Fleury Rumors - Thoughts

Created by: All_Knowing

Team: 2020-21 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 21, 2020

Published: Dec. 21, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

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

Vegas trade rumors here: https://vegashockeynow.com/2020/12/18/is-there-a-fit-for-fleury-in-washington-capitals-vegas-golden-knights-trade-rumors/

I think Fleury would be an amazing addition for the Caps for this season, but most likely would be traded after this season to free up salary cap room. I know Fleury has a M-NTC, but I would like to think he would be fine coming to the Caps. Who knows.

And for those thinking Sammy / Vanecek as the tandem, I am not a fan of that for many reasons: Limited experience (26 games), no experience in playoffs, Copley as taxi goalie meaning only 1 goalie left in Hershey, what if one gets injured, etc. I do think Caps make a play for an additional goalie (whatever that may be).

I do not think the Caps would have to throw in a pick, but if it did come down to that, a 3rd and above would be suitable. I do not think the Caps would trade anything better than a 3rd.

This scenario is probably unrealistic (cap situation, Vegas trade, Brassard signing for $800k, etc), but would be interesting. If this did happen, I think this team would be pretty dangerous.

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Ritchie, Brett		1	$700,000
Brassard, Derick		1	$800,000

Trades

WSH

Fleury, Marc-André ($3,500,000 retained)

VGK

Hagelin, Carl

Buried

Pheonix Copley: $25,000 ($1,100,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$67,814,878	$419,749	$600,000	$13,685,122

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,538,462$9,538,462 LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 4
Vrána, Jakub $3,350,000$3,350,000 LW UFA - 1	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 5
	Eller, Lars $2,415,000$2,415,000 C UFA - 3	Sprong, Daniel $725,000$725,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Pánik, Richard $1,375,000$1,375,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Dowd, Nic $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 2	Hathaway, Garnet $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Brassard, Derick $800,000$800,000 C, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dillon, Brenden $3,900,000$3,900,000 LD UFA - 4	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 6
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3		Samsonov, Ilya $925,000$925,000 ($600,000$600K) G UFA - 1
Siegenthaler, Jonas $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	Schultz, Justin $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Fleury, Marc-André $0$0 G M-NTC UFA - 2
	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
van Riemsdyk, Trevor $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1		Lundqvist, Henrik $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
Ritchie, Brett $700,000$700,000 RW UFA - 1		Kempný, Michal $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 2

Top Comments

Dec. 21, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

papishark

Joined: Aug. 2019

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Last I saw the cost for Vegas to get rid of him was a first and a second but that was full salary. No way they take more salary back than they give

Dec. 21, 2020 at 11:03 a.m.

nickthehabsfan

Joined: May 2020

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Wasn't Fleury a penguin?

Dec. 21, 2020 at 11:04 a.m.

All_Knowing

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Quoting: papishark

Last I saw the cost for Vegas to get rid of him was a first and a second but that was full salary. No way they take more salary back than they give

Just posting a hypothetical I saw from "Vegas Hockey Talk" (https://vegashockeynow.com/2020/12/18/is-there-a-fit-for-fleury-in-washington-capitals-vegas-golden-knights-trade-rumors/)

As I said in the description, unrealistic.

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Dec. 21, 2020 at 11:05 a.m.

All_Knowing

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Quoting: HabsFan77

Wasn't Fleury a penguin?

Yes - so was Hags and Schultz

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Dec. 21, 2020 at 11:08 a.m.

ecupirate07

Joined: Jun. 2020

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Caps need cap flexibility for 21-22. They shouldnt tie up 3.5 million for a lower than middle of the road goalie in 21-22.

If Ovie truly wants 12.5 million per season, they will need to save cap anywhere they can.

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