Talk about Capitals hockey & more! > Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion
G30 Capitals @ Kings 10:00pm Wed Dec 4, 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, SN, FS-W
BlackIce:
Tonight will be the 7th game in a row that Backstrom will miss. With the Caps having severe salary cap issues and having to shorten their bench to keep in compliance with the cap, you'd think it would make sense to put him on LTIR retroactively, keep him out for 3 more games, and use the space to bring up extra players while they are on the West Coast.
I think there is one reason and one reason only that they aren't doing this, and it's an indication of how much they value Backstrom. If he were to go on LTIR and HAVE to miss 3 more games, the tenth game would be against the Bruins. I think the team, if they feel he can be back by then, want him on the ice to play defense against the Bruins' top line and they are willing to go through all sorts of salary cap gyrations simply to have him available for that one game.
ArJunaZ:
:goal:
:74z:
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Wednesday December 04, 2019, 10:14:48 PM Eastern ---Tonight will be the 7th game in a row that Backstrom will miss. With the Caps having severe salary cap issues and having to shorten their bench to keep in compliance with the cap, you'd think it would make sense to put him on LTIR retroactively, keep him out for 3 more games, and use the space to bring up extra players while they are on the West Coast.
I think there is one reason and one reason only that they aren't doing this, and it's an indication of how much they value Backstrom. If he were to go on LTIR and HAVE to miss 3 more games, the tenth game would be against the Bruins. I think the team, if they feel he can be back by then, want him on the ice to play defense against the Bruins' top line and they are willing to go through all sorts of salary cap gyrations simply to have him available for that one game.
--- End quote ---
Interesting thought. That is a huge game coming up. I've been anticipating that one for a while. One week from tonight.
alta:
whelp, at 9:55 someone decided she needed to go out and poop, so I missed the goal by our 13th foreword
alta:
and nice to see Gudas playing tonight, he almost looked concussed last night
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version