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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I agree that the Caps aren't in a rebuild. But with that in mind, what good does signing Oshie and Shattenkirk (presumably for more money) do if you don't have Ovechkin? They lost in the second round with all three of those guys. So you net $5M - use some of that to pay Oshie and Shattenkirk more and have something left to sign a lesser winger to replace Ovechkin? It makes no sense for the Caps.
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Caps have some nice pieces where they could move Ovie and still be a very competitive team. Keeping some of the high value assets they are likepymgoing to lose for nothing would help.
I don't see many teams offering a comparable player on a blockbuster swap for Ovie. The other option is get back picks/prospects/cap space and build the team around Backstrom/Kuznetsov. This only happens if both the player and organization feel they have gone as far as they could together.
This is going to be a near impossible trade to occur and result in a win for the Caps