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Created by: Boush

Team: 2023-24 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 2, 2024

Published: Feb. 2, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Looking to me like the Caps might have another deadline similar to last year's. Sell some expiring/semi-expiring contracts, get a couple picks, take on an expiring salary, and get a young player that has upside but may just need a change of scenery. Looking for some different kind of moves/ideas in the actual execution, though.

Canadiens get a Monahan replacement/another option at center, and I don't think they'd be on Kuzy's list. Caps get a Dowd replacement and move on from a guy who doesn't want to be there anymore. I don't think it's a pure cap dump - Monahan looked washed when he went to Montreal and turned it around in a year. Some risk for Montreal, but minimal and with a small gain in draft capital.

Colorado's 1st will be very late in the draft, with a decent possibility of being the 32nd pick, and Dowd would be a perfect fit for their fourth line in a Cup push.

Kings are in the hunt, and need a little more scoring oomph, which Mantha has rediscovered this year. Thinking a Monahan-lite deal, but instead of picks it's a prospect that seems to be on his way out of town.

Trades

WSH

Evans, Jake
2024 3rd round pick (MTL)

MTL

Kuznetsov, Evgeny ($2,800,000 retained)
2025 2nd round pick (BOS)

WSH

Bertuzzi, Tyler
2024 3rd round pick (NYI)

TOR

WSH

2024 1st round pick (COL)

COL

Dowd, Nic
2024 4th round pick (WSH)

WSH

2025 3rd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Edmundson, Joel

WSH

Kaliyev, Arthur

LAK

Mantha, Anthony ($2,700,000 retained)

Retained Salary Transactions

Evgeny Kuznetsov: $2,800,000 (71.79%)
Anthony Mantha: $2,700,000 (94.74%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$72,353,334	$20,000	$2,375,000	$11,146,666

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	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Pacioretty, Max $2,000,000$2,000,000 ($2,000,000$2M) LW NMC UFA - 1	McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 1	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Bertuzzi, Tyler $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 1	Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 1	Kaliyev, Arthur $894,167$894,167 ($212,500$212K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Malenstyn, Beck $762,500$762,500 C, LW RFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Sutter, Riley $775,000$775,000 RW RFA - 1
		Milano, Sonny $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW, RW UFA - 3

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	Lindgren, Charlie $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 2
Fehérváry, Martin $2,675,000$2,675,000 LD/RD RFA - 3	Jensen, Nick $4,050,000$4,050,000 RD UFA - 3	Kuemper, Darcy $5,250,000$5,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Alexeyev, Alexander $825,000$825,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Bear, Ethan $2,062,500$2,062,500 RD UFA - 2
Häman Aktell, Hardy $870,000$870,000 ($80,000$80K) LD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2

Feb. 2 at 1:38 p.m.

Xqb15a

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I think a 1st is a little rich for Dowd but what about a 2nd and NHL ready prospect?

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Feb. 2 at 1:42 p.m.

tkecanuck341

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Don't think the Kings have any interest in Mantha. They're definitely not trading Kaliyev for a rental.

Feb. 2 at 1:47 p.m.

OldNYIfan

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Kings aren't trading Arthur Kaliyev for a rental whose contract is under water and whose cap hit (even with the retention) would require another move to absorb. We're getting our own self-rental back when Viktor Arvidsson comes off the LTIR list, anyway.

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Feb. 2 at 1:48 p.m.

Boush

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Boush

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Quoting: tkecanuck341

Don't think the Kings have any interest in Mantha. They're definitely not trading Kaliyev for a rental.

Why not the player swap (we'll agree to disagree on interest/need for Mantha)? If you figure that each, right now, probably has a 2nd round pick coming back in terms of value, then the value is there.

Feb. 2 at 1:50 p.m.

Boush

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Boush

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

The Viktor-coming-back part makes sense. Don't know why I had it in my head he was out for the season.

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Feb. 2 at 1:52 p.m.

Boush

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Boush

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Quoting: Xqb15a

I think a 1st is a little rich for Dowd but what about a 2nd and NHL ready prospect?

Quoting: Xqb15a

I think a 1st is a little rich for Dowd but what about a 2nd and NHL ready prospect?

Avs don't have a 2nd. A 1st round pick that is likely to come at the bottom five of that round is very nearly a 2nd. If it's the bottom two, then it would have been a 2nd a few years ago. The 4th being thrown in is to shore up some of the value from it being a late 1st rather than a high 2nd.

Feb. 2 at 1:59 p.m.

Xqb15a

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Quoting: Boush

COL just doesn’t trade 1st rd picks it just goes against everything to pay a 1st for a guy that you are intending to play 4C.

Feb. 2 at 2:00 p.m.

MitchJr

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Yeah, ‘too out there’ all right.

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Feb. 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Juice

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IMO....TVR doesn't really move the needle here in Toronto other than adding depth....unless they think he can take top line minutes beside Rielly...I would hope we'd only pick him up for 3rd-5th round picks

Feb. 2 at 2:09 p.m.

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SMH

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Why on earth would MTL do that

Feb. 2 at 2:54 p.m.

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Burnout

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I'd point out that Montreal first got Monahan by being paid a 1st.

They don't really want a Monahan replacement, they're looking at the draft more than anything else. And moving Evans doesn't change the C depth at all, you just go from a guy who's ok playing defensive minutes to... Kuznetsov. And for that they move an early 3rd for what will likely be a late 2nd in the future. They'd be better of just getting a pick for taking on a different overpaid C.

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