Caps Need to Clear Cap

Team: 2021-22 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: May 9, 2021

Published: May 9, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Last night's lineup debacle showed how badly this team needs a somewhat flexible cap scenario. Especially when pretty much the entire top 6 plus the top defenseman (who make up nearly half of all our cap space and are all older) are the ones out. But what makes this even harder is that Ovechkin wants $12mil. He's worth every penny to this franchise though.

Not necessarily saying this makes the team better. But, it clears cap to sign Ovechkin and allows our prospects to FINALLY have some playing time. Even if they get scratched and have to rotate it, I think it's important they start to be a part of this team for real.

I know Wennberg and Montour aren't inherently great players who can replace the guys who left, but they'd be solid on short, movable contracts to get the job done and fill in or can be sat for the younger guys

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