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2023 NHL trade deadline
alta:
The deadline is Friday March 3 at 3pm ET.
alta:
The Caps do need help on D, even when Carlson comes back. When Carlson comes back the team is going to have to dump some salary.
opinions, everyone has them
The easy part
goaltending:
is good for at least a couple more years, barring injuries and bad coaching
the mess
defense:
RFA Fehervary - currently makes under $1M
UFA TVR - resigned 3 years at $3M per
UFA Orlov - traded for 2024 3rd & 2025 2nd round picks
UFA Jensen - resigned 3 years at $4M per
UFA Gustafsson - traded for D Rasmus Sandin >2024
UFA Irwin - currently makes $1M per - did not resign
RFA Alexeyev - he’s young, still needs to develop some and under $1M
Carlson - currently makes $8M per, untradable because of the contract but should be traded
offense:
OV - keeper, face of the franchise, keeps fan support high
Wilson - keeper
UFA Strome - resigned 5 years at $5M per
UFA Milano - resigned 3 years at $1.9M per
UFA Sheary - currently makes $1.5M per - did not resign
Protas - keeper, especially at $1M, good size, plenty of room to develop
UFA Hathy - traded for F UFA Craig Smith
UFA Smith - currently makes $3.1M per - did not resign
UFA Aubé-Kubel - resigned 1 year at $1.2M
Backy - currently makes $9.2M per
Kuzy - currently makes $7.8M per
Oshie - currently makes $5.8M per
UFA Johansson - traded for 2024 3rd round pick
UFA Eller - traded for 2025 2nd round pick
Mantha - saves $5.7M IF the Caps can get a decent trade deal
UFA Hagelin - currently makes $2.75M per - did not resign
UFA Brown - currently makes $3.6M per - did not resign
Beaglefan2:
Rumors seem to be that we need help on defense, but I actually like our D-Men now that Carlson is out. I don't know who we could get at a decent price that would be an upgrade.
As far as our trade chips, there ain't much! They will never trade Carlson, Backy, or Oshie and nobody would take them at their full salaries anyway with the terms left on their contract. Probably same thing for Mantha. The more I watch him, I think we might have to give him away plus give somebody a draft pick to take his contract.
I guess we could trade Mojo or Eller or a fringe forward, but if we do, we are not getting much back.
I'm just hoping we don't do something stupid like trading away more picks for rental players.
richkrt99:
Hate to say it, but trade Mantha. Although at what cost? He's not performing enough for a team to want to pay for him.
I don't see any return for trading Mojo, Eller, Sheary, Hathy, Dowd, etc.
Maybe you could dump Eller's contract at $3.5 and pick up a comparable and save a little, but not much, and Eller is well liked by mgmt I think. He is a healthy utility Center.
My first pick would be Carlson, but will never happen and nobody would swallow that salary, and now that he's IR, I don't think he can even be traded can he?
Kuzy - I'd take a trade if it were in our interest, but doubt anyone would give us much for him at that salary. He could be such a great player - he just isn't often enough. The year we won the CUP, he was the best player on the team
Mickstix:
They can't/won't trade Ovi or Nicky. But that really should be the end of the "legacy" players they can't part with. Kuzy, Carlson and Oshie really should be shopped, if there's anyone who'd want them.
I mean, they traded Holtby. His contract expired but they still let him go. 92, 74 and 77 have no more stake in the Caps than he did. If Ted is keeping the core together for Ovi's sake, I can't say that's doing him any favors.
Mantha should be 1st off the books. Somebody will take him. We may need to retain a little salary, but he's a waste of $ around here, w/no ties to the organization.
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