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Caps trade for Nick Jensen

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4 Caps:
Zerofox, you do realize that after 61 games this season we have the identical number of points and record as we did last year.  I respectfully disagree with your assessment of Rierden, IMO he has done a good job so far this season.  That is not to say I agree with all his decisions, sometimes his line matchups have me scratching my head but I am not convinced that our record would be any better if Trotz was the coach. 

Surreylily:
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Sounds like he's not oo happy to be here though....... :-|

BlackIce:

--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Friday February 22, 2019, 07:27:13 PM Eastern ---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.

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I suspect that a major reason for acquiring Jensen specifically is to take some of the burden off Carlson.  It gives the Caps a third legitimate NHL RHD (which apparently they didn't feel they had with Bowey at this point), and apparently a good PK defenseman to boot, so it would seem that his minutes are specifically designed to eat into some of Carlson's minutes.


For all the talk about sitting Burakovsky out and him being in the doghouse, Bowey was given the really dismissive treatment.  I don't know why it was that he was benched never to return (yeah he made mistakes; so have a lot of guys), but he got salted away and they didn't even attempt to showcase him in recent weeks.


The thing we still haven't tried to address is the face-off situation.   

Surreylily:
His name is Jensen.  What's not to like.    :wackysmile:

Surreylily:

--- Quote from: BlackIce on Friday February 22, 2019, 09:30:22 PM Eastern ---


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The thing we still haven't tried to address is the face-off situation.

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There is that.............

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