The Washington Capitals are in a good spot. Probably their best spot since winning the Stanley Cup in 2018. So this is going to be an all in type of season. At least that's the way the team should look at it from the players to the top up.
Without further ado here are some trades we imagined while looking across the hockey landscape:
#3 Scott Laughton for a 2026 1st Rounder
This is something we found via Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff and reading into what he said it makes a lot of sense and the Caps wouldn't lose much either. Seravalli would write the following:
"There are more than a handful of teams currently engaged with the Philadelphia Flyers on center Scott Laughton and it's easy to see why. He's a nice fit in just about any lineup around the league. We've heard Toronto and Winnipeg connected, but what are the Metropolitan-leading Capitals cooking up? They have a 10-point lead in the division and they likely want to make a run at another Stanley Cup with Alex Ovechkin. They're in the market for a third-line center to upgrade on Lars Eller and Laughton is a quality fit."
"Perhaps Washington could play the deadline more conservatively than this, but it seems to fit on a number of levels. Laughton, 30, is not a rental. They do not need to have the Flyers retain money - he fan fit this season and next at $3 million."Frank Seravalli
This would be a big move to shore up the third line center position which is the number one thing on the to do list for new general manager Chris Patrick.