Fansided · Jul 28, 2019
Washington Capitals: Examining the new-look defense
The biggest difference in the success and failure of the 2019-20 Washington Capitals will lie in the performance of their defense.
And it won’t look the same. Brooks Orpik and Matt Niskanen, two former Pittsburgh Penguins blueliners who were brought in to help fix a struggling Washington Capitals defense, have departed town. The Capitals look to have these holes filled with a player they acquired from a big divisional foe as well as locking in one of their young defensemen for at least one more season.