Washington Capitals: Top 3 most tradeable players in 2020

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#3 Richard Panik

Richard Panik was brought on last year with expectations to fill in the shoes of a just departed Andre Burakovsky. He scored nine goals and added 13 assists for 22 points while adding a goal in the playoffs. Panik struggled on the third line but played better when moved to the fourth line. If the Caps move him they may be doing it to acquire a depth forward.

There is talk that Daniel Sprong, who was just re-signed, could be that depth forward the Caps are looking for. Caps assistant general manager Ross Mahoney met with the media ahead of the draft and said this on Sprong to Samantha Pell of The Washington Post:

"“We’d like to see that, Daniel come in and have a really good camp. Probably right now would be more in the bottom-six role.”"

If Sprong is on the bottom six what does that mean for Panik? If he doesn’t get traded he may have to compete for a roster spot on the third or fourth line depending on what the Caps do this offseason.

Panik had been one player Caps fans have wanted traded for the longest time. The question is would they actually trade him?

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