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The ‘23-‘24 boredom thread.. no square poop allowed
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Monday July 01, 2024, 10:45:00 AM Eastern ---
Wayne - Malenstyn isn't on Stephenson's level now, but remember when we traded Stephenson, he was playing 3rd and 4th line and was not valued by the Caps - who traded him for a 5th round pick! Ouch!!
Malenstyn should have been up with the Caps at least a year earlier, but Laviolette refused to develop younger players.
There were many nights when Malenstyn was easily one of our top forwards and you could see him improve as he got more confidence. I just hate this trade.
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I agree that they underutilize guys who then go on to big things elsewhere. Burakovsky was a prime example.
Beaglefan2:
They really have rarely developed many guys through the system. I would be curious to see where they rank against other teams in the percentage of the roster that is home grown.
They also seem to be staffing Hershey with good minor leaguers that can win a Calder Cup but not many of them get to stick with the big team. Just saw they resigned Ethan Frank for two years. I don't know why he would resign with this organization since they never call him up. It has to be depressing for the guys at Hershey that are hoping to make the club and then they go out and sign 5 or 6 guys from the outside.
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Tuesday July 02, 2024, 08:53:03 PM Eastern ---They really have rarely developed many guys through the system. I would be curious to see where they rank against other teams in the percentage of the roster that is home grown.
They also seem to be staffing Hershey with good minor leaguers that can win a Calder Cup but not many of them get to stick with the big team. Just saw they resigned Ethan Frank for two years. I don't know why he would resign with this organization since they never call him up. It has to be depressing for the guys at Hershey that are hoping to make the club and then they go out and sign 5 or 6 guys from the outside.
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I wondered the same...Hershey has been very successful, but few of their talent ever amount to much here. I think part was Lavi was not really a young player kind of coach. Maybe that changes with Carbs - he appears to be good for the young guys (among other things)
Or is it simply the Hershey guys are just really good AHL players and not quite NHL caliber?
I would expect Frank will get some time this year with the Caps, but we shall see.
alta:
The Caps first round pick is locked in..
https://x.com/Capitals/status/1809293696006799499
Mickstix:
New GM!!
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1810328032743461332
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