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Caps trade for Nick Jensen

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alta:
There's this..


Jensen was not necessarily excited to leave Detroit when talking to reporters earlier in the week.
“This is the organization that drafted me, the team’s amazing, the staff is amazing, the fans are amazing,” Jensen said to The Detroit News after practice Thursday. “So, obviously, I love it here.”
He added, “They’re going to do what they need to do. At the same time, I have to do what I need to do, too.”


I guess doubling the paycheck wasn't all that upsetting
:snicker:

KitFisto:
This I like.

Beaglefan2:

OK - I was ready to trash the trade. Just another GMBM rental dman that would disappoint and we gave up Bowey, who I like and think he will develop into a top four guy in a couple years.  Then I heard how other teams wanted Jensen - remember how other teams wanted Shattypants and GMBM panicked into overpaying?


However, since they signed him to a 4 year deal that changes everything.  It went from being an expensive rental to a relatively cheap longer term deal.  Now he just needs to play well.

richkrt99:
Sounds like a decent play for the Caps.  $2.5 mil seams cheap for a guy in his "prime".  Surprised they got him to four year deal at that dollar figure.  Kind of puts him in a bad spot at age 32 with no contract....usually why guys at his age want longer deals.
AND if he is a bust or just doesn't fit....that contract could be moved pretty easily I think.
What did we give up besides Bowey?  (nevermind - 2nd round pick is a bit much, but okay)  We desperately need the D NOW.

zerofox:
Honestly, really solid move. This plus the Hagelin move make me pretty excited to see how things go from here. Overall I've been pretty damn pleased with GMBM's work dating back to a few years ago. Say what you will about the players' performances/contracts, but I feel like Niskanen, Orpik, Oshie, Williams, Kempny, Eller were solid moves made by him. Even the Shattenkirk deal, even if it ended up sucking, I liked the fact that he had the balls to grab the most sought after trade deadline guy. BMac has also done some addition by subtraction, dumping guys like Laich and Brouwer, and also his move of getting Orpik, realizing the contract wasn't right, trading him to COL, and then picking him back up again at a much cheaper price. I give his overall management of the team's roster an A- so far, perhaps dropping down to a B+ if he keeps that loser Burakovsky for too long.

That said, I still have SERIOUS doubts about Reirden and still think he should have been fired a while ago. Reirden's been given a solid roster to work with, improved with the past couple of moves. It's his job to make the roster perform to the best of its ability, and he's utterly failed there. I mean, you see what is being accomplished with Trotz in Long Island this year, and last year in Vegas, and you wonder why we can't take a more talented roster and perform better than those teams. I mean yes I felt like our roster had some weaknesses here and there, but primarily my rage at the Capitals this season were due primarily to coaching. Even if certain players were being complete retards over and over again, I still blamed coaching for not addressing those issues. I still don't have any faith in TR.

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