Is there a narrative that the Capitals are sacrificing everything to get Ovechkin the Goal Record? Is there a double standard with regards to Crosby?

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Truthfully, the Caps and Penguins situation is drastically different looking at it today.

The Caps were nowhere near as aggressive as the Penguins were when it came to giving up the future for the present/winning.

Hell the Blackhawks didn't even go as deep into the well as the Penguins and look what happened to them.

I guess I am failing to see what the Penguins could have actually done to right the ship here this quickly.

Yes, hindsight, never make the Karlsson trade. (easy as hell to sit here and make that claim now)

Don't sign Jarry and Graves (both dollar amounts okay but term way too long, but other teams survive these contracts)

Have some sort of magical ball to stop trading first rounders post 2020. (this is probably the easiest one to sit back and deduce)

I mean outside of the above, they weren't lucky like the Capitals in the sense that aging players who were on the downside of their careers with very healthy contracts getting injured to become much younger.

They had nowhere near the draft picks to find talented young players. Lets be honest, to stop what is going on with the Penguins team as they all age would have taken a f***ing miracle to begin with. That miracle being hitting on almost every trade/draft pick.

Its honestly just an unintelligent idea to sit and try to say these teams are in the same position. There are very massive differences in how things played out.

Give the Penghins a few years to also shed deadweight and large amounts of money while stacking young talent and we can compare then.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Here is the scenario I want to put out there.…

Oshie and Backstrom never get injured and the Capitals have to carry them this year.

Outside of the better and more ready prospect pool (as stated previously they had much more ammo with draft picks)…

Is the Capitals team really that much different than the Penguins this year?

 

[Neil Racki]

Basically the question is in the title.

Do you believe (a) there is a narrative that Washington has sacrificed all team building for the sake of Ovechkin's legacy/pursuit of goal scoring record, (b) that this narrative has any merit, (c) that Pittsburgh has somehow escaped the same level of scrutiny with regards to the late stages of Crosby's career, (d) if there is a double standard, that this is somewhat warranted?

a) They have sacrificed some but not all ... Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome, maybe JC and his contract could be moved

b) some merit. Our prior GMBM said last year its a balance of trying to get younger while staying competitive

c) Pittsburgh sucks ... f***ing joke franchise right now

d) Each team has its own standard .. .this is subjective, I personally dont care about the penguins or what they do or dont do

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

I've been saying this for years. If the Caps really want to speed up the process for Ovechkin becoming the greatest goal scorer in NHL history. Then they should trade their picks for a pure playmaking center to help Ovy get there.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Why not, I don't see the issues in doing so. It isn't like you have much else to do during your shitty rebuild years? But maybe hope you strike gold and have a Cinderella run?