Re-tooling at its finest and lucking into getting 2nd OA

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Created by: MW6

Team: 2023-24 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 20, 2023

Published: Apr. 21, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Caps get lucky and get 2nd OA where they obviously pick Fantilli. Their future heir to Backstrom.

This team may not make a lot of noise next season, but there's some serious skill added and could potentially compete the year after if the Backstrom/Oshie situation gets sorted out.

- Offersheet Lafreniere, I doubt the Rangers would be able to match that caphit without seriously damaging their roster elsewhere. They're in win-now mode and might want to give it a shot at re-signing Kane or Tarasenko as well and matching this offer sheets pretty much eliminates any chance of that.

- Devils probably won't have a roster spot for Holtz next season and hasn't put all the pieces together yet at the NHL level. He still has a lethal shot and good vision but needs to add a little more muscle and speed. NJD get two picks back to make up for what they traded away at the deadline.

- Colorado get their no.2 center at 6M for 2 years. Newhook has talent but haven't been able to claim him spot yet. He is currently 4C in the playoffs and has mostly played wing this season. He has a high ceiling worth betting on. Trading Kuznetsov also opens up a spot for McMichael at center. Colorado also trades down 8-15 picks to #40 at the draft.

Hanifin would fit perfect next to Carlson, Fehervary is solid defensively but doesn’t project to add as much offense as Hanifin. Mantha at 3,8M does seem like a good fit in Calgary’s top-6 and will be playing for his next contract. If he fits CGY can re-sign him, if he doesn’t he might be worth a pretty decent pick at the TDL. The picks are to even out the value.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Alexeyev, Alexander	2	$1,250,000
Lafrenière, Alexis	6	$5,250,000
Newhook, Alex	2	$2,000,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Lafrenière, Alexis	$6,300,000	2024 1st round pick 2024 3rd round pick

Trades

WSH

Newhook, Alex [RFA Rights]
2023 1st round pick (COL)

COL

Kuznetsov, Evgeny ($1,800,000 retained)
2023 2nd round pick (WSH)

WSH

Holtz, Alexander

NJD

2023 1st round pick (COL)
2025 2nd round pick (COL)

WSH

Hanifin, Noah

CGY

Fehérváry, Martin [RFA Rights]
Mantha, Anthony ($1,900,000 retained)
2024 3rd round pick (MIN)
2025 1st round pick (WSH)

Retained Salary Transactions

Evgeny Kuznetsov: $1,800,000 (46.15%)
Anthony Mantha: $1,900,000 (66.67%)

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
23	$83,500,000	$79,435,001	$20,000	$990,000	$4,064,999

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Strome, Dylan $5,000,000$5,000,000 C UFA - 5	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Lafrenière, Alexis $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Newhook, Alex $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, LW RFA - 4	McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 1	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	Dowd, Nic $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 2	Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 1
	Frank, Ethen $775,000$775,000 C RFA - 1	Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,225,000$1,225,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hanifin, Noah $1,237,500$1,237,500 LD M-NTC 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
Sandin, Rasmus $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD UFA - 1	Jensen, Nick $4,050,000$4,050,000 RD UFA - 3	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 2
Alexeyev, Alexander $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 3
	Iorio, Vincent $814,167$814,167 ($57,500$58K) RD RFA - 3

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Ovechkin, A.		Oshie, T.		Strome, D.
	Carlson, J.		Lafrenière, A.

Power Play 2
Holtz, A.		Wilson, T.		Newhook, A.
	Sandin, R.		Bäckström, N.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 12:47 p.m.

TJTwolf

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Washington will need to retain a lot more and expect a lot less for a guy who wants out.

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Apr. 21, 2023 at 12:48 p.m.

pretzelcoatl

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Devils decline. If we're trading Holtz it's for an elite player.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 12:51 p.m.

MW6

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Quoting: pretzelcoatl

Devils decline. If we're trading Holtz it's for an elite player.

Devils doesn’t have room on their roster for an elite player. The top-9 is set and Holtz hasn’t been with the team since February.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 12:56 p.m.

MW6

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Quoting: TJTwolf

Washington will need to retain a lot more and expect a lot less for a guy who wants out.

50-70 point center at 6M for “former 1st round pick, currently on the 4th line at the end of his 3rd year” with upside and a moving up 8-15 picks? Seems fair to me.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

Capitalfail67

Caps fan idk why

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Quoting: TJTwolf

Washington will need to retain a lot more and expect a lot less for a guy who wants out.

Would you do Kuzy 40% retains roughly 4.8 m for a 1st + 3rd or Newhook?

Apr. 21, 2023 at 1:10 p.m.

mokumboi

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Heh. Where is Colorado getting all this cap?

Apr. 21, 2023 at 1:21 p.m.

brady_t12

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Why isn’t Fantilli on this roster if we win the 2nd pick in the lottery? If we were to get Fantilli he’s playing next season.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 1:25 p.m.

ClockReads2113

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Would love if those COL and NJD deals happen but doubt it. Hard pass on the CGY trade. Caps lose that by a mile.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 2:01 p.m.

KingofRnR

TrevorA

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Interesting proposal for Hanifin

I could see Mantha playing well at RW opposite Huberdeau. Fehervary is decent, but CGY'd prefer Sandin (or even Alexeyev) coming back and if not, they really don't need an LD Replacement given they have Kylington & Poirier, so Jensen, McMichael or Lorio, would all be far more appealing as a return, even as Replacements for the Picks

Apr. 21, 2023 at 2:21 p.m.

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pretzelcoatl

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Quoting: MW6

Devils doesn’t have room on their roster for an elite player. The top-9 is set and Holtz hasn’t been with the team since February.

There is room for Holtz in the top 9. Bratt, Meier, Palat, Mercer are locked in, but that leaves two spots that I would give to Tatar and Holtz.

I would trade Holtz for Saros, Sorokin (with extension), or DeBrincat.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 3:16 p.m.

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MW6

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Quoting: pretzelcoatl

Tatar, Boqvist, Sharangovich, Wood all have him beat this season. If NJD is going for it I doubt they go with the lesser player because of potential?

Apr. 21, 2023 at 3:28 p.m.

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MW6

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Quoting: mokumboi

Heh. Where is Colorado getting all this cap?

Girard seems like the piece to move. That should have them pretty good to go with Kuznetsov retained.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 3:34 p.m.

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MW6

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Quoting: KingofRnR

Yes, my thoughts exactly on Huberdeau. Ok, so what about Mantha (no retention), 1st 2025, Alexeyev (has higher upside then Fehervary), 3rd 2024 (Wild)?

Apr. 21, 2023 at 3:35 p.m.

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mokumboi

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Quoting: MW6

Girard seems like the piece to move. That should have them pretty good to go with Kuznetsov retained.

Doubt it, you should go check their team page cap outlook for next season. It's roooough.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 3:37 p.m.

#15

MW6

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Quoting: brady_t12

Why isn’t Fantilli on this roster if we win the 2nd pick in the lottery? If we were to get Fantilli he’s playing next season.

If there's room for him yes, but with Backstrom, Strome and finally a spot for McMichael (who's ready) I'd let him develop another year at Univ. of Michigan.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 3:45 p.m.

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MW6

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Quoting: mokumboi

Doubt it, you should go check their team page cap outlook for next season. It's roooough.

I agree, it is. But I do think that the presence of Kuznetsov will get more value out of that 2nd line. If they bridge Byram and Malgin they should be able to put togehter a decent bottom-6 and upgrade at the TDL if necessary.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 4:25 p.m.

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pretzelcoatl

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Quoting: MW6

Tatar, Boqvist, Sharangovich, Wood all have him beat this season. If NJD is going for it I doubt they go with the lesser player because of potential?

Wood has been dreadful this season, significantly worse than Holtz, and Holtz has far more upside than Boqvist or Sharangovich. There's no reason to believe that Holtz won't be solid in a middle six role with a great playdriver on his opposite wing. Over the entire season, Holtz played just 25 minutes with Hughes or Hischier at 5v5. If he had been given a real shot to play with them, I think he could have put it together this season. Unfortunately, Ruff didn't like him.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 5:16 p.m.

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mokumboi

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Quoting: MW6

Heh. Byram is riiiiiiiiipe for an OS (AHEM, Doug Armstrong).

Apr. 21, 2023 at 6:23 p.m.

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KingofRnR

TrevorA

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Quoting: MW6

Yes, my thoughts exactly on Huberdeau. Ok, so what about Mantha (no retention), 1st 2025, Alexeyev (has higher upside then Fehervary), 3rd 2024 (Wild)?

Nah. Problem is we can’t afford Mantha without retention, need Cap Space and Mantha’s a Cap Dump. He’s under performing and isn’t reliable, having not played a full season once in the past 7 years. He’d be a huge gamble

We’ll get what you’re offering for Hanifin alone. We might be interested in taking the gamble on Mantha, but would need some form of insurance/compensation, so it’d have to be:

2023/24 1st RD Pick (or Connor McMichael) + Sandin (or Alexeyev) + Lorio + Mantha $2mil retained + Aliaksei Protas

And that’s IF Hanifin doesn’t re-sign in CGY long-term

Any interest in Oliver Kylington instead!? We’d move him for Lorio + Protas and might take Mantha back 50% retained for that package

With Weegar, Zadorov, Poirier, Gilbert & Kuznetsov we don’t really need Fehervary or Alexeyev. We’d only need or be interested in Sandin if Hanifin and/or Kylington were moved and Poirier wasn’t ready, but he sure seems like he is.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 11:12 p.m.

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capsleafs447

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I'd think the Rangers match.

I doubt the Devils would trade Holtz, especially for that little of a return.

This may be my Caps bias, but I'd rather look elsewhere than Newhook. We could get better value.

Apr. 21, 2023 at 11:23 p.m.

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capsleafs447

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Quoting: KingofRnR

For Hanifin: I'd rather if we held onto Iorio and Protas. How about: McMichael, AlexAlex, and a pair of 2nds? We could also bump one of the 2nds to a top ten protected conditional first if the 2nds aren't enough. Mantha can be removed from the deal.

Kylington sounds like a better deal for both sides, though. Less futures compromised for us, and y'all keep the better defender. Again, I'd rather if we kept Iorio, so would AlexAlex do instead? If y'all would want Iorio more, we could sweeten the pot by throwing in a 2nd and only retaining 30% on Mantha. I'd prefer some other asset traded besides Protas, as he fits a lot of what we need, so what would a good substitution be?

Apr. 21, 2023 at 11:41 p.m.

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TrevorA

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Quoting: capsleafs447

Flames are still competing right now too, so picks don’t do us much good. We’re also lacking in depth and players for the near Future at RD, whereas we have a surplus of LD when Kylington comes back and since I believe Poirier is ready

I don’t know, maybe Suzdalev or Persson instead of Protas

I got CLB & FLA on the other line here though and he’ll be going for the best deal available to CGY if he moves at all.

Lots of interest for Hanifin’s services IF they’re available!

Apr. 22, 2023 at 1:37 a.m.

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TJTwolf

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Quoting: Capitalfail67

Would you do Kuzy 40% retains roughly 4.8 m for a 1st + 3rd or Newhook?

For a first and third yes I consider that fair. I know some of my fellow Avs fans don't think the '23 1st should be traded but under those circumstances I would.

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Apr. 22, 2023 at 1:39 a.m.

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TJTwolf

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Quoting: MW6

50-70 point center at 6M for “former 1st round pick, currently on the 4th line at the end of his 3rd year” with upside and a moving up 8-15 picks? Seems fair to me.

Not enough retention for the Avs to do it, and another person who is undervaluing Newhook.

Apr. 22, 2023 at 3:08 a.m.

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MW6

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Quoting: TJTwolf

Not enough retention for the Avs to do it, and another person who is undervaluing Newhook.

I obviously rate him enough to want him on the Caps, it's just that he hasn't exactly lived up to his potential yet. And I think the way Avs have acted (both line assignment and activity at the TDL) states that as well.

Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Lehkonen-Kuznetsov-Nichushkin

That's a cup challenging top-6. Maybe the Caps could consider retaining 500k more but that's probably it... otherwise it eats up the possibility to ice a competitive roster for Ovie's sake.

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