Milan Jurcina returns to Washington

Guess no big deals then

that's it no more trades. Not bad, figure Juice was the back up plan

WHAT? this does not make any sense...

This is ridiculous?

Great pick up, a hugh 6-4 D-man.. He is an upgrade over what we have and is well liked in the locker room.. He will hit, and is underrated at a plus 2 on the season.. The only reason we traded him in first place was b/c he is a UFA and will demand a large pay raise!!

There's a 'chemistry guy' ... interesting yet 'safe' move

Low-risk, high-reward moves that don't threaten chemistry.

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop - this is quite odd. The Caps have to be over some sort of roster maximum with these vet moves...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Welcome back Juice.

Sometimes no deal is the best deal. Or at least no big deal. Still wonder who these guys replace on the roster. And I thought we had all that cap space since what's his name went away.

Juice was the backup plan? I would've thought Alzner or Carlson or even Sloan were the "backup plan" if anyone got injured. I guess we'll have to get used to seeing Crysby and others parked in front of the crease and nobody clearing them out in the playoffs.

For a 6th Round pick. The good news is that we haven't given anybody up...so far.

nooooo

WTF???

Two years ago we got Cooke, Huet and Feds for two #2s (one being Ruth) and Sutherby.

Walker, Belanger and Jurcina aren't up to that, although I'm happy with Belanger.

Good! Glad to see him back.

Welcome back, Juice.
Did we miss you?

Considering right after this they announced Hamhuis wouldn't be moved, I'll bet Washington was working on something for him and it fell through.

Didn't think we should have traded him in the first place but this is weird.

Chris Clark and a 6th for Chimera...sounds a like a good trade to me.

Epic Fail GMGM. You must play great D in the playoffs and the Caps don't have that. So who sits now that we have added Walker, Belanger & Jurcina??? GMGM never takes the big risk. My guess is another playoff exit. Heck, if it weren't for Varly we would have lost to the Rangers. And he can't stay healthy.

This team need help on the blueline and the whole world knows it yet we do nothing. Horrible.

There were 12 trades announced AFTER the deadline last year so it might not be over yet.

We can’t have all these guys on our roster.

well, that's a little disappointing.

We're riding on your back Theo.

Well Juice is better than Sloan and Erskine. But I hope this doesn't prevent Alzner from playing. I'm afraid that this will mean Alzner and Carlson will be in Hershey the rest of the year.

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

Pierre LeBrun:
there are 12 deals that were announced AFTER 3 p.m. ET last year before league head office takes a while to process deals

I thought he played great in the Olympics.

These three guys use up about 60% of available cap space per my math.

TSNBobMcKenzie Interesting aspect of Jurcina deal -- he was just diagnosed with a sports hernia.

I suppose Lainge & Sloan are headed back to Hershey????

Like I said, I liked Juice and thought he played pretty well in the playoffs last year. I hope he can step it up again and even more now that he got a new lease on life.

I'm a little disappointed at the same time. I really thought we were going to land that Dman to put us over the hump so to say. I tell ya what, when GMGM says he's stickin to a plan, by God he's stickin to a plan!

"Mister" Crosby, Jurcina is coming back.

Pothier and Osala gone per http://twitter.com/JohnMKeeley

Wow have we got alot of fowards in our basket. This was not at all what I had expected, very disappointing I must say. I guess we will see.

Juice has a Sports hernia. Now I am confuzzled.

Jurcina was traded for TBA, which pretty much means a pick. I won't object - adds depth to the defense, he knows the system, has an awesome (if inaccurate) shot... not the best grab, but not horrible.

Wow, have we got alot of fowards in our basket. This was not at all what I had expected, very disappointing I must say. I guess we will see.

Maybe they got him back to play with Alzner!!!!! those 2 worked quite well together. Just food for thought

Great deadline day. We filled the more obvious void in our PK/center needs. Didn't do much to address the other problem, but it's not as big a deal as people make it out to be.

Can't wait to see Belanger in a Caps uni.

I like Juice, but we needed better! GM you let me down!

TSNBobmckenzie: Interesting aspect of Jurcina deal -- he was just diagnosed with a sports hernia.

Whattt???????

I like Juice, but this is ridiculous. Sure, he was great playing with Chara at the Olympics, but there isn't a Chara on this team. Unless a late trade is made, the Caps are stuck with 8D again and no room for Alzner.

Is management going to keep saying "sometimes the best deal is no deal" every year or at some point are they going to break some damn eggs and make a freaking omelet?

Corvo is being moved..where?

Large23220 - i think you mean we are riding on your back Varly.

Pothier and Osala gone per http://twitter.com/JohnMKeeley

Posted by: visionof75 | March 3, 2010 3:02 PM |

Really?!?! Things just got interesting...

You don't always need to go out and get a big name to make your team better, we got role players. We are a better team today than yesterday... I think GMGM did a good job making us a better team today...

Please don't get me worng I wanted a big name D guy, hell we didn't get him oh well. I am happy with this team

Juice was traded for a 6th round pick.

pathetic

Juice was traded for a 6th round pick.

Pothier and Osala gone per http://twitter.com/JohnMKeeley

Posted by: visionof75

WHYYYYYYYY omg now I'm really freaking out!!! I like Pothier!

LeBrun reporting Caps slipped in another trade at the deadline

"My guess is another playoff exit."

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I'm not exactly pleased here, either. But, you're not exactly going out on a limb with this prediction, right?

HINT: All but 1 team that makes the playoffs, exit it.

Is management going to keep saying "sometimes the best deal is no deal" every year or at some point are they going to break some damn eggs and make a freaking omelet?

Posted by: LesGrossman | March 3, 2010 3:03 PM |

They made three trades. Are you high?

Please be Kaberle. Please be Kaberle. Come on GMGM. We need it.

Got one more coming in....

Pierre LeBrun:
I'm told the Washinton Capitals slipped under trade under the radar... waiting to hear what

LeBrun is reporting that the Caps got another trade in at deadline

To everyone who's complaining about not improving on defense - we actually did. Belanger is a defensive center, which means he can match up with players like Crosby. The Caps problem defensively is more with the forwards than the defensemen. Belanger can give the support that the defensemen need against other teams top lines.

I thought Juice played very well in the Olympics. I am excited to see this team. I didnt think we need a great change. You see San Jose, Detroit, Chicago,Vancouver making really big trades?

LeBrun is saying we slipped another trade in so there could be something else coming.

Osala and Pothier traded so there's another show waiting to drop - wonder if it's the 'BIG' defenseman?

Don't agree with bringing him back at all we have better players in Hershey.

Supposedly the Caps got a trade in at the end. Maybe for Corvo.

Also, the pick for Jurcina was a conditional 6th round pick. Maybe that is conditional that he plays a few games (meaning he overcomes the sports hernia), if not they may have given nothing. It isn't much of a risk, and too much depth in the playoffs is never a bad thing.

All these comments.."pathetic", "disappointing", etc

Seriously..go get a life. GMGM did what he could this year. He went after Sutton, he went after Hamhuis.

Give the man a break.

Wonder what the condition is on the conditional 6th rounder we gave up for Juice.

visionof75 - havent seen it yet?

Please be Kaberle. Please be Kaberle. Come on GMGM. We need it.

Posted by: JDR1970

They said Kaberle is staying put in TOR.

Eric, you're safe.

Some Caps "Fans" are soo Shi$^) cry over everything.. Get over it. If not for GMGM we wouldn't be in the position we are in....IDIOTS!!!

oh god don't tell me we traded Osala for Kaberle.

Frankly, Pothier was also not an issue, he was playing way better than Poti.

no problem with Juice coming back either. We needed him v the rangers last yr, he and ShaMo were beasts against the Rags

But no kaberle and no corvo, they don't provide the element we need defensively at all.

tpanotch rumor Flyers may have gotten Joe Corvo as the deadline expired

If that is true then who knows who the Caps may have gotten

yup.. it's Corvo.. it was in the tweet.

CORVO! Whoa!

Corvo for Pothier and Osala

Just to remind all of you Redskins...I mean Caps fans. GMGM is not giving up long-term pieces. We are not just trying to win this year. Quit moaning if he did not make the big "splash".

And Pothier and Osala for Corvo

We got Corvo for Potsy and Osala

Why didn't he use that 2nd round pick on Sutton if he was willing to give it up?

I just saw.... Corvo for Pothier and Osala.

and as long as you're looking for a gritty winger, why not go after Raffi Torres over a Scott Walker? Torres is a much more effective player at this point in either career.

Buffalo got a lot better by adding him

corvo to caps for pothier and osala

It almost looks like the Caps were just making trades for guys Philly was going after. I had seen them going for Corvo and Juice

We got Corvo!

And we trade Pothier & Osala for Corvo? Seriously, GMGM takes fail to an brand new level. Holy crap GMGM has failed today.

And VTDuffman, you know what I mean. If you don't then you haven't been a fan very long.

It's Corvo (per LeBrun)

This is ridiculous?

We got Corvo from CAR for Pothier and Osala

Hokies4Caps20 he wanted to use it to fill another need the Caps had.

McPhee's an idiot. Plain and simple. If I had to pick one player who should not be coming this way it would be Joe Freaking Corvo.

He's a finesse puck moving dman who can be forced into mistakes. His biggest flaw is his play in front of the net, along the boards etc. He's not strong defensively and can be taken advantage of. Is that really what we needed? and to give up Osala? stupid

Pothier is better defensively than Corvo, period

Why didn't he use that 2nd round pick on Sutton if he was willing to give it up?

Posted by: Hokies4Caps20

We tried but the Isles thought that the Ottawa 2nd rounder would be lower then our 2nd rounder.

GMGM didn't make any huge moves, but he made 3 solid pick for player moves. I don't know how Corvo is going to fit in place of Pothier, but we'll have to see. Losing Osala... I don't see it as a big deal.

lets face it, McPhee is in love with puck moving dmen. He loves em

The only way a Corvo trade makes sense is if he replaced Poti and we got another defenseman who was strong defensively via trading some of our excess forwards.

George McPhee...you've done it again. I think that the team will continue their great chemistry with Jurcina back in the locker room. I, for one, am one happy fan.

Corvo is better than Pothier. I think we are better today than we were.

But we still have too many guys?

Corvo is better than Pothier, Erskine, Sloan, and Jurchina.

losing Osala - who cares. Getting Corvo for Pothier - not sure?

TFP says more deals are still on the way.

btw, for those who don't think losing Osala was a big deal, do you realize he was the ONLY power forward prospect we have in the entire organization ? Name me one other player in our org with size, strength and the potential to play on a 2nd line one day.

We're not stacked with power forward prospects in the minors at all. Osala was the only one. Most teams have 4 to 5 guys like that.

Modin to the Kings..

Pothier and Osala to Canes for D Man Joe Corvo.

Some Caps "Fans" are soo Shi$^) cry over everything.. Get over it. If not for GMGM we wouldn't be in the position we are in....IDIOTS!!!

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Hate to tell you but a GM can do a great job in building a team but a horrible job in finishing it off. Just because he built this team doesn't mean you don't ever criticize the guy. This team needed to get better on D and they didn't do it plain and simple. It's the truth.

Apparently, was also a 2nd round pick included in Corvo deal, per TFP.

It is nice we didn't lose Fehr or Flash. I like the Belanger and Corvo moves.

Did the Flyers stand pat?

Huh... the Caps also traded a 2nd rounder for Corvo?

Huh... the Caps also traded a 2nd rounder for Corvo according to Bob McKenzie?

TFP didn't have that last bit about Corvo, it was Bob MacKenzie - my bad, keep flipping back and forth between the two.

GMGM didn't let me down after all. I think we are more set now then before today! Good job GM!

Corvo btw, 2nd last on the Canes teams in hits per game.He doesn't like to hit, he stays away from contact and he doesn't force other forwards to compete hard. He's just a finesse defenseman. Lets hope he decides to show a little more guts when trying to impress his new teammates.

To give McPhee a pass on what he did to improve our defensive corps though..sorry. He failed. Juice was an ok pickup. Corvo for Pothier adds nothing defensively. And losing Osala does suck.

hopefully we're in the market for another dman trade that got sneaked in before the deadline, we still have too many forwards.

Stempniak to the Yotes, good trade for Phx and Toronto trades a goalie to Anaheim and acquires yet another pick

Think we might have overpaid for Corvo. Pothier, Osala AND a 2nd round pick?

And we trade Pothier & Osala for Corvo?

AND a 2nd in 2011.

Wow - that Sutton deal the Isles consummated looks so much better, but what do I know. RichPhil schooled me well yesterday, so I'm laying low - let you pros duke it out. I just want to know the consensus view of the board.

And we trade Pothier & Osala for Corvo?

AND a 2nd in 2011.

Wow - that Sutton deal the Sens consummated yesterday looks so much better, but what do I know. RichPhil schooled me well yesterday, so I'm laying low - let you pros duke it out. I just want to know the consensus view of the board.

there has to be more trades - Souray? I thought he was a sure goner

and expected to see the Rangers/Flyers do something. Rags picked up Kris Newbury who is like a Bradley type (but not as good a bleeder)

So a 2nd rounder, Pothier & Osala for a guy who isn't very sound in his own end and is marginally better than Potsy? Worst trade of the year if true.

@JDR1970 agreed

This just in fresh of the press caps getting jagr back they gonna have him play the big bad D man they badly need and he is willing to drop the glows if needs be you heard it here first it’s over done lol.

Think we might have overpaid for Corvo. Pothier, Osala AND a 2nd round pick?

Posted by: rademaar | March 3, 2010 3:21 PM | Report abuse

sounds like all of McPhee's other deals fell thru and he got desperate to save face

and the defensively strong get stronger - Canucks just acquired Andrew Alberts. I'll take him over Corvo any day and he cost them nothing but "TBD"

Was Pothier's contract so bad the Caps needed to trade a 2nd rounder in the deal? Or do the Caps want to make a bad deal so GMGM isn't labeled as being cheap?

going into the playoffs with Corvo and Poti on defense along with Green who has his lapses, I mean I'm sorry - that doesn't look like a Cup defense to me. Add in Schultz who has never played a single playoff game. Erskine who seems to be on the bubble. Sloan who sucks.

I mean, how does McPhee look at that roster and think its good enough to take the Cup ?

Columbus gets Mathieu Roy. I'd even take him over Corvo.

NHL.com says we got Corvo -- Pothier is gone.

you people are just NEVER happy

Hahahahaha!!! when are you suckers going to wake up? George Mc Phee has been playing with your intelligence FOR MORE THAN A DECADE!! You people are unbelievable. No "D" means NO CUP again this year. And, the beat goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on some more. Geezzzzz....

@dah1963

Seriously! We got a gritty rough and tumble leader in Walker, got a defensive center with scoring touch and who ranks 7th in FO% (where does Flash rank?) and got back Jurcina for nothing. That sounds good to me!

Not to mention that Corvo won a cup in Carolina, was a + every year he played in the NHL until last year (-1) and this year (-6). BUt plus minus is affected by the how your team plays as well. NOt many double digit plus players on a crappy team. Just look at Ovechkins +/- before they hired Gabby.
Corvo and Pothier make about the same $ so he comes off the books in July. He's an experienced D man, blocks shots and won a Cup. And you people are complaining?

Last but not least...
If Osala is so good, why did he not get a call up this year? We recalled Giroux and Andrew Gordon. Didn't we recal Boyd Kane once too? Bourque as well maybe? Osala not once. Just one time last year. Seems to me that if he was the man he would have come up this year at least once.
Come on! We are better than we were when you woke up today! And it cost us a soon to be Free agent a couple of picks and a prospect. At least we didn't trade Carlson, Alzner, Neuvirth or Johansson! Those are the stud prospects. I'll stop before the aneurysm fires up

Ok, I've had enough. I've listened to too many morons and remained quiet. The bottom line is this. George ( Really Ted's ) entire CON is to have outstanding records during the regular season. Then, wish for a miracle come playoff time. McPhee knows darned well this team ( Especially it's defense ) is NOT CONSTRUCTED to win Lord Stanley's Cup. How many times does he have to say it before you clowns actually HEAR him? "We're in this for the LONG haul. That's precisely why he's unwilling to give up ANYONE with real value; be it Varly, Alzner, Carlson, Flash, etc. He and Ted are astute enough to know that as long as they keep having 100 point regular seasons, you fools will keep shelling out $ 7.00 for a beer.
And, I'm so tired of hearing you numbskulls praising mcpee for building a "Great" team, I'm ready to explode. THE CAPS ARE NOWHERE NEAR BEING A GREAT TEAM. Ov and Backastrom literally FELL into their laps. There was certainly no genius involved in drafting either one of them. And, Green? PLEASE!! Tell Sidney Crosby Green's a great defenseman. Or Poti. Or Schultz. Or any of them, for that matter. George has a bunch of mostly THIRD LINE D men masquerading as guys capable of bringing you the Cup. And, you're so gullible you continue believing this malarkey YEAR, AFTER YEAR, AFTER. You're pathetic.

@ puckguru:

Are you 12 yet?

Just because you enjoy wallowing in negativity doesn't mean the rest of us do.

Somehow I think that anything GMGM did would still have you prancing around and laughing your demented laugh as you make your dire predictions of endless misery for the Caps and their fans...

This campaign ain't over yet. Not by a long shot.

STFU and go back to the Pensblog.

Corvo is an upgrade over Potsy. Blocks as many shots, moves the puck, and has playoff experience. Good deal.

guys... lets stop and think in realistic and common sense terms for a second... this is particularly aimed at you puckguru. The capitals were one win away from knocking out the eventual stanley cup champions and moving onto the third round. they are in first place in the whole league this year without varlamov and frankly, we all know they have much in the tank for the playoffs than they are even using in the regular season (see: defensive lapses). They just added a bunch of solid players for relatively cheap. granted a few second round picks were lost but where and when would these picks honestly go into the lineup? we have enough young talent as is and not too many spots left to fill. i would say things are looking quite positive for the caps. lets just hope they can beat the pens

@ Rhino 40
Same pathetic moron you've always been, I see.

Puckguru used the word malarkey. He's gotta' be at least 80 and feels like he didn't leave enough of a mark on the world (for the last time, your brown stains in your underpants don't count), that he's got to criticize every move McPhee makes. Sounds like a bitter old drag queen. Grow up, Puckguru, you're dismissed.