My prediction

Created by: qc14

Team: 2022-23 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 11, 2022

Published: Jul. 11, 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

Kuemper to Washington seems like a done deal at this point, they add on the years to try to get the cap down. Yea it will be bad years 4-6 but the team will suck by then anyways. Sign Marchment or some other forward who can play up and down the lineup and will get less than 3.5 like Strome or Mikheyev. Keep Eller in case Lapierre/McMichael aren't ready yet. Bring back Irwin or an Irwin type on a vet min as a 7th/8th defenseman. Cap will be tight and require some roster move magic when Wilson and Backstrom get off LTIR, but there should be enough to activate everyone and only need to send down the healthy scratches. If cap problems come up, or the FAs come in a little higher, Eller is the first to get moved out and try Lapierre or Protas at 3c

Lines if everyone is healthy:
Ovi - Kuzy - Wilson
Marchment - McMichael - Mantha
Sheary - Backstrom - Oshie
Eller/AJF - Dowd - Hathaway

Fehervary - Carlson
Orlov - Jensen
Alexeyev/Johansen - TVR

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Samsonov, Ilya		2	$2,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kuemper, Darcy	6	$5,000,000
Marchment, Mason	3	$3,250,000
Irwin, Matt	1	$800,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$82,500,000	$60,348,333	$100,000	$132,500	$22,151,667

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	Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 2
Marchment, Mason $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 2	Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Sheary, Conor $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Eller, Lars $2,415,000$2,415,000 C UFA - 1	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
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
Johansen, Lucas $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 2	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Kuemper, Darcy $5,000,000$5,000,000 G UFA - 5
	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1	Samsonov, Ilya $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Snively, Joe $800,000$800,000 LW UFA - 2	Alexeyev, Alexander $863,333$863,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Hagelin, Carl $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 1
Irwin, Matt $800,000$800,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 3
Leason, Brett $775,000$775,000 RW RFA - 2		Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Lapierre, Hendrix $863,333$863,333 ($50,000$50K) C RFA - 3

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Marchment, M.		McMichael, C.		Mantha, A.
	Ovechkin, A.		Orlov, D.

Penalty Kill 1
	Dowd, N.	Jonsson-Fjällby, A.
	Fehérváry, M.	Jensen, N.

Penalty Kill 2
	Kuznetsov, E.	Eller, L.
	Orlov, D.	van Riemsdyk, T.

Top Comments

Jul. 11, 2022 at 4:05 p.m.

OhKennyHolland

Royal Blues are back

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Kuemper gets $5.5mil to $6mil range (Grubauer contract comparabale)

Jul. 11, 2022 at 4:08 p.m.

perrystreett

Always have 2018

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Seems like what will happen, I think we will suck

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Jul. 11, 2022 at 4:13 p.m.

qc14

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Quoting: OhKennyHolland

Kuemper gets $5.5mil to $6mil range (Grubauer contract comparabale)

I thought I saw somewhere saying he wanted $6mil x 4 years, which would be less total money than this package. Either way if it comes in higher than like I said in the description they can and probably will move Eller

Jul. 11, 2022 at 4:16 p.m.

qc14

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Quoting: perrystreett

Seems like what will happen, I think we will suck

I think this team is better than people think it will be, especially if Kuemper is as good in the regular season as he was in Colorado last year. A lot of people forget that as late as mid december basically a worse version of this lineup was tied with Tampa at the top of the league standings last year. Are three of the Devils, Sens, Bruins, Penguins, Islanders definitely better than this team? I don't think so.

Jul. 11, 2022 at 4:22 p.m.

perrystreett

Always have 2018

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Quoting: qc14

I agree, I just wanted a large shakeup and don't think we will get it.

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