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Beaglefan2:
Well, I'm glad we didn't lose Sheary, but hate to lose Vitek. He was solid and I am afraid he will turn into another Grubauer and be really good. Now we need another goalie - maybe Holtby??? Ha! (just kidding).
Now that this is done, maybe we will see some trading going on.
richkrt99:
sucks to lose Vitek....especially for nothing and at his current cost Cap wise.
Not as killer a squad as Vegas, but I think teams learned a bit after the Vegas robbery draft.
It is still too generous IMO.
Viteks loss in cap hit is gonna hurt - not going to get another G at $719k
Caps are going to have to shed some serious salary since they lost a total of $700k in the Seattle draft.
I'm assuming Kuzy is gone.
Caps have $9.735m in cap space right now.....with a roster of 17 players.
With that 9.735, they are going to have to sign:
Ovie is going to burn up $11m
and you need to find a goalie (wonder if they are considering Lundqvist?) figure 1.5m for somebody
Samsonov is an RFA that the Caps are going to HAVE TO sign. (no idea what his RFA ass will cost...$2m?
Raffl is also an RFA. Maybe 1.2-1.5 for him IF the Caps want him
That's 16 mil right there plus $750k for Fever
Looks like we are about 6 mil over the cap. Kuzy is `8m so.....dump him and you need to find a $2m Center....unless you are planning on Raffl or Dowd or Eller being a 2C
Warning....mediocre season approaching! Fans be prepared.
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Wednesday July 21, 2021, 04:32:15 PM Eastern ---sucks to lose Vitek....especially for nothing and at his current cost Cap wise.
Not as killer a squad as Vegas, but I think teams learned a bit after the Vegas robbery draft.
It is still too generous IMO.
Viteks loss in cap hit is gonna hurt - not going to get another G at $719k
Caps are going to have to shed some serious salary since they lost a total of $700k in the Seattle draft.
I'm assuming Kuzy is gone.
Caps have $9.735m in cap space right now.....with a roster of 17 players.
With that 9.735, they are going to have to sign:
Ovie is going to burn up $11m
and you need to find a goalie (wonder if they are considering Lundqvist?) figure 1.5m for somebody
Samsonov is an RFA that the Caps are going to HAVE TO sign. (no idea what his RFA ass will cost...$2m?
Raffl is also an RFA. Maybe 1.2-1.5 for him IF the Caps want him
That's 16 mil right there plus $750k for Fever
Looks like we are about 6 mil over the cap. Kuzy is `8m so.....dump him and you need to find a $2m Center....unless you are planning on Raffl or Dowd or Eller being a 2C
Warning....mediocre season approaching! Fans be prepared.
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Regarding the goalie situation ..... Phoenix Copley is still out there, and the Caps also signed Zach Fucale, a former #36 pick (high for a goaltender) in 2013 who never seemed to pan out. But Fucale actually had a nice run in 11 games with Hershey. Maybe they might keep him in their hip pocket as a potential backup? If the Caps are ever going to find out what they have in Samsonov, it's time to do so.
Beaglefan2:
I think you are right on Fucale. They will just have to roll the dice on Sammy and hope he doesn't do something stupid to hurt himself. Toward that end, they have to think Kuzy is a bad influence and have to move him. The problem is going to be his contract. Now that Seattle hasn't provided a bunch of teams with cap relief, it will be tough to move Kuzy and we may actually have to give him away, plus a high draft pick (2nd). Look what happened with Tarasenko. Seattle didn't take him and flip him to pick up some high picks - because there was no market for him - nobody wants his salary.
I would hope they could get Ovi for less than $11 million, but Ted will pay whatever it takes and Ovi may look at it as a pride thing. It would be nice if he took less to try and leave some room to improve the team for a Cup run, but he knows they aren't that close and I don't think he will take a discount.
I think we are stuck in mediocrity for the next 3 to 4 years until they have to turn over the core of the old guys.
Mickstix:
Latest "rumor".. The Kracken wanted/want Dillon, but not at his current salary.. So, they're going to trade us back VV for Dillon and we retain 40% of the Dillon contract.. :raspberry: :snicker:
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