Adding the second in the ghost trade might be a bit too much but I’d like to hear other caps fans and some flyers fans chime in on it.

I'm kind of OK with the PHL trade here. I think if WSH wants to move on from Dillon this might be a path forward.
I also doubt SEA takes Schultz. I've seen enough of him to know he's that bad. Next to Jack Johnson he was the penguins worst defenseman.
I can't see how SEA would take him here. I think they take Vanecek or TVR if DIllon isn't available.

Um, you're wrong on the whole Ghost thing (waivers/ahl) and kind of about your analysis on the Flyers woes, but can;t really be bothered to explain what happened and why.... suffice to say that Flyers have too many LD and too many puck rushers and might do that deal, but not by adding a high 2nd.

Caps probably have to add a pick for Seattle to take schultz, there are too many other good options for Seattle. Otherwise, I love the moves made here.

By a lot of time in the AHL do you mean a 2 game conditioning stint when he was recovering from knee surgery? If so, then absolute loads. I'd rather have Ghost than Dillon 7 days a week. Ghost is younger, shorter contract length, and the difference in $ is negligible.

Dillon is a candidate to come back down to earth; 103+ PDO is not sustainable unless you have MVP-era Hasek in net that somehow I missed (and I'm certain we don't). The premise is that Dillon will step in to be a top-pairing right-handed defenseman to stabilize our d-corps... which is just wrong. See an excerpt from RMNB opining:

"Brenden Dillon appears to be a passenger. Of the top-ten Washington defensive pairings by ice time, when you rank them by shot-attempt percentage, Dillon’s in last (with TVR), 8th (with Carlson), and 7th (with Schultz). If anyone deserves a night off, it’s not 43-year-old Zdeno Chara; it’s Dillon. I am a bit lost as to what he brings to the table right now. Especially when you consider who’s waiting in the wings."

After watching a lot of Caps and Flyers this season I can confidently say Ghost is still a lot better than Dillon. Flyers decline

Did you just say “I can’t be bothered to explain” and then explained it anyway lmao

I mean, for the record, I said he spent a lot of time **scratched** and in the AHL. I wasn’t implying he spent a ton of time in the AHL, but yes he was sent down for a small chunk of the season. And he was on waivers. He did spend a good bit of time scratched on a pretty bad flyers team this year. Dillon is exactly the type of player the Flyers need to stabilize that defensive core. They had it with Niskanen, look where they are now. I’m sure Justin Braun would also love to have Dillon around.

As well, I also said the pick can be reworked. It wasn’t something to get upset about.

At what? Generating offense? Yes. Being a defenseman? No. Being physical? No.

The flyers have plenty of offensive guys on the blue line. They need to bring in a strong, physical, defensive defenseman. If they want to get back to the playoffs, they would love a guy like Dillon.

Okay, here goes.....Firstly keep in mind that Provorov, Sanheim, Gustaffson, Hagg are all LD, As is Ghost.

Ghost was injured and scratched at start of season due to various injuries and then got COVID.

Hart, Sanheim, Myers all regressed and sucked this year.

At a certain point Philly had THREE goaltenders and 8 dmen on roster for an extended time, and forwards like Patrick, Laughton, Lindblom were ailing and hadn;t had a rest. A week or two earlier, Philly had put RD Mark Friedman on waivers and he was claimed by PITTS. To rest a forward, Philly had to put a defenseman on waivers...of the eight on the NHL roster, the most likely to put on waivers and not be claimed was Ghost.

Ghost was not claimed and came back to play 19 mins a night at RD and put himself on pace for a 45+ pt season while playing capable defense (surprise). He never actually went to AHL and never left Philly, it was a paper move that lasted 2 games and about 4 days. Its not like Philly threww him out because he was useless/overpaid. It was a calculated risk, that paid off.

Other than those 2 games on waivers and a suspension, he played almost every game he was healthy for.

Im not adverse to the idea of getting Dillon, who is more of what PHI lacks, just tired of saying that Ghost as a 40+ pt dman has value, but slightly overpaid. Most NHL fans just think hes a cap dump beacuse he was on waivers without actually knowing any of the situation.