Proposal: ANA-WSH
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Um I guess I don’t mind from Anaheim perspective... I think Rakell is better and has the higher ceiling.... but vrana is a RFA so a bit more control over him and a little younger, fits our core a bit better. I do feel more would be involved in the trade tho
HockeyVirus
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Enter mad leaf fan, cause duck fans don’t want to give Rakell to them for a 2nd and 3rd
HockeyVirus
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Enter mad leaf fan, cause duck fans don’t want to give Rakell to them for a 2nd and 3rd
I was reading an Athletic article earlier which also went into his advanced analytics and basically showed his decline in production is not just team based. His chance generations and many other stars have been cratering as time goes on. Ducks fans are trying to get the value of the 70 point guy, not the 50 point guy.
Vrana is legit and his best years are ahead. I take it and run.
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Outsider, Washington doesn't do that.
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How would chance generation not be affected by playing on a team with very bad control stats/offensive stats? Like I’ve said make the pick conditional on rakells stats.... I watch him enough to know who ever gets him if he is moved is going to love him.
That being said I’m not 1 of the fans asking for robertson and a 1st
Boondock
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Try watching him play - maybe then you can have your own opinion.
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I assume it’s based on assumption Washington can’t really afford his next contract.... I don’t think it’s awful from Washington perspective gives them a good player, cheap... ducks could even retain.
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If they can't re-sign him, they could get something a lot better than Rakell as the piece.
StephenPeat
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From the Caps, literally zero interest, probably less, in fact.
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The Caps don't have any interest in trading Vrana.
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They wont get a win now piece better than Rakell
They will get probably a futures package worth more than rakell but the caps have 2 or 3 years left before turning to a rebuild so they probably rather try and maximize Ov and Backstroms final years and go for another cup
I agree, since 2018 he’s produced at roughly the same rate as andreas johnsson who is a good player but not worth vrana
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hamzarocks
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Ya but this is assuming that Vrana makes 6-7M on his next deal and prices himself out.
If they can have Rakell at 5ish vs Vrana at 7ish I dont think the gap is big enough where they should avoid the deal
Ideally the keep Vrana long-term as hes a good young winger. But cap can be tight depending on how much OV gets on his last deal
They may be able to squeeze Vrana as an RFA short term and then sign him to a rich deal once some of their intermediate contracts such as Dillon, Jensen, Panik, Hagelin and Schultz are gone.
If I'm trading Vrana I'd much rather add something substantial to him and get someone like a JT Miller or Couturier back
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The guy who with the worst group of forwards in the league is overrated? This is the definition of selling low.
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I never said anything about the deal being good or bad. Just referring to his comment that rakell is overrated
Vrana is the only good player on the Caps. Ovie aging and Backy on the way out. Wilson is a suspension issue, so Caps are Vrana's team.
