Gibson Thoughts

Created by: All_Knowing

Team: 2022-23 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 14, 2022

Published: Jun. 14, 2022

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

General thoughts on this team:

I have done the Varly for VV and a 2nd multiple times, so trying something new with Gibson.

I kept Wilson on IR so the salary would count, but realistically, he would be on LTIR so the Caps would have more than enough space to bring up a player from Hershey (Snively) to play the 13th forward role.

Goalies: I think this trade is the MOST I would be willing to trade for Gibson. Thought about making the pick a conditional 2nd, but didn't want to be bias. A 1st, a solid 1b goalie, and a top RHD prospect is a solid turnout for a goalie who has slightly above average numbers on a bad team. Hopefully he can regain his play on a contending team.

Forwards: I think this is a very dangerous forward group. Bringing in the FAs here provides both offensive and defensive abilities (maybe Trocheck gets more salary wise, but who knows). Just imagine putting Wilson in there once he is back too...

Defense: This is the part I am worried about, specifically the bottom pair. Can Alexeyev or Johansen take the reins for that last dman?

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Johansen, Lucas	2	$800,000
Leason, Brett	3	$800,000
Samsonov, Ilya	2	$2,250,000
Vanecek, Vitek	2	$2,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Trocheck, Vincent	6	$7,000,000
Nichushkin, Valeri	5	$5,500,000
Namestnikov, Vladislav	2	$2,250,000

Trades

WSH

Gibson, John

Additional Details:

Trade thoughts:

2023 1st
VV = basically a 2nd pick worth
Iorio = top 4 potential RHD

I think this is a lot to give up for a goalie who has slightly above average stats on a bad team, but Caps have to make moves to keep the window open for another 2-3 years

ANA

Iorio, Vincent
Vanecek, Vitek
2023 1st round pick (WSH)

WSH

2022 3rd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Any Team

BUF

Eller, Lars

Additional Details:

Any Team

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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$82,500,000	$71,760,000	$100,000	$0	$10,740,000

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 $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 8
Sheary, Conor $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Trocheck, Vincent $7,000,000$7,000,000 C, RW UFA - 7	Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Namestnikov, Vladislav $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1	McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 2	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Jonsson-Fjällby, Axel $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1	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	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Samsonov, Ilya $2,250,000$2,250,000 G UFA - 1
Alexeyev, Alexander $863,333$863,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Johansen, Lucas $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 2	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Hagelin, Carl $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 1
		Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 3