Capitals acquire TJ Oshie

[CarltonTheBear]

The Washington Capitals have acquired right wing T.J. Oshie from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for right wing Troy Brouwer, goaltender Pheonix Copley and a third-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, senior vice president and general manager Brian MacLellan announced today.

http://capitalstoday.monumentalnetwork.com/2015/07/02/capitals-acquire-tj-oshie-from-st-louis

Not sure I get this from a Blues perspective. Oshie's a better player and he and Brouwer are pretty close cap wise. So they don't gain much space and pick up a worse player. All for a 3rd rounder?

 

[Kin]

http://capitalstoday.monumentalnetwork.com/2015/07/02/capitals-acquire-tj-oshie-from-st-louis

Not sure I get this from a Blues perspective. Oshie's a better player and he and Brouwer are pretty close cap wise. So they don't gain much space and pick up a worse player. All for a 3rd rounder?

Copley seemed to have a decent half a season in the AHL. So that's something maybe.

 

[bustaheims]

What terrible deal for the Blues. I mean, unless Copley is the next Hasek/Roy/Price/whichever elite goalie you like, this is a major fail.

 

[L K]

So now a pretty solid Capitals lineup adds Williams and Oshie and they have roughly 16 million in cap space left to re-sign Holtby, Kuznetsov and Marcus Johansson.  Maybe they look to add a defenseman to replace Green too.  Maybe they go after Franson.

 

[Kin]

So now a pretty solid Capitals lineup adds Williams and Oshie and they have roughly 16 million in cap space left to re-sign Holtby, Kuznetsov and Marcus Johansson.  Maybe they look to add a defenseman to replace Green too.  Maybe they go after Franson.

Or maybe a certain someone whose name rhymes with, uh, Phaneuf?

 

[L K]

So now a pretty solid Capitals lineup adds Williams and Oshie and they have roughly 16 million in cap space left to re-sign Holtby, Kuznetsov and Marcus Johansson.  Maybe they look to add a defenseman to replace Green too.  Maybe they go after Franson.

Or maybe a certain someone whose name rhymes with, uh, Phaneuf?

Phaneuf for Chimera and prospects?  Takes Phaneuf's cap hit down to 5 million this year and Chimera had a mediocre-to-bad year last year.  Leafs can then flip Chimera as a veteran at the deadline.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Phaneuf for Chimera and prospects?  Takes Phaneuf's cap hit down to 5 million this year and Chimera had a mediocre-to-bad year last year.  Leafs can then flip Chimera as a veteran at the deadline.

They've got Carlson, Alzner, Niskanen, and Orpik in their top-4 already. I think that they'll miss Green but there just isn't room for him or another big-contract defenceman there.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Johansson-Kuznetsov-Williams
Burakovsky-Laich-Wilson
Chimera-Beagle-Latta

Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Orlov-Schmidt

Holtby

That's a pretty good looking line-up for Washington. Williams/Oshie is a huge upgrade over Ward/Brouwer. They'd probably look to ditch Laich though for a better 3C. He has 2 years left at $4.5mil. So if we're looking at potential Leafs moves maybe Bozak for Laich++?

 

[herman]

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Johansson-Kuznetsov-Williams
Burakovsky-Laich-Wilson
Chimera-Beagle-Latta

Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Orlov-Schmidt

Holtby

That's a pretty good looking line-up for Washington. Williams/Oshie is a huge upgrade over Ward/Brouwer. They'd probably look to ditch Laich though for a better 3C. He has 2 years left at $4.5mil. So if we're looking at potential Leafs moves maybe Bozak for Laich++?

I Laich this idea  8).

I'll show myself out.