An interesting El-Bashir Mailbag

Created by: NoVaSpartan

Team: 2022-23 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 24, 2023

Published: Jan. 24, 2023

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Tarik El-Bashir today had some interesting topics to cover in this episode of mailbag.

Some prospect news to cover:
Garin Bjorklund will be out long term after back surgery. If Gibson signs, I think that may be the death sentence for any chance Bjorklund has in the Caps system.
Bear Hughes (2020 5th round pick, unsigned) and Clay Stevenson (Undrafted Free Agent) are off to good starts in South Carolina, and Stevenson is "progressing on schedule" and could play a role in the Capitals future.

Finally, the most interesting bit of news, on Laviolette and a possible extension: "I have not heard any recent scuttlebutt. My gut says it’s like everything else with the Caps these days: the answer is, “it depends.” As in, it depends on what happens between now and the end of the season."

I've always considered El-Bashir to be the most reliable of Caps reporters (no disrespect to Samantha Pell), so I'm glad to see the mailbag be so thorough/diverse in topics.

Free Agent Signings

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hughes, Bear		1	$800,000
Eller, Lars		1	$3,500,000

Trades

WSH

Boeser, Brock

VAN

"As for Boeser, I was told that there aren’t any legs to the speculation connecting him to D.C."

Based on the extra term and price on his contract, makes sense in my opinion.

WSH

Horvat, Bo

VAN

"Horvat figures to be the most sought-after rental at the deadline. As such, I don’t see him ending up in D.C. The cost in terms of draft/prospect capital, to me, puts him out of the Caps’ price range."

Feels like MacLellan will be very inactive at the deadline with these types of reports.

WSH

Gudas, Radko

FLA

Eller, Lars ($1,000,000 retained)

Additional Details:

"with colleague Pierre LeBrun writing, “Washington, I’m told, would entertain offers for him if it could get help on defense, where the injury to John Carlson has really thinned the ranks.”

Fellow caps fans, you might get your wish. El-Bashir kind of words it like Eller is more likely dealt than Mantha. This could be for a whole host of depth defensemen, but I personally like the idea of a Gudas trade and Washington sending some sort of pick to cover the difference. Perhaps a bit of salary retention as well.

WSH

ARI

Gibson, Mitchell [Reserve List]

Additional Details:

"The Caps like Gibson, who’s having another solid season for the Crimson. In fact, the 2018 fourth-round pick is viewed as one of the organization’s most improved prospects. They want to bring him into the fold. But you’re right, there is a bit of a backlog in net. And I’m sure Gibson is well aware of that."

This one worries me a bit. Gibson has shown good improvement and I like him as a prospect, but the fact he hasn't signed yet is a bit concerning. Nice to know Washington would like to keep him around, though.

WSH

Roy, Matt

LAK

Eller, Lars ($350,000 retained)

Additional Details:

EDIT TO THE ORIGINAL POST:
With a Duhatshek report coming out that the Kings may have interest in Eller, with potentially Walker/Roy coming back the other way, I think would likely be more realistic than a trade for Gudas. Roy especially would be nice but I'm not sure what would need to be added in to even the trade out.

Retained Salary Transactions

Lars Eller: $1,000,000 (41.41%)
Lars Eller: $350,000 (10%)

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$66,685,834	$100,000	$82,500	$15,814,166

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Strome, Dylan $3,500,000$3,500,000 C UFA - 1	Sheary, Conor $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Milano, Sonny $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Johansson, Marcus $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 2	Hathaway, Garnet $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Roy, Matt $3,150,000$3,150,000 RD UFA - 2	Kuemper, Darcy $5,250,000$5,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Gustafsson, Erik $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 3
Fehérváry, Martin $791,667$791,667 LD/RD RFA - 1	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Alexeyev, Alexander $863,333$863,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Dowd, Nic $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 3	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4
Irwin, Matt $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Brown, Connor $3,600,000$3,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 1		Hagelin, Carl $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 1
		Boeser, Brock $6,650,000$6,650,000 RW UFA - 3
		Horvat, Bo $4,125,000$4,125,000 C UFA - 1
		Gudas, Radko $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Hughes, Bear $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0)
Stevenson, Clay $855,000$855,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) G UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Kuznetsov, E.		Strome, D.		Oshie, T.
	Ovechkin, A.		Gustafsson, E.

Power Play 2
Milano, S.		Bäckström, N.		Wilson, T.
	Ovechkin, A.		Orlov, D.

Penalty Kill 1
	Protas, A.	Hathaway, G.
	Orlov, D.	Gudas, R.

Penalty Kill 2
	Johansson, M.	Wilson, T.
	Fehérváry, M.	Jensen, N.

Top Comments

Jan. 24, 2023 at 10:51 a.m.

capsfan2121

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We need a defensemen. Gudas is the guy we need. I like this. Mantha for Kuzmenko. Don’t really care if we need to add.

Also Osh needs to retire

Jan. 24, 2023 at 11:02 a.m.

NoVaSpartan

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Quoting: capsfan2121

We need a defensemen. Gudas is the guy we need. I like this. Mantha for Kuzmenko. Don’t really care if we need to add.

Also Osh needs to retire

With how poorly the PP functions without him, I don't even care how well he does at 5v5 anymore. The team doesn't function as well without Oshie on the ice (I just wish they could redo his contract)

Jan. 24, 2023 at 11:11 a.m.

bagelbob

Joined: Jul. 2021

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is eller a UFA after this season? regardless i don't see florida going for that if they could just sell gudas for a higher pick without taking on money and a forward they don't really want

capsfan2121 liked this.

Jan. 24, 2023 at 11:12 a.m.

capsfan2121

Tintin over 1122

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Quoting: NoVaSpartan

With how poorly the PP functions without him, I don't even care how well he does at 5v5 anymore. The team doesn't function as well without Oshie on the ice (I just wish they could redo his contract)

Honestly pay someone to buy him out then we can fix the contract. How much would that be tho

Jan. 24, 2023 at 11:13 a.m.

NoVaSpartan

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Quoting: capsfan2121

Honestly pay someone to buy him out then we can fix the contract. How much would that be tho

If I remember correctly, the NHL fixed that loophole after the Orpik trade.

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