Washington Capitals 2010-2011 ongoing thread

[mooby]

Originally Posted by InsaneBoost

From the assets and flaws, all I read was, we finally have a real defensemen, not some POS that can score, but doesn't know how to play D, coughMikeGreencough.

Hey, when you pair Green up with a solid defenseman who knows how to stay back and play like a true blueliner he's not bad. He and Semin need to learn what it's like in the playoffs though, the playoffs is a different story. They both completely disappeared in the playoffs the last 2 seasons in a big way.

I love this move. Hannan is a solid defenseman, he's not the guy he was earlier in his career with the Sharks but I think he's a true defensive guy who can definitely provide leadership to our younger guys on the blue line and show them what defense is all about. I heard on ESPN he'dve been the leader of blocked shots on our team for the last 4 seasons, and that's the kind of mentality we need, somebody who will let their play do the talking.

Flash was definitely expendable too, we have enough offensive guys on this team and we had the depth to make it happen. I'm excited to see what it's gonna look like with Hannan on the blue line. I'm thinking our lines will go Hannan/Poti, Schultz/Green, and Carlson/Alzner. Plus Hannan is only 31 I think, so he should be good for another 4 years at least.