Guys, Ovechkin will never be traded. (Maybe if things really go sour but that doesn't look like it will happen) They will move any other player on the roster to make space if necessary. He is a money maker for the organization regardless of the playoff success. Ovechkin is a Washington brand now. Some players when reaching a certain status become bigger than the game itself. He's in the conversation for the best goalscorer of all time. Not by the literal amount of goals he's scored in his career but by the amount he's been able to score in an era when 20 goals is considered amazing. Saying you have Ovechkin is worth more than trading him for other lesser assets.
Some guys are untradeable. Not because they are crappy players with bloated contracts like a Clarkson but because they are
invaluable. There's nothing a sane team could offer that would be enough for Washington to consider it. Sure a package of McDavid, Draisaitl, Nurse and the next 4 1st rounder for Edmonton would get it done but Edmonton would never do this.
Since this is fantasy you can at least offer fair value and see where the conversation goes from there for fun but your offering 3 players that we know as non-Jackets fans, you would love to move. Your not fooling anyone. Dubinsky is a decent player still but he's still overpaid. Foligno also. Johnson is a solid dman but he's clearly on your list of trying to trade before the expansion draft. The 1st round picks negate each other pretty much.
Its not that your trading for Ovechkin that its blasphemous, because he will more than likely never be traded and will remain a Capital forever, its the fact that in your head you have the audacity to say that the package your offering might actually get it done. If we're going to live in fantasy land, the least we can do is be honest with it. Any trade for Ovechkin will involve names like Dubois, Jones, Murray, Jenner, Saad, Werenski, etc. (Not all of them)
Quoting: Jacketsman61
You bash the trade before you do the research. Check the cap situation next summer. Then check who needs contracts. Then you will see a huge glaring problem. It is impossible to keep that team together as currently constructed. And yes, Ovechkin only has a modified NTC. If they fail to win the cup this upcoming season they might be forced to trade him.
How is that the decision they'd be forced to make? Why not move players like Johansson, buyout Orpik, etc, etc? Wouldn't that make more sense then trading one of the best goal scorers in the history of the NHL? You mention doing research but i don't think you did yours either. They are fine. They have a bunch of players with great value that they can move at any time they want. Not to mention players with expiring contracts. You know what they can do? Just not resign them! What are they going to do realistically? Trade Ovechkin and resign Oshie and Williams or keep Ovechkin and let both those guys go to free agency?
They have plenty of options.