Confirmed with Link: Glencross to Capitals for 2015 2nd+3rd rounders

[Ovechtrick89*]

That would be the biggest fleecing of all time

Well we got fleeced for one of the best prospects since the millennium last year so i think some Hockey karma would be warmly welcomed in DC

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

They can't draft for **** past the 1st round so the picks don't matter, but to use them on Glencross is very underwhelming. I could live with that price for Cole.

What? Orlov, Carrick, Bowey, Barber, Grubauer?

 

[IafrateOvie34]

2015 2nd and 2016 4th, good deal.

This and Glencross should be hungry for playoff action.

 

[Cush]

@CraigCustance: Flames tried hard to get Buffalo's third-round pick from Washington as part of that deal but it's the Capitals 3rd going back to Calgary.

At least they kept that pick. Still seems pricey to me

 

[KevinM]

Well we got fleeced for one of the best prospects since the millennium last year so i think some Hockey karma would be warmly welcomed in DC

Don't worry, Glencross will surely carry that Kuz line and provide the secondary scoring relief we'll need in the playoffs.

 

[Bure]

which? why?

Well that depends. Do you want Mojo at 1RW, i see Bura a better fit there and that pushes Mojo to 2LW or 3LW. Seems like that would push Laich out of the lineup since Glencross plugs into either 2LW or 3LW. Assuming coaches prefer Chimera on 4LW, which seems like they do lately. Laich as a healthy scratch I don't know if that's smart. I mean they could keep him for depth or trade him for a deal around Cole.

 

[Ovechtrick89*]

Anyone see the video of Glencross being pulled from practice?

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/flames-deal-glencross-capitals/

 

[vippe]

I like it.

 

[Ovechtrick89*]

Don't worry, Glencross will surely carry that Kuz line and provide the secondary scoring relief we'll need in the playoffs.

Love the sarcasm, but i'd truthfully prefer to see Glencross than Mojo being shoved off the puck at every opportunity

 

[Zoidberg Jesus]

Not really.

Glencross is very similar player as Brouwer (20-20 all situation guy) and we paid 1st round pick to acquire him.

Because Brouwer was an RFA with years of team control left. Totally different situations.

 

[Capitlols]

What? Orlov, Carrick, Bowey, Barber, Grubauer?

They've all contributed a great deal...we have no idea what they'll provide.

Before that, Perreault was the most successful and they gave up on him.

 

[BiPolar Caps]

@CraigCustance: Flames tried hard to get Buffalo's third-round pick from Washington as part of that deal but it's the Capitals 3rd going back to Calgary.

So we did win.

 

[Suds]

I guess this means the "S" man from Chicago is not coming?

 

[KevinM]

Love the sarcasm, but i'd truthfully prefer to see Glencross than Mojo being shoved off the puck at every opportunity

I'd have to think Mojo is going to be a lock for 1RW now and Burt's headed for Hershey.

 

[Brian23]

I'm seemingly one of the few who like Mojo, but I can't imagine why it is they want to put him back on line 1. I'm fine with rotating Dre or Wilson there depending on matchups. What they needed was a 1 or 2 RW to bump Brouwer down or a center to move Kuzya over.

Instead we get a LW who hasn't played a full season in years...? What is life.

 

[g00n]

My first impression is that this is overpayment for a player that helps the middle of the lineup some, and it needs a big splash move up top to make the "all in" campaign look like something more than a continuation of McPhee's escalating tendency to mortgage the future with half-measures.

 

[Tofveve]

Not really.

Glencross is very similar player as Brouwer (20-20 all situation guy) and we paid 1st round pick to acquire him.

This.

Caps got a 20 goal scorer still if he can play 70 games next year (if resigned). Good for another 5 or 6 this year (or more with a better team like Washington).

 

[Raikkonen]

If Glencross agreed to be traded to Caps (to waive his NTC) he will probably sign here for some adequate money.

If he's truly Trotz-type player - that's improvement.

More to that - he's a player for Laich's spot. That could be a part of the interesting process (like losing Laich).

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

This trade is decent. GlennX is a useful player.

They really need a 1st line RW, though. MaJo doesn't cut it there and Bura isn't ready at this point, IMHO.

 

[Ovechtrick89*]

This trade is decent. GlennX is a useful player.

They really need a 1st line RW, though. MaJo doesn't cut it there and Bura isn't ready at this point, IMHO.

Bura showed his nasty potential with Ovi against the Ducks, but those crappy teams that don't want to play hockey and like to just smash you into the boards for 60 minutes is something Bura isn't ready for.

 

[EroCaps]

Need more.

But good deal.

 

[Suds]

Need more.

At least one more

 

[Zoidberg Jesus]

My first impression is that this is overpayment for a player that helps the middle of the lineup some, and it needs a big splash move up top to make the "all in" campaign look like something more than a continuation of McPhee's escalating tendency to mortgage the future with half-measures.

That's my feeling as well. Also reminds me a bit of the Erat trade - adding a wrong-side-of-30 winger with an injury history and in a down year and hoping he'll A) stay healthy and B) go back to playing like they did a few years ago.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Bura showed his nasty potential with Ovi against the Ducks, but those crappy teams that don't want to play hockey and like to just smash you into the boards for 60 minutes is something Bura isn't ready for.

The Playoffs are when the good teams play like the crappy teams. At least the ones that win.

 

[hockeykicker]

I saw that we sent Schilling down earlier. Glencross takes volpatti spot. Who takes Schilling?