What if Washington got Bedard

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Created by: Connor_McJesus_97

Team: 2023-24 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 6, 2023

Published: Apr. 6, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Gavrikov could be a solid replacement for Orlov. Otherwise I think getting rid of Mantha and just trying to go after a few free agents overall is the way to go and I see McMichael and especielly Lapierre getting bigger chances at becoming regular NHL players. No need to trade away any picks those gotta be saved for this upcoming rebuild. But that center core is nasty right now with Bedard.

I should add that potentially Kuz could be moved towards the wing instead of Strome and then Bedard would play in the 2C spot and Strome in the 3C spot.

Free Agent Signings

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Gavrikov, Vladislav	5	$4,000,000
Aston-Reese, Zach	4	$1,000,000
Edler, Alexander	1	$1,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bedard, Connor		3	$950,000

Trades

WSH

2025 4th round pick (ARI)

Additional Details:

Any team who wants him for a 1 year 4m contract.

ARI

Mantha, Anthony ($1,700,000 retained)

Retained Salary Transactions

Anthony Mantha: $1,700,000 (59.65%)

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$83,500,000	$76,064,167	$20,000	$315,000	$7,435,833

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Strome, Dylan $5,000,000$5,000,000 C UFA - 5	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Milano, Sonny $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000	Lapierre, Hendrix $863,333$863,333 ($232,500$232K) C RFA - 2
Aston-Reese, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Dowd, Nic $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 2	Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,225,000$1,225,000 RW UFA - 1
		Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Sandin, Rasmus $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD UFA - 1	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Kuemper, Darcy $5,250,000$5,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Gavrikov, Vladislav $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 2	Jensen, Nick $4,050,000$4,050,000 RD UFA - 3	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 2
Edler, Alexander $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 3

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Ovechkin, A.		Bäckström, N.		Kuznetsov, E.
	Sandin, R.		Carlson, J.

Power Play 2
Strome, D.		Bedard, C.		Oshie, T.
	Milano, S.		Jensen, N.

Penalty Kill 1
	Dowd, N.	Aubé-Kubel, N.
	Gavrikov, V.	Jensen, N.

Penalty Kill 2
	Bäckström, N.	Wilson, T.
	Edler, A.	van Riemsdyk, T.

Apr. 6, 2023 at 8:27 a.m.

Icedragon4405

Joined: Mar. 2021

Posts: 1,765

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While that would be awesome, it is more likely, however still unlikely, that they pick 8 and Michkov drops to them because teams are afraid of the Russian factor

Apr. 6, 2023 at 9:04 a.m.

All_Knowing

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 1,660

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1. Bedard would be great - I think Caps have a ~5% chance. That center pipeline would be nasty.
2. Caps won't sign defense as they are all set on both the right and the left (maybe a league minimum vet defender, like Irwin from this year, but that would be it).
3. Caps will either sign or trade for (probably the latter) a top 6 winger.
4. Backy is more of a 3c and Strome should play center, as he had a great year on the first/second line.
5. I don't see Lappy being ready for full-time NHL time this upcoming year. He had a up and down year in AHL, and is still very young/raw.

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