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

[qc14]

Habs fan here

I would like to know what would You Ask for Hendrix Lapierre?
Do you see NHL potentiel ? Top 6 or Top 9 ? Center of LW?

I'd probably value him at around a second round pick, but would want to move him in a larger package for an established NHL player. I think he ends up as an offensive 3c in the NHL who could play up with elite wingers if you have no better option and is a pretty good PP2 option. Stylistically I think he's a bit less of a passer and more of a balanced offensive player than most of these guys but I think for some NHL comps and roles you're looking at a Stephenson at the absolute high end, then maybe Domi, then Colton, then Roslovic, then Krebs, then a AAAA guy like a Mike Sgarbossa at the bottom.

I don't really see what a deal with Montreal would look like though. Maybe Lapierre for Evans would've been a solid base of something if he wasn't extended. Ideally though Washington would move him along with a first round pick for a legit top 6 forward though and Montreal doesn't have that guy to move.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Get a guy who can play in the top six and either push someone down or establish a scoring threat on the third line. That bottom 6 needs help. Feels like that fourth line hasn’t been the same as they were at the beginning of the year for a bit.

 

[trick9]

Do it. Not for the blue chips. But do it.

= Rantanen didn't take their contract offer.

I think they still keep him and he goes back to Colorado for free in the summer.

 

[MW6]

= Rantanen didn't take their contract offer.

I think they still keep him and he goes back to Colorado for free in the summer.

Don’t you think there’ll be bad blood between Rantanen and Avs after they traded away him out of the blue?

 

[trick9]

Don’t you think there’ll be bad blood between Rantanen and Avs after they traded away him out of the blue?

Who knows?

It's where his life, friends and everything have been for a long time. Seeing that trade was propably frustrating for him at the time, but after 4 months? I don't know. Maybe he'll feel differently after a while.

 

[MW6]

Who knows?

It's where his life, friends and everything have been for a long time. Seeing that trade was propably frustrating for him at the time, but after 4 months? I don't know. Maybe he'll feel differently after a while.

Yeah, it’s an even better situation for them in Colorado with the additions of Necas and Drury. Maybe they were playing 3D chess all along!?

 

[trick9]

Yeah, it’s an even better situation for them in Colorado with the additions of Necas and Drury. Maybe they were playing 3D chess all along!?

Would be hilarious if it end up that way. They already have the platform as of what it'd take to sign Rantanen, and while they added cap space with Necas and Drury, they can easily make the cap work by multiple different ways. Could finally get rid of the rotten apple in Valeri Nichuskin when his NMC expires in the summer, or could move Mittelstadt and move Necas to 2C. That said they might move Mittelstadt already at the TDL if they want to add more already.

It'd be a masterpiece from the Avs to turn few months of Rantanen + Nichuskin for Rantanen + Necas + Drury + futures you get for Nichuskin.

 

[Kuz]

Could finally get rid of the rotten apple in Valeri Nichuskin when his NMC expires in the summer

Nichuskin is a very good player when on the ice and he had a very good playoff when they won and also last year with 9 goals in 8 games. Problem is his off ice problems. If Colorado decide to trade him he will have limited value because of them.

 

[marcel snapshot]

Rod’s style of play seems to handcuff creative, improvisational talent. If the Canes don’t sign Rantanen, they will have solidified themselves as the franchise to avoid for high-end forward talent. Which would be just a shame, eh?