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PuckinUgly57
Don't be a jabroni.
Capitals tracked Pierre-Luc Dubois for years before trading for him and believed his problems in LA were solely usage-based
The Washington Capitals made a slew of big moves this past offseason, fueling an on-the-fly retool that has them atop the NHL's…russianmachineneverbreaks.com
Just to rehash that the PLD stuff wasn't a fever dream.
It wasn't. Yeah he looks uninspiring which is on him, but he also wasn't put in positions to succeed like say Buster has been. PP time? Nope. L1 duties? Nope. Quality wingers? Nope.
The trade was bizarro to begin with but how he was handled was even more weird. Why trade for and sign an $8 million a year guy if you aren't going to utilize him properly? That's on Blake and McLellan and Hiller.
Was watching the Caps Oilers tonight on CI and guess who scored the GW goal to win 3-2 and help the Kings in the standings...