We will definitely keep Pulju if that's your offer. Not even close lol.

As I agree that isn't fair value, you have to remember who is EDM GM. He'd jizz over a player like Wilson. That's his young Lucic. He'd probably do that deal.

It's not my offer. It's an Edmonton fan offer in response to a much better offer from @Cicciarelli22&Ovi8 but whatever. I just threw in a skilled right defenseman prospect to replace Gryba, and a late pick. If you want to argue about what your offer is, check Caps threads, and find the last one called "Pool Party in DC," or something like that?

My point is that if that's your offer, Washington should take it, and sign some skilled forwards with all their cap space, to push Vrana and Puljujarvi to the AHL while they are waiver exempt. This way, if they can't afford Burakovsky next year, they have a replacement ready.

What is Tom WIlson worth? I have no idea. He is incredibly tough and mean, solid on defense, good at digging pucks out of corners, and capable of surpassing ten goals and thirty points without power play time if he is on one of the best lines in hockey. The Oilers might have two centers as skilled as Kuznetsov, but they might not have a left wing who can shoot the puck quite as accurately as Ovechkin, so they'd probably have to give WIlson some power play time to get him up to that 40 or 50 point player so many Caps fans seem to want to pay him as.

But the point of my post isn't to debate whether or not the Caps accept Edmonton's offer. It's to discuss what to do with the cap space when Caps fans can stop doubling Wilson's salary for landing a bunch of hits and cycling the puck pretty well in the playoffs.

Tell @CzechingOut https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/759960

LOL, Wilson needs to be included in any potential deal no just him and a c level prospect.

Hey, you said it, not me, but you were right.

Top line right wing fresh off a championship >>>>>>>>>>>>>> disappointing rookie with 20 points in 65 games.

Caps accept because they can afford to chuck the kid in the minors and sign a UFA>

Williams picked it up a lot in the AHL last year, and the Oilers are buying out their AHL right defense, as if they had enough in the first place.

But from the Caps perspective the idea is to get younger and stay competitive over a longer term. If Puljujarvi after twenty points in sixty games is untouchable, the Oilers still need at least one top six right wing to start this season with any more hope than the last one. Dracula is no longer waiver exempt. Where do they get one and whom do they offer? Washington had four of the top five right wings in playoff goal scoring, so they seem to have enough depth to move one.