Proposal: Laine to Washington
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My understanding is that most or all of that will be reduced with LTIR
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Maurice of Orange
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Isn’t Laine at his best on the PP in exactly the same spot as Ovy? Doesn’t seem like a fit to me.
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TVR is expendable to me, can send him off if that's the the issue.
Ovechkin can barely score from that spot nowadays. He'd be a better a fit in front of the net tipping pucks in.
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Caps don’t have any Finnish players and haven’t for a long time. Only recently did they spend a late round draft pick on one. Seems like you usually have a few Finns or none?
Beyond that I don’t see the Caps sending what could very possibly be a top ten pick for Laine.
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A first is too much, especially without retention or any lottery protections. Oshie’s contract is meaningless as he’ll be on LTIR anyway. Not giving up a 1st and a good prospect/player for Laine coming off of a season with 6 goals in 18 games.
Would certainly be interested in bringing PL to DC but not at that price.
Would certainly be interested in bringing PL to DC but not at that price.
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Besides Henrik Borgstrom’s 1 game during the 2022-23 season the Caps haven’t had any Fins on the roster since the 2007-08 season.
Washington’s doesn’t have an extensive history of players from Finland on their team either.
The most famous Fin to play for the Caps was Esa Tikkanen who only played 20 games for the Caps.
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Last year Ovechkin was 14th in PPG in the league and 1st on the Caps by almost double the next guy.
Viqsi
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I'm pretty sure we'd get better offers. Heck, we've gotten better offers proposed here from other in-division rivals.
One Team Interested in Blue Jackets' Patrik Laine
Ever since Patrik Laine exited the NHL’s Players Assistance Program, the Columbus Blue Jackets have had the opportunity to trade the offensively gifted forward.
www.si.com
Viqsi
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Non sequitur. A proposal you like doesn't abruptly become good or bad based on that. The article that's being cited by SI also points out, for example, that Laine staying here to rebuild value is a very real possibility.One Team Interested in Blue Jackets' Patrik Laine
Ever since Patrik Laine exited the NHL’s Players Assistance Program, the Columbus Blue Jackets have had the opportunity to trade the offensively gifted forward.
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This seems like a generous interpretationOne Team Interested in Blue Jackets' Patrik Laine
Ever since Patrik Laine exited the NHL’s Players Assistance Program, the Columbus Blue Jackets have had the opportunity to trade the offensively gifted forward.
“ Waddell told the Columbus Dispatch that only one team has reached out about Laine.
At this point of the offseason, organizations are settling in for some well-deserved downtime and aren’t worried about making moves or signings.”
He really isn't a very good PP guy anymore all he does is shoot and when the puck is on his stick in a non shooting position he gets rid of it like a grenade.
He was tied for 50th in PPP while being 3rd in PP TOI, a full 32 minutes more than Kucherov.
That being said Laine isn't the answer here either.
Don’t want Laine on my favorite team
Value for Laine may not equal Bluejacket fan expectation
Agreed. Trade deadline or next offseason may be more likely
You can just toss that straight into the garbage...its from Hedger. He legit has no sources inside the room right now. He also learned this summer how the dark art of "Clickbait" journalism gets him more interactions/views so he's devolved himself into a "Roger Hicks noted NHL insider" account to the point his parody account was recognized as being a legit news story (I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!). He completely bungled the coaching hire story last month to the point he shredded every last bit of credibility he had. Its getting so bad how he wants to be part of the story and not just reporting to story.
If you want to know whats going on in Columbus stick with Portzline and stay away from anything Hedger says.
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No thanks, no interest in Laine for anything close to what Jackets fans want for him.
Too much, with the off ice history and injury history I don't see Laine getting any value back. He'll be a cap dump, trade of problems type of trade.
I'm not giving up a 1st if I'm the Caps any time soon. They're heading into a dark place in the next year or two once the record is obtained. They can't afford to trade away 1st for damaged goods. If CBJ is holding out for a 1st they'll probably be seeing Laine in their lineup this season. If you look at all the moves the caps made to aquire misfit toys none of them were for 1st or decent prospects. I doubt they change the course of the ship for Laine.
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Are you assuming protections on the draft pick that were not listed? That pick is going to be in the running for 1st overall in 26, perhaps the frontrunner for it.
No one is trading that for Laine and the Blue Jackets would take it and run if it was on the table
Viqsi
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I was, but more to the point I don't think Washington's going to fall that far that quickly (we should be so lucky).
You think the Caps will be drafting potentially 1OA in two years?
