Craig Laughlin Fan
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Don't think Washington will move Dowd with retention for anything less than a first, simply due to the loss of the retention slot over the next year. Don't know if they're super excited about Lavoie either. He'd struggle to ever get meaningful playing time in DC since he'd be behind prospects like Leonard, Lapierre, and Miroshnichenko (and due to the sheer amount of Caps forwards on longer deals, hard to see him supplanting someone like Milano or Protas). I think if they are looking at prospects, they'd probably be looking more at a LHD a few years out from NHL play, since Fehervary, Alexeyev, and in a sense Sandin have all graduated up to the NHL the last couple years.