TDL adding depth

Caps will take a 1st for Dowd.

Good luck with that. He's not worth a 1st, and there aren't many to go around anyway.

It's been reported he's getting one. An elite defensive forward with another year on his deal making peanuts. Goodrow was the same thing and got a 1st. Dowd is better than him.

Goodrow+ a 3rd, which everyone always seems to forget, got a 1st. It's been reported by one source that Dowd retained may get a 1st, but no guarantee. Not many contenders are going to use a 1st on a 3rd or 4th line C, both because there aren't that many available and there are better targets out there. A 2nd and a 4th, or maybe 2nd+3rd/decent prospect is comparable to the Goodros deal.

I can't see Tampa adding this much, especially considering they're in a wild card spot and the teams behind them have games in hand. I have to think they consider moving Stamkos at the deadline. As unrealistic as it is, Brisebois has proven that he's a wild card and will entertain anything. They could realize use a 1st in one of the next two drafts to either draft a solid prospect, or trade when they're in a better playoff situation.

I personally have a hard time doubting a team as elite as Tampa typically is, but they seem really off this year, and I don't know how they make a deep run with this current roster. A lot can happen/change, so you never know.