I'd much sooner trade Sheary. Hathaway brings a better grit presence and makes it so Wilson doesn't have to do that all on his own, and his 4th line chemistry with Dowd is something that is hard to match. I would instead trade Sheary and move Protas or Sprong to the left side.

Also not a fan of bringing in Leddy, Especially not for two years.

My preferred lines here would be

Ovi-Kuzy-Wilson
McMichael-Backy-Mantha
Sprong-Eller-Oshie
Hathaway-Dowd-Protas

Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
Alexeyev-TVR

Lapierre, Cholo, Leason/AJF as scratches

Can’t argue with that tbh. I only traded garnet cause I can see protas replacing him as a gritty option in place of Hathaway but trading away sheary is probably more appropriate. I only signed leddy to be a carbon copy replacement of Justin Schultz but obviously leddy is a bit better. I’m just not sure Washington have the depth to throw alexeyev into the team just this early. Plus they have the cap space to do so. Doesn’t have to be leddy but I’m sure he can be another reclamation project for a Detroit defenseman in Washington (i.e. Cholowski, Jensen and Mcilrath) lol.