Tavares already said he wont waive.

Bro the Flyers absolutely accept what is that trade

Very hard pass for the caps

LA is not interested in swapping Doughty for Tavares, even without retention. They have plenty of centers and not enough top-pair defensemen.

Tavares has a NMC, He's a local kid and isn't waiving.

LOL on the Nylander trade, Wilson and Jensen and Washingtons 2024 1st doesn't get Nylander. That offer would so easily be beat it isn't funny.

Leafs had their chance for Doughty .. they signed Tavares instead.
LA isn't making that deal

Never mind the fact that John Tavares has said he'll never leave Toronto . . . let's say he suddenly announced that he can't WAIT to leave Toronto. Why would we want a center when everyone in the hockey universe knows that what we need is a #2 LhD?!?

Let me put this another way . . . which is better for us: signing Anze Kopitar for another season after his current contract expires, which costs us nothing, or spending a big asset to acquire the same two seasons of John Tavares?

Ya if they say your waiving or sitting, you never know. I don't understand why people think that Tavares is unmovable he's well respected and a thirty goal guy. Maybe they don't move out doughty but his contract is alot longer then Tavares so maybe they decide it makes sense. I don't know why Washington would say no that's a steal for them and they want to go for it. Both are free agents after the year. I think for Toronto side its more about getting tougher on the back end. Deangelo trade is banking on the attitude and the firepower from the back end you take the bad defense with it, not sure I would pull the trigger on it without some cap savings but we need more assholes on this team.

Tavares can play the wing, thats where I would put him with Kopitar, if you run into an injury or need to win a faceoff you have options. The main driver of the trade is to get out of the extra 2 years of an 11mm albatross contract. JT only has two seasons, if LA doesnt win in the next 2 seasons they will be begging to trade doughty.

Drew Doughty was second in the entire league in Time on Ice last season for a reason, and still recorded 52 points while being a plus defensively. I'd hardly call that an "eleven-million-dollar albatross contract." If you want to see what an eleven-million-dollar albatross contract looks like, watch how successful Kyle Dubas is moving Mitch Marner before his trade protection kicks in. And Marner has term and many people consider him to be more valuable than Drew Doughty.

You think the management team is gonna sit John Tavares because he won't waive a NMC?

Minnesota isn't giving up a cheap good improving 3/ 4c in connor dewar for 7th / 8th d at best

Bro that trade is a fleece for Philly

Funny guy. Washington doesn’t touch that. Nylander doesn’t have anywhere near that value. Washington’s pick is Top 10 nobody is trading a Top 10 Pick for Nylander. What a stupid take.

Brodie is also a $5M, 32-year old Cap Dump Washington has no need for. They’d easily rather have Jensen.