Recently the Detroit Red Wings made headlines snapping up coveted, young, 40-goal scoring top-six forward Alex DeBrincat, a player the Capitals were rumored to have been interested in. Considering General Manager Brian MacLellan made it known that he wants to make changes to the top six, this wasn’t surprising, but ultimately not in the cards for Washington…something which may have upset some Caps fans who really wanted DeBrincat wearing the red, white, and blue.
(Now he just gets to wear two of those.)
As much fun as it would have been to snag a player like DeBrincat, and as much as the Caps need a young, skilled player like DeBrincat, there’s an argument to be made that the Caps shouldn’t be making any major trades at this moment, for one simple reason: too much is unknown about the Caps roster and coaching staff to make a big move.