Updated trade - Ovi/Backstrom

[Phinfan]

Hey all,

Really need an opinion on this one - trade updated:

Salary PTS
ovechkin $9,000,000.00 23 22 $6,000,000.00 backstrom
brunner $930,000.00 20 17 $900,000.00 OEL
lucic $4,250,000.00 17 16 $6,000,000.00 Healtey
Diaz $1,200,000.00 12 19 $3,000,000.00 Clarkson

$15,380,000.00 72 74 $15,900,000.00

Remember, salary cap league pt for goal, pt for assist. - OEL goes up to 5.5 next year, Heatley and Clarkson are not keepers ) only allowed 5 skaters and I have Towes and Shenn - who's cheap).

Thoughts?
Thanks!

[Spleentastic]

At this point, I don't think Ovie is worth $3 million more than Backstrom from a fantasy perspective. And yes, OEL is due a big raise, but he'll still be one of the more valuable d-man out there, especially when you consider his $5.5 million cap hit is currently tied for 17th among defencemen, a number which could drop precipitously with Mark Streit, Kris Letang, Justin Schultz, PK Subban, Michael del Zotto, Alex Pietrangelo, Kevin Shattenkirk, Dmitry Kulikov, Jake Gardiner, and Justin Faulk all due some serious cash in the next two seasons.

Suddenly that $5.5 million looks very reasonable.

I'd stick with Backstrom/OEL (combined 11.5 million) as keepers over Ovie/Brunner (presumably, combined 10 million).

[Phinfan]

Thanks, I also have Matt Carle, Kimmo Timonen, Nick Leddy and Paul Martin as my other D-men.

[Spleentastic]

You keep 3 D, right? The downgrade from OEL to either Timonen, Martin or Diaz is significant, especially from a long-term perspective, so I dislike the trade even more.