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Djoos doesn't play enough to warrant being ahead of anyone above him. I don't think Siegenthaler has quite shown well enough to be fully confident in him as next man up in the event Djoos is traded. That seems like more of an off-season deal with perhaps Johansen or Hobbs now more likely players to flip if need be. The turnovers and puck movement issues are still there with Siegenthaler so I think Djoos becomes the luxury #7 and Jensen allows them to recalibrate and rebalance the roles of the rest of the D. Whereas with Djoos that really wasn't going to happen and he wasn't going to at all be a PK threat for any of the other LD. That's one argument in favor of Siegenthaler potentially but, again, it mostly goes back to Orpik and their continued faith in him. I can't see Kempny getting scratched and Orpik elevated into the top 4 so Orpik gums up the works, functionally so, as the third-pair LD and main PKer. If anything I could maybe see Kempny getting dealt at some point should he continue to take ALL of the penalties and not improve on the PK. For now, though, I'd guess they're set.I’m still curious how Djoos fits in. I’m just not convinced after how well he’s acclimated himself to the NHL game and how much they’ve praised his play and decision making with the puck they’d go out and get a guy that would put Djoos in the press box, especially after Djoos proved he could handle the rigors of the postseason (albeit in a sheltered role). I guess his lack of special teams utility hurts him but that doesn’t seem like enough to remove him from the lineup completely.
It’s why I’m not convinced there isn’t another move coming that would send off one of the current Capitals D. Djoos himself makes some amount of sense as trade bait if they truly are trying to land a big fish at the deadline, more sense than sitting in the press box at least.