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BlackIce:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Wednesday July 03, 2019, 03:15:02 PM Eastern ---It's a bit concerning that we have to look elsewhere to find 4th line depth - what does that say about Hershey? Not that I mind the signings. The money was reasonable and the term was OK given the AAV was so low we can bury some of that [up to 1 million or something like that I heard] in Hershey. But is there so little talent in Hershey that we don't even have NHL caliber 4th liners?
I'm curious about Vrana. Those who understand the offer sheet better than I may be able to explain. If we are down to a paltry $3.5 million in cap space, and if everyone else, hell anyone else, in the NHL likes Vrana as much as we do, why wouldn't they tried to sign him to an offer sheet since the Caps have zero cap flexibility. I know they'd have to send draft picks back, but it's not like he'd be getting a large enough contract that the draft picks would be that bad. Assuming, of course, that they do like Vrana.
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Puckpedia has our cap space at almost $4.3 million rather than $3.5 million, so there's that.
I think teams are really loathe to poach other teams' RFA's because no one wants to lose prospects/players after just a few years' control, and what you do today may come back to bite you in a big way down the line. It seems that teams just don't want to open that Pandora's Box.
alta:
I'm ok with this, as long as Kempney is healthy,...
Projected lineup for 2019-20
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Vrana-Backstrom-Oshie
Hagelin-Eller-Panik
Leipsic-Dowd-Hathaway
Kempny-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
Djoos-Gudas
Holtby
Copley
Extra: Siegenthaler
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: alta on Sunday July 07, 2019, 11:51:09 AM Eastern ---I'm ok with this, as long as Kempney is healthy,...
Projected lineup for 2019-20
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Vrana-Backstrom-Oshie
Hagelin-Eller-Panik
Leipsic-Dowd-Hathaway
Kempny-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
Djoos-Gudas
Holtby
Copley
Extra: Siegenthaler
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Yeah, that’s how I figured the 19-20 was already sketched out.
You’re right about Kempy, but there is also Oshie to be concerned about. If those two return at 100% we’ll be lucky..
While the PK will be improved, The weakness is still at center. While the “popular”, naive, video game, “New NHL” full-retard mentality says face-offs don’t matter, we haven’t improved the middle from finishing dead last, in a skill the in reality is extremely imposrtamf
justwincaps:
With Dowd at 51.9% and every other center underwater [Stephenson 49.5%, Eller 49%, Backstrom 48.5%, and Kuzy 38.7%] it's hard to imagine that stat is going to improve any. I don't know how many he took, but Wilson was 54.7% - hell let him take the draws instead of Kuzy. Better yet, someone has to be out their ala Mitch Korn for goalies, who can teach Kuzy to at least be respectable in the faceoff circle.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Monday July 08, 2019, 01:10:49 PM Eastern ---With Dowd at 51.9% and every other center underwater [Stephenson 49.5%, Eller 49%, Backstrom 48.5%, and Kuzy 38.7%] it's hard to imagine that stat is going to improve any. I don't know how many he took, but Wilson was 54.7% - hell let him take the draws instead of Kuzy. Better yet, someone has to be out their ala Mitch Korn for goalies, who can teach Kuzy to at least be respectable in the faceoff circle.
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I have my doubts Kuzy will ever be worth a damn in the circle, (maybe even defensively), nor will Eller, nor will Dowd be the elite faceoff/shut down center we need him to be.
Yes a faceoff only coach( cough, Halpern, cough), will help, but the bottom line is the muscle, brains, work ethic, IQ, and more muscle we lost when Beagle left hasn’t come close to be replaced yet.
And that’s just on faceoffs, without mentioning PK, 200ft, or shutdown centers that, maybe except Nick, we don’t have, or have added to.
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