but also move Panik to 3LW and give him 15 games of floundering about to score one measly goal and get "settled" with defensive liability and half-effort Kovy on the other wing while Eller kills himself to play both ends.

Also, Siegs should definitely play, but Jensen should sit. He's worse than Gudas...if there is such a thing.

Somewhat of a failed deadline for the caps with some of the deals out there

I'm happy to report, that the advanced visuals I saw of Kovy suggest he's actually fairly good defensively, certainly nothing to worry about on the defensive side. Kuzy is still going to be the worst d forward by far on the Caps.