ARI Pick Blockbuster

Created by: ClockReads2113

Team: 2023-24 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 1, 2023

Published: Jun. 15, 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

ARI receives:
WSH 2023 1st
WSH 2024 1st (unprotected)
WSH 2025 1st (unprotected)
WSH 2026 1st (unprotected)
BOS 2025 2nd
COL 2025 2nd
WSH 2025 2nd
WSH 2026 2nd
MIN 2024 3rd
BOS 2024 3rd

WSH receives:
ARI 2023 1st
Keller
Cooley

It's a lot to give up by the Caps but this is a trade that helps them now and in the future. Imagine in 2-3 years having some combination of Michkov, Cooley, MIroshnichenko, Keller, Strome, Protas, Suzdalev, McMichael, Lapierre in your top 6. Nasty. At that point they'd just need to get a #1 D and there won't be a rebuild.

ARI in the meantime gives them a ton of ammunition to the plethora they already have so when they move into their new city they can spend it all on talent to instantly be great.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Fehérváry, Martin		4	$2,750,000

Trades

WSH

Cooley, Logan [Reserve List]
Keller, Clayton
2023 1st round pick (ARI)

ARI

2023 1st round pick (WSH)
2024 1st round pick (WSH)
2024 3rd round pick (MIN)
2024 3rd round pick (BOS)
2025 1st round pick (WSH)
2025 2nd round pick (BOS)
2025 2nd round pick (COL)
2025 2nd round pick (WSH)

Additional Details:

2026 1st
2026 2nd

WSH

2024 1st round pick (COL)

COL

Kuznetsov, Evgeny

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
22	$83,500,000	$78,721,667	$20,000	$162,500	$4,778,333

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	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Keller, Clayton $7,150,000$7,150,000 LW, RW UFA - 5	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Milano, Sonny $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 1	Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 1
Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,225,000$1,225,000 RW UFA - 1	Dowd, Nic $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 2	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC 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 $2,750,000$2,750,000 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 $825,000$825,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Häman Aktell, Hardy $870,000$870,000 ($80,000$80K) LD RFA - 1
Malenstyn, Beck $762,500$762,500 C, LW RFA - 1

Top Comments

Jun. 15, 2023 at 12:50 p.m.

Hockey_Soul

Be formless

Joined: Jan. 2016

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I think that's an overpay by Washington. ARZ should accept. This would be really bad long-term for Washington. Cooley looks good, but the team as a whole is in rough shape.

Jun. 15, 2023 at 12:58 p.m.

bwhsocal

Joined: Jun. 2023

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It is an overpay by WASH, but still if AZ does fold the team. This sets back the rebuild years and years and I imagine every other player demands trade.
Honestly with WASH current team I dont see this helping enough - Keller fine plug in right away, cooley still a bit away and the 6OA is few years away, and with WASH age. they wont have high picks for years to fill out complete team.

Jun. 15, 2023 at 12:58 p.m.

Victor24

Joined: Mar. 2023

Posts: 2,813

Likes: 956

Teams moving towards a rebuild shouldn't trade 1sts more than a year down the road.

Jun. 15, 2023 at 1:56 p.m.

Logicalicesports

Joined: Feb. 2023

Posts: 1,753

Likes: 699

As a caps fan, no firsts for the next 3 years would hurt, butttttttt I would still most likely say do it. Keller and Cooley are worth 4 firsts together in my opinion, then you get Michkov who is projected to be a stud for 4 seconds and a couple thirds. Might be an overpay but you get extremely high end young players.