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2021 Trade Deadline and Roster Moves
alta:
this means Sammy is fine...
https://novacapsfans.com/2021/04/16/capitals-re-assign-craig-anderson-to-taxi-squad-zach-fucale-to-ahl-hershey/
BarfingMonkey:
We're going to lose Oshie, I read somewhere that with the Sheary deal means that Oshie is exposed.
Surreylily:
--- Quote from: BarfingMonkey on Friday April 16, 2021, 06:53:45 PM Eastern ---We're going to lose Oshie, I read somewhere that with the Sheary deal means that Oshie is exposed.
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I soooooo hope not :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: BarfingMonkey on Friday April 16, 2021, 06:53:45 PM Eastern ---We're going to lose Oshie, I read somewhere that with the Sheary deal means that Oshie is exposed.
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I can see where the Sheary deal threatens Oshie. (Ovie/Backstrom/Sheary/Eller/Kuzy/Mantha/Wilson protected). The question on the forwards is probably whether to expose Eller or Oshie.
BUT I don't see how that necessarily means that Oshie is gone. There are too many moving parts in the expansion draft. Too much depends of what other teams leave exposed, what Seattle's talent evaluators value, what Seattle will need to do WRT their draft salary floor and salary cap, etc.
On defense, I presume Carlson and two out of Dillon, Orlov, and Schultz are protected. Schultz may be the most likely to get one of those two spots because RHD are so highly coveted and the Caps' best upcoming prospects are LHD.
As far as I know, we are "set" in goal. Samsonov is protected, Vanacek is draft-exempt, and Copley is our required exposed goalie (I'm certain that was the reason Copley was signed to a two-year contract after last season, to be the required exposed goalie.)
If you were Seattle, would you want a soon-to-be-35 Oshie at a $5.75 million cap hit for the next 4 years, a 30-year-old Orlov, say, at a $5.1 million cap hit for the next two years, or a 30-year-old Dillion at a $4 million cap hit for the next, what, 3 years?
richkrt99:
I agree with BlackIce.
I think signing Sheary to a short term (2 year) inexpensive contract makes him somewhat attractive to the expansion draft. IF he were chosen that's a virtually no risk situation for Seattle. If he doesn't pan out it's one year. If he does, it's a cheap deal and they could resign him later. I don't believe that's why the Caps signed him...I think he has fit in fairly well and that's a pretty bargain salary these days.
Oshie on the other hand is a much bigger question mark. We all know that contract is going to start to smell in later years of it. It was a pretty friendly deal dollars wise for his talent in the early yeasrs, but especially with the way he plays the game, I could see his latter years coming with a big drop in production.
I really would like to see both stay, but I would like a lot of things I can't have. Losing Oshie would help our Cap situation more than any other forward (that will be exposed)
And as BlackIce said....WAY too many moving parts that are unknown to really know what Seattle will do.
They DO have to select one Caps player so who do you WANT that to be? With Panik and Vrana gone...that's two less to worry about.
I expect some of the "other" guys brought in are up for grabs...Raffl...
You can only protect 7 & 3 +1 goalie so...
Ovie
Backy
Kuzy
Wilson
Mantha
Oshie
Eller
Sheary
Sprong
Dowd
Hathy
Haggs
Raffl
I'm protected the top 5, 2 of the next 4 and leaving the bottom 4 exposed. Although I probably protect Eller in that he is a Center which we are short on this team. Honestly I'd hate to lose almost any of them, but someone is gone.
On D I likely protect
Johhny Q Dylan Norris Carlson
Dillon
Jensen (although I really can't figure if Jensen is worth keeping sometimes)
Kempny isn't eligible due to LTIR
Charra....not signed so not protecting
Shulz - odd man out
Orlov - salary cap leads me to expose him, and he runs hot & cold so...
TVR - meh, don't know enough about him to know better
We shall see what this list looks like as we get toward end of season.
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