Proposal: Nashville- Washington

[895]

To Washington
Ryan O'Reilly

To Nashville
1st 2025
Hendrix Lapierre (or your choice of another prospect in the same tier, or a 2nd round pick)
Ethan Bear (for salary purposes only, UFA)

What do you say?

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[aerovette99]

Washington Accepts

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

It's Marty Erat all over again!

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

It's Marty Erat all over again!

and who’s forsberg

 

[BonMorrison]

Easy yes for Nashville

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

and who’s forsberg

It was a joke, but presumably if Washington knew what they had with Forsberg at the time, they wouldn't have done it.

 

[GRob83]

Counter offer:

O'Reilly and Forsberg for Vrana, Lapierre, Mangiapane, Alexeyev, 2025 1st

 

[Misery74]

Counter offer:

O'Reilly and Forsberg for Vrana, Lapierre, Mangiapane, Alexeyev, 2025 1st

If Nashville counters with this, Washington sends a jet before the phone call ends.

 

[GRob83]

If Nashville counters with this, Washington sends a jet before the phone call ends.

And in an ironic turn of events, the Capitals win the Stanley Cup over the Jets

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

To Washington
Ryan O'Reilly

To Nashville
1st 2025
Hendrix Lapierre (or your choice of another prospect in the same tier, or a 2nd round pick)
Ethan Bear (for salary purposes only, UFA)

What do you say?

I'm 100% in favor of the Preds trading O'Reilly at the TDL (despite that I firmly believe Barry Trotz will honor his "unwritten NMC" and not consider moving him).

Nevertheless, with this offer on the table, I'd certainly go shopping elsewhere first. We already have 2 late 1sts in the 2025 draft, and it is reputed to be a particularly weak draft at the end of the 1st round. Lapierre has shown some good things, but seems to be stalling out a bit as a prospect? I am not convinced he's the kind of player whose potential might be successfully unlocked under the current Nashville regime. He's more likely to end up on waivers or traded for a 2027 4th round draft pick next season, if he was in Nashville.

So to me, I don't think this offer is good enough. O'Reilly is slowing down, but somebody out there should be able to offer a better fit for the Preds' needs. Maybe with a 2026 1st, certainly with a better prospect. (I still don't think Trotz would take even a better offer, however, not unless that prospect really bumped into a prohibitively higher tier ).

 

[Soundgarden]

To Washington
Ryan O'Reilly

To Nashville
1st 2025
Hendrix Lapierre (or your choice of another prospect in the same tier, or a 2nd round pick)
Ethan Bear (for salary purposes only, UFA)

What do you say?

Easy yes from Nashville.

Counter offer:

O'Reilly and Forsberg for Vrana, Lapierre, Mangiapane, Alexeyev, 2025 1st

Lol, no.

 

[Drake1588]

I’d rather the Caps promote Lapierre for 3C than give up the first rounder and the prospect.

Prices thus far seem nutty. I hope the Caps sit this one out.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I'd marinate on it and see if something else came along, but I think it's reasonable and wouldn't be upset if that's the return we got. I guess partly because I think most of Nashville is just one big "meh, whatever" mood right now with hockey. Hard to get fired up about much at this point.