Cap Of The Day: Adam Oates

by J.P. on Dec 19, 2008 6:04 AM EST

	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-	PP	SH	GW
Caps Career Stats (1997-2002)	387	73	290	363	126	5	20	2	15

Acquired from Boston with Bill Ranford and Rick Tocchet for Jim Carey, Anson Carter, Jason Allison and the Capitals' 3rd choice in the 1997 Entry Draft (Lee Goren), March 1, 1997.

Traded to Philadelphia for Maxime Ouellet and the Flyers' 1st (later traded to Dallas - Martin Vagner), 2nd (Maxime Daigneault) and 3rd (Derek Krestanovich) choices in the 2002 Entry Draft, March 19, 2002.

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The Oates trade to Philly

I remember when the Caps traded Oates to Philly. Everyone thought we had ripped off the Flyers big time. Particularly after he ended just being a rent-a-player for them. A 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd, AND a great (at the time) goalie prospect??!!

Turns out, the trade was pretty much a wash.

by ecouls1 on Dec 19, 2008 7:27 AM EST reply actions

The Caps fleeced the Flyers in the trade. The problem was that they screwed up the draft picks.

by David Getz on Dec 19, 2008 2:59 PM EST up reply actions

Yes and no. Mostly yes, but they traded that first round pick (#26-Martin Vagner), their own 2002 second round pick (#42-Marius Holtet) and their 2003 sixth round pick (#185-Francis Wathier) to Dallas for the Stars’ 2002 first round pick, thirteenth overall, which they used to draft… Alex Semin.

So when it’s all said and done, the Caps basically got Semin for Oates. I’ll take it.

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by J.P. on Dec 19, 2008 3:18 PM EST up reply actions

I did not know that. Good info, JP.

by David Getz on Dec 22, 2008 11:20 AM EST up reply actions

Too bad...

With all respect to Chris Simon and Monsieur Juneau, too bad we could never get a world-class winger to play next to Oates. He still had some tread in the tires when he joined us in 1997. Having a first-line of “Oates + Stud Winger” and a second-line of “Bondra + whomever” would have made us a much more meaningful team in the late 90s/early 2000s. At least Oates helped us get to the SC Finals.

by Kareem E. on Dec 19, 2008 12:07 PM EST reply actions

Oatesy

Class, class , class on the ice. Kinda like Nylander without all the senseless pirouetting….

by Pi on Dec 22, 2008 11:13 AM EST reply actions

Nyls drinking game

Wanna get wasted during the next Caps game? Take a drink every time Nylander gratuitously pirouettes, curls or otherwise spins. You’ll be hammered by his 5th shift. Then try saying 5th shift three times fast.

I do this at the games. The people in my section love it.

Just to keep this on-topic, Oates was a brilliant passer. Pretty much anyone you put alongside him was guaranteed to have a career year.

by D'ohboy on Dec 23, 2008 12:56 AM EST up reply actions

I loved having Adam Oates on the team. The pride of RPI along with Joe Juneau – hooray for upstate NY! I took my daughter to meet him at a Sears store in Falls Church, and she was totally delighted, as was I, since he was just such a nice guy. Half of the people in the line were irked b/c another person who was supposed to appear was Tyson Beckford, and he never showed up. Yeah, you guys will fuss at me for this, but there were a lot of things going on in the earlier days that didn’t end out as all of might have liked, but it was still exciting. And, Oatsie and Joe were part of it. Lots of guys got traded so they might have a chance to play with contenders. We’re now contenders – and all of us love it.

by pearlgirl on Dec 23, 2008 12:37 AM EST reply actions

i miss this guy. he was my favorite player on the caps. that cup run did it for me.

by oates_meal on Mar 19, 2009 9:32 AM EDT reply actions

there also is no one on this team that can come close to passing like him. or FACEOFFS!

by oates_meal on Mar 19, 2009 9:33 AM EDT reply actions

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