What are you defining as defensive stats? The Caps have the puck more, get more chances, have better chances, and play defense less with CMM on the ice. There’s no drop off with him when it comes to slot chances or rush chances allowed. Maybe
@twabby can find one of those with/without heat maps for added color but he’s a good player — if we acquired someone with his metrics at the TDL I think we’d all be really excited.
I think what’s happening is Lavi knows the goalies are shit so he plays guys he thinks are more responsible and less likely to concede a goal. No issues with that line of thinking except it keeps not working so I’d hope there would be changes to try something new.