Quoting: capsfan2121
Eller, hagelin, protas and a first?
It opens up 5.02M for Tor to re-sign Kessel, or sign any of Acciari, Pavelski, Radulov, Palat, Perron, Rust, Rielly Smith, or Dustin Brown. So they still get a 1RW to play with Matthews. Plus all that other stuff and a pick.
Eller would be Tor's best 3C since trading Kadri.
Hagelin could be their best checking wing since trading Brown.
Protas is a 6'5" goal scoring center prospect who did well in the KHL and AHL last year, and got a preseason goal on Ovechkin's line. Are you sure he's available? Might play very well with Amirov and Der Arguchintsev.
Plus a late 1st, I think the value is there, but casual Toronto fans won't see the value in 5.2M of cap space under a flat cap, with a great crop of UFA wings.
Is there any way the Caps can take on 5M of extra cap next summer and not lose their RFAs? I mean, I'm sure they end up calling up Alexeyev and Johansen, but can they keep their goalies, Cholowski, and Sprong, with some term, and make that trade?