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Capitals off season moves and draft picks
richkrt99:
THe Caps have to sign Ziggy. Although the Caps current roster (excluding Ziggy) is $1.3mil OVER the cap already. Now Kempney being injured won't count (he's at 2.5) and that cap total includes Copely at 1.1m
That cap is a total of 21 players but does not include Ziggy or Ledue currently.
WHEN Ziggy is signed then Ladue will surely be AHL? Ziggy makes the 7th D. No way you carry 8
Problem is, we are 1.3 over Capspace NOW and have only 21 guys on the roster; only three LW (Ovie, Vrana, Haggs) and four RW (Wilson, Oshie, Panik, Hathaway) two of which are 4th line guys. There would be 7 d if you count Ziggy (and Not Ladue or Kempney)
SO we need another winger, but we don't really have the cap space without moving someone.
Subtract Ladue and Copely and that shaves 2.0mil, and Kempney another 2.5 for a total of 4.5 reduction bringing us to 3.0m under cap
Add Ziggy at 1.0 and you have about 2 mil to work with NOW but that's with a 21 man roster with 7 D and two goalies. (and excludes Kempney's 2.5)
Unless the Caps move someone, they have 2.0 mil for another winger or bring up couple youngins.
I don't see the Caps moving a D unless it's Jensen. They have question marks already with two new guys in Van Reims and Schultz, so I doubt they part with Orlov even if they could move his 5.1 salary.
Am I mistaken, but don't teams normally carry 22-23 guys on the roster (and dress 18 for a game)
alta:
The Caps need to dump someone to make cap space. I think it’s gonna be a Dman, and not the one that should go.
with the salery cap being stagnant for the next three years it would’ve been nice if the league put in a means to fudge with it a bit, like the luxury tax MLB used to run
alta:
A look at what the Caps new defense looks like, they don't have the cap space to make any more changes...
https://novacapsfans.com/2020/10/16/https-sagueneens-com-article-les-parties-des-divisions-est-et-ouest-reportees-jusquau-28-octobre/
but the biggest question still hasn't been addressed, when will the next season start
alta:
Siegs is a Cap for one more year...
https://novacapsfans.com/2020/10/21/capitals-re-sign-jonas-siegenthaler-to-one-year-800000-contract/
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: alta on Wednesday October 21, 2020, 08:58:50 PM Eastern ---Siegs is a Cap for one more year...
https://novacapsfans.com/2020/10/21/capitals-re-sign-jonas-siegenthaler-to-one-year-800000-contract/
--- End quote ---
Giddyup.
That's a good move IMO.
Jensen has to be gone. The Caps need the cap space. Although my math doesn't jive with what's reported in this article.
Sportstrac shows Caps over by 1.3 m with Kempney on the roster (and not yet Ziggy).
Kempney won't count while on LTIR, so my math shows Caps are 400k under. If they move Jensen, Caps can spend his 2.5m on a forward. They don't run into a problem until Kempney returns and that is at least 6 months down the road. Who knows where we will be by then.
Go Caps....maybe...someday....if the season ever starts.
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