And why would Seattle want some overpayed 3rd liner?

You're funny. Guy's got as many 70 point seasons as Bergeron in half the time. If Kuznetsov's not a top six center, the Bruins don't have one. Might be time to rebuild.

I think he's still bitter from last nights game

good game by WSH. That game was too close on the score sheet for it to get wild though. This series is gonna explode. Don't think the caps putting up to BOS abusing OV in the corner.

FWIW, Kuznetsov is worth more than three high 2nd round draft picks, but the other part of the return above might be Vanecek, Dillon, or Schultz, any of whom is worth about a 30th-35th overall pick this offseason, so I'm trading Kuznetsov for four high 2nd round picks. That's not the awful part. The awful part is that there's still no cap space to sign an average middle six center to hold his spot for a year until McMichael is ready. And yes, they could make another deal to clear a little space, but mostly this is a post about why neither Ovechkin nor the Caps should look for a short-term, top cap-hit deal, if the goal is to break Gretzky's record and win another Cup.

Combined age of the top line: 113

Thornton needed *needed* time with MM&AM to put up any points this season (check his hockeyviz chart it's totally striking) and so idk if he'll be ok next year

Career points of top line: 3,459. Should be able to break 3500 by the all star break, but I don't expect they'll play a whole lot of defense.



Have to keep him up top, then. Do you think he's slowing down a lot from age 41 to 42?

What about Oshie 1C and Sprong 1RW

Sprong led WSH by far in 5v5 pts/60 this year

Could be a decent fit though lacking playmaking

Edit:

Or oshie at 2C ✔

Panik was top five on the Caps in points/60 the last two years and then he went to Detroit for a negative first round pick and finished the season on..... let's see... (googles it)... their top line. Oh.