If you had to pick one...

1. Ovechkin stays in DC and falls just short of goals records in Caps uniform
2. Ovechkin breaks the goals record but does it with another team

...which would you chose?

another team

Dyamo Moscow will be all his when he leaves

I wonder if the entire defensive and goaltending market is now waiting on Arizona. Toronto needs to trade a defenseman for example.

I think arizona probably has the best option available now for both positions, especially for the wildcard teams with the term of Chychrun. They also have maybe the best forward in Schmaltz. Thanks Bill.

It would freeze all teams considering alot of things, and unless I’m just being dumb there isn’t a LHD anywhere near that caliber left on the market.

Meanwhile the forwards available is getting pretty slim - expected another cascade of trades on that front today as each team tried to get the next best option.

Still thinking there should be more today. TSN trade bait list’s top 20 updated: (with bonus commentary)

Chychrun (just do it plz)
Bertuzzi (was expecting this today)
JVR (maybe Friday?)
Hurricanes 1st (on Friday for JVR?)
Edmundson (hasn’t played since Jan 26, value is….?)
Talbot (idk who needs a goalie)
Ghostbear (idk who would want)
Boesser (free this man)
STL’s 1sts (I want Lawson Crouse)
Bjugdstadt (replaces Puljujarvi?)
Domi (thought would be today)
Kerfoot (it must suck being him because every leaf fan has put him in trade rumors since the second he joined the team)
Reimer (still don’t know who needs a goalie)
Schmaltz (big ole trade but bill Armstrong sucks)
Vrana (wait a year to trade him or Pennies on the dollar, plus huge cap hit for lots of risk)
Foegele (idk)
Greenway (honestly not a bad target - swap for Boesser?)
Seeler (shouldn’t this be Provorov?)
Karlsson (yes, Erik. How can his cap hit fit? And term……….)
Kulikov (the best lhd that isn’t Chychrun? Says a lot about the market? Idk)

Parayko is off the trade bait list

Leafs fans responses to this made my day . 80 QT

Always a pipe dream him and Crosby with play for Montreal in their final year. We're both their favorite team & Crosby said he'd love to play for Montreal before he retired (when he was still a youngin)

Thought ovi likes the sharks as a kid or the red wings

Why on earth would Vegas want Quick

They sort need goalie help. And my god is Vegas goal to make everyone angry

You are 100% right, I commented that based on memory and clearly my facts were not right. Probably saw a headline on one of those bogus facebook groups.

But it's Quick, he's terrible. Shadow of his former self.

Hearing Dorion is close to acquiring Saros and Fabbro. Stay tuned

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/ovechkin-love-play-canadiens/

“Yeah, probably, if I would have a choice,” Ovechkin said. “The culture, the atmosphere, the city . . . If I wasn’t in Washington? Yes, here.”

I knew I read it somewhere that he wanted to play here.

Decent bet tho

My theory is Arizona hasn’t traded Chychrun yet because they’re gonna trade him to Carolina on Friday and he’ll just walk to the other locker room. No stressful traveling!

Quick's a good veteran presence, i'd imagine you're not bringing him in to play G, you're bringing him in to be a veteran presence

I doubt he costs anything substantial maybe a late pick . It gives some injury insurance and maybe he can do well in front of their defense what I belive is solid

Quick absolutely sucks. No team should be after him unless it’s to be the third goalie

Hearing Pinto and Talbot for Quick,

It gives injury insurance, but he's a 3rd string goaltender at best and his salary is massive. You'd think Vegas could put that LTIR room to better use. I wouldn't even take Quick for FC

Hearing Pinto for all your players

another deadline asset moving from west to east with Ghost getting picked up by the Canes.
The eastern conference is stacked beyond belief and continues to getting stronger by the day as the deadline approaches.

I knew it was too quiet. Still can't believe someone dumped a player of Ghost's caliber.

How much is Jakob’s Value. Arizona is kinda failing him. Should’ve been traded last year