Wilson and Gourde making the same cap hit

Rangers 100 percent say no. Vitali is top 6 potential and is ripping it up in the kohl before he got hurt

Agree, but while he's clipping coupons at Kohl's, Siegenthaler's a top-four defenseman in the NHL. Gotta love some autocorrect.

Truth of the matter is the value is not Great on ur side

Rangers still say no

Okay. Then deal Siegenthaler to a different team that appreciates a defenseman who drives play.

Sharks accept though Bergmann doesn’t hold nhl value fyi. He’s an enforcer type that can score occasionally in the AHL. Decent call up for short term nhl action

Thanks. I tend to think Jensen isn't someone the Caps should trade, but at the same time, I doubt the Sharks would give up an A prospect like Chmelevski or Gregor for him.

You thought right.
If we didn’t have Merkley, we might

Eli, you suggest some pretty ballsy stuff sometimes, and I usually do my best to have a rational discussion with you and/or even agree with some of your more "controversial" ideas, so I'm hoping you'll give me a little more latitude than some other people on here when I say:

The idea of Vanecek playing in the NHL over Samsonov next year, for any reason aside from injury, is absolutely ludicrous. Full stop.

Samsonov would hate it, but they could loan him back to the K if it made the cap work, and still have him back for the playoffs.

Latitude? I agree. It's ludicrous. Samsonov is ready to start in the NHL. It would be SO unfair if this happened. But subjectively, Gourde's pretty decent.

Right. Is there a happy medium?

Hamaliuk or Yurtaikin