Confirmed with Link: Kovalchuk (50% retained) to Washington for a 2020 3rd

[1909]

First thought.. big whoop. A late third. Might as well have kept him or packaged him with someone to actually get something of value.

Why not keep him until the end of the season ? Even if it is just for entertainment reasons. Fans at the Bell deserve that AT LEAST. The guy had a positive impact on the rest of the team. Sad ending. MB would have had plenty of time to renegotiate a new contract with him before next July 1st.

Not impressed with that trade for sure. I am scared about what he's gonna do before 3 o'clock tomorrow.

 

[Andrei79]

Kovalchuk was fun to watch for the time he was here. I wish him nothing but success in DC.
I doubt Bergevin does much more.

I honestly hope he doesn't trade Thompson. I want Poehling and Evans down in Laval for the rest of the year.

 

[Zorba]

Sigh ... .god that was fun.. ill never forget those magical couple of weeks with him

Maybe sign him in the summer...

At least he went to my 2nd favorite team lol, looks like another capitals fun playoff drive to look forward to

Better do something amazing with all these picks Marc....

Lol

 

[LeHab]

Kovalchuk was fun to watch for the time he was here. I wish him nothing but success in DC.
I doubt Bergevin does much more.

Not expecting anything remotely significant either. One of our bottom F or D will get shipped maybe. Petry, Tatar and Domi are safe.

 

[ZUKI]

No joke, this will be enough for the usual suspects to say "another GREAT trade by Bergevin" and that he had a "excellent trade deadline, getting a 2nd and 3rd pick for nothing."

And this will be enough for the usual suspects to say " he should have sale the entire team out of X Y Z " he didn't and it's the end of the world"

Dead line is just one window time of the season to trade player(s) . Bergevin did very well during last summers with the Maxpac, Galchenyuk trades .

 

[DAChampion]

I honestly hope he doesn't trade Thompson. I want Poehling and Evans down in Laval for the rest of the year.

He could trade Thompson and acquire a lesser Thompson elsewhere.

 

[DavePeak]

Except we didn't get the 2nd and 3rd picks for nothing. By having those two, we advanced a lot in the standings. Hence basically traded down in the first round in order to get 2nd and 3rd round picks as of now.

Hmmm that is an interesting point of view... hard to disagree though we didn't advance that much.

 

[The Great Weal]

I honestly hope he doesn't trade Thompson. I want Poehling and Evans down in Laval for the rest of the year.

I'm fine with trading Thompson if we can claim a guy like Timashov off waivers. Free 4th, why not.

 

[admiralcadillac]

I’ll bet you 20 Bucks the habs are not re-signing Kovalchuk. And that’s the right move

Everything depends on prices

 

[Deebs]

 

[Fainting Couch]

Does Brett Kulak have to give his new Rolex back now as well?

He should take the 17 back and get another Rolex on July 1st.

 

[CoopersFalls]

The last two weeks must have killed his value. I thought we would get a 2nd for sure. Basically getting a 4th if the Caps do well in the playoffs. Not impressed.

 

[Deebs]

 

[CheldishGamibno]

I'll root for the Caps for sure once again for the Cup. Kovy + Ovechkin in the same jersey is fun.
"Free" Scandella + Kovalchuk vs 2nd + 3rd round pick is good management.

 

[Zorba]

Wow I guess Bergevin is coming back

 

[Milhouse40]

 

[Cookie007]

He could trade Thompson and acquire a lesser Thompson elsewhere.

LOL. A “lesser” Thompson belongs in the ECHL. Trade Thompson but just put weal at C and tank the season

 

[the]

Who knows? We might even re-sign the guy...

I really, really hope so but right now I'm upset.

 

[HuGo Sham]

so lavoie said 17# wanted to go to a contender. i get it.
now we have 13 picks, majority of them mid-rounders which have
a 5% chance of even making it.

 

[The Great Weal]

Yup makes sense. Have to think that this is likely with us trading him to where he wants to go, retaining on him to make it possible and not waiting last minute to trade him.

 

[V13]

Not sure why some people seem so angry with this ? Fact is Kovalchuk didn't have much value so a 3rd is a fine return. Sure a 2nd would have been cool but Kovy is a 37 years old UFA who is in the twilight of his career and was a free agent not long ago with very few teams showing interest due to how it ended up with LA. Yeah he had a nice little stretch of games after joining the Habs but let's be real that was not gonna last.

In resume this is basically a free 3rd round pick. It's fine for that it is

 

[Zorba]

Something funny junior?

You man. You. Keep him. He’s a point a game
Player. Lol.

 

[26Mats]

Hmmm that is an interesting point of view... hard to disagree though we didn't advance that much.

I mean it is revisionist history. Ultimately any good decision we made for the team this season hurt the tank. MB tried to improve the team - and did. But it was too little too late. And he should have done better with that 6.5 million of cap space in the summer.

 

[the]

Fml...We finally had someone with some talent.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Could it have been a 3rd this year that became a 2nd next year? I'm sure they could have given up another pick. Either way, I'm just surprised the Bruins didn't match this.

I don't know if that could happen. I never seen a conditional pick transfer over to the following draft. Only ones we know get transferred are the lottery protected picks.

Honestly, it's not that I don't think the Bruins weren't willing to match this, I think a part of why they traded him to Washington was to send Kovalchuk to a contender, but also to play with his good friend Ovechkin. Not to mention, they also have Kuznetsov and Orlov, who Kovalchuk has played with internationally. That is my thinking.