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[Music] your locked on capitals your daily podcast on the Washington Capitals part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day this piece came from the athletic talking about the possibility of Nikolai eers being a good match with the capitals the Jets are looking to offload players after the team is left looking for answers after after an early exit from the playoffs I think we’ve heard that before oh yeah that’s the capitals and it’s interesting for many teams making it to the playoffs would be a huge Victory uh but for other teams like the Jets and the Capitals in particular it seems like you weren’t living up to potential and I think the Jets have higher hopes they are a team in transition so I think that they plan on offloading some of those players the Winnipeg Jets are reportedly considering making changes to the Rost this offseason with a talented Winger Nikolai eers potentially being traded according to the Athletics Mir at 8s the Jets are likely to shop eers ahead of the 2024 NHL draft and we’ve heard quite a few different players circulated out there from different sources we heard uh about the possibility of Darcy keer getting sent out to the Kings we’ve heard about all sorts of players potentially coming and going from this team is there the possib ility that in fact Nikolai eers would be a good match for the capitals eers fits the bill of a bit younger top six forward uh oftentimes when people hear the younger forward they’re thinking late teens early 20s something like that I don’t think the capitals necessarily need to go in that direction that it has to be a super young player he is under 30 years old he has a good skill set there is a pretty good upside uh so eers does fit the bill of a younger top six forward caps GM Brian mcclelen has expressed his desire to add scoring talent to his team’s forward group mentioning that the team will explore both a trade and free agency market for the right fit eers a 28-year-old Winger could be a good fit for the capitals as he consistently been a top performer for the Jets despite limited ice time and sometimes it’s just a change of scenery a change of zip code can sometimes be excuse me exactly what the doctor ordered would that be the case for eers uh potentially uh but I do think that he does fit I think what a lot of capitals fans and what Brian mlen in fact meant by a top six forward E’s season with the Jets and his current contract what are the specifics eer had a strong season recording 61 points in 82 games he ranked among the top players in the league for points per 60 minutes of ice time at 5 on five with one year left on his contract at a 6 million cap hit in some trade protection eers could be an attractive option for teams looking to add scoring talent and that’s evident that is exactly what the capitals are looking for is scoring Talent it can be all on Alex ain’s shoulders anymore we know that he is you know reaching the Twilight of his career TJ oosi uh we don’t know the status of him Nicholas Backstrom stepped away from hockey indefinitely that we need to see scoring from different places just not the the predictable names or the ones that we’ve seen historically caps could use some of their draft Capital to acquire eers and that’s some of the things that people have already been asking about because I’m not the first one to talk about this of course this emanates from the athletic but other beat writers have talked about this topic as well and how would it be possible for the capitals to facil at such a move the Jets have seen success with eers on ice and trading him could help replenish their draft picks and Kickstart a new phase of their franchise the capitals with ample cap space and draft Capital could be a potential Suitor for eers especially with potential departures and uncertainties in their current roster talking about TJ Oshi Nick backr those kind of players not to mention the players that could potentially be on the Move in the form of Max Patch ready Nicholas Abbe cubel Etc that this is a changing face of the capitals whether we’re ready for it or not change is coming just based on this team getting older and that is the position that they’re in so I think that you know Nikolai eers uh fits that role of potentially being that guy that we’ve heard about for the longest time uh We’ve we’ve heard different names out there and you know ultimately at this point it’s just kind of spitballing it’s kind of throwing it at the wall and seeing what sticks but these are possibilities of what could be uh in this show I spoke about it this offseason about different names that could potentially help bolster this team I spoke of Mitch Marner step stamco those kind of players that potentially they’re going to have to do that they’re going to have to make a big swing for a big fish I don’t think that Ivan Mir nenko Hendrick slop here and Conor McMichael are going to be able to get it done exclusively and I’ll talk about them later in the show they’re going to have to make that big swing and go outside of the organization to help jumpstart this team in the fall
The Capitals are transitioning to a younger team, focusing on developing their prospects and potentially adding talent like Nikolaj Ehlers from the Winnipeg Jets.
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