Bolster the Lineup

Team: 2020-21 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 17, 2020

Published: Dec. 20, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

We need to be all-in for this season without a doubt. If we can sign one of the remaining forward free agent forwards to a cheap deal using Lundqvist's LTIR money, we gain another legitimate top nine scoring threat. Someone like Haula is the perfect fit IMO, he can play center or wing and is a good two-way player. If one of our top three centers go down, I'd feel much more comfortable throwing Haula down the middle instead of promoting Dowd to the third line.

Of the remaining group of backup goalies, Miller would be my target. I think he's got the 20 games of solid goaltending we need in him to get us to the postseason. Hopefully Schultz has a resurgence of a year and Kuznetsov bounces back strong for us to be a legitimate contender.