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Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 4:37 p.m.
Thread: Reports Caps and Wild
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Logicalicesports</b></div><div>What preference would you have to moving that pick? We shouldn't be moving this year's selection and 2026 is going to be a tough year for us most likely.</div></div>

I'm not moving 25 or 26 tbh, especially because "top 10 protected" on the 25 pick also would almost certainly come with "transfers to 26 unprotected if 25 pick doesn't convey." I think there's still too much risk and variance in this team's outcomes the next couple of years to make a move like that ahead of the season starting. Would have to be a real no-doubt superstar to make me consider it, pretty much only Marner with an extension.

The 24 one though I have no problem with if it's the right player. This draft is better than it gets credit for at the top, but really drops off steep right around where the Caps are at 17. Because of that, the certainty of where that pick lands, and the fact that even if everything goes right next year I still don't see them picking higher than like 21oa, I think if you're making a big splash that's the asset you use to do it.

Rossi I would 100% move 17oa for, although attaching Lapierre as well makes it more lukewarm for me. Ehlers (with some kind of indication he'd be willing to stay), Zegras, Necas are pretty much the only other forwards this summer that I think fit the bill for that kind of move. On D it's pretty much Chabot or Andersson for me, Chychrun or Hronek I wouldn't love but would understand.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 4:29 p.m.
Forum: Washington CapitalsThu. at 4:39 p.m.
Thread: 2023-24 Season Thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>perrystreett</b></div><div>My most wanted offseason moves:

1. Trade for Marner, acquiring elite talent is our only chance to successfully retool instead of rebuild, however I find it highly unlikely we trade for him and we will be heading for a rebuild
2. Get Leonard signed and on the opening night roster
3. Sign Stevie, mostly nostalgia but I also love his game and he adds much needed speed
4. Trade for a young top 6 prospect (holtz, rossi)
5. Trade for Buch
6. Sign Reinhart/Guentzel, Ill include these two together as I expect both to re-sign but they would be fun
7. Sign Debrusk
8. Sign Pesce or a physical top 4 D, needed but my primary focus this offseason is on increasing scoring
9. Trade Kuemper without paying, this is unlikely and I dont hate kuemper and his contract enough to pay to move him but there are a few goaltending desperate teams who we could prolly work out a trade with where we do not have to give up a top 3 round pick
10. Trade for Zegras, I think this would cost more than hes worth. But Im fine with it as long as Leonard isnt in the deal which he wouldnt be.</div></div>

Only difference for me is I'm separating Guentzel and Reinhart and moving sign Guentzel up to 3rd, otherwise matches up pretty much exactly
Forum: Armchair-GMWed. at 5:37 p.m.
Thread: Otherworldly creativity
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dgibb10</b></div><div>NJD would be very happy to just do Holtz for Fehevary.

If you want to take out Schmid, Bahl, Dowd, Lindgren and the 1sts NJD would honestly be much happier.

Holtz+2nd for Fehevary

or

10th+2nd+3rd (or equivalent assets to those secondary picks) for 17th+Fehevary</div></div>

ngl I don't love either of those for the Caps. Just think Fehervary is so valuable for them specifically that I can only really see him being moved in a deal for a legit top-line forward. Don't love Holtz the way some do and even if the value was right (I think in reality it would be more of Fehervary + 3rd or 4th for 10 with the Romanov deal as a comp) moving your #2D would be a signal that you're completely tearing everything down and starting a full rebuild and that's not (and shouldn't) happen
Forum: Armchair-GMWed. at 5:19 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 4:53 p.m.
Thread: just an idea
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BoringBrianMacLellan</b></div><div>Only goalie i'd really want to swap Kuemper for is Merzlikins. Other than that, rather just buy him out or keep him</div></div>

Kuemper situation is very literally just the goalie version of Mantha last summer. Was he good last year? No. Is his contract too much for too long? Yes. Is it absolutely back-breaking for where the team is in its cycle (a-la Campbell in Edmonton)? No. Does it make sense to give up assets to move him? No. Is there any potential "bad contract swap" candidate out there that saves them significant money or gives them a better goalie than Kuemper? No.

I just struggle to see any scenario outside of a team like TOR or NJD or LAK doing something insane (which isn't impossible!) where Kuemper is not in DC next year
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 4:45 p.m.
Thread: Blow it up
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Logicalicesports</b></div><div>How would you personally view the Washinton depth charts at center? Personally I have it
Strome
McMichael
Dowd
Lapierre
(Only the top 4 I included, but Protas can easily also play center)</div></div>

I think you're looking at:
Strome
Lapierre
McMichael
Dowd

Lapierre and McMichael are somewhat interchangeable but I think Lappy showed higher offensive upside than McM. Dowd obviously as the "4" c but really just the center for that checking line role. Protas, Malenstyn, Sgarbossa can fill in if absolutely necessary. Do I feel comfortable with that? Not really, but it's also number 3 on my list of needs for the team and certainly less of an issue than say another top pairing defender or a goal-scoring winger. The big thing is that I only see Zacha or a Zacha-type marginally improving the floor of this team while limiting its ceiling. You bring in Zacha and then you're running:

Ovi-Strome-Wilson
Lapierre-Zacha-Protas
Milano-McMichael-Oshie/Miro
Malenstyn-Dowd-XXX (assuming NAK, Sutter, or another checking type)

That leaves basically one other spot to improve the forward group IF Oshie is done and IF Leonard doesn't sign and IF you send Miro down to another full season in Hershey. It just functionally isn't much different to me then the forward group you ran in the playoffs. Even if you want to bring in a Bruin, I'm spending a little more cap and not giving up a second to bring in DeBrusk who I think has a profile much more suited to WSH's needs than Zacha
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 4:00 p.m.
Thread: Blow it up
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Logicalicesports</b></div><div>I was thinking he would be a good stop gap for the time being to have Strome, McMichael, Zacha and Lapierre would be a great center core. Give some time for the Caps organization to draft positions other than center and build the rest of the pool up and then get a center when Zacha's contract is over, or take one when you cannot pass one up</div></div>

They don't need stop-gaps in the middle 6. McMichael is 23, Lapierre is 22 and both have clearly outgrown the AHL. If they can't be at least comparable to Zacha over the next two seasons then you've got much bigger problems and I also don't want one of the three playing a sub-optimal role for their skillset on the 4th line. I just don't get the urge to bring in even more good complimentary guys at F when they only have one real driver in Strome to play them with.