Proposal: PIT-WSH

[CheckingLineCenter]

Acciari

for

WSH 2026 4th

Free Acciari. Washington will let him be a nailgun again. He can kill people back out on the wing with Duhaime and Dowd. Think this would be a great fit.

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[Empoleon8771]

I think you have the 4th on the wrong side.

I think Acciari is tradeable, but it would likely be similar to the Eric Fehr trade from the Penguins old cup teams. Something like Acciari and a 4th for an AHLer.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

I think you have the 4th on the wrong side.

I think Acciari is tradeable, but it would likely be similar to the Eric Fehr trade from the Penguins old cup teams. Something like Acciari and a 4th for an AHLer.

Last thing Pens need is cap. They won’t do that.

GMs won’t assign negative value to Acciari. Especially now that the cap is jumping.

And rightfully so, he’s been brutally miscast as a Penguin. He should be out on the wing.

 

[Roshi]

No thanks from Caps. We are looking for bigger fish.

Mangiapane, Frank, Raddysh, Duhaime, Vrana, Milano, Leonard, Mironischenko, and if we add top6 - also McMichael. Thats 8-9 bottom6 wingers as it is.

Theres just no need or spot for Acciari.

 

[OtherThingsILike]

Acciari will find a spot and return a small asset, but it will likely be with a team like Columbus or Anaheim.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

I like Acciari but he doesn’t move the needle or really displace anyone. I guess he’s an upgrade on Raddyish but that’s not going to make a significant difference.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

I like Acciari but he doesn’t move the needle or really displace anyone. I guess he’s an upgrade on Raddyish but that’s not going to make a significant difference.

Wasn’t there a thought from Friedman or someone that Washington didn’t want to mess with their chemistry too much? Was my thinking with the proposal but I could be remembering incorrectly.

 

[Random schmoe]

The opinion of this Caps fan is that the main guy on the Pens - that may be available - that I'd go after is Rakell. He provides the top 6 scoring the Caps reportedly want, and I'd expect that his cap hit won't be too much of an impediment to their ability to fill out the rest of the roster with good pieces.

 

[um]

I think the Caps have a surplus of bottom 6/4th line wingers. We need a middle-six forward.

 

[PensandCaps]

who wants an ECHLer?

 

[Empoleon8771]

The opinion of this Caps fan is that the main guy on the Pens - that may be available - that I'd go after is Rakell. He provides the top 6 scoring the Caps reportedly want, and I'd expect that his cap hit won't be too much of an impediment to their ability to fill out the rest of the roster with good pieces.

That's interesting because I wouldn't have considered the Capitals a team looking for a winger like Rakell. They definitely have the futures assets the Penguins would want, they have a top-10 prospect pool and pretty much all of their picks.

Mangiapane, their 2026 1st and another piece for Rakell looks pretty reasonable. I think the Penguins targeting Lapierre as the third piece would actually make a lot of sense, but I'm unsure if that would be too much from Washington. It's tough to gauge Lapierre's value right now.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Wasn’t there a thought from Friedman or someone that Washington didn’t want to mess with their chemistry too much? Was my thinking with the proposal but I could be remembering incorrectly.

Yes that’s true, but I take everything insiders say about Washington with a grain of salt. Friedman also said he wouldn’t be surprised if Washington dropped a bombshell trade that nobody saw coming (like Vrana for Mantha, Brouwer for Oshie, Jensen for Chychrun, etc). The Capitals front office is notoriously tight-lipped and has very few if any credible leaks.

Caps fans are split on how to approach the deadline. Some are concerned about messing up chemistry, others want to make bold moves since the team is good and Ovi is getting old.

They also have to consider Ryan Leonard in all of this. He more than likely will sign after BC’s season and will probably be in the lineup for Washington in the playoffs, so that’s already one addition they need to account for.