Big Decision Offseason

Created by: ClockReads2113

Team: 2019-20 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 13, 2019

Published: Feb. 15, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Caps can't re-sign Holtby and they can't let him walk for free which means they should trade him in the offseason for a nice return that can help the future.

Caps have like 3958203958 dmen that need playing time so Niskanen and Bowey are expendable.

Stone is the next Hossa. Just a complete beast at both ends of the ice. He'll be elite for years to come which allows Caps to keep the window open longer.

I know it's a gamble to go with this goaltending, but Caps are at a point where they need to take gambles if they want to stay competitive. If for some reason they can't get a good duo from Samsonov/Vanecek/Copley, they can find a vet to stablize it.

If goaltending works out this team would wreck people for while. Look at that top 9.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Burakovsky, André	1	$3,250,000
Djoos, Christian	2	$1,200,000
Gersich, Shane	2	$900,000
Vrána, Jakub	8	$4,750,000
Jaskin, Dmitrij	2	$1,000,000
O'Brien, Liam	1	$800,000
Vanecek, Vitek	2	$900,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Barber, Riley	2	$900,000
Walker, Nathan	2	$800,000
Stone, Mark	7	$10,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kaski, Oliwer		2	$925,000

Trades

WSH

Dubé, Dillon
2019 1st round pick (CGY)
2020 2nd round pick (CGY)

CGY

Holtby, Braden

Additional Details:

Holtby can go anywhere, but figured CGY might be interested in Holtby since they are in a win now mode. Rittich has been good but this puts them over the top. If not to CGY he can go wherever for a similar package.

WSH

2019 2nd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Bowey, Madison
2020 4th round pick (WSH)

Additional Details:

EDM gets a young, cheap, hard hitting, puck moving RHD.

WSH

2020 3rd round pick (ANA)

ANA

Rights to Chandler Stephenson

ANA GM spoke about how they need to get youth and speed, well Stephenson brings both.

WSH

2019 2nd round pick (DAL)
2021 2nd round pick (DAL)

DAL

Niskanen, Matt

Additional Details:

Niskanen returns to DAL. He'd be great behind Klingberg. But if not DAL then to anyone else that wants a top 4RHD.

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2019
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$82,000,000	$73,434,295	$1,150,000	$632,500	$8,565,705

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,538,462$9,538,462 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 6	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW UFA - 5
Vrána, Jakub $4,750,000$4,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Bäckström, Nicklas $6,700,000$6,700,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Stone, Mark $10,000,000$10,000,000 RW UFA - 8
Burakovsky, André $3,250,000$3,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Eller, Lars $2,415,000$2,415,000 C UFA - 4	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 6
	Boyd, Travis $800,000$800,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Barber, Riley $900,000$900,000 RW UFA - 1
Jaskin, Dmitrij $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Kempný, Michal $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 3	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 7	Samsonov, Ilya $925,000$925,000 ($550,000$550K) G UFA - 2
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Djoos, Christian $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD UFA - 1	Copley, Pheonix $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 3
Siegenthaler, Jonas $714,166$714,166 ($82,500$82K) LD UFA - 1	Kaski, Oliwer $925,000$925,000

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lewington, Tyler $675,000$675,000 RD UFA - 1
Walker, Nathan $800,000$800,000 LW UFA - 2

Top Comments

Feb. 15, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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I somewhat like this.

Adding Kaski is interesting.

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Feb. 15, 2019 at 9:14 p.m.

netminder71

Let's GO CAPS!

Joined: Jun. 2016

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Bowey, Burakovsky, Barber, Walker, all will prob not be property of the Caps then.
i love the idea of getting Stone...but lines could look more like:
Ovi - Kuzy - Willy
Vrana - Backie - Stone
Gersich - Eller - Oshie
Stephenson - Boyd - Kody Clark (another Willy in the making)

Kempny - Carly
Orlov - Siegenthaler
Johansen - DJoos
Lewington

Samsonov
Copley or any other serviceable backup on the cheap.

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Feb. 15, 2019 at 9:15 p.m.

Capitalfail67

Caps fan idk why

Joined: Dec. 2016

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You could honestly get stone for way less. Like 8-8.25m a year. If not shoot for Hayes for 5-6 or brassard for 3.5-4m.

I’d keep Stephenson

I don’t think Holtby gets that much unless there’s an extension or make the 2nd conditional to him resigning. Something like that. I don’t think the value is way off just make the 2nd conditional.

100% agree with nisk trade

And tml fans think bowey for brown would be fair and that would give us some more depth.

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Feb. 15, 2019 at 9:15 p.m.

netminder71

Let's GO CAPS!

Joined: Jun. 2016

Posts: 1,055

Likes: 311

BTW your trades are very good on this view....Holtby trade works for both teams, so does Dallas trade, and ANA trade. WELL DONE!

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Feb. 15, 2019 at 9:16 p.m.

netminder71

Let's GO CAPS!

Joined: Jun. 2016

Posts: 1,055

Likes: 311

Quoting: Capitalfail67

would rather have more versatile harder working Brown than Bura long term....good idea there!

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