If I was the Caps, I'd pass. Risto is insanely overrated and Bealieu is bad. It would be nice to dump Orpik but Bura is a young top 6 forward that can get you 50+ points and Johansen is a future top pairing dman.

Im sure Buf would want more for taking a Cap Dump. They’re gettin a top6 F and a prospect D-man, yes, but they’re giving up Risto and retaining on Beaulieu. Change that 6th to a 2nd and I’ll take it.

Oh, I’m sorry. Risto’s #s not good enough for u? U try playing top 2 minutes on Defense on a team like Buffalo. At least he still is able to look like a top 4 D-man.

Dahlin plays LD not RD. O'reilly is number 1 in entire NHL on face off's, not sure why you place him on the wing.

There is a typical formula for a player similar to Ristolainen a good pick (typically a 1st), a decent young roster player, and a good prospect. I see the good young player, the good prospect, then I see a cap dump and a 3rd. A cap dump costs a prospect, young player or pick. This offer is very short of what Botterill will want. I know Ristolainen many contributors do not think he is not among the top tiered NHL D-men, but his point total is seriously hampered by playing for the lowest scoring team in the NHL and only 3 players in the entire NHL get more ice time than he does Doughty, Sutter and Karlson. So just what do you think it would take to move them off of your team?

1. Burakovsky is no longer young
2. Burakovsky is not a top 6 forward
3. Burakovsky isn't even a 40 point player, let alone a 50+ point player.
4.) Ristolainen IS a top pairing dman and has been since age 20, he plays the 4th most minutes in the league and puts up 40+ points a year since he could drink alcohol legally.

Seriously? Move our top defenseman who is on a great contract for an underachieving forward a cap dump and a prospect?

1) Bura just turned 23 years old AKA young
2) Bura is a top 6 forward right now, every metric says so.
3) He's easily a 50+ point player if he didn't get injured and gets a coach that likes him.
-This is like the 5th time I've had an argument with someone about low balling for Bura. I tell him he's more than that then they talk about how crappy he is... so why the heck do you want him?!
4) Risto also gets massacred possessionally. just because you play a lot of minutes doesn't mean you should. Always hated that argument. But he does play on BUF so that doesn't help. I don't hate the guy, I just don't think he's as good as people make him out to be.