If Caps Trade Holtby and Niskanen Offseason

Created by: MK57

Team: 2019-20 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 22, 2019

Published: Feb. 22, 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

Try not to get caught up on the trade values or specific pieces, this is just to illustrate what kind of free agent acquisitions could be possible if the Caps unload the Niskanen contract and trade Holtby before he walks for nothing. If they look for picks and prospects back that don’t contribute to the cap, they could easily target Stone or Panarin and field a very competitive team. They’ll have to put a young and/or cheap 4th line out to do so, but totally possible.

Caps can bring Samsonov up to spot start some games for NHL experience. For the inevitable “you’re an idiot and you can’t get Stone for $9.5mm”: Caps could bump up to $10mm on Stone and not do the Brown trade or just not sign Benn or an equivalent 6D and be fine on cap. Again, just toying with possibilities.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Gersich, Shane	2	$925,000
Gustafsson, Hampus	2	$925,000
Pinho, Brian	2	$925,000
Sgarbossa, Michael	2	$725,000
Djoos, Christian	2	$1,500,000
Stephenson, Chandler	1	$875,000
Vanecek, Vitek	2	$875,000
Vrána, Jakub	4	$4,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Barber, Riley	2	$800,000
Walker, Nathan	2	$775,000
Lehner, Robin	2	$2,000,000
Stone, Mark	5	$9,500,000
Benn, Jordie	2	$1,750,000

Trades

WSH

Andersson, Rasmus
Dubé, Dillon
2020 1st round pick (CGY)

Additional Details:

Not sure on the value but the idea here is that Holtby likely fetches a 1st round pick and prospects or young players with upside and small cap hits.

CGY

Holtby, Braden

WSH

2019 2nd round pick (DAL)
2020 4th round pick (DAL)

Additional Details:

Again, not meant to get hung up on the value of the trade itself, just meant as a placeholder for a deal that sends Niskanen out for picks only. The idea is no returning cap hit so WSH has money available.

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	$83,000,000	$74,809,295	$1,150,000	$82,500	$8,190,705

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 $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW UFA - 2	Bäckström, Nicklas $6,700,000$6,700,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Stone, Mark $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW UFA - 8
Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 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
Stephenson, Chandler $875,000$875,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Boyd, Travis $800,000$800,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Walker, Nathan $775,000$775,000 LW UFA - 2

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	Lehner, Robin $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 4	Copley, Pheonix $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 3
Benn, Jordie $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Djoos, Christian $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Siegenthaler, Jonas $714,166$714,166 ($82,500$82K) LD UFA - 1
Barber, Riley $800,000$800,000 RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 22, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

Bluejackets2000

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Lehner seems to be doing just fine in his new home right now. $2m x 2 probably will not win him over in UFA.

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Feb. 22, 2019 at 11:47 p.m.

Capitalfail67

Caps fan idk why

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I don’t see Holtby being traded.... I’d say it’s 50/50 in them keeping him and trading samsonov

Feb. 23, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

Bluejackets2000

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Quoting: Bluejackets2000

Lehner seems to be doing just fine in his new home right now. $2m x 2 probably will not win him over in UFA.

In a Bob for Holtby trade, what other assets would be needed to make the value balanced and the deal completed (with extension, of course).

Feb. 23, 2019 at 12:19 a.m.

ClockReads2113

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Quoting: Capitalfail67

I don’t see Holtby being traded.... I’d say it’s 50/50 in them keeping him and trading samsonov

Caps would be incredibly stupid to trade Samsonov. I highly doubt they do it. But I also don't see them trading Holtby (even though they should). They'll probably just play him out to his last year and let him walk.

Feb. 23, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

ClockReads2113

Joined: Jul. 2016

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Quoting: Bluejackets2000

In a Bob for Holtby trade, what other assets would be needed to make the value balanced and the deal completed (with extension, of course).

The reason Holtby would be traded is because they couldn't afford him the following season. Bob will cost just as much AAV wise as Holtby so it wouldn't make sense.

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