Quoting: GMTD
I seem to agree with your comments more than any one else on this site.
Vagas says no, they can sign Carlson on their own, unless, Washington wants to trade the rights for a pick (not a 1st)
OVI is a the best goal scorer and he shows not sign of slowing down. But DeBrincat makes the trade favor the Caps.
WAY too much for Backstrom, I wonder how many assists he would have if he were not playing with OVI.
Probably a good value for Holtby
Seems like a lot of above average NHL players for Karlsson, but maybe OTT takes it.
Well thanks. I think you're pretty logical, too.
Washington can change the equation by signing Carlson now, at a big cap hit, with no NTC. Then he's worth Miller and picks. CCG didn't type that out above, but it's a possibility.
Backstrom plays about half of each season with Ovechkin. He's assisted on something like 2/5 Ovechkin goals, career. So how good would Ovechkin be if he weren't playing with Backstrom? maybe just a Pacioretty. Or maybe it's all Ovechkin. If I'm the Caps, I don't want to find out by trading one and not the other. If one goes, both go. Caps can certainly haggle and throw in a pick or substutute DeBrincat out with someone the Hawks value a bit less, but I like that CCG is going full rebuild if he's rebuilding at all. I'd rather not get Kane because he gets drunk and arrested every few summers, and was once an alleged rapist.
I fixed my typo on Nisk's plus minus. It's 49 better than Karlsson's, and counting. Niskanen's career high of 46 points is still pretty recent. He's not Karlsson, but he's a defenseman, so it's not a fair comparison.