Edited May 8, 2018 at 8:50 p.m.
Quoting: Hedman77
Washington won’t need another goalie, it’ll be Holtby vs Samsonov
In two years, absolutely.
Quoting: voke
Carrick came from caps not sure they want him back...
At the time they were headed way over the salary cap and Carrick was a sweetener to trade away a big contract Brooks Laich wasn't living up to, and get back a silar player on a lower contract in Daniel Winnick. So I see no reason to think it was personal. Just a numbers crunch. Some fans miss him and he got two more points than Bowey this year, but Bowey is a little younger, was picked higher, had a lot of offense in juniors, and might get a lot of points pretty soon.
Quoting: Capsule
I would rather have Orpik for one year than Martin for two. Caps could instead buy Orpik out for a lower cap hit than Martin´s and keep Bowey.
So would I, and yes, but then Washington gets neither Orpik, nor Martin. If you've got to lose Orpik's clutch scoring (no, I am not making this up), lose his crease clearing elbow-grease, lose his Cup ring and leadership, but still pay 2.5M a year, you might as well still keep the 200 hits a year and agitation. Martin brings those last couple things in the same measure as Orpik, and for the same cap hit next year as buying out Orpik, although a slightly higher cap hit the next year.