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My Opinion on the Caps

Created by: Capitalfail67
Team: 2023-24 Washington Capitals
Initial Creation Date: Nov. 28, 2023
Published: Nov. 28, 2023
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Capitals are a very very average team... ACTUALLY they are a bad hockey team. Their point leader is Ovechkin who has 12 points in 18gp. thats ties him for 150th in the NHL. Our best player is 150th in league scoring. not to mention hes extremely out of shape and looks completely disengaged more often than not. Capitals have no great players, no elite players not superstar players. Id argue that Strome and McM are the best forwards and Carlson is hands down our best Dman.

Good for cap bad bc i love them
Backstom and Oshie likely retire / LTIR after this season.

Oshie has horrible concussion issues and has a family history of alzheimer's.
Backstrom obviously has hip issues

this frees up 9.2 + 5.7 = 14.9m in cap space next season. (enough for Nylander)

What they should do...
This team is not able to score goals. this team will not win in the playoffs. this team is hurting itself by trying to be a bubble team. they should look to sell off players that have good to great value. they need to become bad enough to draft Demindov or another impactful young player. Leonard looks fantastic they need more prospects like him and Cristall.

IF they cant trade Kuzy ... buy him out. saves them nearly 4m next year and they can use that cap for other up grades... Maybe Novak?
Trades
1.
WSH
  1. 2024 2nd round pick (EDM)
Additional Details:
Cheap goalie that has played well enough / better than what the Oilers currently have going on.
2.
WSH
  1. Garland, Conor
  2. 2024 3rd round pick (VAN)
Additional Details:
Vancouver gives up the pick bc they are saving nearly 2m in cap space
3.
WSH
  1. 2024 2nd round pick (CAR)
Additional Details:
doesnt have to be Carolina could be any team but ideally a 2nd for Dowd would be the trade
4.
WSH
  1. 2024 2nd round pick (MIN)
Additional Details:
Cheap middle 6 winger who is is roughly a .5ppg player. good for like 40-45 points in a 82 game season making under 2m / year AND has term.

Again doesnt have to be the Wild but any team looking for a speedy winger with offensive upside.
5.
WSH
  1. 2024 3rd round pick (VGK)
Additional Details:
low risk move and the player has familiarity with the team

could be any team looking to add a known goal scorer for a "fair" price
VGK
  1. Pacioretty, Max ($1,000,000 retained)
6.
WSH
  1. 2024 4th round pick (BOS)
Additional Details:
depth player
BOS
  1. Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas ($600,000 retained)
7.
WSH
  1. 2024 3rd round pick (CGY)
Additional Details:
could be a 4th. i honestly think AA is worth a 3rd but lets see what other fans think, Flames will likely need to refill their roster after dumping Tanev, Z and Hanifin
Retained Salary Transactions
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2024
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2025
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2026
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
21$83,500,000$62,416,667$20,000$372,500$21,083,333
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$863,333$863,333
LW, C
RFA - 1
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$5,000,000$5,000,000
C
UFA - 5
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$4,950,000$4,950,000
RW, LW
UFA - 3
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$9,500,000$9,500,000
LW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 3
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$3,900,000$3,900,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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$5,166,667$5,166,667
RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$2,850,000$2,850,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$232,500$232K)
C
RFA - 2
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$789,167$789,167 (Performance Bonus$82,500$82K)
RW, LW, C
UFA - 1
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$775,000$775,000
RW, C
UFA - 1
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$762,500$762,500
C, LW
RFA - 1
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$775,000$775,000
RW
RFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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$2,675,000$2,675,000
LD/RD
RFA - 3
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$8,000,000$8,000,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
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$5,250,000$5,250,000
G
M-NTC
UFA - 4
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$1,400,000$1,400,000
LD
UFA - 1
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$4,050,000$4,050,000
RD
UFA - 3
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$775,000$775,000
G
UFA - 2
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$875,000$875,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$814,167$814,167 (Performance Bonus$57,500$58K)
RD
RFA - 3
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$762,500$762,500
LD
UFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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$9,200,000$9,200,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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$5,750,000$5,750,000
RW
M-NTC
UFA - 2

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Nov. 28, 2023 at 2:55 p.m.
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Caps fan idk why
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Quoting: dgibb10
Backup goalies don't return that much


i agreed to do a 3rd but his numbers are great and his cap hit is low... i think if a desperate team is looking for a goalie he makes a lot of sense
Nov. 28, 2023 at 3:28 p.m.
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Yeah but it's not like you look at the roster and are impressed, or they were good last year


They could have been if healthy last season, but they were 3rd most hurt in quantity and quality.

Their roster is deep in terms of good players through out but they are missing that top tier player that they hopefully get in Nylander this summer.
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Nov. 28, 2023 at 3:28 p.m.
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Quoting: ClockReads2113
They could have been if healthy last season, but they were 3rd most hurt in quantity and quality.

Their roster is deep in terms of good players through out but they are missing that top tier player that they hopefully get in Nylander this summer.


The team is filled with 35 year olds they ain't gonna be healthy
Nov. 28, 2023 at 3:39 p.m.
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The team is filled with 35 year olds they ain't gonna be healthy


That's the funny thing is it was the young guys getting hurt this season. Luckily everyone is now accounted for except Pacioretty.
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Nov. 28, 2023 at 3:40 p.m.
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Quoting: ClockReads2113
They could have been if healthy last season, but they were 3rd most hurt in quantity and quality.

Their roster is deep in terms of good players through out but they are missing that top tier player that they hopefully get in Nylander this summer.


Quoting: dgibb10
The team is filled with 35 year olds they ain't gonna be healthy


i absolutely agree that this team is old and not good atm. Luckily (sounds horrible) Oshie and Backstrom are done. (imo). i look at this roster and i dont see 1 player that falls into the NHLs top 100 players besides Carlson atm. they are a bottom 5 team on paper but they are well coached making them a competitive team
Nov. 28, 2023 at 4:02 p.m.
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i absolutely agree that this team is old and not good atm. Luckily (sounds horrible) Oshie and Backstrom are done. (imo). i look at this roster and i dont see 1 player that falls into the NHLs top 100 players besides Carlson atm. they are a bottom 5 team on paper but they are well coached making them a competitive team


Disagree. Definitely not bottom 5. They're probably around average. But we do agree they need to add 1-2 great pieces.
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Nov. 28, 2023 at 4:07 p.m.
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Disagree. Definitely not bottom 5. They're probably around average. But we do agree they need to add 1-2 great pieces.


Bottom 5 is me being hopefully for draft purposes. bottom 10 realistically
Nov. 28, 2023 at 5:23 p.m.
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Quoting: Capitalfail67
i absolutely agree that this team is old and not good atm. Luckily (sounds horrible) Oshie and Backstrom are done. (imo). i look at this roster and i dont see 1 player that falls into the NHLs top 100 players besides Carlson atm. they are a bottom 5 team on paper but they are well coached making them a competitive team


Gotta think it doesn't hold up. The roster is just top to bottom worse than at least 10 teams in the east

NJD, Carolina, NYR,

Pitt and NYI are probably stronger and NYI should have a massive goaltending edge

Toronto, Tampa, Boston, Florida

Ottawa, Detroit, Buffalo also should probably be stronger
Nov. 28, 2023 at 5:34 p.m.
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Quoting: dgibb10
Gotta think it doesn't hold up. The roster is just top to bottom worse than at least 10 teams in the east

NJD, Carolina, NYR,

Pitt and NYI are probably stronger and NYI should have a massive goaltending edge

Toronto, Tampa, Boston, Florida

Ottawa, Detroit, Buffalo also should probably be stronger


i honestly hoping to fall down to bottom 5 and draft Demidov. i completely agree. Capitals are just so horrible offensively that they struggled to even out produce the Sharks. I honestly think the AHL team would play a better NHL game at this point, at least you would have an entire team thats hungry
Nov. 28, 2023 at 5:36 p.m.
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i honestly hoping to fall down to bottom 5 and draft Demidov. i completely agree. Capitals are just so horrible offensively that they struggled to even out produce the Sharks. I honestly think the AHL team would play a better NHL game at this point, at least you would have an entire team thats hungry


Lindgren winning you like 4 games on his own is a big factor
Nov. 30, 2023 at 1:03 p.m.
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Lindgren winning you like 4 games on his own is a big factor


Ive said this multiple times. Horrible team witha really hot backup goalie
Nov. 30, 2023 at 1:12 p.m.
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Ive said this multiple times. Horrible team witha really hot backup goalie


Absolutely stole another one last night. What is in that mans gatorade
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Nov. 30, 2023 at 1:16 p.m.
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Quoting: dgibb10
Absolutely stole another one last night. What is in that mans gatorade


idk but hes the MAIN reason this team looks good. they have a good coach and a hot goalie. He is arguably a top 5 goalie in the NHL atm. def no sustainable imo but ride the horse till it dies i guess
 
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