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If no other team wants Orpik, Colorado says they'll buy him out.

Created by: Eli
Team: 2018-19 Washington Capitals
Initial Creation Date: Jun. 22, 2018
Published: Jun. 22, 2018
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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You see where this is going, don't you?

But you just have to skim down and see if it's really happening?

He's old and slow. But he won't be overpriced anymore.

200 hits a year is a totally trivial statistic. 88 hits in the playoffs were the 15th all time, but that's just a coincidence with his second Cup. After all, on his first two trips to the finals, he broke a hundred playoff hits, like only Tom Wilson did this year.

I'm going to say this right out in the open, where any team exec with a little time to kill can read it: y'all hate Orpik, and it's dumb. When Sakic, who played until he was 40 on a big contract, buys out Orpik for being 37 on a medium contract, the Caps get to sign Brooks Orpik as a UFA.

I'm calling this shot. They'll make him a lowball offer. No other team will even bother. He'll be back to be the playoff hero again in 2019.
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
4$3,001,002
4$1,201,202
3$1,001,002
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
4$2,501,202
8$7,801,202
4$3,001,202
3$1,501,002
Orpik, Brooks
2$1,001,001
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2019
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2020
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2021
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
23$79,500,000$70,483,110$82,500$600,000$9,016,890
Left WingCentreRight Wing
$9,538,462$9,538,462
LW
M-NTC
UFA - 3
$3,900,000$3,900,000
C
UFA - 7
$3,001,002$3,001,002
RW
UFA - 6
$3,000,000$3,000,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
$6,700,000$6,700,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 2
$5,750,000$5,750,000
RW
M-NTC
UFA - 7
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$600,000$600K)
LW
UFA - 1
$2,415,000$2,415,000
C
UFA - 5
$1,500,000$1,500,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
$650,000$650,000
C, LW
UFA - 1
$650,000$650,000
LW
UFA - 1
$1,501,002$1,501,002
C
UFA - 4
$1,201,202$1,201,202
RW, LW
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
$1,275,000$1,275,000
LD
UFA - 5
$5,750,000$5,750,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
$6,100,000$6,100,000
G
M-NTC
UFA - 2
$650,000$650,000
LD
UFA - 1
$7,801,202$7,801,202
RD
UFA - 8
$650,000$650,000
G
UFA - 1
$3,001,202$3,001,202
RD
UFA - 2
$2,501,202$2,501,202
LD/RD
UFA - 3
$1,001,002$1,001,002
RD
UFA - 2
Orpik, Brooks
$1,001,001$1,001,001

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Jun. 23, 2018 at 10:36 a.m.
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I dont think Orpik or the caps would want to sign him up for 7D, and for 2 years???? Nope

Green- cap hit too low 5M+
Bowey- cap hit too high 750-900k
Carlson- too low 8M+
Beagle- too low 2M+
Jun. 23, 2018 at 5:48 p.m.
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Quoting: bsmith1990
I dont think Orpik or the caps would want to sign him up for 7D, and for 2 years???? Nope

Green- cap hit too low 5M+
Bowey- cap hit too high 750-900k
Carlson- too low 8M+
Beagle- too low 2M+


Green's coming off neck surgery.
Bowey, fine. But I'd rather have a low cap hit for three years to re-sign Backstrom, than nickel and dime him when it doesn't make any difference, and then have to choose between Bowey and Backstrom in two summers, so I built in incremental raises, like McPhee used to talk about, to keep that third year AAV down closer to what he'd sign for on a one year deal, rather than have it be a bridge-value deal in case the cap goes flat. I'd go up to 1.5Mx8years if he'd take it, and I've posted that, to much laughter, but it'd be super-team-friendly, given he was 10th in even strength points among rookie defensemen, even though he was a healthy scratch for almost thirty games. As a kid he had back to back sixty point season in junior, and he's developing pretty well. Should play more minutes each year and be a solid NHL guy.
Carlson, fine, whatever, but with other teams pencilling in offers all over this board at 7 years times eight equals 56, might not be necessary to push it all the way to 64, might be more about how it's structured and how quickly they back up that dump truck of dollars to his castle.
Beagle--I've been pencilling him in at three million, but I think that comes partly from how impressed I am when he always comes through in the playoffs. He's not going to fit into the Caps' salary structure at that. Nothing but respect. He plays several roles really well, but I think Carlson is first priority, and you have to build from the net out a bit?
 
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