WSH Trial 1

As much as I love Viktor Arvidsson, I would accept that offer as the Los Angeles GM. But why would you trade Aube-Kubel immediately after signing him?

Before anyone says anything, please keep in mind this is not a caps fan making this. And it’s obvious.

I picked NAK but I could see it really being any cheap depth fwd

Washington is one of those teams that was bad for a reason, mostly because the top of the lineup. The guys like Hathaway (pre-trade), Sheary, Dowd, Milano, Strome did amazing this year. If Washington wants to compete, they will need to make changes from the top and then the skies the limit with how amazing some of the depth is on this team

They were bad because the coach was awful at utilizing key players and they were incredibly injured. Trading away Wilson, Backstrom, Oshie, and NAK shows that you don’t know what the problem was. Wilson looked great when he was healthy. Oshie did have health issues, but was a fantastic driver of play when he was healthy and he has had minimally invasive back surgery to alleviate his pain. Backstrom will never be moved regardless of whether or not he’s worth his contract, but he did look great on a line with Milano and Wilson and he can still be a key contributor if he has an up season next year. NAK was a great driver of play and energy guy for the bottom 6. This team you’ve put together isn’t it.