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2021 Trade Deadline and Roster Moves
richkrt99:
Wow? Really?
Basically everything JUSTWIN said...
I am still surprised.
But one thing....Now that he is on the Caps, will he be allowed to hit people without suffering a suspension? :smirk:
richkrt99:
That makes Mantha the 6th highest paid Cap at $5.7m
Caps are about $279k over the cap limit....although I am sure there is some allowed overage
and
Who the hell is Michael Raffl? Picked him up from Philthy.
https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2021/04/12/capitals-acquire-michael-raffl-from-flyers-in-last-minute-trade-deadline-deal/
zerofox:
The Raffl trade I don't know what the point was.
The Mantha trade initially carried some shock value...primarily because I knew not much about Mantha and saw that we lost one of our young talented guys. And too often have we seen young talented guys not work out here but flourish elsewhere.
But the more I think about it, the more I love it.
Mantha is a big rig who can score.
Vrana was just becoming a total salty sourpuss. Cultural cancer. Him giving zero shits after scoring a GWG is concerning. You need players who are pulling on the rope and who want what's best for the team.
Vrana was also pretty weak on the puck and didn't bring enough of his A-game. We need compete. I'm glad Lavi is making players accountable.
Now get Kuzy to play like the 2018 playoff version of himself.
Edit: My lack of mention about Panik being traded away should tell you all what I think about Panik.
zerofox:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Monday April 12, 2021, 04:24:02 PM Eastern ---The more I think about this, the more I actually like it. My first thought was that the price was too high. But then I started thinking:
1) Vrana is persona non grata with Lavy.
2) Panik is already on the taxi squad and we dumped his contract.
3) Apparently the 2021 draft class is weaker than we’ve recently had so losing that 1st may hurt less.
4) since Mantha is signed for 3 more years, this isn’t a rental.
So, it’s one guy Lavy isn’t playing plus one guy on the taxi squad plus a weaker than normal first plus the 2022 2nd for another Tom Wilson signed for the balance of our Cup window with Ovy/Backy.
In that light, I’m liking this trade more and more.
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Agree 100%
zerofox:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Monday April 12, 2021, 04:39:53 PM Eastern ---Didn't see that coming.. I'll miss Jake The Snake, but he never really turned into what everyone was hoping. Sounds like Mantha is a big boy who can play! Guess we'll see.. Raffl doesn't sound bad either!
Jake can thank Sheary for taking his spot! If he had Sheary's tenacity on the puck this wouldn't of happened.
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We may have lost Jake's potential but we also lost his attitude and on/off laziness, which is a net positive for us. Can't afford to have a mopey player bringing down the locker room.
Jake probably had a different idea of what a "non compete clause" really means.
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