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Caps17201:
I’m just looking forward to the season. I get the games on channel 846 with Comcast, Sports Washington. I figured it’s about time I follow a team that I can watch most regularly on tv. I also can watch the Penguins games, but I am just not interested in them. For years I was a Flyers fan when I lived in the Lehigh Valley near Allentown, but when I moved to Franklin County that all went away, including my access to watching them on tv. Allentown was only about an hour and a half drive for me to Philly. I’m not as versed in all the ins and outs with the team and players and trades etc. but I enjoy a forum like this even though I don’t have that much to contribute. So, I’ll root for the Caps and this year hope that they make the playoffs. I’m sure there was disappointment in what happened this past season, after having made the playoffs for year’s previously, so we’ll see how it goes with some new faces and a new coach. Distance to the Caps’s arena for me now is about two hours.

richkrt99:
I'm not mad they didn't sign Eller.  I mean I was one of the few who always liked him and thought he was decent 3C for this team, but with a team in rebuild...I'm fine with putting Protas at 3C and see how he fares.  Eller is 34.  We are old enough.
MaxPatch?  Makes no sense for 2m.  I mean I guess he's a steal at 2m, but He's a risk for sure.  He's a bigger guy and can score 25-30g if healthy.  If he's on IR, he's cap relief, so...that's a factor for this team.  No way we were signing Sheary for 2m for THREE years.  Good for him, landed on a decent team, but he's maybe a 15g a year guy.
Sorry to lose Brown, but I always figured he was gone.  Having a chance to play with McDavid again...I can't blame him there.  Not that we could afford a $4m guy.

Mickstix:
I think Sheary at 2m x3 was a steal. He can skate, play any line, and even slumping (like the rest of the team) averaged .5 points a game for us.


Patch is gonna be skating on a 2x torn achilles tendon. He and Oshie will probably be buds, sitting in the press box injured, for the majority of the season. I don't really buy cap relief angle. We had tons of guys on IR last year and did jack squat with the "relief"..

richkrt99:
Orlov signed 2 year, $15.5m with Carolina.
Hathaway signed 2 year, $4.75m with Philthy

I guess it's more of a factor of how many FA you have leaving your squad, but....some teams making lots of moves:
Florida signed 12 players (and lost 4)  Wow - guess they wanted to be the early bird in FA.
Rags signed 9 and lost 4
Hens signed 9 and lost 9
Tampa Bay signed 7 and lost 2
Toronto signed 6 and lost 10

As far as the Caps...we lost Sheary, Brown, Irwin, Smith (basically all of our NHL FA's), and Pilon as well.  We have Hags, Fucale, Nardella, Vecchione remaining FA's.  I assume Hags will retire or is on IR (not sure how that works with an expired contract), and the other three pretty much AHL guys.  I could see Fucale getting a shot at a backup spot somewhere.

Caps certainly haven't improved their roster so far in FA.  Basically we picked up Max P and lost Sheary

Caps HAVE TO sign Fever and then I think will be out of money unless they can move Mantha or Kuzy

Ozzies09tc:
You guys will enjoy Joel Edmundson.


Our D has been atrocious since he and Pietrangelo left.


Likes to hit, plays the body, smart plays with the puck, not the most offensively gifted, good stay at home D-man, instantly improves the PK


Stanley Cup winner also

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