Horrible trade for Washington. I bet the Hawks would take Mantha for a 2024 3rd.

Last year #11 went for #27, #34, #45.

#8 for #19, #35, #55.

I know #11 to #8 is lower down the draft...so I get the increased cost, but #27 - #19 is large too. AND Mantha??? As a Hawks fan, I'd pass.

When I saw your title, i thought this was a trade for Ovi!

Based on the pick value chart I have. 8 for 19, 35 and 55 is pretty much a wash. Fair value. So Hawks take Mantha for free. I'm with @exo2769. #8 would be great, but Hawks shouldn't make this deal.

Pick value charts don’t work for Top 10 Picks because of how often these picks are traded. Here’s a hint, they’re basically never traded. No matter what the pick value calculator tells you, use historical context, the picks are simply not available and the calculator has practically no historical context to base its algorithm on, thus the algorithm fails miserably.

The Caps certainly don’t do this trade.

This is a bad trade for the caps. That is a significant drop in the draft. The quality of player you can draft at 8 is so much higher than 19. No reason to do this trade.

"value" is probably fine if you're going off of the athletic's pick value chart or whatever, but it makes zero sense for the caps to trade back from their highest pick in a decade