Something to Reignite the Group

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Created by: krakowitz

Team: 2021-22 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 14, 2022

Published: Feb. 14, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

This is the most uninspired hockey I've seen from this team in years. If Fleury won't accept a trade here, I think it's best to bring back Holtby to try and reenergize the team. Even if he isn't a guy that can carry us to a Cup right now, the impact he would have on the locker room if he came back should spark the leaders of the team, and that energy should be contagious to the rest of the group. We can look into finding a long term solution in net during the offseason when we could try and grab someone like Varlamov in a trade or even go for Keumper in free agency if Colorado doesn't bring him back (whichh I see as unlikely). Grabbing Kessel as well can be a good option to fill the scoring role in the top six while Mantha is out and give us three really solid scoring lines when/if we can get back to 100%.

Trades

WSH

Kessel, Phil ($3,400,000 retained)

ARI

Sprong, Daniel
2023 2nd round pick (WSH)

WSH

Holtby, Braden

DAL

2022 2nd round pick (WPG)

Buried

Michal Kempný: $1,375,000 ($2,500,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$74,376,261	$472,927	$132,500	$7,123,739

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 5	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 4
Sheary, Conor $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,415,000$2,415,000 C UFA - 2
Hagelin, Carl $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Dowd, Nic $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Kessel, Phil $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
		Hathaway, Garnet $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fehérváry, Martin $791,667$791,667 ($132,500$132K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 5	Holtby, Braden $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Samsonov, Ilya $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
	Schultz, Justin $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA - 1
van Riemsdyk, Trevor $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 3	Vanecek, Vitek $716,667$716,667 G UFA - 1
Irwin, Matt $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Feb. 14, 2022 at 7:44 p.m.

capsfan2121

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Send eller and hags to the sun.

Thank you. To replace them. Name from the red wings and Zacha to replace hags

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Feb. 14, 2022 at 7:48 p.m.

krakowitz

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Quoting: capsfan2121

Send eller and hags to the sun.

Thank you. To replace them. Name from the red wings and Zacha to replace hags

I think those are both offseason moves. As annoying as Hagelin's offensive woes are, the 62-26-21 line is still dependable and we rarely get scored on with those guys out there. Not breaking that up until we can get AJF in that spot during camp to develop chemistry with those two. I'd like to see McMichael at 3C instead of Eller but realistically Laviolette will never do that.

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Feb. 14, 2022 at 7:51 p.m.

capsfan2121

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Quoting: krakowitz

Agreed. I have to say watching eller play is killing me slowly.

Also a major problem is shot placement for this team.

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Feb. 14, 2022 at 8:01 p.m.

krakowitz

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Quoting: capsfan2121

Agreed. I have to say watching eller play is killing me slowly.

Also a major problem is shot placement for this team.

Eller has definitely been having brain farts I've never seen him have with us. I'm more concerned with the lack of shots from inside the house and our cycle game than shot placement. Can't be too picky when every shot is either from the point or a bad angle. Three months ago we were wearing teams down on the cycle, winning puck battles, making good east-west passes and getting shots in dangerous areas. That's been pretty non existent the last month. And the power play is still the biggest disaster known to man.

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Feb. 14, 2022 at 8:05 p.m.

capsfan2121

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Quoting: krakowitz

I noticed the lack of east west passing. Great point. The shots from ovis spot on the powerplay has been at the belly of the goalie. We move the puck well When set up. Enter the zone has been a disaster.

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