Nope not adding to Wilson for Nylander. The Capitals need to look to get drastically younger in any trade for Wilson and I’m not particularly enamored with Nylander nor do I think the Capitals would be in such a trade.
No they wouldn’t. The Capitals would just move on as they should and not look back. No sweat off our back. We are not a Mitch Marner away from anything and I’m okay with that. We’ll keep Ovechkin and Wilson and you can keep losing. I am firmly convinced the Leafs will not be competitive with Marner, Nylander, Matthews, and Tavares. It’s not the Capitals (or any other teams) job to clean up the Leafs mistakes.
Nothing I said contradicted that. If the Leafs ask for Ovechkin, the Capitals will say "no thanks" and hang up the phone.
He did miss 50 Games of the season returning from injury.
If the Leafs ask for Wilson the response will be the same.
I guess now that the seasons over you can spend all your time here on the boards. Pull up a chair, perhaps the same one you’ve been using for nearly the last century.
You've temped fate. Now a Nylander for Wilson trade is going to happen to make you look bad.
He hasn't been himself in a couple years throwing those dirty hits all the time.
LA fans wanted him so he could injure McDavid.
He plays hockey now. There are countless moments when you watch him that he could kill a guy but he doesn’t play that style any more. He’s still physical and hits like a truck but he’s been much smarter about it.
It might seem high but it would not shock me to see Wilson finish next season with 35 goals and 40 assists. With all of the potential changes in Washington he could(should) see PP time. Plays the whole season with Strome and Ovechkin. Less PK time would be great.
a 30 goal clip is just that, and nothing more.
It was intended to counter the narrative that he may be a worse player after his injury. He looked good after he got his legs back.a 30 goal clip is just that, and nothing more.
some players have awesome starts to the season and score a dozen goals in the first 6 weeks, than dont break 20 in total.
TW is a consistent 20 goal scorer and usually averages 40+ points over his career (his career 'average' in goals/season is under 17)
He is a physical beast, and i would guess every team would/should be interested, and many would overpay, but, lets not pretend he's more than he is offensively, because nobody is trading for his offensive prowess
Mind you, if the Leafs got him, he'd get suspended for skating too close to a guy in the playoffs.
I'd stick Wilson right in the goalie's face, and dare the defenders to try to move him ...that would easily open the lane for OV, more than he needs.
The “problem” is that Oshie is in that spot and he’s so good at what he does. Oshie probably is their best net front presence, he’s the best of the team at deflecting shots from the point, and his shot from the bumper shot is really effective. He’s also terrific at shielding the puck and keeping possession. And low mileage usage for Oshie who is getting up there in age and is breaking down frequently. I’d like to see Wilson there but I get why he’s not.
The Capitals should not be in the business of adding any $10M+ Players at any cost but certainly not Marner for Wilson. Guys like Wilson are underpaid and easily outplay their pay. Guys like Marner will perpetually fail to live up to the amount they are paid. Comparatively, as of today, Tom Wilson is fantastic ROI, Marner is not.
The Capitals could sign Two Dylan Stromes for less money than Mitch Marner is making to not get the Maple Leafs beyond the Second Round of the Playoffs and One Dylan Strome had 65 points feeing Ovi for a significant portion of this season.
