Offseason Retool

Team: 2022-23 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 1, 2022

Published: Mar. 2, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

No trade at this year's deadline will make us bona fide contenders. It's not worth trading away high picks in a deep draft and young players when we need to get younger, faster, stronger.

According to Ben Raby, MacLellan sees it that way too. https://twitter.com/BenRaby31/status/1499099839266799619

Capitals can't keep waiting for Samsonov to be the full time starter, so trade him to a team that's desperate for a goalie to reap a solid return.

Eller should be traded to get some McMichael some more playing time as 3C instead of a winger.

Hagelin would have been traded but due to the severity of his recent eye injury I'm just gonna place him in LTIR

Our defense has been really spotty lately and I think out left side could use some work. Bring in Lindholm, then next year let TvR and maybe Jensen walk to give raises to Fehervary, a small one to Alexeyev, and sign Orlov to a small raise. Can probably let Sheary walk, maybe Hathaway depending on price.

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