Cautious Buy?
The main question for the Caps is, what do they really need? They have a great core in place that is dominating the Eastern Conference right now, and don’t have any glaring weaknesses. They only have about $800,000 in projected deadline cap space, so even if they wanted to make a move, it would require them moving one of their current players. Out of their roster only Braden Holtby, Nicklas Backstrom, and Radko Gudas are pending unrestricted free agents. The rest of the team is signed for relatively long term so a trade would mean a player for player, or player for cap room situation, which I can’t see realistically happening with how well they have performed this season.