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Are The Caps SCREWED?
As a Canucks fan, I WISH my team would make moves like this. Getting something back for guys on expiring contracts instead of letting them walk for nothing, loading up on draft picks to develop new talent 2-5 years before Ovi leaves so that you have NHL-ready guys waiting to fill his shoes once he retires. Its like they actually have the ability to plan ahead further than one season, wow.
I think they are swallowing their pride about Wilson Ovi and Oshie and Kuzi just not being the players they were 5 years ago and are doing the right thing. Each of those guys probably have enough decent years left to be competitive but they can't compete on their own with the young talent on some of the other teams.
If the Caps tried to get players that will help them now and then didn't win, it could really hurt their franchise. And honestly, if you have problems making the playoffs, you're probably not a contender. It's sucks for Ovi but he has to understand that the team has to start thinking about what comes after.
ovi should leave to teach them a lesson !!! he should go with the oilers or toronto for stanley cups !!! 😂❤️
Honestly I think it’s a good move for both teams. The Bs are in win now mode and the Caps get something in return for 2 expiring contracts. Orlov was probably going to sign elsewhere next year and who knows where Hathaway would end up. I like it for both teams.
Fund a daycare…😂😂😂😂😂
caps been screwed for years. They must sell ov before every team realises he ain't worth his salary. 10 years ago you had one of the best russians in the league, today you have one of the worst. Caps today is a team waiting for ov to accomplish a certain NHL record. You can't build a team around a leaky first line who's only goal is to beat the goal record. In the mean time Rangers just boosted with Tarasenko. It's like Caps have been giving up for the last 10 years.
On the surface it seems like an odd move, possibly even a bad move for this season.
But it depends on what was going on in the locker room and behind closed doors.
Boston looks unbeatable and if Shesterkin finds his game and the Rangers get Kane it becomes a 2 team race in the East. Point is, Caps are not getting out of the East. Core is getting old and on short time. Ovi got a ring so this isn't Ray Bourque territory. No point hanging around in the middle of the pack. The Caps can't win this year and are collecting an overpayment for assets they might lose for nothing.
Takes more than one move to rebuild, they have been fading the last few years good move even if I detest the team
It’s the right trade. The core is aging.. that’s why the draft picks are the right choice.
They made the trade because Orlov was not re-signing. Do a bit of research
Why make Boston a better team? Like aren't they stacked enough?
I wish the Devils got Hathaway
Good, helps the Sabres
This was a great trade for Washington
Smart move by the Caps. If they win the wildcard race all they've won is getting their asses handed to them in the first round. Bow out of this race for nothing and start loading up. As a Caps fan I want them to strip this thing to the studs. Beddard is your cup now. You know what to do.
washington have been unfortunate with injuries this year as well.
Tanking to combine recently acquired picks and their lower (than if they don't tank) own dp's for the 1st overall pick, Bedard.
ITS all RIGGED LOL THEY ALREADT KNOW WHO IS GOING 2 WIN THE CUP
Caps just playing awful hockey lately, that simple, 1-7 last eight games, the way they gave up the empty net against Ducks is unforgivable.
Ironically, as a casual Bruins fan, a lot of the talk in our arena has been that this was a good trade for us too, and we also have an aging core.
go to first round and go home? is that meaningful
if u ever analyze hockey in depth, ull notice most teams have ~20 year push in which they take up big contracts to compete for the SC, they either win the cup, get to finals, or remain competetive and eventually after that 20year push, they start to offload contracts as their tenure is close to finish the franchise has secured fans for life inc luding the younger generations and now the owners can keep a very cheap low cost roster while making huge profit margins. The USA teams are bit more challenging b/c most still have at least few teams in other sports to compete in sports market, if the teams don't remain competetive they lose market share easily as NHL is the least profitable and money maker of the 4 major sports in North America. The point im trynna make here is that Caps along with many teams from over the past 20 yrs that have had large contracts AND heavy SC push (Ducks, Sharks, Kings, WIngs, Devils, Avs, Pens, Blues, Hawks; all these teams either won a cup or made to finals or had heavy SC push over 20yrs span and at some point the team got dismantled and entered a hard draught, sure its not 100% accurate but following the logic and trace the history can see hwo the trend works in NHL). So all this to say, Caps along with bunch of other teams have started offloading and dismantling preparing for a draught best examples of this Red Wings, Devils, Avs & Hawks
I sure hope so, Ovi can get fucked and I hope they suck till they get rid of Caps, then they can win another cup for all I care.
Who knows. Time will tell what their intentions are. With the amount of injuries and expiring contracts why not trade off some assets this year. They may turn those picks over into trades this year, ie Chychrun
They let their goalies walk to Jersey and the Leafs. That might be one factor.
Now, they are among the best goalies in the league.
Now if they can trade Beninati they might be watchable
this just allows them to use their talent in the ahl
Two points out but 3 or 4 games more played
Helps my redwings so I love it
Truly shocking is that a supporter of a genocidal war criminal is making 9.5 million in the NHL. I mean, wtf?
I think people are reading too much into the Caps being sellers this year.
They had a lot of expiring contracts entering this season that regardless of the outcome they wouldn't be able to extend. They also had the highest number of man games lost to injury by any team by far. Nicky and Wilson are still working to find their way back and Oshie is basically being held together by Chinese chopsticks and duct tape at this point.
Management clearly understood that too many factors were going against them this year, so instead of fighting the flood, GMBM opted to sell to accumulate assets for his expiring contracts rather than to lose them all for nothing. This will leave them with plenty of cap space to weaponize in the off-season.
The trade makes sense for them. the caps are no longer a top team in the metro they are falling and know they won't be making the playoffs so they're calling it
WE ALL HOPE THE CRAPITALS ARE SCREWED. That's great news. Now maybe Oshie can get in a team that has a little bit of class. That's where he really belongs
Caps are trigger trash
Lol 2 points out but have played 4 more games
Learning from the Blackhawks mistakes
You seem to undervalue draft picks in all of your videos. Some teams have made dynastys winning cup after cup and never trading a single draft pick
If you think it's shocking you clearly haven't been updated with the team, and contact negotiation.
You r not a NHL gm do what do you know really
Hope Ovetchkin just retires so he doesn’t get any more status getting another NHL record. Just hate the guy
Capitals should have done this 2 years ago. Way too old. Sucks to have to rebuild some, but both DC and Pittsburgh were dominant for over a decade. All good things must come to an end. The 2 oldest teams in the league
All the moves make sense. We get picks, free cap space and possibly younger to better support Ovi.