Thats a bit much for a 3 year bridge

MTL doesn’t want Roussell
Maybe if you attached a 2nd round pick with the half salary retained we would take him, using that 2nd round pick to move Byron contract

I’m 100% cool with packaging Siegenthaler with Panik to dump that contract ahead of the deadline.

I appreciate the feedback from a caps fan. I foresee some cap troubles for the caps in the offseason, how do you expect the team to deal with them. Do you see a guy like orlov or Ellet being traded? Or perhaps a buyout?

Eller took a discount to stay with the caps long term, so I’d imagine he stays. He’s a fantastic 3C who can play PP2 and PK and can also play in the top 6 with injuries. Very versatile guy.

Orlov gets a lot of unwarranted hate from caps fans. I didn’t give him the credit he deserved for a while myself. He has some baffling moments where he makes stupid mistakes, but they’re few and far between. He used to be our best offensive defenseman, but has morphed his game to be our most solid defensive defenseman who can lay the body and can chip in offensively in key moments. I don’t see him going anywhere either.

Everyone seems to be on board with moving out Hagelin and Panik, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see our GM try to move out Dillon. There’s a lot of talk about exposing Oshie to Seattle to allow us to open cap space for Vrana, Ovie, and Samsonov to have their contracts renewed. This also would let us keep our defensive and goalie groups intact. There’s a lot of unknowns right now and a few different possibilities for how MacLellan navigates this, but he always seems to make solid moves. I trust him.

Hopefully this gives you some insight to our situation!