Confirmed with Link: Mantha traded to Washington

[lhsgolf19]

Stevie Y man, take a bow!!!

I'm so giddy... Vrana is every bit as good as Mantha and younger

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[Barry Amsterdam]

Zadina gets a czech buddy!

 

[MabusIncarnate]

Shocked to say the very least. I think I like the deal but it needs time to marinate with me.

 

[Martinez]

Great trade. Best of luck to mantha in Washington

 

[Larkin2AA]

Who’s bored now???

 

[TheMule93]

well im rooting for washington in the playoffs

interesting trade. Moves our rebuild timeline back a bit i think.

 

[Tetsuo]

This is such a coup for us I can't believe it. Stevie did NOT sell low on Mantha one iota and he's primed us to cash in on draft picks while still giving us a younger roster player to figure out. Vrana has been very good in Washington but was struggling to get icetime, he'll be a welcome addition to our top line with Larkin and Zadina. Panik can also be placed on the taxi squad and is mostly a cap floor addition because we are going to be running a very low-salary ship next year.

 

[deca guard]

 

[Gniwder]

Stevie Y man, take a bow!!!

I'm so giddy... Vrana is every bit as good as Mantha and younger

Vrana is better than lazy Mantha but not nearly as good as a motivated Mantha. He's got good wheels, so I think he's an ideal winger for Larkin.

Huge risk for the Caps, I think it's an overpayment. They should've at least asked for LGD in exchange for Hagelin to free up some cap space.

As a fan of both teams, I think Stevie won this trade. If anything it sends a message to the players, Stevie won't tolerate laziness. I'm not happy because I still have to watch lazy Tony.

 

[Ricelund]

I'm pretty shocked Yzerman moved Mantha at the deadline! This seems like a great return.

 

[golffuul]

LOVE this trade. Yzerman wins the trade deadline by a mile.

 

[deca guard]

i luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv the 1st in this ' sleeper draft ' , YZERGOD ...

 

[MabusIncarnate]

The 1st looks nice, but it is Washington's 1st so it's going to be a mid 20's overall pick. I like Vrana a lot, maybe he will click with Larkin and Zadina.

 

[MBH]

Vrana's goals/60
5th in the NHL over the last three years.
Points/50 is 18th in over the last three years.

Would have rather had Alexeyev - a defenseman. But whatever.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

Vrana zadina berrgen and raymond.

 

[ricky0034]

really hate this continuing precedent of moving guys because they don't play nice with one of the worst coaches the league has ever seen

that said I guess i'm fine with the return here, I do like Vrana and this seems like a good year to have a late first with all the scouting uncertainty

 

[TheMule93]

delete

 

[Gniwder]

Vrana's goals/60
5th in the NHL over the last three years.
Points/50 is 18th in over the last three years.

Would have rather had Alexeyev - a defenseman. But whatever.

He will get a bigger role with the WIngs and more ice time, so his overall number will go up but his per 60 numbers will likely go down against higher QoC.

 

[Hen Kolland]

Alright, who wants to start the trade up so we can draft Wallstedt thread

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

two czech snipers being fed by swedish playmakers for the next 10 years

 

[raymond23]

Time will tell if this is a good trade or not. Mantha is going to go off in Washington but that never would've happened here. At least we got great value in return, interested to see how good Vrana does with more minutes and opportunity

Also love adding a 1st and a 2nd... that's a huge add to the rebuild

 

[r0bert8841]

I like this. Vrana is younger than Mantha. We also gained 2 Czech players to hopefully help with the development of Zadina and Hronek.

I still wish we could have traded Glendening, would have loved to see him in meaningful games. I hope we can resign Bernier. Can't believe we didn't trade Staal for even a 7th.

 

[DatsyukToZetterberg]

Really sad to see Mantha go. I still think he's one of the more undervalued wingers in the league, but Vrana is no slouch either. Given Mantha's age he likely wouldn't fit in with the timeline of the team going forward and this trade let's the Wings cash in on him. This trade really reminds me of the Tatar trade where we're moving a really good player, but getting great value in return. I'm not sure if Vrana fits the timeline of the team better than Mantha, but he's at least a year younger.

I see the trade as Mantha for Vrana+2nd and we get a 1st for taking on Panik's contract. Ideally Vrana and Panik play well enough that we can flip them for more picks in 2022/2023.

 

[deca guard]

Washington Capitals: Carving out a bigger role for Jakub Vrana

 

[Shaman464]

really hate this continuing precedent of moving guys because they don't play nice with one of the worst coaches the league has ever seen

that said I guess i'm fine with the return here, I do like Vrana and this seems like a good year to have a late first with all the scouting uncertainty

Dave Lewis is coaching again?