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Created by: Mike5889

Team: 2022-23 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 6, 2022

Published: Dec. 6, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Conditions:
The cap rises by 4 million as has previously been suggested by Gary Bettman.

Trades:

@Eller
Caps won't be able to afford him the next season. The Avs gets a guy who will give them ~30 pts and top-notch penalty killing ability. The Avs can then decide whether to resign or let him go this off-season.

@Sheary
Caps won't be able to afford him on a new deal. His current deal, however, is a bargain, and even more so at 50% retained. Currently on pace for 20 goals and 40 pts. The Oilers get some quality depth scoring and an extra weapon to their offensive arsenal.

@Orlov
Caps won't be able to afford his new deal. The Leafs trade a 1st-rounder which will be a very late pick as well as a supposedly also late second-rounder in the following year for some quality insurance, given injuries to both Reilly and Muzzin.

@TVR
Boston sends a very late third-rounder for some crucial defensive depth in preparation for a deep playoff run.

Re-signings:
Forwards: Strome 3 yrs / 5.000k, Milano 1yrs / 1.500k, Brown 1 yrs / 3.000k
Defense: Fehervary 2 yrs / 3.000k, Jensen 3yrs / 4.000k, Alexeyev 1 yrs / 925k

Free-agency:
Caps use their cap space of ~6.9 million to improve their defense.
Possible targets: Mayfield (NYI), Gavrikov (CBJ), Soucy (SEA) etc...

Free Agent Signings

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Defense, Added cap hits		1	$3,770,000
Forward, Added cap hits		1	$1,650,000

Trades

WSH

2025 2nd round pick (COL)

COL

Eller, Lars

Additional Details:

@Trade Deadline
50% Retained

WSH

2023 3rd round pick (EDM)
2024 2nd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Sheary, Conor

Additional Details:

@Trade Deadline
50% Retained

WSH

2023 1st round pick (TOR)
2024 2nd round pick (TOR)

TOR

Orlov, Dmitry

Additional Details:

@Trade Deadline
50% Retained

WSH

2023 3rd round pick (BOS)

BOS

van Riemsdyk, Trevor

Additional Details:

@Trade Deadline

WSH

BOS

Additional Details:

@Free Agency
Not resigned by the Caps

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$86,500,000	$72,820,000	$100,000	$132,500	$13,680,000

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Strome, Dylan $3,500,000$3,500,000 C UFA - 1	McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 2	Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Lapierre, Hendrix $863,333$863,333 ($50,000$50K) C RFA - 3	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 2	Dowd, Nic $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 3	Brown, Connor $3,600,000$3,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Milano, Sonny $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Forward, Added cap hits $1,650,000$1,650,000

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fehérváry, Martin $791,667$791,667 LD/RD RFA - 1	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Kuemper, Darcy $5,250,000$5,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Alexeyev, Alexander $863,333$863,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 3
Johansen, Lucas $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 2
Defense, Added cap hits $3,770,000$3,770,000

Dec. 6, 2022 at 10:24 a.m.

ClockReads2113

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Why didn't you just make a AGM for next season? lol

And they should be able to and should re-sign Orlov. He's their best defenesemen.

Dec. 6, 2022 at 10:33 a.m.

DefenseFirst

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Bruins have no need for TVR.

Dec. 6, 2022 at 10:41 a.m.

leafs101

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too much for orlov and we dont need another LHD

Dec. 6, 2022 at 10:41 a.m.

kster34

Kster

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Leafs don’t need LHD or D at all imo; but if they want a dman, maybe target Jensen instead

Dec. 6, 2022 at 10:43 a.m.

Mike5889

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Quote:

And they should be able to and should re-sign Orlov. He's their best defenesemen.

No disagreement there. Personally, I very much prefer Orlov over Carlson.

Still, the way that the Caps have structured their cap going forward I very much doubt they could afford Orlov back. He will get 7+ million in the open market. People will point to his offensive production holding him back from receiving such a contract, but those numbers depend on powerplay time that he isn't getting due to their Ovechkin-Carlson setup. GM's and their analytics people most surely know this and see the numbers he could put up if put on the first powerplay unit.

Personally, I'd rather trade Carlson and use the savings from his cap hit to re-sign Orlov, but I just don't see management having the balls to do so.

Dec. 6, 2022 at 10:49 a.m.

Mike5889

Thread Starter

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Quoting: leafs101

too much for orlov and we dont need another LHD

While listed as an LHD, Orlov can play either side on defense comfortably.

Dec. 6, 2022 at 10:50 a.m.

leafs101

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Quoting: Mike5889

While listed as an LHD, Orlov can play either side on defense comfortably.

even still, we already have brodie doing that. dressing just one right shot D would not be ideal

Dec. 6, 2022 at 11:07 a.m.

qc14

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If they are selling they move Jensen too and recoup another first. Doubt they re-sign brown and if they do its at less than half that cap hit. Obviously they need to sign a bunch of defenseman next year, but I imagine the bulk of any cap space they have will bee on an impactful scoring forward

Dec. 6, 2022 at 11:28 a.m.

coga16

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a 2nd is way too much for eller, avs wouldnt do that move

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Dec. 6, 2022 at 11:31 a.m.

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NoVaSpartan

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I would have to disagree with your take on Orlov. While his play at times is certainly deserving of a 7 mil deal, even Hampus Lindholm didn't get that much (6.5 mil) despite being a younger player than Orlov. I can't see Orlov getting more than about 6 mil, which I think the Caps could afford, especially if they bring up McMichael and Lapierre full time next year.

I wouldn't mind Soucy at the 3RD spot if Iorio needs another year of development to replace TvR, or the Caps could possibly target TvR in FA if they trade him. I've liked his play so far in DC.

I think we could see Washington push for an extra year of term for Strome and Milano. To me, Strome would likely be asking for 4 or 5 and at probably around 5-5.5, that should be a very affordable deal going forward. As for Milano, I think he could get more around the 2-2.25 mil range for an extra year added on. I could see MacLellan being willing to pay extra money for one more year of Milano so that his deal expiring would coincide with Oshie and Backstrom (assuming Backstrom makes it to the end of his deal, that is).

Overall though, this is a decent ACGM. Trades look good (though perhaps a 2nd for Eller is a bit much), and I can't fault many of the signings.

Dec. 6, 2022 at 12:03 p.m.

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MeetYourMakar

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Ellers, who doesn't need retention is not worth a 2nd. I would do a 4th at best.

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