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The ‘23-‘24 boredom thread.. no square poop allowed
alta:
With the Caps being relieved of Kuzy’s $3.9M payment, they are still $9.4M over the cap. Assuming Backy truly can’t play at the NHL level anymore, which seems very likely, the Caps will get that $9.2M cap break. Oshie is still a big question mark, if he can’t play at the NHL level anymore that will give the Caps a $5.75M break. We will have to wait until camp to see what Oshie is doing, but I would guess he has told management he is likely done given the amount of money management has spent, and the players they’ve brought in.
If Oshie is done, management gets a $5.5M cushion to deal with inevitable injuries.
richkrt99:
would be nice to have a spend cushion for a change. We shall see
alta:
The Caps will also have 9 UFAs at the end of this season. Three of those are Backy, Oshie and Dowd, so I’d expect those to end. Maybe offer Dowd a 1-2 deal depending on how his season goes, and I’d think his contract is too small to be worth trading off. But two of those are the goalies, Lindgren and Thompson. Shepard will also be a UFA, so they are going to need to spend a bit more for goalies after this season.
The Caps will be paying their three top goalies less than $3M combined going in to camp.
richkrt99:
ho hum
alta:
It’s the summer doldrums.. happens every year
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