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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 30, 2023 at 3:25 p.m.
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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 26, 2023 at 4:44 p.m.
Thread: Mantha dump kinda
I know McGinn looks like he was a cap dump that was brought in from Pitt, because it was clear he wasn't working there, but there is more to the story than that. Guy is a gritty, grinding bottom 6 with high compete and is good on the PK. We don't mind that his deal is a bit rich for what he brings to the table, we won't have any cap issues while he is with the team, and he is there to make the bottom 6 an absolute pain to play against. It is the Verbeek MO, win or loose, Verbeek will get a piece of you.

Mantha, on the other hand, is owed 6.5 million in real money, more than his 5.7 million cap hit, and as I have mentioned in previous Mantha to Anaheim deals, the likelihood that we can flip him at the TDL is low, since he can't seem to get through a season healthy. We'd be taking on unnecessary risk to get 40-50 games of Mantha with the above trade.

This deal isn't something that interests us.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 13, 2023 at 1:50 p.m.
Thread: Killorn in Mantha out
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>evelutions2</b></div><div>I guess I’m asking cause the OP has the Caps paying a 2nd to dump the full cap hit of Mantha. Considering the high chance of Kuznetzov being moved in the off season I would be more than willing to bet that the 2023-24 campaign would be a retool year so they can gear up for a big push in 2024-25, which could potentially be Ovi’s last year. You lose 2.8mil in space for next season, but have no repercussions the next year, whereas the buyout penalty would take away 2.5mil from 2024-25. That impact could be compounded if the Caps are unable to find a 3rd party to help with retention on Kuzy, potentially taking away 1.8-2.8mil extra from the cap. If need be the Caps might be able to get a mid to late round pick for eating half on Mantha, which is miles better than having to move a high 2nd round pick. It would just be much better asset management to go the retention route and potentially get something for him, rather than pay to dump him or buy him out.</div></div>

With ovi's age you have to take it one season at a time. You're right that it's better long term to just bite the bullet and retain this year, but there is no guarantee that they will still be going for it in 24-25 if they have another season like they did this year. At this point for them it really depends on who you can get in for that cap space. If they need all 5.7m to get a guy like Schmaltz or Konecny, go ahead and attach the second. If they only need 4.5 for Compher, buy him out or retain 1.5m. If they can't get anyone else in, keep him and hope a new coach can get more out of him.

Basically in everything they do the ability to maximize next year will far outweigh future considerations. Obviously what they did at the deadline this year helped set them up better long-term, but I think people also forget that it is what sets them up best for next year too. Strome, Milano, Jensen, TVR, Wilson all could have gotten massive returns if thats what they cared about, but they don't.