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What would it take?
Pretty easy answer, contract year. Classic Mantha.For most of his time in DC, Mantha has been a disappointment, but he started scoring this year, using his size, and is playing like he wants a shot at the playoffs. He got a little dinged up recently, but it doesn't seem serious.
The Caps might do better to do separate deals and split up Mantha and Edmundson. I'm not sure a package gets them as much return. Both players are very available, though.
Mikheyev is a decent player but he's tailed off quite a bit and I don't think anyone takes him for freeI think we can take Edmundson out. Mikheyev + 3rd? Add someone like a Greenway to stash in the bottom-6 and I think we'd be tough to beat.
Petey - Lindholm - Mantha (two elite passers with a sniper)
Hoglander - Miller - Boeser (speedy, tenacious duo in 21 and 9, with a sniper in Boeser)
Joshua - Blueger - Garland
Greenway* - Aman - Lafferty (add some skilled size that can move up when the going gets tough)
Hughes - Hronek
Cole - Myers (I'm good with this pair, Cole has been great with TM)
I think you can probably take Mikheyev and his two more years under contract out too. The third would be in the range of what he probably nets the Caps, perhaps more (2nd?) if they retain significantly.I think we can take Edmundson out. Mikheyev + 3rd? Add someone like a Greenway to stash in the bottom-6 and I think we'd be tough to beat.
Petey - Lindholm - Mantha (two elite passers with a sniper)
Hoglander - Miller - Boeser (speedy, tenacious duo in 21 and 9, with a sniper in Boeser)
Joshua - Blueger - Garland
Greenway* - Aman - Lafferty (add some skilled size that can move up when the going gets tough)
Hughes - Hronek
Cole - Myers (I'm good with this pair, Cole has been great with TM)
Mikheyev's strength is defense and on the PK so if you are implying the opposite you're mistaken. I don't think any nuck fan actively wants him gone it's just that he was brought in to be a top six guy and up until 25 games ago he was on his way to repeating his success from last year before they shut him down.I think you can probably take Mikheyev and his two more years under contract out too. The third would be in the range of what he probably nets the Caps, perhaps more (2nd?) if they retain significantly.
Canucks fans keep saying Mikheyev is fine, you'd be a fool not to take him, but they also keep trying to move him and he doesn't mesh with his coach. I don't really see Carbery liking his attention to defense, or lack thereof, either.
He's a really useful player who had great chemistry with Petey which is not easy. For whatever reason that's not the case and that unfortunately makes him not as valuable to the club as his 4 million cap hit.Mikheyev seems like a fine player to me, although admittedly I’m still judging him from his Toronto days. I’m not opposed to his inclusion in a trade but I also believe VAN would like a little more cap breathing room this summer and moving his contract is probably their best option to do that
Mikheyev seems like a fine player to me, although admittedly I’m still judging him from his Toronto days. I’m not opposed to his inclusion in a trade but I also believe VAN would like a little more cap breathing room this summer and moving his contract is probably their best option to do that
So Mantha for a 1st or 2nd?take out mikheyev and maybe we can discuss a deal
washington has the forward already to replace him in Miroshnichenko, so really no need for a forward back
He’s definitely been lights out, part of that is his shooting percentage is higher this year but he’s been driving offense, almost exclusively at 5v5. It’s not like he’s just cashing in on the PP, he’s been scoring a lot as just a middle 6 winger. One of the most efficient 5v5 scorers this yearThis is an overpayment for the Canucks. Even Caps fans were calling Manta a cap dump not that long ago and her certainly hasn't been light out this year.
He’s definitely been lights out, part of that is his shooting percentage is higher this year but he’s been driving offense, almost exclusively at 5v5. It’s not like he’s just cashing in on the PP, he’s been scoring a lot as just a middle 6 winger. One of the most efficient 5v5 scorers this year
If you can get him for a 2nd that’s pretty good value. Not sure about the proposed trade above but yeah if you’re dumping the Mikheyev contract it’s probably up to a 1st and Mantha can be retained to 50%