SalarySwishSalarySwish
Avatar

InfamousJB

InfamousJB
Member Since
Jun. 23, 2017
Favourite Team
Washington Capitals
Forum Posts
15
Posts per Day
0.0
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
Thread: Kreider and Green
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sagecoll</b></div><div>I can't speculate on that. I do know that team's like to win cups. And given that the Capitals have the oldest roster in the league and the majority of those older players signed well into their 30's and less than a handful of actual NHL prospects in the pool, I'd say that the probability of winning a cup is going to go decently down in a few years.

So it makes sense that a team like Washington would take their 1st and one of the few top prospects they have to make a move to win a cup. It's not the greatest long term strategy but the Capitals have set themselves up for this by having 9 F's on the books through at least 2 more seasons, and that's not even considering if Ovi resigns or Vrana signs an extension. So the Caps in this position kinda have to keep pace with Pitt and Carolina and Tampa if they're going to have a legit shot at another cup over the next couple years. That's not going to happen through drafting/developing, that's goin to happen through asset acquisition.</div></div>

WSH has to ask themselves, are you making this move because to NEED to, or are you making it because you feel as if you need to keep up with other teams moves. ie; Pitt &amp; whatever tampa does.
IF say moving panik, to slide say oshie down to the 3rd, with Kreider on the 2nd line is the missing piece..is that worth the cost??. but I dunno man, everyone wants to win.. but at some point, you cant gamble the future anymore.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 14, 2018 at 7:37 p.m.
Thread: Life After Holtby
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>That this build has exactly 8M in cap space says to me that its author knows both of these things, tried to fudge Carlson's salary down to see if the Caps could afford Karlsson and Ryan without losing Carlson as a UFA, and then chucked Ryan away in frustration and hit publish.

Bobby Ryan has eight goals. he plays sixten minutes a night, with 53% offensive zone starts. He's -7. <a href="https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/ryanbo01.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/ryanbo01.html</a> Last year he had about a dozen goals and as many assists. That puts him level with Alex Chiasson last year. <a href="https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/c/chiasal01.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/c/chiasal01.html</a> Alex Chiasson's not bad, either. He's just taking up a spot that could be used to develop a prospect out of Hershey.

But a team thinking about paying five years of Bobby Ryan's seven million dollar salary to get one year of Erik Karlsson shouldn't be dissuaded because Ryan only has eight goals and is -7. No. The bigger issue this year is that Karlsson only has seven goals, and is -27. <a href="https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/karlser01.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/karlser01.html</a>

Karlsson has had some great playoff years, offensively, but can the Caps really deal with his defensive weaknesses throughout the regular season, and still get to the playoffs? Ottawa has mixed results.</div></div>


leaving 8.1 in cap space was intentional. It was done to offset the carlson salary that will be north of 5.9 when he hits the markey &amp; an ext. for EK... - because nobody is giving it all up for a rental.

However, the only true cap relief wash gets is for orpik to retire &amp; shed us of his albatross of a contract.. The hope was getting a 'decent' C in return from AZ... Likely? NOPE.

Nobody will want Ryan &amp; his contract either...

Currently Wash has the #1 goalie prospect in the world, unless that has changed overnight, thus in my eyes making holtby &amp; his north of 6 million salary expendable... again, probably not gonna happen either....

The big question is, what team is going to dump the farm and future picks, for ONE year of EK???