Quoting: BigTimeHockeyFan
This trade just does absolutely nothing for the Caps. If AZ wants Bura, ask for a guy like Crouse or Hinostraza to start, but Richardson and Connauton don't have roles with the team at all and are a waste of cap
Yeah, I'd definitely take Crouse. I just figured he was out of reach.
Hinostroza hasn't been as big a part of AZ's PK as Crouse, Richardson, and Connauton. I figured Burakovsky is worth about two 2nds, and a deadline rental on each of them couldn't go as high as a 3rd, so if other teams aren't offering immediate PK help, and if a 2nd is worth two 3rds... then getting two decent guys off AZ's 2nd unit would be good for the Caps, whose PK is rankes 27th, and is missing Orpik.
I know next to nothing about Crouse except that he's a recent high pick who's doing well on the PK, but also takes too many penalties. Long term, adding a guy with a high ceiling probably makes more sense. Short term, just adding two guys on cheap two year deals who don't take as many penalties and have little enough value that they'd come with a 2nd round pick seems good enough to me? But please, post better ideas. I don't know much.