Who adds what?
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Kovalchuk has five points in his last five games, and four of them are goals. If he can stay healthy, he could be an interesting pickup for the Caps' third line and second power play unit. Someone's going to comment that he could help Ovechkin push for the Richard trophy, but again, four of Kovalchuk's last five points (and most of his career points) are goals. Will he stop teams from covering Ovechkin as closely? A few years ago, totally. Now? I'm not so sure.
Reuniting Boyd and Barbour to push for the Calder Cup is already worth more than a great third line rental, before adding a third round pick. More likely that the Caps would want to deal Panik, though.