Tuesday Roundup - Gameday: Caps @ Bruins

I agree with you, Grape. Seems as if that Feinstein is putting quite a burden on GMGM here. Of course, the key word is “attainable”. It depends on how desperate McPhee is by March, eh?

If we’re going to get any goalie, the only really option in my eyes is Niklas Backstrom. Wild are going to be sellers potentially, and will want an NHLer and a prospect for him. The problem is, for you guys, Clark and Nylander may go nowhere, and GMGM may move someone you don’t think deserves to go. And no one does, really. But for the team to get better, someone might have to. And the only way that GMGM can get a move for a goalie done is if he moves a goalie. I wouldn’t be surprised to see something like Neuwirth and Johnson (or theo) for Backstrom. I think a few people may not like the upcoming trade deadline, and are posting online for help from McPhee, but I have to say, I don’t see Nyls going anywhere.

Why is anyone putting any kind of credibility on what John Feinstein opines about hockey?

+1

double.

although it is possible that someone ghost wrote it for him.

but he, like the rest of the Post Columnists are pretty ignorant to Hockey. Who cares if theys cover the Leafs too much. The Canadian media is best for hockey coverage.

Yeah, though it sure seemed like Koho didn’t mind sticking it to the Schoenfeld Caps despite that factoid. I always think he’s screwing the Caps, but it’s probably just bias on my part. He is, dare I say it, relatively competent as NHL officials go.

I doubt very much that Toronto would be interested in Lepisto because he’s looking more and more like a guy who can do well at the AHL level but not the NHL. Plus he doesn’t play anything remotely resembling Brian Burke’s preferred style of play. Plus the Leafs could get a much better offer than that for him, I would guess something analogous to what Buffalo got for Campbell. The most realistic option for the Capitals would probably be something like Morrisonn, Neuvirth, and a first round draft pick.

As for Schenn….Schenn’s a 19 year old top five pick from six months ago. He projects as a franchise defenseman and is the Leafs best prospect by miles. He’s not going anywhere, especially not for two depth defensemen.

Kaberle is a good defenseman but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s worth what it would take to get him.

The Capitals are all but up against the cap, so to put on Kaberle’s $4.25M salary, they’d need to free up almost that much cap space. Moving Morrisonn would free up $1.975M, but there’s no way (that I can think of) to free up that additional ~$2.25M other than trading Nylander. Even assuming Nylander could be persuaded to waive that no-movement clause, the Capitals would probably have to pay another team to take him off their hands, i.e. rather than Neuvirth, a first rounder pick, and Morrisonn for Kaberle it would become Neuvrith, Morrisonn, Nylander, a first round pick, and a second round pick.

The idea of the Capitals getting a top flight late season acquisition is just unrealistic in my opinion, given their cap situation.

I wouldn’t cry if we let Morrisonn go for a sack of pucks.

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