Capitals off season moves and draft picks

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interesting decision...

https://novacapsfans.com/2020/10/22/former-capitals-prospect-connor-hobbs-retires-from-professional-hockey/

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age isn't that big of an issue anymore, and Lundquist is 7 years older than Holts


https://novacapsfans.com/2020/10/24/capitals-now-have-2nd-oldest-roster-in-the-nhl/

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Caps sign a rookie center...

https://novacapsfans.com/2020/10/27/capitals-sign-hendrix-lapierre/

[richkrt99]

Looks like the kid has some beaver in his blood.
 

[Surreylily]

Get to the point   

[Mickstix]

Get to the point   

You need a decoder Lil? Rich and Alta both said it.. "The offseason is boring" There! 

[Surreylily]

 

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The Caps are $1.3M over the salary cap right now, not including Kempney on the LTIR. Some more moves need to be made.


Some of the things I've been reading hint at Orlov being the odd man out. It would leave room for Kempney to return plus a couple M in breathing room.

[richkrt99]

The Caps are $1.3M over the salary cap right now, not including Kempney on the LTIR. Some more moves need to be made.


Some of the things I've been reading hint at Orlov being the odd man out. It would leave room for Kempny to return plus a couple M in breathing room.

Hmmm.  What hints?  His contract makes the most sense - dollars wise to move, but that means "you/they" are comfortable with Jensen and Kempny (or Van Riemsdky) as a fulltime D.
I would not be butt hurt if Orlov were moved.  Although I think he has some upside if he could actually maintain some defensive responsibility and lose the random TOTAL bonehead plays....and he is one of our few checkers we have left. 


The Caps are 1.3m over, but that's carrying 8 D and 3 GT.  Kempny money won't count for 6 months (you know....right about when the season actually starts
I would think one of the G (Copely) will get moved to AHL so that will save $750K  (UNLESS his contract always counts against the Cap? - not sure how that works and would he have to clear waivers?....If that is the case then I'd guess they have to keep him on the NHL roster so scratch that $750k savings).  we have the roster space so I guess you carry 3 GT.  Actually our total GT cost is a steal right now.  Also odd....Sportrac shows Ziggy on the roster, but no salary cap number (0) at all so not sure what that means.]Kempny carries 2.5, that won't count start of season.  However, It certainly WOULD be nice to actually start a season with some breathing room under the cap rather than always up against it.

I'm a little surprised they did not move Panik for his 2.75m, but maybe they just couldn't...and we are SHORT on wingers.  Dowd is a freaking steal at $750k.  He will never be a superstar, but he's well worth $750k for a 4th line guy and PK guy.  Is Panik worth 3.66 times what Dowd is?  I know everyone has been pretty down on Panik...I was kind of hoping he would evolve a little bit into slightly better fit.  I never expected him to be a superstar, but he has good size and decent skills....just never seemed to really gel.  (MAYBE A BETTER COACH COULD BETTER UTILIZE HIM )  He averages about 31pts a season, but not really what I'd call a top 6 scoring guy so don't know what that should actually be worth these days. Hags is fairly comparable in scoring stats and salary - although I think he was really hired as a PK guy which he has been very helpful at.....we shall see moving forward with age how that affects his wheels.  Maybe they see something in Panik that doesn't come out in numbers...utility fit guy, can PK, decent size, etc.

Anyway...nice to be ranting about hockey again....just wish it was about actual games.


And I still can't hit the backspace key or delete key without it totally wigging out the font size.  It shrinks it to unreadable and I have to go back and edit it.
(maybe yuns smart guys does it on purpose to keep my posts shorter)   

.  and since when... Take for example this text which is so tiny because I hit the delete key on the blank line above this line of text.  (Hi AJ.  Hi ALTA)
Blah, blah blah.  Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah.  Yadda yadda yadda zipity doo dah.

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the worst thing that the Seinfeld show ever gave us was...


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I still think this was not a good move for the Caps...


https://novacapsfans.com/2020/11/22/a-closer-look-at-capitals-defenseman-justin-schultz/#more-301058


as I've noted before, I really don't care how few goals a good solid defenseman gets. A true Norris dman isn't going to have 15-20 goals, even if he's on PP1. The league leading PP is only suscesfull %33 of the time, and in D.C. for the last 15 years OV has a good %70 of those goals. I remember how excited everyone got when someone like Erskin or Brash scored, because it it didn't happen often. But their defense stopped far more goals than they gave up. Carlson needs to score 15 a year just to break even in that category, double that in the playoffs.

[richkrt99]

I still think this was not a good move for the Caps...


https://novacapsfans.com/2020/11/22/a-closer-look-at-capitals-defenseman-justin-schultz/#more-301058


as I've noted before, I really don't care how few goals a good solid defenseman gets. A true Norris dman isn't going to have 15-20 goals, even if he's on PP1. The league leading PP is only suscesfull %33 of the time, and in D.C. for the last 15 years OV has a good %70 of those goals. I remember how excited everyone got when someone like Erskin or Brash scored, because it it didn't happen often. But their defense stopped far more goals than they gave up. Carlson needs to score 15 a year just to break even in that category, double that in the playoffs.

We shall see.  I imagine he's a bit of a crap shoot with the recent injury history as well.  Maybe they are hoping he helps increasing scoring more than he hurts goals against?  Although that doesn't really sound like a recipe for addressing the need to improve team D...especially considering our woeful GAA trend of years late.
The article notes Lavy "may" be the best defensive coach SHultz will have played for, but I don't hold my breath there.....Not like Lavy is going to turn Ovi (as an example) into a stellar 2-way player because he is a good defensive coach.  I'm hoping for all around improvement in team D but some guys are just more offensive (ahem...Johnny Q) than others and not sure we have the skillset of any true lock down D guys.
Hopefully we get to find out this year. 

[canadiancapman]

Hendrix Lapierre was cut this morning by Team Canada's world junior team

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that's one way to fix the cap space problem 


https://novacapsfans.com/2020/12/17/henrik-lundqvist-announces-he-will-not-join-capitals-in-2020-21-due-to-heart-condition/


if his heart is that bad he shouldn't even be playing sports

[Mickstix]

Is there an expansion draft this year? Does that exempt Lundy? Is he still under contract with the Caps or was it just a 1 year deal? Either way, he'd of been nice to have on the roster w/Sammy.. Hope he gets better and can fill a role for the Caps at some point.


And rich, hit the damn modify button, highlight your midget text and fix the size! Ya dope.. 


Yea, I've not read this thread much. Just catching up! 

[richkrt99]

Well that sucks.  I thought this was actually a really good fit for us considering the cap space and Sammy and all.  Kind of like Orpik for the $1mil deal couple years back.
Lundy was definitely declining in play, but I think he'd make a pretty good mentor for a young guy - especially a European.


What we gonna do now?

[Mickstix]

Caps sign forward Conor Sheary to 1 year deal. Another ex- Penguin.  Good deal though, speed and depth on the cheap..


https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-sign-forward-conor-sheary/c-319865786?fbclid=IwAR3Tj4iYcehHHKWLfe2fOHd521AVg7MoLfhWbdV6VksQe05z1NOFEgHV-Q8

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Caps sign forward Conor Sheary to 1 year deal. Another ex- Penguin.  Good deal though, speed and depth on the cheap..


https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-sign-forward-conor-sheary/c-319865786?fbclid=IwAR3Tj4iYcehHHKWLfe2fOHd521AVg7MoLfhWbdV6VksQe05z1NOFEgHV-Q8

yea, the Edmonton Hens have been dumping salary(read fire sale) ever since they lost in the qualifying round this summer. Sheary was a thorn in the Caps side every spring though so it's nice to see that's no longer an issue. But..


 




 












 




lol, yes, hopefully that black and gold stink washes off easily

[Mickstix]

Spam filter busted roun' chere? 

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Spam filter busted roun' chere? 

hold on to your britches old man