Quoting: BBD36
yep, mid round pick and one roster player (Siegs) would be the optimal idea for that acquisition, would like to have Glendening and Dowd out there late in games, where one can be aggressive on dot and if kicked out, the other is as good, if not a better option to win draw
Siegenthaler is worth more than Glendening. Detroit can add to that and still call it a win. Glendening would be the Caps' best faceoff guy, but do they need another right shot?
Of the Caps who have taken over twenty faceoffs and won at least 50%, Dowd and Oshie are right shots, and Eller is a left shot, so they might need more help on the left hand side, which is usually easier and cheaper to find.
Looking at left shot guys who are okay at faceoffs this year, I see a couple who have been offered as big pieces in deals for Vrana, which seems expensive for the Caps, as an outsider, but they could get a Miller or a Steel or someone that way, in a deal with other big pieces coming in. Then I see Kuraly, Richardson, Sheahan, Grant, and Cizikas whose teams' fans throw them into trades as cap dumps. Not sure if they're any good at other stuff, or what they'd cost, but my guess is not much. If the Caps have to move Siegenthaler to get a rental who can help them on faceoffs, one of those five guys should come with a 3rd or a decent prospect.
But the real question is how to get Kuznetsov and Backstrom up to 50%.