If we didn’t trade up to acquire Michkov because he had character concerns, why acquire PLD? Unless everyone is utterly wrong in his “locker room concern” personality, we shouldn’t have taken the chance on him. The Capitals have amazing locker room chemistry and family albeit, so why would we take the chance on PLD? I feel like LA won this trade. Alas however, we’ll see what happens this season. I’m really hoping this doesn’t haunt us like the Forsberg trade does.

Kings fan here. I’m in disbelief we were able to get rid of PLD. That being said, I don’t think his issues with the Kings were entirely his fault. He was terribly managed and I don’t think constantly shuffling our lines around was really good for anyone. He seems like the type of player that needs consistency in his wingers to build chemistry. If that’s what Ovechkin is looking for, it could be a good matchup. PLD has a high ceiling and I personally don’t think we’ve seen how high that ceiling is, but we know where the floor is. I was never on the PLD hate train and I hope he proves himself with the Capitals.

Thank you Brian MacLellan!

As a Kings fan, boy are you in trouble.

Good luck Caps! No tag backs. Now you'll see why 3 teams shipped him off in such a short of time.

Alright, super glad to comment especially since it helps the channel..

If you want to tank so you can rebuild, PLD is the guy you want as your 1C.

I get the move, glaring hole at 1C and you can't pay a backup 5.25 million... but I'm just not sure if Dubois will gel with the Caps

Good luck. I genuinely hope he has a better season. It's complicated.

I love this trade for the Capitals. PLD is going to be perfect for this role. Depth down the middle will give you legitimatecy, and with your already established defense, your team is playoff ready. Continue to lay the nessary foundation DC team commitment leaves you ready to not re build but re load.

Everybody loves playing for Carbery, call me crazy just because it’s PLD’s 4th team but Tortorella, Maurice and McClellan are not as much of a player’s coach as a Carbery.

I still feel like we could really use a top 6 winger.

This is what should get Maclellan fired. Trying to appease Ovi instead of creating a winning team is what is killing them.