Rust

Created by: capsfan2121

Team: 2023-24 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 1, 2023

Published: Apr. 1, 2023

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

Rest Backstrom and Oshie. They need time. They can’t keep playing

Are we getting older. No not really.

This is how I would restructure a core

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Sprong, Daniel	3	$3,000,000
Alexeyev, Alexander	2	$850,000
DeBrincat, Alex	7	$8,000,000
Fehérváry, Martin	3	$2,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Eyssimont, Michael		1	$1,100,000
Gustafsson, Erik		1	$1,500,000

Trades

WSH

Rust, Bryan

PIT

Mantha, Anthony ($2,850,000 retained)
2023 4th round pick (WSH)

WSH

Sprong, Daniel [RFA Rights]

SEA

2024 3rd round pick (BOS)
2025 2nd round pick (WSH)

WSH

Miller, J.T.

VAN

Kuznetsov, Evgeny
2024 3rd round pick (MIN)

WSH

DeBrincat, Alex [RFA Rights]

OTT

Iorio, Vincent
Lapierre, Hendrix
2023 2nd round pick (WSH)
2024 1st round pick (WSH)

Retained Salary Transactions

Anthony Mantha: $2,850,000 (100%)

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
23	$83,500,000	$82,264,167	$20,000	$82,500	$1,235,833

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Strome, Dylan $5,000,000$5,000,000 C UFA - 5	DeBrincat, Alex $8,000,000$8,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Milano, Sonny $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Miller, J.T. $8,000,000$8,000,000 C, LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
Sprong, Daniel $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 1	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 1	Dowd, Nic $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 2	Eyssimont, Michael $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Sandin, Rasmus $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD UFA - 1	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 $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD RFA - 3	Jensen, Nick $4,050,000$4,050,000 RD UFA - 3	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 2
Alexeyev, Alexander $850,000$850,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Gustafsson, Erik $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 1		Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2
Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,225,000$1,225,000 RW UFA - 1		Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Frank, Ethen $775,000$775,000 C RFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 1, 2023 at 11:57 a.m.

Mr_Gardoki

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If you think that's all it takes to get Rust then you're SORELY mistaken. While he may be having a down year, he's worth far more than a 1st round bust and a 4th. Start with a 1st round pick and go from there.