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Capitals off season moves and draft picks
alta:
Travis Boyd is now a Leaf for at least one year
alta:
not Capitals related, but interesting. I wouldn't think Schmitty was on the market, but if he is have the Caps looked into it...
https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2020/10/11/report-vegas-trade-nate-schmidt-to-florida-panthers-to-make-room-for-alex-pietrangelo/
Beaglefan2:
I would love it if they could get Schmidt back!! That would correct one of the biggest mistakes this franchise has made. I have been an Orlov fan but given the choice between the two, I would take Schmitty in a second. Now if we could just dump Carlson and keep both Schmitty and Orlov.....
BlackIce:
Interestingly, now Carr HAS been added to the Caps roster. It's hard to envision that he would be given serious consideration for a roster spot in Washington. But if he makes the roster at this point, why don't all the blue line signings make it too?
zerofox:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Monday October 12, 2020, 09:13:01 PM Eastern ---Interestingly, now Carr HAS been added to the Caps roster. It's hard to envision that he would be given serious consideration for a roster spot in Washington. But if he makes the roster at this point, why don't all the blue line signings make it too?
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I doubt LaDue plays much at the NHL level for us. Carlson Orlov Dillon and Schultz I feel like are fairly locked in as the top 4. I think Jensen, TVR, Siegs, and Fehervary may fight for positions 5 and 6. If I were GMBM, I might try to see if someone would take Jensen off my hands. Or maybe I'd see if he gets his mojo back with Lavi as HC. It doesn't hurt to have a glut of NHL-ready defensemen, especially when it comes to playoffs and potential injuries. Kempny I definitely want to ship off if anyone would be willing to take him, but he's on LTIR anyway so it's not like his cap hit will hurt us much.
Right now the forward ranks needs work. Assuming cap relief from Kempny on LTIR (or we trade him fingers crossed), that should free up about $2+ million of cap space. That makes room for 2 solid 4th liners as the 12 and 13th forwards. But as I mentioned before, we do need an offensive punch on the 3rd line. I do think Panik becomes the odd man out, and trading him gives us $2.7 million to play with for a replacement. I think he might be the odd man out because I could see Hagelin's speed working better for Laviolette's likely up-tempo forecheck. Having a speed merchant on that line might be helpful, especially with a winger who can actually finish.
Unfortunately, I feel like the list of free agent RW that could be signed for less than $3 million is not very impressive. And I'm not sure what's available via trade.
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