League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) | 2024-25 Summer Edition

[twabby]

Maybe it's just the meadmosa talking, but I'd love Pettersson in a Caps uniform. Seems like a great buy low candidate.

Not sure how any potential trade could work, unfortunately.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Maybe it's just the meadmosa talking, but I'd love Pettersson in a Caps uniform. Seems like a great buy low candidate.

Not sure how any potential trade could work, unfortunately.

Vancouver are fools if JT Miller isn’t the one shipped out….

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Maybe it's just the meadmosa talking, but I'd love Pettersson in a Caps uniform. Seems like a great buy low candidate.

Not sure how any potential trade could work, unfortunately.

Where does he fit? I’d definitely agree if they hadn’t made the trade for PLD but I don’t see a spot or the cap space for EP, unless your suggestion is that Strome goes back the otherwise way as part of the deal.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

unless your suggestion is that Strome goes back the otherwise way as part of the deal.

That would certainly be my suggestion. I think the Strome of the past month or so is closer to the real Strome than the one we saw inside the top 10 in leaguewide scoring.

 

[twabby]

Yeah I don't have a logical fit for him. I just think if he is traded he is going to flourish and I wish there was a way he'd fit here.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Where does he fit? I’d definitely agree if they hadn’t made the trade for PLD but I don’t see a spot or the cap space for EP, unless your suggestion is that Strome goes back the otherwise way as part of the deal.

Would have to be Strome & Mangiapane, plus whatever else, just to get the dollars to work — much less the value

 

[Calicaps]

If Van is dumb enough to trade Pettersen, I hope he stays in the west, tho I doubt it, because he’ll likely take off.

 

[Melkor]

That would certainly be my suggestion. I think the Strome of the past month or so is closer to the real Strome than the one we saw inside the top 10 in leaguewide scoring.

Regardless of who the real Strome is, Strome since the moment he was signed with the Capitals has been of the better players on the team, maybe in the entire league by a contract/play quality ratio. If you take him out of the lineup and replace with the guy making more than twice the amount Strome is you better get on the board someone much more proven than Pettersson who's also struggling at the moment.

Long story short, you either trade Strome for Mackinnons/Rantanens/Kaprizovs/Kucherovs/Barkovs of the world (obviously adding a bunch of picks/prospects) or don't touch him at all.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Regardless of who the real Strome is, Strome since the moment he was signed with the Capitals has been of the better players on the team, maybe in the entire league by a contract/play quality ratio. If you take him out of the lineup and replace with the guy making more than twice the amount Strome is you better get on the board someone much more proven than Pettersson who's also struggling at the moment.

Long story short, you either trade Strome for Mackinnons/Rantanens/Kaprizovs/Kucherovs/Barkovs of the world (obviously adding a bunch of picks/prospects) or don't touch him at all.

Pettersson is plenty proven, he's probably a top 13 or 14 centre in the league over his entire career, not including this weird locker room year. Meanwhile, I don't think Strome is even the best centre on the Capitals.

The only reason I'd balk at the idea is the money, I agree with that. But I think Pettersson is good enough to go for it... it'd almost certainly mean moving out Sandin with him, which would be tough since he's been very good this year, but Hutson is coming as early as 2026 to replace him in an ideal world.

 

[RedRocking]

Pettersson is plenty proven, he's probably a top 13 or 14 centre in the league over his entire career, not including this weird locker room year. Meanwhile, I don't think Strome is even the best centre on the Capitals.

The only reason I'd balk at the idea is the money, I agree with that. But I think Pettersson is good enough to go for it... it'd almost certainly mean moving out Sandin with him, which would be tough since he's been very good this year, but Hutson is coming as early as 2026 to replace him in an ideal world.

I love EP’s talent when he’s healthy and engaged. But, he hasn’t really been either of those things consistently since he signed his big deal a year ago. He was a no show in the playoffs last year. Not sure if it’s the locker room stuff, or some LBI (as Nucks fans speculate). Basically we’d be re-running the Kuzy Experience: a soft, mercurial 1C.

Still, I can see VAN badly losing any potential EP trade in the long run. Given their ages, it’s probably Miller who gets shipped out, if anything.

EP for Strome + Sandin/Fever is interesting as it’s exactly what VAN wants. Would probably gut our locker room though.