I'd take that caps trade. If it helps, you wouldn't have to retain on Wennberg either.

I don't think the Caps would accept this because of how McMichael and Lapierre have stepped up. The forward room is going to get even more crowded when Pacioretty returns and DC already has a lot of middle 6 forwards. I imagine another team will go for Wennberg, but not Washington. (also won't need Mantha going back with the backstrom LTIR space, and Mantha's played well this year)

That's totally fair, I will admit to not watching that much of the caps this year so I'll trust you on that. I do think Wennberg could get a comparable return somewhere else, and when I looked at depth charts without watching much caps I figured they might have been interested