Capitals Shake up

I wouldn't even take Bear for that 3rd round pick, let alone send a 2nd back to WSH.

If you have a link to that study, I would be interested in checking it out.

I wish Ethan Bear nothing but the best of luck in dealing with his off ice issues but I see no reason for the Hawks to acquire troubled players when there will be many other comparable players available.

Without knowing what the off-ice issues are exactly, makes this hard to say whether or not he is worth moving back a round for him. If it is a mental health thing that he recovers from than I could see someone moving back to grab him for a relatively cheap price. He was a high end piece for Vancouver and couldn't find his stride in D.C. maybe its the system or maybe its what he needed to go into the NHLPA program for. Hard to tell, but i feel like if he was cleared he would make an ideal Blackhawk if he came back to form

The uncertainty is part of what would make him a cap dump, though. But, even if positive value were in the cards, it wouldn't be from the 2nd to the 3rd. It would be something more like trading back from the 4th round to the 5th round.

Sabres would pass imo
Don’t think we’d give up a good young player like that for an older rental