Springfield Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Dudes scored 11 goals this season what the hell are we giving up Vrana plus a first. Jesus Christ. At least we didn’t get the perennial let down Taylor Hall. At least we didn’t get the perennial let down Taylor Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurd Cudins Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 My initial thought is that this is GMBM's Forsberg equivalency trade. This will probably be the move that gets him fired, which is ironic because it's clearly a desperate move he's trying to make to keep his job. At least Laviolette is doing a good job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capcrunch98 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, Kurd Cudins said: My initial thought is that this is GMBM's Forsberg equivalency trade. This will probably be the move that gets him fired, which is ironic because it's clearly a desperate move he's trying to make to keep his job. At least Laviolette is doing a good job. This isn't nearly as bad as the Forsberg trade, and GMBMs job is not in jeopardy right now. With this trade, the team had a good idea of what it had in Vrana after several years, and decided to move on. With Forsberg, he was considered a blue chip prospect, and after almost 7 years of people discussing the trade absolutely nothing has come out regarding a possible reason (work ethic, injury, attitude, development) the Caps would've given up on him before he even got a chance to play for the big club. And the guy we're getting is a solid player who is young with some upside - his best years should be ahead of him. The guy we got in the Forsberg trade was over 30 and his best years were behind him (and even his best years were average). It was just an awful, knee-jerk trade McPhee made in a selfish attempt to save his job with a playoff berth. So out of character for him. I don't like this trade overall, but I do think we're a better team now than we were yesterday. It's just the loss of picks that may come back and bite us in the ass a few years down the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) This also frees up money for Ovi. Edited April 12, 2021 by PleaseBlitz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Was listening to GMBM about the trade. He said Vrana never asked for a trade and didn’t tell him he was frustrated but GMBM said he could tell he was a frustrated player with his role and playing time so they decided it was best to move on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearrock Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1st and 2nd is a pretty expensive price to pay to move on from a 24 year who can play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 We needed blue liners not wingers. Stupid trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, DCSaints_fan said: We needed blue liners not wingers. Stupid trade. We clearly did not need blue liners, or we'd have at least given the two sitting in the press box an opportunity to play instead of trading one of them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 hours ago, PokerPacker said: We clearly did not need blue liners, or we'd have at least given the two sitting in the press box an opportunity to play instead of trading one of them away. We need upgrades not just people who are capable of lacing up their skates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 10 hours ago, DCSaints_fan said: We need upgrades not just people who are capable of lacing up their skates. Caps are not hurting for blue liners. Expansion draft is why they moved (a plenty capable) Seigs.. At least they got a pick for him. They'll probably still lose a D to Seattle. They have Fehevary (and Alexeyev) protected in Hershey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Only bad thing about Mantha is he's a RW. He's big, can skate, plays 200' and can score/fight and is under contract for 3 years. Caps are harder to play against now, for sure. But we're bare on the LW losing Vrana, which I suppose is why they got Raffl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, GoDeep81 said: Caps are not hurting for blue liners. Expansion draft is why they moved (a plenty capable) Seigs.. At least they got a pick for him. They'll probably still lose a D to Seattle. They have Fehevary (and Alexeyev) protected in Hershey. The goalie rules for the expansion draft could be a problem for the Caps. I'm not sure if they have to sign a veteran to meet the rules or not. Can't expose Samsonov. VV isn't eligible to be in the expansion draft. They will likely lose someone from defense otherwise, which would actually be really good if they can get a bigger salary removed. They currently have 7 guys still under contract for next season and ALL of them will be 30+ years old. The Caps have done a really poor job of developing players over the past 4-5 years. Wilson is the youngest homegrown forward and he's 27 already. The youngest homegrown defenseman is Orlov at 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 The Caps have scored 146 goals, which is tied for second in the league (with PIttsburgh). The Caps have allowed 126 goals, which is 20th in the league. Tell me again we're set with our blueline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, Hersh said: The goalie rules for the expansion draft could be a problem for the Caps. I'm not sure if they have to sign a veteran to meet the rules or not. Can't expose Samsonov. VV isn't eligible to be in the expansion draft. They will likely lose someone from defense otherwise, which would actually be really good if they can get a bigger salary removed. They currently have 7 guys still under contract for next season and ALL of them will be 30+ years old. The Caps have done a really poor job of developing players over the past 4-5 years. Wilson is the youngest homegrown forward and he's 27 already. The youngest homegrown defenseman is Orlov at 29. AFAIK they don't need to worry about the goalies, as you said, they'll protect Sammy and VV isn't eligible. I wouldn't be heart broken if they left Dillon and Schultz exposed and protected Carlson/Orlov/Jensen. Last year Jensen would be an obvious choice to leave open, but he's playing really well in Lavi's system and isn't too expensive. Salary cap and expansion draft sucks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 22 minutes ago, DCSaints_fan said: The Caps have scored 146 goals, which is tied for second in the league (with PIttsburgh). The Caps have allowed 126 goals, which is 20th in the league. Tell me again we're set with our blueline. I mean, you can put 2 Norris candidates on the ice and they'll still get scored on if the Forwards aren't doing their job.. Sure, if money and expansion draft is no object, you add whatever you want, but unfortunately that isn't the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 14 minutes ago, GoDeep81 said: AFAIK they don't need to worry about the goalies, as you said, they'll protect Sammy and VV isn't eligible. I wouldn't be heart broken if they left Dillon and Schultz exposed and protected Carlson/Orlov/Jensen. Last year Jensen would be an obvious choice to leave open, but he's playing really well in Lavi's system and isn't too expensive. Salary cap and expansion draft sucks.. I think teams are required to have players at every position available to be chosen. Might be one of those things where they sign Craig Anderson again and he's left available for the draft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 I believe they also feel like Kempny is a de facto trade deadline addition to the blueline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: I believe they also feel like Kempny is a de facto trade deadline addition to the blueline. GMBM said yesterday that he's still about 3 weeks away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c slag Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) Connor Sheary, by Franki Valli and his Four Seasons Followed by Samsoniov turning the puck over in front of his own goal Edited April 13, 2021 by c slag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Dominant power play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c slag Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Followed by another dominant PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Fire is fire. Get a good look at it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Which town is this bus headed to? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 12-2 over 80 minutes against the Bruins and Flyers. It is what it is. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zCommander Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Another, I just got home and looks like the boys have been pounding out some goals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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