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GDT #78 Caps at Canadiens @ 7pm
alta:
I blame coaching here for the goalie problems. Even Copely is having a good season in L.A.
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Friday April 07, 2023, 01:53:49 PM Eastern ---What's kind of sad is I just read an article this morning talking about all the re-tooling the Caps have to do in the off season in the forward corp, but "fortunately" the defense looks settled with the goals and top 6 all coming back. I'm supposed to get excited that Darcy, Charlie, Carlson, Jensen, Sandin, TVR, Fehevary and Alexyev are coming back? Did we not just give up 6 to a team that just suffered back-to-back shutouts?
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I think I am more tolerant of the defensive situation than you may be. The defensive corps has been greatly disrupted this year, but at least now we have 3 defensemen in their early 20's in the mix rather than a bunch of mid-later career guys. Yes, there will be growing pains, but there may eventually be growing, so let's see what happens there. The goalies I can't speak to - I think with a more stable defensive corps next season you may see more middle-of-the-pack level goaltending out of the goalies, but I can't see much more than that out of them.
The forward corps is going to have to be revamped. I have been seeing rumblings that Kuznetsov is gone, and if so, so be it, though there isn't an immediate replacement even for the disappointing level of offense he was able to produce. We'll see what happens.
richkrt99:
I hear McMichael is doing well in Hershey. Move Kuzy and bring him up. I’m afraid McMike might just be an AHL star. He is young but let’s see
Or give Protas a shot at 3C. Although I don’t see him as a real scoring threat…at least so far.
Problem is that leaves Backy at 2C. I think that’s a stretch for him at this point.
I am also more okay with the D core.
Carlson is what he is and TVR is no star but he’s been serviceable. I think Fever will be a stud and am excited about Alexeyev as well. Jensen is fine but overpaid as usual.
Honestly I’d love to move Kuzy, Carlson, and Backy and have $25m to spend but it will Never happen.
Nobody would want Backy. Caps will never trade Carlson. Kuzy I could see them moving and maybe we can get a decent Center somewhere? Centers are HARD to find which is why we overpaid Kuzy. Too bad he’s become disgruntled or unmotivated or whatever.
Knowing this team… we’ll prob do NOTHING and just continue to decline with an older team tight against the cap.
BlackIce:
The Caps are reportedly going to try to trade Kuznetsov in the coming weeks. We will see.
IF this is true, it feels rather telling that the Caps are trading off Ovie's Russian sidekicks. Supposedly one of tne of the top two or three RAW talents in the upcoming draft is a Russian winger who is signed with the KHL through the 2025/2026 season, but it is rumored he may slide down the board because of Russia/Ukraine issues and the uncertainty and delay surrounding his arrival. IF he were to slide to the Caps in the upcoming draft, would they take him? In the past, they might well have. Now? I'd bet not.
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