Getting younger while pushing for playoffs

Created by: M_Swann

Team: 2024-25 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 22, 2024

Published: Mar. 22, 2024

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

TOR trade: Leafs get the better and cheaper players right now. Caps take a gamble on Liljegren's potential while taking on Kampf's contract.

OTT trade: Stole the idea from @csick – depends on Norris' health, but Caps still may have to add here.

DeBrusk: He might take a shorter deal to prove that he's worth a big payday in '25. Otherwise, they'll bring up Leonard.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Johnson, Brent	2	$850,000
Karabela, Jake	3	$800,000
Lemay, Joaquim	2	$800,000
Leonard, Ryan	3	$950,000
Thomas, Patrick	3	$800,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Häman Aktell, Hardy	1	$775,000
Liljegren, Timothy	5	$4,400,000
Malenstyn, Beck	3	$1,100,000
McMichael, Connor	5	$3,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas	2	$1,100,000
Priskie, Chase	1	$775,000
Snively, Joe	1	$775,000
Aho, Sebastian	2	$1,100,000
DeBrusk, Jake	1	$5,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Brandsegg-Nygard, Michael		3	$950,000

Trades

WSH

Kämpf, David
Liljegren, Timothy [RFA Rights]

TOR

WSH

OTT

Kuemper, Darcy
van Riemsdyk, Trevor
2025 2nd round pick (WSH)

Retained Salary Transactions

Evgeny Kuznetsov: $3,900,000 (50%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,700,000	$88,803,333	$2,252,500	$1,195,000	-$1,103,333

Roster

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	DeBrusk, Jake $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW UFA
McMichael, Connor $3,750,000$3,750,000 LW, C RFA	Norris, Joshua $7,950,000$7,950,000 C UFA - 6	Wilson, Tom $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 7
Miroshnichenko, Ivan $950,000$950,000 ($750,000$750K) LW RFA - 2	Lapierre, Hendrix $863,333$863,333 ($445,000$445K) C RFA - 1	Protas, Aliaksei $3,375,000$3,375,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 5
Milano, Sonny $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kämpf, David $2,400,000$2,400,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1

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	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 1
Sandin, Rasmus $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD UFA - 5	Liljegren, Timothy $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD RFA	Forsberg, Anton $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Alexeyev, Alexander $825,000$825,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Bear, Ethan $2,062,500$2,062,500 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Aho, Sebastian $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD UFA		Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1
Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW UFA
Malenstyn, Beck $1,100,000$1,100,000 C, LW RFA

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Wilson, T.		Strome, D.		Norris, J.
	Ovechkin, A.		Carlson, J.

Power Play 2
McMichael, C.		Lapierre, H.		DeBrusk, J.
	Miroshnichenko, I.		Sandin, R.

Penalty Kill 1
	Kämpf, D.	Oshie, T.
	Fehérváry, M.	Carlson, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	McMichael, C.	Wilson, T.
	Sandin, R.	Liljegren, T.

Top Comments

Mar. 22 at 9:49 a.m.

Leafsfan98

Leafs going to Leafs

Joined: Dec. 2022

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NTU on the Leafs end

Mar. 22 at 9:52 a.m.

NJDevils1317

Joined: Aug. 2021

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What in there gets you Josh Norris? Ottawa just looking to move salary?

Mar. 22 at 9:55 a.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 59,603

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Jensen certainly isn't that special now. Leafs keep Liljegren at a cheaper price. Leafs would save a few $$$$ trading Kampf. But especially lately, his play has been good, even playing above his contract.

Mar. 22 at 9:56 a.m.

NoVaSpartan

Craig Laughlin Fan

Joined: Nov. 2019

Posts: 5,299

Likes: 5,742

Quoting: NJDevils1317

What in there gets you Josh Norris? Ottawa just looking to move salary?

Not to speak for Sens fans but as I understand from those who've made similar proposals, part of it certainly would be to move salary, as well as concerns over the consistent injury history of Norris.

Mar. 22 at 9:59 a.m.

NJDevils1317

Joined: Aug. 2021

Posts: 4,386

Likes: 2,248

Quoting: NoVaSpartan

In this trade though, they are essentially getting a goalie twice as expensive that also hasn't been good. It really blunts OTT getting much of a cap relief. Norris isn't bad, he's just been hurt. Seems like a silly move for OTT to move him out just for a mid-30s goalie on the downswing unlikely to reclaim his form, compared to a young center.

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