If Caps miss due to too many injuries sell then retool

Someone educate me.

I'm seeing more and more TOR trades involving Jensen. What is it about his game that warrants the 2023 first round pick?

It's an honest question, before some people lose their minds. I genuinely don't know anything about him.

Nick Jensen is nowhere near a top pairing RD, His best season was last year in Washington with 21 points. In no way is Jensen worth a 1st round pick and this coming from a Wings fan that was a diehard jensen fan. he might get you a late 2nd but a 1st rounder is insane.

If mayfield is worth a first and Ben chairot so is Jensen.



It’s hard to explain. Everything he does is honestly really good. Great on the pk. Ideal blue liner to have and he isn’t afraid to take the puck by self and create a chance. He has some wheels too. Good positioning too. Awesome in his own zone. Also has really good analytics I believe(last time someone posted this card it was high 90s if I remember right). You want him on your team. Played top pairing when Carlson was out and was amazing. Jensen is a great blue liner and very underrated

He's right handed and isn't a leaf so he's worth a 1st and obviously is the sole missing piece to the Leafs cup aspirations.

In reality he's a 2nd pair defender. A decent player but hardly worth a 1st.

Jensen's got great analytics, I'll link some of the easy to find ones here (GSVA has also been solid), but also looks really good from eye test. He's done well especially on the PK, but is also sound positionally and in his zone. My only real knock to his game is that he occasionally goes down to his knees/stomach to block a shot/pass too early, which ends up with him out of the play, but this is a rare occurrence. Has also gotten his point totals up since coming to Washington.

Edit: also has a very cheap contract which could get down to 1.25 mil with 50% retention.