Major trade proposal sends much-maligned Kirby Dach to Washington, but voters aren't sold

A fan-built trade pitch sending Kirby Dach from the Montreal Canadiens to Washington for Ivan Miroshnichenko picked up steam Sunday.

The full package: Adam Engstrom, Dach and a 2027 second-round pick for Miroshnichenko. The account behind it says the Capitals forward “has shot up the trade board.”

The crowd isn't buying it. With voting still open, 46.9% of the 651 voters say Montreal hangs up.

Another 27.6% figure Washington walks away, leaving 25.5% who'd sign off on it.

The Dach side of the pitch makes sense on paper. The 25-year-old hasn't scored through 10 games and sits at -4.

His $3,600,000 cap hit has bought Montreal 2 assists so far.

Miroshnichenko, meanwhile, has dressed for 3 of Washington's 10 games. His only goal came on the power play.

Miroshnichenko has shot up the trade board for me. Habs should be all over this.

Engström, Dach, 2027 2nd

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Miroschnichenko

who says no?

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Fan trade proposal packages Kirby Dach with two more Canadiens assets for Ivan Miroshnichenko

Engstrom is a 22-year-old defenseman on an $896,666 cap hit.

He's posted a +2 rating through 5 games, even without a point to show for it.

Kent Hughes should hang up. Tossing a cheap young defenseman and a pick into a deal just to move Dach is a bad trade, whatever the final poll says.

Betting that much on the Capitals forward's early sample is like judging a restaurant off the bread basket.

And what would Washington even do with Dach?

The Capitals are 6-4-0 after a 4-3 overtime win over Buffalo on Saturday.

They've also beaten Montreal once this season, 5-4 on October 14.

Spencer Carbery isn't exactly hurting for young forwards, either. Ryan Leonard already has 8 points at 21.

Engstrom is the piece that might get Chris Patrick's attention. Vincent Desharnais is out until at least December 5 with an abdomen injury.

Martin St-Louis has holes of his own up front. Nick Suzuki is out until at least November 18 with an upper-body injury.

Ivan Demidov is sidelined until at least October 31 too, and the Canadiens are 5-3-2 heading into tonight's game in Winnipeg.

If the goal column stays empty much longer, the next Dach trade pitch won't need a fan account to write it.

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