Off-season Expectations

Created by: NoVaSpartan

Team: 2022-23 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: May 12, 2022

Published: May 16, 2022

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

Well, I made this a couple days ago in preparation of a Caps loss, but wasn’t expecting to hear about Backstrom. Him possibly being done would throw a wrench in the plans, but it may be a blessing in disguise with the potential cap space saved. This ACGM will be on the premise that he retires or is at least done for quite some time, possibly after the start to next season.

Lapierre starts in Hershey and will be called up at some point this year for injuries. Let him mature a bit in Hershey and then keep him up if he proves himself.

Hopefully the same situation for Iorio as Lapierre, but I sort of doubt it.

Caps pick Miroschnichenko with their 1st pick as a high risk, high reward gamble. He should hopefully be ready before the contending window closes.

For backup, I'd go for Comrie if he manages to somehow slip into free agency, but the more realistic option is Wedgewood. If he struggles, I'd let Fucale or Copley get another shot and if that doesn't work, head to the trade market.

This scenario should leave plenty of space to either make another big move this year or next year after the extensions to Orlov and Fehervary.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Hughes, Bear	2	$925,000
Krebs, Dru	3	$925,000
Portillo, Erik	2	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Samsonov, Ilya	2	$2,250,000
Vanecek, Vitek	2	$1,750,000
Johansen, Lucas	2	$950,000
Malenstyn, Beck	1	$950,000
Riat, Damien	1	$800,000
Leason, Brett	2	$975,000
Geisser, Tobias	2	$825,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Larsson, Johan	2	$1,750,000
Ouellet, Xavier	1	$800,000
Gerbe, Nathan	1	$800,000
Copley, Pheonix	1	$1,000,000
Wedgewood, Scott	2	$1,575,000
Gersich, Shane	2	$850,000
Irwin, Matt	1	$800,000
Nichushkin, Valeri	5	$6,250,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Miroschnichenko, Ivan		3	$925,000

Trades

WSH

2022 3rd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Eller, Lars

Additional Details:

Not sure what teams need a 3C so this could be any team, more about simply opening a spot up for others

WSH

Walker, Sean

LAK

2023 2nd round pick (WSH)

WSH

2023 2nd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Sheary, Conor

Additional Details:

Loved Sheary, but his value won’t get higher and Washington should look to open more spots for guys like Protas. Edmonton could benefit from some consistent, cheap middle 6 line depth and Sheary fits that bill.

WSH

Portillo, Erik [Reserve List]
2023 6th round pick (BUF)

BUF

Vanecek, Vitek

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$63,099,167	$100,000	$82,500	$19,400,833

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Nichushkin, Valeri $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 8
Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 2	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Snively, Joe $800,000$800,000 LW UFA - 2	Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 2	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Larsson, Johan $1,750,000$1,750,000 C, LW UFA	Dowd, Nic $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 3	Hathaway, Garnet $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fehérváry, Martin $791,667$791,667 LD/RD RFA - 1	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Samsonov, Ilya $2,250,000$2,250,000 G UFA - 1
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Wedgewood, Scott $1,575,000$1,575,000 G UFA - 2
Alexeyev, Alexander $863,333$863,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Walker, Sean $2,650,000$2,650,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Leason, Brett $975,000$975,000 RW RFA - 2		Hagelin, Carl $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 1
van Riemsdyk, Trevor $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1		Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 3
Jonsson-Fjällby, Axel $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Johansen, Lucas $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 2
Fucale, Zachary $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Bäckström, N.		Kuznetsov, E.		Oshie, T.
	Ovechkin, A.		Carlson, J.

Power Play 2
Mantha, A.		McMichael, C.		Wilson, T.
	Ovechkin, A.		Orlov, D.

Penalty Kill 1
	Dowd, N.	Hathaway, G.
	Orlov, D.	Jensen, N.

Penalty Kill 2
	Larsson, J.	Wilson, T.
	Fehérváry, M.	Walker, S.

Top Comments

May 16, 2022 at 8:00 a.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

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If buffalo decides to move someone, I'd be fine with Eller as a 4c.

Fine with the goalie trade too

NoVaSpartan liked this.

May 16, 2022 at 8:43 a.m.

A_Habs_fan

Joined: Oct. 2020

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That's a big risk to take on Nichuskin, I'd also expect Samsonov to get a bit more money. What's with Backstrom on LTIR (though that doesn't affect this ACGM, you have the cap space to activate him)?

May 16, 2022 at 8:52 a.m.

MisstheWhalers

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 23,652

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Doubt the Caps would move Eller if Backstrom is out, they're going to want some experience down the middle.

May 16, 2022 at 8:54 a.m.

ClockReads2113

Joined: Jul. 2016

Posts: 8,017

Likes: 3,227

If you have an extra $8M you need to go after bigger fish. Nich won't cost that much neither.

May 16, 2022 at 9:32 a.m.

NoVaSpartan

Craig Laughlin Fan

Joined: Nov. 2019

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Quoting: A_Habs_fan

That's a big risk to take on Nichuskin, I'd also expect Samsonov to get a bit more money. What's with Backstrom on LTIR (though that doesn't affect this ACGM, you have the cap space to activate him)?

Backstrom at his press conference was saying that his hip will never be 100% again, and the way he phrased it has lead people to believe he may not play again. It sounds like he will be having surgery on it, and I wonder if he’ll even be ready come the start of the season. For Cap reasons, DC could send a player down if he comes back before enough LTIR space is accrued should they need to.

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