Quoting: MW6
Burakovsky playoffs 49-8-8-16
Silfverberg playoffs 69-18-27-45
Silfverberg can play PK1 and PP2, Burakovsky plays neither.
Connolly for Nyquist straight up is not fine for Detroit, that’s why Bowey and Jensen is added. Pinho makes Detroit eat half is Nyquist’s caphit.
With the Caps' depth all around, chance at contending, and number of contracts, skater prospects are going to move.
I don't much like trading Bowey for an unnecessary B rental. Since 2016_17, Nyquist has less recent pk experience at 2:53 than Burakovsky, 3:14 (totals. Each averages 0:01). He leads active Red Wings in power play ice time over that span, bloating his value. He will leave as a UFA after not adding any value, and messing up chemistry on a strong third line. Pass.
The Caps' third line outscored the Golden Knights first line in the finals; team effort, sure, but how much help does line 3 need? Line 4 lost Beagle and Chiasson. PK1 lost Beagle. PTO Vermette for pk? Trade Jaskin and Mitchell for Gagner 50% for luxury offensive depth?
Silfverberg has an impressive 33 even strength playoff points, including a bunch playing on a second line with Selanne and Bonino. Selanne outscored him... Does it mean something when you're the second-highest scorer on a great line? Sure. He's better than Bonino. So is Karl Hagelin, though.
I think the main answer to the pk without Orpik is as simple as a 7th for Jordie Benn, or Kempny for Forbort (if LA retains 50% to give the Caps flexibility, and offset the difference in value). At forward, they still haven't tried Vrana, fast as he is, once. Burakovsky has 3 minutes, ever. Kempny, a career checking line guy, has 0:00 pk in Washington.
The Caps barely have a pp2. If they wanted one, Burakovsky could play there, and could use the slowed down pace to build his offensive vision. Over the past two seasons and change, Silfverberg is third among Ducks forwards in total time on each special team, which puts him on their pp1, pk2. But in pk toi/gp, he's 16th, just behind Jason Megna. He's a consistent pk2 option, even though they keep trying other options, hoping to get him more rested for offense? Expecting him to be Jay Beagle could tank his morale.
Vancouver fans keep trying to give away Marcus Granlund, who is 2nd among Canucks forwards in total shtoi, last two years, plus, and way ahead of Megna (who is ahead of Sam Gagner, the lowest-hanging fruit of guys whose team saves money by trading them at 50%).
http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?aggregate=1&report=timeonice&reportType=season&seasonFrom=20162017&seasonTo=20182019&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=team.23&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=shTimeOnIcePerGame
I kinda see the Caps as having four or maybe five forwards who play power play, and another eight who should practice pk, and take short shifts there, to stay fresh. Sounds like a rough adjustment, though, working them all in, to say nothing of Djoos, Kempny, Siegenthaler, and Bowey. Jaskin has five seconds of ok experience in Washington.
Another funny thing I just learned: Since 2016-17, the Caps' sixth leader in power play time on ice is still Marcus Johansson. Burakovsky is ninth, but last year they really didn't bother with a second power play.
http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?aggregate=1&report=timeonice&reportType=season&seasonFrom=20162017&seasonTo=20182019&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=team.15&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=ppTimeOnIce
Does trading Burakovsky for another team's old pp1 guy actually improve Washington's pp2? If so, would they play enough to matter? At a minute a game, divided among the tail end of several power plays, they aren't given much chance, and probably won't show up on the score sheet more than once or twice.
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