Rebuild Now Part 2

Created by: perrystreett

Team: 2024-25 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 6, 2023

Published: Jul. 6, 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

None of this will happen. Maybe the team stays healthy, finds its form of old, and makes a deep run with a lot of luck. However that is unlikely. We should rebuild now and play our young talent. Let Leonard joins this season.

Tank while letting Ovi go after the goal record and developing young talent. Pick top 10 4-5 years in a row and restock the cupboards.

Again I know this will not happen

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Leonard, Ryan		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
McMichael, Connor	3	$2,500,000
Protas, Aliaksei	3	$2,000,000
Sandin, Rasmus	5	$5,000,000
Johansen, Lucas	2	$900,000
Häman Aktell, Hardy	2	$900,000
Frank, Ethen	1	$800,000

Trades

WSH

2025 1st round pick (CBJ)

Additional Details:

Jack Roslovic

CBJ

Kuznetsov, Evgeny ($3,900,000 retained)

WSH

2024 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Mantha 50% retained

WSH

2025 7th round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

Any team

EDM

NAK

WSH

2026 2nd round pick (BOS)
2026 5th round pick (BOS)

Additional Details:

To whoever for the best price

BOS

Dowd, Nic

WSH

2025 3rd round pick (COL)
2025 5th round pick (COL)

COL

Joel Edmundson

WSH

Ceci, Cody
2024 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

Jensen, Nick

WSH

2025 2nd round pick (TBL)

Additional Details:

To whoever for the best price

TBL

van Riemsdyk, Trevor

WSH

Knies, Matthew
2024 1st round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Toronto Shouldn't and likely wouldn't do this. But lets assume this gets into a bidding war and he comes with an extension

TOR

Tom Wilson 50% retained

Retained Salary Transactions

Evgeny Kuznetsov: $3,900,000 (100%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$87,700,000	$66,851,667	$2,252,500	$1,332,500	$20,848,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Strome, Dylan $5,000,000$5,000,000 C UFA - 4	Knies, Matthew $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 1
Miroshnichenko, Ivan $950,000$950,000 ($750,000$750K) LW RFA - 2	McMichael, Connor $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA	Leonard, Ryan $950,000$950,000 RW RFA
Suzdalev, Alexander $846,667$846,667 ($80,000$80K) LW RFA - 2	Lapierre, Hendrix $863,333$863,333 ($445,000$445K) C RFA - 1	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Milano, Sonny $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Protas, Aliaksei $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 5	Frank, Ethen $800,000$800,000 C RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fehérváry, Martin $2,675,000$2,675,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Kuemper, Darcy $5,250,000$5,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Sandin, Rasmus $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 5	Alexeyev, Alexander $825,000$825,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 1
Iorio, Vincent $814,167$814,167 ($57,500$58K) RD RFA - 2	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Häman Aktell, Hardy $900,000$900,000 LD RFA		Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1
Johansen, Lucas $900,000$900,000 LD UFA

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Jul. 6, 2023 at 3:18 p.m.

krakowitz

Emotionally in 2018

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 9,290

Likes: 3,387

I one thousand percent agree that this is the direction they need to go. Caps are going to set themselves up for mediocrity while trying to fulfill the promise to Ovi of being competitive while he's still around. Make sure there's enough firepower for his line to play well and to generate enough looks on the power play, and gut the rest of the roster

Jul. 6, 2023 at 3:32 p.m.

perrystreett

Always have 2018

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 1,989

Likes: 921

Quoting: krakowitz

This team would not be competitive but it would honestly be fun to watch and we would get to have full focus on Ovi's chase.

I do want Ovi to win another cup but we need so much to go right to make a run. I don't think this years team can do it. Maybe next years if they have a massive retool.

Sadly it wont happen

Jul. 6, 2023 at 3:55 p.m.

krakowitz

Emotionally in 2018

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 9,290

Likes: 3,387

Quoting: perrystreett

Agreed. The best scenario the team can hope for is one of those fluke runs to the Final because they got hot at the right time, a la 2017 Nashville/2021 Montreal. It would be awesome as a fan to experience that again, but ultimately this team is not going to be a champion

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Jul. 8, 2023 at 9:14 a.m.

TheNiskyCap

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 69

Likes: 14

I really don't see the team moving Wilson, I think that the organization views him as the next captain and the one who will guide Washington through the rebuild when Ovi/Backstrom/Oshie are all gone

Jul. 8, 2023 at 12:43 p.m.

perrystreett

Always have 2018

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 1,989

Likes: 921

Quoting: TheNiskyCap

I really don't see the team moving Wilson, I think that the organization views him as the next captain and the one who will guide Washington through the rebuild when Ovi/Backstrom/Oshie are all gone

I don’t see them doing any of this. But we likely would be better off

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