Not a chance from the Isles, Sorokin is their franchise goalie already and not trading him to a division rival.

It would take an overpay for the isles to trade him to the caps - Mcmichael would have to be included

Essentially 2 firsts an A prospect and a potential starting goalie is already an overpay

They would if they were going into a rebuild which they probably are

I could MAYBE understand trading Mantha if you needed to make room for him but to trade him and still have a lot of cap space is dumb. Dude is so good and can hit 70 points on the Caps.

Without Mcmichael the trade isn’t happening. With sorokin on the caps, it will be a late 1st. Samsonov doesn’t look like a starter in the NHL.

The isles aren’t rebuilding , they are going to re-tool.

The Capitals are not trading Anthony mantha

hasnt meshed well and is injured and we need roster space for prospects, it make alot of sense to trade him

Agreed. Don't think the Ducks start trading off picks at this point anyway. If they did, I'd imagine it's for someone with more than 2 years of control left...gotta build for the long term.

That being said, as a Ducks fan, I do love Anthony Mantha.

we should, that why the title is "what the caps should do"

I think if they are conifident in their younger players and prospects they will start prepping for playoff in the offseason, since they have most of the long term pieces

The whole point in trading samsonov is for the isles defensive system to help him and grow him into a starter, the potential is there. Also the islanders are going to rebuild becuase besides from sorokin and trotz they dont have any elite pieces and are in cap hell

The Isles aren't rebuilding, and even if they were you do not trade your 26 year old franchise goalie, you trade your 33 year old 1b goalie.

because they arent going to get any use out of sorokin so you trade him for picks, also your delousional if you think the islanders are going into a rebuild/ long retool

I don't know...It's pretty much a given that at least 2/3 of Rakell, Manson and Lindholm will be moved, which leaves some pretty big holes in the lineup. If it's me, and I'm probably hitting up the free agent forward market (Gaudreau, Forsberg, Hertl, etc.) before I go crazy sending out 1st round picks during a rebuild. Team is certainly overachieving right now (Which is fun to watch), but they're due for some regression.

Matt Barzal...

Edit: Pulock, Pelech...heck, they started the season 5-10-5, and are 13-7-1 since...that was with a ridiculous road trip to start the year, and without Pulock for the majority of it. Lou won't rebuild.

Sorry man that’s not going to do it, don’t really care to develop samsonov and trade a top 5 G to a division rival. Unless you send a proven top 6 forward like Mcmichael, it will never happen.

Trotz is awful, Pelech and Pulock would be the caps best defenseman, Barzal is a top 15 center, Dobson and Wahlstrom are top of the lineup players. They are not rebuilding, most of the isles best players are young.

This is again inaccurate. The Isles have Clutter and Hickey coming off the books next year for a combined $6M + $1M in cap increase. Dobson will probably get a increase to about $3.5M leaving the Isles with at least another $3.5M to add a LD or even more if Varly is traded.

When has Lou ever gone into a rebuild? Not 1 time in his career and at 80 he is going to now?

Why on earth would the Islanders trade Sorokin? If you wanna say it's because they're going to rebuild it still makes no sense. He's part of their core, they need him for the future, use your head.

First of all Trotz is a top 5 coach, he is dealing with bottom 5 management. Carlson is better than pelech and pulock, Barzal is lucky to be top 20 cener, Dobson and wahlstrom arent impact players and the islanders dont have any NHL ready prospects. They also have overpaid for mediocre middle six forward such as Lee, Nelson, PGP, Bailey and palmeri. You are very biased, have fun with the next 5+ years being mediocre or awful. Not even Sorokin could save your franchise

Lou is an awful Gm

Hes 26 heading into a rebuild not a 21 year old. He would just end up wasting his prime in a rebuild and will probably request a trade.

Yeah they clear some cap space but still have 30 mil tied up in mediocre forwards and essentially no future cant imagine any young players would want to sit through awful management and a rebuild. Islanders are a worse version of the 2000's oilers incompetant management with overpaid players

Trotz is not top 5 lmao, he’s an overrated coach carried by Barzal, his top pair and goaltending.

Goals above replacement (21-22 season)
Pelech: 7.9
Orlov:3.4
Carlson:3.2

Wins above replacement
Pelech: 1.4
Carlson: 0.6
Orlov: 0.6

Dobson and Wahlstrom are impact players , they’re better than any young players Washington has