Hello everyone,

With yesterday's trade for Backstrom I now find myself with a glut of Washington skaters. I am thus considering a trade of Tomas Fleischmann. Preferably for a right winger with a different team, but would consider other positions as well if the player was one that I wanted.

Here's what Dobber has to say about Fleischmann in his guide:

"Tomas Fleischmann – When will the breakout happen? It will happen, mark my words. Why do I like this guy so much? Because I can’t think of many players off the top of my head who have always improved their stats. Not just in the NHL. Not even just in the AHL. Check this out – three years in the Czech Junior League saw his points per game go like this: 0.48, 0.62, 1.11. Two years in the WHL was like this: 1.09, 1.25. AHL was like this: 0.36, 1.11, 1.13. Now, in the NHL it is like this: 0.14, 0.28, 0.40 and 0.51. Every year, every league. He doesn’t know what it’s like to decline! I have him jumping to 0.62 points-per-game this year but it will be in this one or next one where he jumps by 0.25 or more.

Contract year...check...always improves with every campaign...check...entering his fourth NHL season...check! That’s a pretty promising troika for Tomas “Flash” Fleischmann."

If you are interested, send me a PM.

Cheers,
Matt

Flesichmann damage goods he is, says Yoda

TarikElBashir: Fleischmann's condition is called deep vein thrombosis On blood thinners. cn work out now, but not on ice until early Oct. Source is twitter.

Thanks for that piece of info Ray.

Crazy that we're only a week away from the draft and already I have two injuries (Fleischmann, Pitkanen), one unsigned player (Dubinsky), and one player that's been traded from a powerhouse squad to a struggling team (Michalek).

This is one of the reasons I dislike drafting this early.

At least the injuries seem minor and shouldn't keep Fleischmann and Pitkanen out of action for too long. Here's hoping their recovery will be quick.

That was a concern of mine also, drafting early. Too many things can happen and unsettled. Maybe there should be a clause where if a player is out for the season, a la Erik Johnson last year, you can get a supplemental pick the day before the season starts or something to that effect.


Razor

Matt I can just hold onto Mike Green for you for the season to try and ease the Capital load?