Speculation: Caps Roster General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines/etc) | 2024-25 Summer Edition

[DWGie26]

Okay, then I guess I'm getting tangled up in how he worded it...



The idea that we need Eller more than we need McMichael paints a picture to me that might not be what he intends; that Eller is better for this team than McMichael.

Following that by saying McMichael has more value speaks directly to what you're saying -- that he's young with another year at a great number, and that has real value. But it's only a great number and that combo only has real value if McMichael's play is also valuable, which just feels contradicted to me by the first statement.

I suppose the first statement could mean that we need an impact 3C more than we need whatever McMichael is giving us today, specifically for the perils of playoff hockey. But specifically Eller? If the TDL rumors are true, Eller is WAY easier to upgrade.

Anyway, my apologies If I'm misunderstanding something here. I just don't see how those two sentences flow together. "We need Eller for a cup run more than we need McMichael," just doesn't compute for me.

@DWGie26, I know you were replying to a silly post comparing the two; that it wasn't you that took the convo there. But I guess I'm just not quite grasping your reply.

Been out all day. But short of what i was trying to describe is there are very few players I think (a) can fetch value, and (b) I am willing to move. McMichael is IMO the best piece we can move. Young, value contract, still an RFA at contract end. Replaceable given our pool of prospects.

Eller is established, won a cup with us, playing well. Not going to fetch much in a trade to bring something back. He is worth more to us than what we could fetch in a trade. And he is gone after this year so we’ll be working on 3C in offseason. McMichael definitely the better player, but in the vacuum of this season, the better value is Michael out (brining back an impact top 6) and Eller staying.

I know we are long past this but hope this helps clarify.