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richkrt99:
I don't know who this pat guy is or why he is standing but...
I'd leave the team alone. Pretty much what BlackIce said. We going nowhere in the playoffs unless their is a miracle awakening by a goalie, and Mantha and Oshie come back healthy and perform better than ever before. I am not holding my breath on any of it.
Team doesn't have much to work with to trade off salary to get a guy back that would make a difference. Unless you talking Johnny Q and no way no how do they let the golden boy go.
And...
we winning ANOTHER cup with this team just as it is :raspberry:
Beaglefan2:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Thursday February 17, 2022, 05:26:47 PM Eastern ---I don't know who this pat guy is or why he is standing but...
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Funny! Management will absolutely think that Oshie and Mantha will fix everything and they will give Vancouver a first or second for some mediocre forward.
I'd like to think they could get two #1s or a 1 and a 2 for Carlson, but I think the rest of the league knows he is a defensive embarrassment and besides, management would never do it anyway.
They also would never, eve, trade Backstrom, but I would argue that getting rid of his contract at his age and his decline - which has already started - would be our best move. It wouldn't be well received by the fans (and Ovi), but it would be their best move.
BlackIce:
Beaglefan, it appears that the latest serious injuries to Hagelin and Snively along with uncertain health status to Samsonov (who let's face it, wasn't setting the world on fire anyway) has Caps' management doubting their playoff chances. So I don't expect any rash acquisitions. The Hagelin injury really hurts because the HDH line was the one line that could consistently be counted on to do the job they were put together for.
As people have suggested, now WOULD be a good time to get rid of some salary cap baggage and set up for a retool, but I just don't think the franchise is inclined that way.
justwincaps:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Wednesday March 02, 2022, 09:01:42 PM Eastern ---Beaglefan, it appears that the latest serious injuries to Hagelin and Snively along with uncertain health status to Samsonov (who let's face it, wasn't setting the world on fire anyway) has Caps' management doubting their playoff chances. So I don't expect any rash acquisitions. The Hagelin injury really hurts because the HDH line was the one line that could consistently be counted on to do the job they were put together for.
As people have suggested, now WOULD be a good time to get rid of some salary cap baggage and set up for a retool, but I just don't think the franchise is inclined that way.
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Read a couple of articles that sounds like GMBM agrees with you and is not planning on being aggressive at the trade deadline.
Who do you realistically think the Caps could salary dump?
Beaglefan2:
If they were actually going to be sellers and do a salary dump, it would only make sense if they could get rid of some decent money. The obvious candidate is Carlson, but he is a core Leonsis guy. Whatever you think about Leonsis, he is loyal to the Ovi, Backstrom, Carlson core.
They could try and dump Oshie, but with his injury issues this year, there won't be any takers.
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