Dougie was very bad defensively to start, then the broken hand made his ability to make up for his defensive issues with offense much harder and almost non existent. So much so we consider trading him, if we remember.
Skjei wasnt that bad for us. Granted skjei got only a 7 games with us and got a camp. then played some playoff games and got a 2nd training camp in a 5 month period before a full season. Also skjei wasnt being asked to pull 1st line responsibilities, unlike Dougie or Burns.
Burns struggled defensively to start but had Slavin to make up for it. Burns wasnt as spotlighted because he was contributing offensively. so the bad wasnt as bad.
Orlov had the unfortunate experience of struggling with the system while having the worst security blanket a new defender in our system has ever had, TDA. so he got to look extra bad. No Slavin or Pesce covering for Orlov unlike the 4 other guys before him.