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Nylander for Vrana as basically a one for one next summer when Vrana is an unsigned RFA might give WSH cost certainty. I doubt they throw in a 2nd and a 3rd on that, but I think Nylander and Vrana are pretty close.
There are a couple possible reasons WSH might consider a one for one: if Seattle claims Oshie (the highest scoring NHLer ever from Washington State, where Seattle is) and suddenly WSH isn't so deep at RW, if the Caps decide to trade Kuznetsov and want to try Nylander at 2C, and/or if McMichael works well at 2L and the Caps no longer need Vrana there. I think if any two of those things happen, then Vrana for Nylander is a reasonable conversation next summer. This summer, while Vrana's at half the cap hit, forget it.