Typical Caps Fan
Rejoint: oct. 2018
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I, at first, thought this trade was awful for the Caps and my eyes lit up and head reared back when I saw it. However, after researching Mantha, looking at his highlights and seeing him on 2LW with Backy and Oshie...that second line with him could be absolutely ****ing terrifying to teams in the playoffs, which it wasn't with Vrana. Mantha's combination of speed and size is impressive. He's now our best winger not wearing #8, and his style seems to mesh beautifully with Oshie and Backy.
So yeah, if the Caps go deep this year and Mantha has a post season worth remembering, this trade will have been justified. Let's remember, Vrana has been a literal 0 in the last two post seasons, it won't be hard for Mantha to outperform that.