How I would handle the Caps

Kings will likely roll with Kopitar-Vilardi-Byfield-JAD up the middle and will have Turcotte knocking pretty hard for a look. I think Blake is going to prioritize scoring wingers who can play a 200-foot game. They haven't had much luck with Vilardi up the wing, but the main issue is the Kings would be paying $18M on centers for the next few years, before paying Byfield, Turcotte, Vilardi, or JAD. So no way they do that.

You keep Shultz instead of Dillon because he plays RD and not LD..

Only to move him to LD?????

Jensen > Schultz i agree idk what im looking at

So Washington trades a 1-2c that can score 65-70 points for a kid that only maybe replaces Dowd on the 4th line.... THEN Washington only gets to move up like 30 spots in the draft but in the 3rd round ? HOW does this at all help them... this gets a GM fired. Vilardi is a solid players but im putting my stock behind Mcmichael and Lappy over him plus Protas .... Capitals are set for the next 10 years at center. No need to sell Kuzy for pennies on the Dollar, Maybe if LA gives Washington Björnfot or Kaliyev + a high pick they could consider moving Kuzy

If you think that Seattle is taking Brenden Dillon instead of Vitek Vanecek, you're being optimistic.

We don't need to exchange one center for another, even one as accomplished as Evgeny Kuznetsov. We'll keep the younger guy with the much smaller cap hit. We might want to make a deal for Jack Eichel at the trade deadline or whenever Buffalo is officially eliminated from the playoffs, whichever comes first.