The problem is that's questionable, possibly for the whole season. All depends upon his situation going forward, which is part of the purpose of the post.

Not a hope of them sending Kaut.

Not an impossible ask. Reading on Gudbranson's performance and advanced stats (I'll admit to not seeing a lot of him), and a number of fan's opinions of him last season, that would arguably be a steal.

Pens can't afford to play a 3RHD 4m per... I liked what I saw of him though! For 2m ish I'd love him

Yep, I hear you on the contract. The Avs could absorb that hit though and really, bar Zadorov & maybe Landeskog & Cole on occasion, they haven't got much in the way of toughness and I certainly loved the way he stepped in on Wilson in the match against Washington. Whilst it wasn't a gloves off bout he sure took him down and stopped him going after the skilled players. That's the kind of guy with a team spirit that I like.

Zadorov-Gudbranson line would be tough lol

Yeah I hadn't thought about that idea. Or even Cole & Gudbranson for that matter once Cole is back from injury.

Thanks. Didn't think so, but I also don't think there's much chance the Caps trade a 19 minute a night, 20 point, 240 hit defenseman, with a 2.5M cap hit. Even if that comfortable cap hit is just for a year, they might only have a couple more years to try to repeat with Ovechkin, and a guy like Gudas (or Zadorov if you just wanted to swap him for a right shot with 50% more points and a couple more hits, last year) should complement the the style that Ovechkin and Wilson play, and give them a good chance to repeat.

I saw this trade:
https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1398231
COL
Bogosian, Zach
Additional Details:
1 year stop gap who can play up and down a lineup if Makar ever has struggles for a short period.
BUF
Barberio, Mark
2020 5th round pick (COL)
would this work?

Considerable difference in Kaut's upside versus a Gudas/Zadorov type, but I agree they can be extremely valuable to a team if they're what the team needs. I also don't think the Avs would be too keen to flip a first to the Caps for them to trade him next year to the Preds for nothing so he can torment them for the next decade. Not again anyway!!!!!

Yeah something like that is probably along the right lines to work for Colorado, and probably Buffalo as well. Right hand cover for a year and drop Barberio at the cost of a low pick. Cap relief and a depth pick for Buffalo.

BTW, sorry to return to an old thread but are you old enough to remember his father Leo? Playing for the Czechs in the Worlds or Olympics, can't remember which, could hit like Radko, was tough but in the physical style without the gloves dropping. Good puck mover as well. Not sure if he wasn't their skipper. Drafted by the Flames but never signed or played in North America. A few others who were around then were Laukkanen for Finland (drafted by the Nords and briefly played for the Avs, couldn't understand why they let him go, was a good two-way D, bobbed around a few others afterwards with a few 20 point seasons if I remember right), and the Finns long term skipper, Timo Jutila, (drafted by and played briefly for Buffalo). You just couldn't move him with such a low centre of gravity (5'9, 216 lb). Some great D's who just never really got a chance. Seems crazy after seeing them in international play. They were the best D trio in the tournament, way ahead of most D the Canadians, Americans or Russians put out. The best goalie by far was Tosio for the Swiss who was never drafted. Sorry to ramble on a bit there as well.

That sounds awesome! I wish. I vaguely remember Janne Laukkanen? In those days in DC, you were lucky if you could get more than half of just the Caps' games on TV. Even when they showed up in TV guide, they'd bounce to another channel at the last minute, if the networks got a hold of some out of town baseball rights. Being the biggest hockey fan in school took all of watching thirty games a season and owning a pair of skates. It's amazing how much it's blown up, to the point where now DC fans are talking with each other online about how to watch world juniors and world championships, and even some AHL. But, like, sometimes when the Caps were in the playoffs, it wasn't on any local channels, and you'd have to go to a sports bar with a satellite dish to watch the home team play against New York.

ETA: The Nordiques, in those days, were awesome. Sakic was one of the first forwards (edit: that I knew of) to play power play point, and the passing on their power play was insane. The way they skated was ridiculous. People give Roy all the credit for their success, but any goalie on a team that hustled like that looked better than they did on other teams.

Yeah, I'm showing my age there although I was just a kid. Try being the ONLY kid in school who was into hockey. At the time I could barely stand up on a pair of skates and I still won the biggest fan title! We had a channel called Transworld sport on satellite that we sometimes got the NHL on, Sakic had just arrived in the league and was the main reason I started supporting Quebec. My Dad was mortified. Eurosport gave us the worlds and Olympics. Many a night sat up with the 14 inch TV on with a pair of headphones in my bedroom trying not to wake my folks. Now it's a 48" and trying not to wake the neighbours lol.