I don’t see this making sense for either team. Edmonton already lacks cap space. They are in no position to go after an expensive rental. They need to think long term and will struggle just to make the playoffs if they’re lucky. They have already invested in other goalies. I don’t see them making a move like this in general, so I think they’re actually a bad fit.
As for Washington, I don’t see them trading Holtby. He will go on at least one final cup run with the Caps and he still may resign. The Caps are still in win now mode.
Even if GMBM did consider it for some reason, the price tag would be very high and no one wants Puljujarvi. The Oilers would be better off letting him develop in Finland for awhile and hopefully becoming a much better player than he currently is in a couple of seasons because his value is just not very high right now, so I can’t see him being an attractive asset.
Any Holtby trade would require a first round draft pick, a blue chip prospect, and either a second round pick or another quality prospect at minimum. Since the Caps almost certainly won’t consider trading him in the first place though, the offer would have to be so extraordinarily good that they would actually have to stop and seriously consider it. We all know that posters in Hockeysfuture almost always offer less than players actual value though and, when they don’t, everyone freaks out, so the whole hypothetical is fairly ridiculous. Any offer that would actually get Washington’s attention is one that the other team’s fans will immediately say they would pass on, so it’s pretty easy to predict how this conversation plays out.
scenario 1:
other team’s fan: makes crappy offer that the Caps would never consider
Caps fans: why would we ever possibly consider that? It’s a terrible offer and we’re trying to win the Cup right now in Ov and the core’s remaining window. Hard pass.
scenario 2:
caps fans: here’s a real offer that Washington might actually consider because it was so attractive you might actually get the Caps attention
other teams fans:
OMG, ROFL! We’d never consider that! We’re only making terrible offers no one in their right mind would ever consider in the first place like we were playing GM on some early 90s Sega Genesis hockey game. Please give us the player for a hand full of pucks. Hard pass.
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