I don’t honestly know these two teams cap situations, but is it possible someone like Washington or Pittsburgh can swoop in and get Timo?
They’re almost definitely both first round exits and that’s if both teams even make the playoffs to begin with. Washington wants to keep competing as long as Ovechkin is playing and they got rid of both goalies just to bring in Kuemper this off-season, who will likely be toast before the deal ends.
And like I said, both of these teams are as close as you can get to first round exit locks as is. Neither have won a round since 2018. Caps have been a one and done since the cup win in 2018 and the Pens won the first round the year after their 2017 cup and have won nothing since. They even very embarrassingly lost the play-in round to Montreal in 2020.
Is it possible a team like those two can swoop in?