Trade Deadline

RMNB’s Trade Deadline Day live blog spectatcular: Capitals ‘retool’ edition

It’s the final call for team’s around the NHL to add to their roster before the stretch run to the playoffs.

At 3 PM ET today, the league will permit no more trades between teams. Non-playoff teams, like your Washington Capitals, will want to get all the value they can out of the expiring contracts that they have left.

Playoff-aspiring teams, aka the buyers spending assets to acquire those players, will try to fill whatever roster holes that they deem they have or just stack up additional depth.

Will the Caps continue their “retool”? Will a team move a big-name player? Join us.

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By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago

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Why Hockey Twitter thinks Tom Wilson could be available for trade

The NHL trade deadline is less than 24 hours away. The Capitals have already traded five of their veterans to contending teams and there’s the possibility that even more could be out the door soon. As other NHL teams look for last-minute pick-ups, Tom Wilson’s name has even been bandied about on Hockey Twitter.

Wait… Tom Wilson?

The reason why is because of former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tyler Kennedy. Kennedy played six seasons with the Pens and won the Stanley Cup with them in 2009.

Kennedy tweeted (falsely) that Wilson was being traded “to the Penquins [so sic] – stay tune [so sic].”

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By Katie Adler 7 months ago

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Connor McMichael on the upcoming trade deadline: ‘I’m just taking it day by day’

HERSHEY, PA — The Washington Capitals’ season at the NHL level has not gone according to plan. Instead of solidifying a playoff spot and putting its focus on a run for the franchise’s second Stanley Cup, the team sits well out of the second wild card position in the East with 20 games to go.

The Capitals already dealt pending UFAs Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway last week, signaling the team will be sellers ahead of the league’s trade deadline on Friday, March 3. In a possible attempt to “re-tool on the fly,” GM Brian MacLellan is reportedly considering dealing a fortune in draft picks and top prospects, like Connor McMichael and Hendrix Lapierre, to land an established young player like defenseman Jakob Chychrun from the Arizona Coyotes.

Whatever ends up happening this week, the Capitals will most likely look different by this weekend and the ramifications could be felt 130 miles north, too.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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RMNB’s Trade Deadline Day EXTRAVAGANZA live blog: Mojo (Not Mantha) edition

It’s last call for teams adding to their NHL rosters for the stretch run.

At 3 PM today, the NHL will permit no more trades between teams. Non-playoff teams, aka sellers, will want to get all the value they can out of expiring contracts, and playoff-aspiring teams, aka buyers, will try to fill whatever holes that they deem they have or just stack up additional depth.

We’ll keep track of everything that goes on for the rest of today. Join us, won’t you?

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By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago

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Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers make big moves before Monday’s trade deadline

The NHL trade deadline is on Monday afternoon, but we all talked and decided to wrap the whole thing up before dinnertime on Sunday. A handful of big trades have been made this weekend, and most of them have improved eastern-conference teams that Washington may meet in the playoffs.

A quick rundown for your early afternoon.

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By Peter Hassett 2 years ago

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Report: News around big names on trade board has cooled, deadline talk very quiet

The NHL trade deadline is only eight days away and NHL insiders Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek say that they are hearing that a lot of the talk around the big names on the board has cooled.

Senators general manager Pierre Dorion even went as far as saying that this year’s trade deadline is “the quietest he’s ever seen.” Dorion has been a high-level executive with the Ottawa Senators since 2009.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago

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Brian MacLellan says Capitals won’t be ‘as aggressive as we normally are’ during trade deadline

Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan spoke at length with the media on Wednesday. The most talked about topic was the trade deadline and what the Caps might do to improve their team.

The Capitals, under MacLellan, have not been afraid to make aggressive moves at the deadline to load up and acquire more depth for playoff runs. This season, however, MacLellan revealed he will be a little more gun shy.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago

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Capitals acquire Michael Raffl from Flyers in last-minute trade deadline deal

The Washington Capitals have made a deal.

Right at 3 PM buzzer, the Caps landed left wing Michael Raffl from the Philadelphia Flyers for a fifth-round pick.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Report: Henrik Lundqvist’s ‘intent on resuming his career’, awaiting word from doctors this week

TSN’s Frank Seravalli is reporting that Henrik Lundqvist would like to resume his career and is eyeing a possible return to the Washington Capitals this season.

Lundqvist, who underwent open-heart surgery four months ago, is continuing to skate and take shots privately. This week, he is awaiting word from doctors on if an NHL return is possible either in the short or long term.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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