Quoting: Noah_PTB
Pens counter and offer a 2021 3rd and 2020 5th and Caps retain 1-million
Hags has topped 30 points in five of his eight seasons, and been on pace to get there in another two if he got in more games. He's the Caps' best penalty killing forward. There's no need to move him, let alone retain salary. I'm responding to a Pens fan trying to get him for Dominic Simon, who is RFA, not quite as good at offense, and nowhere close to half as good at defense. 2nd and a 4th maybe, without retention, but the Caps could use a decent RHD prospect. Their RHD depth chart, at all levels, under contract, right how: John Carlson, Nick Jensen.
If Reirden wants Hagelin back, he can afford to give up a decent prospect and a little bit of cap space. Would rather package Hagelin, plus picks to (edit: make an offer on Marino.)
Quoting: Noah_PTB
Pens counter and offer a 2021 3rd and 2020 5th and Caps retain 1-million
Caps keep their best penalty killing forward who has played his career on a 36 points per 82 games pace, and hit 30 points in 5 of his 8 seasons, and been on pace for that mark in 7 of 8. Easy. I'm posting this in response to a Pens fan post trying to get Hagelin, with retention, for Dominic Simon (RFA rights) and a 5th. I can see why you guys would want a player who is good at both ends of the game plus retention for an average player or a mid round pick and a late pick, but it doesn't sound like a great deal. Teams don't retain on contracts with three years left, because teams don't want to pay enough to get retention for that long. It's not the money. It's that teams can only retain on three players at a time, so if the Caps tried to rebuild in two years, they wouldn't be able to, and a 5th round pick doesn't make them okay with that.
edit: now that's my kind of double post.