Trade Deadline and Ideal Playoff Scenario

Created by: thox

Team: 2022-23 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 6, 2023

Published: Jan. 6, 2023

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Alright. It's gonna cost a ton to get Chychrun, and this may not be enough. But I don't see the Caps being able to offer much more than this. In this dream scenario, Backstrom, Wilson AND Carlson are activated off IR as well. So to stay under the cap, we need to deal Eller and Jensen. Eller we could send to a team that won't make the playoffs along with a pick... they can retain salary and flip him to a playoff team and get another pick for their troubles. I just picked Columbus... coould be any non-playoff bound team. Unfortunately, we would also have to deal Jensen (we are getting an upgrade on defense after all)... I think his relatively low AAV could earn us a 1st round pick from a playoff-bound team like Edmonton, who need help on defense. We would also need to put Alexyev and Snively on the taxi squad, or send back to the minors... not sure if they're waiver-exempt or not, but some sneaky GM work would be needed there to make it work and not lose either of them for nothing.
Let me know what you think.

Trades

WSH

Chychrun, Jakob

ARI

McMichael, Connor
2023 1st round pick (WSH)
2023 2nd round pick (WSH)
2024 1st round pick (WSH)
2025 3rd round pick (WSH)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$82,500,000	$68,337,501	$100,000	$82,500	$14,162,499

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Sheary, Conor $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Johansson, Marcus $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Strome, Dylan $3,500,000$3,500,000 C UFA - 1	Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 2		Hathaway, Garnet $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Dowd, Nic $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 3
	Eller, Lars $2,415,000$2,415,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Kuemper, Darcy $5,250,000$5,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Fehérváry, Martin $791,667$791,667 LD/RD RFA - 1	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 3
Gustafsson, Erik $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Milano, Sonny $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4
Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 1		Brown, Connor $3,600,000$3,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Irwin, Matt $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Hagelin, Carl $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Snively, Joe $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW UFA - 2
Alexeyev, Alexander $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD RFA - 1

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Jan. 6, 2023 at 12:43 p.m.

All_Knowing

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Carlson on LTIR and expected to miss months. Should be back for playoffs - no need to trade anyone

Even if Carlson comes back, Caps could make it work by sending guys down

Jan. 6, 2023 at 12:45 p.m.

thox

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Makes sense. Do you think the Chychrun trade is at all realistic?

Jan. 6, 2023 at 12:51 p.m.

BoringBrianMacLellan

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I don't think we need Chychrun though... I'd rather add RD depth to be honest

Jan. 6, 2023 at 1:43 p.m.

markykins1

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Quoting: Highlander1

I don't think we need Chychrun though... I'd rather add RD depth to be honest

So a Gudas reunion then...

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Jan. 6, 2023 at 2:15 p.m.

brady_t12

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Quoting: Highlander1

I don't think we need Chychrun though... I'd rather add RD depth to be honest

Chychrun or Orlov could play the right in Carlson's absence. Then, when he comes back, We're looking at a team where TVR is our 7th D, which is some incredible defensive depth. With the talk that the caps may be a contender with Wilson and Backstrom returning, maybe we should consider making a big splash at the deadline. The good thing is that Chychrun is much more than just a rental and is an incredible 200-ft defenseman. I don't like trading McMichael alongside multiple first round picks, however. I'd do McMichael, Iorio, a first, and a second.

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