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The ‘24-‘25 boredom thread..
Surreylily:
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1923415702997778885
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A good start ..... I hope.
We're stuck with Dylan for another year, I believe, and we've re-signed Chych so only another 3 Dmen to go.........
Maybe some peeps who can backcheck, play along the boards, pass to our own players occasionally, get the puck out of our zone, maybe? Maybe help our goalie out sometimes, challenge the puck carrier instead of letting them camp out and have tea and cakes in front of our net all the time, maybe?
Whilst size might be nice, I'd be more interested in players who actually give a flying fuck.
That's all I have to say about that.
:-|
Iafrates Ghost:
Thinking of Caps Lineup next year:
Ovechkin Strome Leonard
Protas Dubois Wilson
Lapierre McMichael Miroschinko
Duhaime Dowd Raddysh (resigned)
Cristall
I would love this type of youth movement as they all have potential and the sooner the better. They will need more speed and finishing touch to compete in the playoffs next year. Also this would show them if these guys all have a future here.
If not, then OV's 9.5 million and Carlson 8 mil come off the books and they could aquire some big talent that Summer. There is no imminent massive rebuild with this team as there is plenty of strong prospects already in the system
Also Ilya Protas, Cole Hutson and Ryan Chesley maybe even Paraczak in a couple of years.
I think the future is bright... what is everyone else's thoughts?
Mickstix:
I'd love that forward lineup. Nothing to prove next year anyway. Get the youngsters acclimated and see what they got! The sooner the better!!
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: Iafrates Ghost on Saturday May 17, 2025, 07:48:18 PM Eastern ---Thinking of Caps Lineup next year:
Ovechkin Strome Leonard
Protas Dubois Wilson
Lapierre McMichael Miroschinko
Duhaime Dowd Raddysh (resigned)
Cristall
I would love this type of youth movement as they all have potential and the sooner the better. They will need more speed and finishing touch to compete in the playoffs next year. Also this would show them if these guys all have a future here.
If not, then OV's 9.5 million and Carlson 8 mil come off the books and they could aquire some big talent that Summer. There is no imminent massive rebuild with this team as there is plenty of strong prospects already in the system
Also Ilya Protas, Cole Hutson and Ryan Chesley maybe even Paraczak in a couple of years.
I think the future is bright... what is everyone else's thoughts?
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We have to do a LOT more than just lose Eller, Mangiapane and Bouvillier. If you watch the other top teams, they get scoring and quality shifts out of their 3rd and 4th lines nightly and I'm not sure minor tinkering will get us there. I also saw nothing out of Leonard that would make me think he'll be on the 1st line next season. We also need more size both up front and on the defense. You build a team for the playoff grind, not the regular season. That's the reason you see so many conference champs and President's Cup winners fall short when it counts. We also need to get younger. I can see us struggling next year unless we make a couple strategic trades to improve the roster as it now stands.
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: Iafrates Ghost on Saturday May 17, 2025, 07:48:18 PM Eastern ---Thinking of Caps Lineup next year:
Ovechkin Strome Leonard
Protas Dubois Wilson
Lapierre McMichael Miroschinko
Duhaime Dowd Raddysh (resigned)
Cristall
I would love this type of youth movement as they all have potential and the sooner the better. They will need more speed and finishing touch to compete in the playoffs next year. Also this would show them if these guys all have a future here.
If not, then OV's 9.5 million and Carlson 8 mil come off the books and they could aquire some big talent that Summer. There is no imminent massive rebuild with this team as there is plenty of strong prospects already in the system
Also Ilya Protas, Cole Hutson and Ryan Chesley maybe even Paraczak in a couple of years.
I think the future is bright... what is everyone else's thoughts?
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I think we need to do a lot more than that. More size and speed both up front and on defense. Make a few strategic trades to fill the holes we now have. We got virtually nothing out of the 3rd and 4th lines (or the others, frankly) in the playoffs and the playoffs are what you build your roster for. How often do we see regular season conference champs and President's Cup winners fail at crunch time? It's because they have a regular season roster, not a playoff roster. That's where the Caps are.
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