SalarySwishSalarySwish
Avatar

Chum_Beard

Member Since
Jan. 18, 2020
Favourite Team
Pittsburgh Penguins
Forum Posts
158
Posts per Day
0.1
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 12, 2022 at 7:19 p.m.
Thread: Smashville goes smash
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>qc14</b></div><div>I get the thought behind the Wilson deal and its not crazy but if the Caps were to move him I just think their would be better offers out there.

Tolvanen is what he is at this point, an ok bottom 6 winger and doesn't hold much appeal. If Johansen can keep up what he did last year, he would be a good but not great 2c behind Kuzy. That is a big if, and I think they would be better served using that cap space on a Timo Meier or Tarasenko or on re-signing Strome and someone like Provorov. Johansen's contract is still so big that I just don't see him having much value -- Pacioretty did just go for literally nothing after all. That leaves them with a first, which once again is fine, but I would assume they could do better on the open market.</div></div>

All great points. I think the real question is what would the league value Wilson as at this point as a 28 year old. He’s not old, but he’s not young anymore and the style he plays typically caps around 32-33 years old. He’s also now coming off injuries. Now, the “lowering” traits aside he’s an absolute unicorn of a player in today’s league so teams may want to throw everything and the kitchen sink at the caps for him. I do think he’ll end up being moved as Washington starts eventually heading into the rebuild/post Ovi era