The Capitals absolutely did the right thing with Brooks Laich. Trading him to Toronto didn't net a huge return in Daniel Winnik. It did move a $4.5 million salary off the books and free up some space under the salary cap. It's hard to argue the Caps should have done anything else.
Never has being right felt so doggone wrong.
Much of the sports-following community in the D.C. area was in mourning Monday over the loss of Laich, which seems odd on the surface. He was making too much money and was nowhere near as effective on the ice as he was a few short years ago.