RWJC Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Capitals Looking To Move Joel Edmundson February 8th, 2024 at 6:58pm CST • By Brian La Rose The Capitals have been carrying eight blueliners for a while now since they added Ethan Bear in late December and it appears they’re intent on clearing that logjam. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported in his latest 32 Thoughts column that they’re looking to move blueliner Joel Edmundson prior to next month’s trade deadline. The 30-year-old is in his first season with Washington after being acquired from Montreal just minutes before free agency opened up back in July. However, injuries have limited Edmundson to 32 games so far and when he has been in the lineup, his playing time has been considerably lower than usual. He’s averaging 16:08 per night, down nearly three and a half minutes from a year ago. While he has never been a big point producer, Edmundson has just three points so far while also recording 41 blocked shots. Edmundson is in the final season of a four-year, $14MM contract he signed with the Canadiens back in 2020. However, Washington is only responsible for half of his $3.5MM AAV with Montreal retaining the other half as part of the trade which saw the Caps part with a third-round pick and a seventh-rounder for his services. Edmundson has 75 career playoff appearances under his belt including a pair of runs to the Stanley Cup Final in 2019 with St. Louis and 2021 with Montreal. Between that and a relatively low cap charge, there should be some teams that have interest in a player who could aid their third pairing or at least add some depth for a potential playoff push. Whether GM Brian MacLellan can get a return that matches or beats the one he gave up in the summer remains to be seen but they should be able to get something for his services and clear up the backlog on their back end. https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/02/capitals-looking-to-move-joel-edmundson.html#ref=home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old guy Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 While I do like the idea of a big body like that for the playoffs, I fear the ask would be too much! I do, of course, happily defer to J&A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCanuck12 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 If the Capital's ask for Edmundson is keeping with this year's precedent, it'll likely be a first round pick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, CaptainCanuck12 said: If the Capital's ask for Edmundson is keeping with this year's precedent, it'll likely be a first round pick. Going with this precedent, we should trade a 1st round pick for Hedman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Honestly, yes please. Big body w/cup experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCanuck12 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 hours ago, The Lock said: Going with this precedent, we should trade a 1st round pick for Hedman. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Wish we could get him and add Kessel. Our team would be stacked but then we'd have to lose a couple players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph. Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) He was traded to Washington for a 3rd and 7th round pick in 2024. I'd offer a 5th (or maybe a 4th if they push) and one of our defensive prospects not named Willander or Pettersson (Woo/Hirose/McWard/Mynio. Preferably Hirose or Mynio as they are LD). 50% retention is a must, also. It's better value than what they traded away for him, so they get their TDL inflated price. Depth wins championships. Edited February 9 by Ralph. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) He could probably get them a 2nd at that cap hit, he's on a retained salary deal, would be great for a team like the Leafs or the Oil Particularly if the Caps retain further Edited February 9 by Coconuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old guy Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) Nice to see Meyers get a goal last night, on a related note, when he fell into the boards and stayed down I caught myself thinking, "Great, now what?". Maybe picking up the big lug could be good, especially as mentioned above for a late round + limited prospect and retention. Edited February 9 by old guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 hours ago, old guy said: Nice to see Meyers get a goal last night, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWestNuck Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 4 hours ago, old guy said: Nice to see Meyers get a goal last night, on a related note, when he fell into the boards and stayed down I caught myself thinking, "Great, now what?". Maybe picking up the big lug could be good, especially as mentioned above for a late round + limited prospect and retention. Funny, as much as I don’t want to see him hurt, my immediate thought was “Maybe we’ll actually get to see Woo/McWard/Johansson get a few days with the big club to see what we have…” it’s odd that this year we have been unusually healthy for the most part. I swear by this time last year it felt like we had already had a dozen different dman with atleast a game played at the NHL level… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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