During free agencies and trade deadlines of the past, Washington Capitals' General Manager George McPhee has often earned himself the name, Sleepy McPhee.
Not this year. McPhee just got serious.
After three consecutive years of postseason failure and disappointment, McPhee has finally realized what the flaws in his organization are, and he is now doing whatever it takes to fix them.
On Day 1 of the 2011 NHL free agency frenzy, McPhee took a no-nonsense approach to fixing the makeup of his roster.
Maybe McPhee realizes that every team, even one as young and as good as the Capitals, has a limited window of time in which to make a serious run at the Cup, or maybe McPhee is just tired of his team losing.
Either way, GMGM made a number of excellent signings Friday afternoon when free agency began and a few others in the days leading up to free agency.
The major flaw of the organization, as evidenced in their postseason failures, is a lack of grittiness and lack of consistent secondary scoring.
McPhee addressed that issue very effectively today.
The Capitals' GM traded Washington's first-round d ...
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