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--- Quote from: dpf1971 on Sunday July 08, 2018, 02:11:20 PM Eastern ---
Soooo, correct me if I am wrong - but the only way we could lose Wilson (this upcoming season) is if he DID file for arbitration, allowed it to go that level and then the Club decided not to pay what the arbitrator decided what a fair deal would have been ... then he would become a UFA, right? So right now, since Wilson did not apply for arbitration, he can either work a deal with the Club or not play NHL hockey (or the Caps can trade his "rights").
PS - please Caps, resign LOB ... if he's getting better, he's exactly the kind of guy we need on the 4th line.
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You are correct, if Wilson had filed for arbitration and won and if the amount awarded was over a certain amount, I am not sure what that figure is, the Caps could decline the contract and Wilson would become a free agent.
Devise:
Yeah Wilson not filing is great for us. He has no intention of going anywhere else and they clearly want to get a long term deal locked up so we don't have to worry about his contract for seasons. I think we'll sign him for sure, no problems. Just about figuring out the term I'd imagine, and less the salary. We probably want 5+ years of him, and I can't blame BMGM for that. Right now Wilson is probably one of our biggest grit pieces that we can't afford to lose. And I imagine Wilsons agent wants a bit more money (especially in later seasons) if he's going to give up so many seasons term wise.
BlackIce:
There is one other conceivable way that the Caps could lose Wilson. And that is if some other team signed him to an offer sheet that the Capitals could not or would not match. Then he would belong to the other team and the Caps would be due compensation based on the AAV of the offer sheet.
This is a tactic rarely tried and almost never successful. The only possible concern that it COULD conceivably happen is that at this point, Wilson is pretty much a unique talent in the league (a tough guy who appears to have grown into a legitimate top-6 forward). Because of that, some team might conceivably take a run at him (pun intended).
Mickstix:
Do they (another team) just have to make the offer, or would Wilson have to agree/sign the offer, before the Caps would have to match it?
OldHat:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Monday July 09, 2018, 09:04:51 AM Eastern ---Do they (another team) just have to make the offer, or would Wilson have to agree/sign the offer, before the Caps would have to match it?
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He would have to accept the offer sheet...
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