SalarySwishSalarySwish
Avatar

BackstromIsTheGoat

Caps fan
Member Since
May 18, 2022
Favourite Team
Washington Capitals
2nd Favourite Team
Montreal Canadiens
Forum Posts
331
Posts per Day
0.5
Forum: Armchair-GM22 hours ago
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 13 at 6:03 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KingExLeafs</b></div><div>The 1st and Liljegren have better long-term value than 1 year of Dowd at 1.4 million and Strome for four more years. If the Caps are trying to make the playoffs I agree this doesn't make sense for them, but if they're entering a rebuild, it's a very good deal because Jarnkrok and Kampf can be flipped in 2 years for more picks. And with their cap hit being so low a lot of teams will try to trade for them.</div></div>

You speak like Strome is some 30yo vet.
Long-term value doesn't get trades done in the NHL. Casey Mittelstadt who is 2 years younger than Strome and having a slightly worse season acquired them Sabres Bowen Byram. Elias Lindholm who is having a worse season than Strome and is older than him got the Flames a 1st, a 2nd line winger, a good D prospect, and another young d prospect. Sean Monahan who is older than Strome and also having a worse season got the Habs a 1st round pick. Strome on his own is worth more than the 1st and Liljegren, add in the negative value players you want to get rid of AND you want Dowd.

+ Jarnkrok who has no value is 32 and will only regress and Kampf who is a negative impact NHL is 29 and will also only regress, but somehow despite being worth nothing now they will be worth something in 2 years?

Even if the Caps aren't trying to make the playoffs it doesn't make sense for them to undersell on a 27yo center who has been getting better every year while also allowing for the younger players to flourish behind him, or to undersell on a veteran UFA center who provides stability in the D-zone and takes on the hardest matchups allowing the younger players to play against easier competition + they'll trade him at the deadline for more than negative value. It also doesn't make sense for them to take Liljegren and not move a dman giving them 5 RHD and 3 LHD on the NHL roster + another young RHD who's NHL ready in Iorio. Then you want them to take 2 roster spots away from younger players for old bums in Jarnkrok and Kampf for multiple years without any kind of compensation?

Your trade offer doesn't acquire Strome on his own. Jarnkrok and Kampf are not being moved without serious compensation attached to both of them given that it costs the Caps a total of 11.4M over 3 years to prevent younger players from playing.

Your trade is like if you walked into a bar to get a beer and handed the bartender a couple of hockey cards and said "here hold onto these and they may have value one day" and then also gave him the lint in your pocket.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 12 at 1:47 p.m.