Both of those trades are horrible for Calgary

How exactly do you suppose that trade is good for WAS?

Caps pass. Neither of those players do anything for the caps

Caps don’t have room to add those players and also they don’t move the needle for them in the slightest.

Is a trade not allowed to be bad for both teams? Backlund with that retention is probably worth Lapierre and a 2nd so Calgary is basically giving away Coleman for free here. Just because you don't want his contract does not make it a bad contract

Fair enough. Trades can be bad for both parties; just not used to seeing that here. My bad!

As for Backlund's value, not sure I agree he's worth the 2nd and Lapierre but it doesn't strike me as ridiculous to suggest, either. I think it's fair to consider Coleman's contract bad. He's a quality even strength player and brings a lot of valuable qualities but I don't think it justifies the cap number or the length.

I mean he's a quality rental with retention

Yeah that Coleman contract is horrible. No chance the Caps make this trade for that reason alone.