Monday, February 28, 2011

Any moves Mr. G.M.?

Here we are just hours away from the trade deadline and so far nothing much has taken place as far as trades other than adding Marco Sturm from waivers. While it's apparent that the Caps have pressing needs such as 2nd line center and shut down defensemen, I believe one of their bigger issues is that of goaltending. The Caps decided before the season started to stake their fortunes on two young and promising goaltenders, Valarmov and Neuvirth. While both of these goaltenders have shown this year and in the case of Varlamov in the playoffs that he has the potential to be a stopper, the fact is that Varlamov is injury prone, and Neuvirth has has no playoff experience. As stated earlier, if something happens to Neuvirth, we could be going into the playoffs with an AHL goaltender. The problem for the Caps is that they have little to offer as trade bait that other teams would be interested in other than their core players such as Semin, Alzner or Carlson that would bring anything much in the way of value so I would be surprised if the Caps are able to pull off the big deal. The only reason I believe something big could be in the works is that McPhee, the Caps G.M. is on the hot seat this year to get the Caps deep in the playoffs, and this years team as presently contructed, is not likely to accomplish that.

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