Offseason scenario 1

Created by: qc14

Team: 2023-24 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 13, 2022

Published: Nov. 13, 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

In this scenario, the Caps finally get some health back, turn the season around, make the playoffs relatively comfortably, and end with a hard fought loss in the first or second round. Depth adds at the deadline. McMichael and Caps both decide change of scenery is better -- Duchene is coming off a good season and is playing well again this year but is 32 and has 3 years left at a massive hit, making him only cost McMichael without an extra first going out. He also can play center and wing, giving them options with how to use Lapierre. Bring back MoJo and Gustafsson as cheap depth that have proven they fit in. D remains pretty much the same, except going for younger Soucy rather than bringing back Jensen.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fehérváry, Martin	3	$3,500,000
Alexeyev, Alexander	2	$1,150,000
Strome, Dylan	5	$5,500,000
Borgström, Henrik	1	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Orlov, Dmitry	4	$6,250,000
van Riemsdyk, Trevor	2	$2,500,000
Soucy, Carson	5	$4,500,000
Johansson, Marcus	2	$1,000,000
Gustafsson, Erik	1	$1,000,000

Trades

WSH

Duchene, Matt

NSH

McMichael, Connor

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$85,500,000	$73,651,667	$20,000	$315,000	$11,848,333

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Duchene, Matt $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Strome, Dylan $5,500,000$5,500,000 C UFA - 5	Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Johansson, Marcus $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Lapierre, Hendrix $863,333$863,333 ($232,500$232K) C RFA - 2	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Malenstyn, Beck $762,500$762,500 C, LW RFA - 1	Dowd, Nic $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 2	Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Orlov, Dmitry $6,250,000$6,250,000 LD UFA - 2	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Kuemper, Darcy $5,250,000$5,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Fehérváry, Martin $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD/RD RFA - 3	Soucy, Carson $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 2
Alexeyev, Alexander $1,150,000$1,150,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 3
Gustafsson, Erik $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Snively, Joe $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW UFA - 1
Johansen, Lucas $762,500$762,500 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1
Iorio, Vincent $814,167$814,167 ($0$0$0$0) ($57,500$58K) RD RFA - 3
Borgström, Henrik $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) C RFA

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Strome, D.		Oshie, T.		Johansson, M.
	Ovechkin, A.		Carlson, J.

Power Play 2
Duchene, M.		Kuznetsov, E.		Mantha, A.
	Ovechkin, A.		Soucy, C.

Penalty Kill 1
	Malenstyn, B.	Dowd, N.
	Fehérváry, M.	van Riemsdyk, T.

Penalty Kill 2
	Wilson, T.	Protas, A.
	Orlov, D.	Carlson, J.

Top Comments

Nov. 13, 2022 at 6:38 p.m.

OkMan

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Edited Nov. 13, 2022 at 6:59 p.m.

If I was the Predators, I wouldn't jump on that offer. Unless we decide to waste McMichael on that 4th line, we just don't have a place for him. I'd want a bit more for Duchen too.

Nov. 13, 2022 at 7:01 p.m.

qc14

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Quoting: OkMan

If I was the Predators I wouldn't jump on that offer. Unless we decide to waste McMichael on that 4th line, we just don't have a place for him. I'd want a bit more for Duchen too.

Would there not be a spot where Duchene played / could he really not beat out Trenin, Tolvanen, Sissons? I know McMichael is trending down, but feel like the preds have a lot of older guys that have shown less in much greater roles ...

Nov. 13, 2022 at 7:25 p.m.

OkMan

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Quoting: qc14

Duchene plays RW for us, so McMichael wouldn't be able to slot in there. The only roles I could see him playing for the Preds would be 4C or 4LW. I doubt he would be able to beat out Tolvanen and Trenin wouldn't be moved from his spot on the "herd line." The Preds love Sissons, so I doubt he'd win that role either.

Nov. 13, 2022 at 7:50 p.m.

Canucks33

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If Duchene isn't an option would you do a similar style deal for Miller?

Nov. 13, 2022 at 10:50 p.m.

qc14

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Quoting: Canucks33

If Duchene isn't an option would you do a similar style deal for Miller?

If the caps could get Miller for just McMichael I would do it. Really don't think they will trade their 2023 first in any scenario, so tried to think of guys that because of their contract would be gettable without moving that (like how Tarasenko was available basically for free last summer). While I definitely think Miller's value has fallen from this summer / last TDL, don't think its fallen quite that far to the point where Vancouver would take just McMichael for him, but maybe I'm wrong about that

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