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Armchair-GM
Feb. 21 at 10:25 a.m.
Thread:
team
Caps are trying to get younger. Why would they take on a long term contract on a 29 year old with 9 points this season? Especially parting with Dowd, who should at least get a second rounder in a trade, plus two early second round picks?
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Armchair-GM
Feb. 7 at 2:13 p.m.
Thread:
Dowd and Tarasenko
Dowd garners at least a second rounder. Caps got a second from COL last year for Eller after a miserable season and Dowd is having a great year and has another year left on his contract.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Feb. 2 at 1:20 p.m.
Thread:
Selling is the right move
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Altar7358</b></div><div>No shot your getting a 1st for nic dowd</div></div>
Got a second for Lars Eller from COL last year (and he was terrribleeee last season), and Dowd has another year left on his contract at a very affordable rate. I don't think a first round pick for him, especially a late first, is out of the realm of possibilities for an elite defensive forward.
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Armchair-GM
Feb. 2 at 1:03 p.m.
Thread:
caps
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jazzykiwi</b></div><div>Dowd and monahan are not similar offensively. I highly doubt the caps can get a 1st but I’d love to see it</div></div>
I don't think they're similar offensively, but when you look at Monahan's quality of linemates (mostly with Josh Anderson and Jake Evans, and Gallagher and Pearson), he's playing with more offensively gifted forwards than Dowd (Malenstyn and NAK). With the center trade market as thin as it is, a team looking to get an elite 4C who can move up to 3C in a pinch, I bet a first or a second with a decent prospect isn't out of the question
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Armchair-GM
Feb. 2 at 1:00 p.m.
Thread:
TDL Moving and Not Moving
My view on the Caps is: if you're over 26 years old and aren't named Ovechkin, Strome, or Wilson -- a trade should be explored.
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Armchair-GM
Feb. 2 at 12:58 p.m.
Thread:
caps
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jazzykiwi</b></div><div>That’s an awful return for Dowd and a terrible trade for Seattle</div></div>
If Monahan got MTL a first rounder, feels like Dowd should too. Dowd is way better defensively, marginally worse offensively, and has another year left on his contract at an affordable rate. Dowd is also better than Goodrow was, and SJ got a first rounder for him a few years back
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Armchair-GM
Jan. 16 at 5:22 p.m.
Thread:
Step One Deadline Deals
I doubt that the Caps are going to be in a position to buy, especially at the expense of Lapierre and a second rounder. If the Caps were to deal a prospect/pick, it'd be for a younger full-time NHLer that either has term on their contract, or has team control through restricted free agency. Any trade to bring in a player that will play significant minutes will look a lot more like the Sandin trade with Toronto last year instead of Tarasenko on an expiring contract.
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Armchair-GM
Dec. 11, 2023 at 12:44 p.m.
Thread:
What does a Bear signing mean
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Vancity2196</b></div><div>Wow 😒</div></div>
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Armchair-GM
Dec. 11, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
Thread:
What does a Bear signing mean
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Vancity2196</b></div><div>Why would you want a Kuz-Kuz line?
🙄🤦♀️</div></div>
solely because it'll be hard for commentators and pxp announcers lol
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Armchair-GM
Dec. 11, 2023 at 11:24 a.m.
Thread:
What does a Bear signing mean
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SadSensFan14</b></div><div>Uh Bear's probably going to sign for league minimum, so hy sign him for that much</div></div>
Reports have come out that the Capitals are willing to give Bear term, so I doubt it's league minimum if there's term attached and multiple teams interested.
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Armchair-GM
Dec. 11, 2023 at 11:23 a.m.
Thread:
What does a Bear signing mean
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Vancity2196</b></div><div>Ugh no thanks.
Take Kuzmenko out and trade Garland instead.</div></div>
I mean...I'd take Garland. But I can't resist a Kuz-Kuz line lol
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Armchair-GM
Nov. 21, 2023 at 4:17 p.m.
Thread:
Oilers Changes Caps side
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>krakowitz</b></div><div>Caps would take this and run. Getting Carlson's long term replacement would be a massive step in the retooling process</div></div>
100%. Not only would it help in the future, it'd help now. We'd have a legit RH shot for the left side of the power play when Ovi is off the ice too.
Wilson-Kuznetsov-Strome
Ovechkin-Carlson
Oshie-McMichael-Mantha
Bouchard-Sandin
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 24, 2023 at 8:06 p.m.
Thread:
DC Dump
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ginandtacos</b></div><div>I didn't realize teams were lining up to take your bad contract off your hands so you could get cap space.
Big market for $6m wingers who can't stay on the ice and can't put up points even with elite teammates? God knows 27 whole points, that's hard to find.</div></div>
The Caps aren't in a terrible enough cap situation to justify spending two second round picks and probably our best RHD prospect for a player like Entwistle and a late 2nd just to dump Mantha's contract.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 23, 2023 at 11:15 a.m.
Thread:
A little more imagination
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>VikWild</b></div><div>I don't think that this season we will be so low in the table that we will regret this 1st. The team is counting on the playoffs</div></div>
I don't see the Caps parting with their first round pick this season unless they're in solid playoff footing at the trade deadline. It's just too risky of a play.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Aug. 22, 2023 at 3:50 p.m.
Thread:
Does this make sense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy316</b></div><div>
5.No, if anyone we envy PIT, their core consistently Produced largely with Drafted Players. They built a Core and ran with it having success as rookies and old men. WSH had a good year but TBH its not something you've replicated for a reason.</div></div>
The Capitals currently have 8 players on their current roster that they've drafted. The Penguins have 5. The two core groups of the Caps and Pens are largely drafted players since the start of the Ovechkin/Crosby era. Obviously the Pens have more Cups in this window, but it's not like the Caps have been huge players in trades or free agency during this window.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 22, 2023 at 3:23 p.m.
Thread:
Does this make sense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy316</b></div><div>Since Kuznetsov who's really worked out for WSH in the First round since 2010 anyways?
Now Ryan Leonard i fully believe is an upgraded Tom Wilson type and a player im jealous you got for sure.
But outside that its good on Paper but not in Practice like Miroshnichenko who's playing with Yakupuv in the KHL well behind his peers taken way later in the draft.
I mean MTL's 4th round pick finished 24th among Rookies with 25pts in 64 games at 19 a full year + ahead of Miroshnichenko who bounced from KHL to AHL equivalent to Junior Equivalent where he stayed.
MTL's younger later pick Konyuskov was taken the same draft and was a year older accomplishing more then your guy despite being smaller in a position that takes years to grow into a regular role there.
He literally walked in out of the draft and took a top 4 spot producing at both ends without being a defensive liability like our other Prospect who's taken the Miroshnichenko path to the KHL in Kostenko.
Despite all the opportunity in the KHL and their version of the AHL for minutes
Your boy simply cant adjust and find any success while our midget RD is thriving all around at greater minutes.
Its kinda the tale of WSH picks as Mcmicheal WSH 1st round pick has played more games and had less success then MTL's 201st OA pick that year who nearly doubled his Goals in half the games.
Alexyev went before Romanov, but finishes behind him in every respect as he has 2 Gagarin cup finals with 1 cup , SCF with no cup be 22
Johanson went way before Mete and despite being a Midget its Mete who has a NHL Career to speak about. Hell even Pezzetta finished well ahead of Johanson that draft.
Its the same trend in WSH year in and out since Ross Mahoney was Promoted to GM and never found a True Heir while he's spread thin trying to do it all.
MTL was like that too which is why i stopped talking crap at 2016/2017 when we began re-staffing our Draft Dept.
WSH has the same guy leading Player Development for 23 years which seemed good until about 8 years ago give or take.
Mahoney can draft them but if Richmond cant develop it , its a waste of a draft pick even if Mahoney was batting at a high average he used to before promoted.
Fire Richmond and hire Mahoney a replacement for real</div></div>
1. Mahoney isn't the Caps' GM, Brian MacLellan is
2. The Caps either traded or had late picks with basically every draft pick since 2010.
3. I would argue Tom Wilson, Andre Burakovsky, and Jakub Vrana were all pretty solid first round picks for the Caps, as all three had pretty decent roles on the 2018 cup winning team. Filip Forsberg also turned out to be a pretty good pick in the 1st round in 2012, but McPhee traded him for Erat...
4. Miroshnichenko is coming off of cancer recovery. Is that a fair comparison? We'll see how he looks on NA ice this season.
5. Keep talking about all that with MTL picks, but MTL wishes they could have the team success the Capitals have had in the Ovechkin era.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Aug. 22, 2023 at 1:59 p.m.
Thread:
Does this make sense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rob32sjsharks</b></div><div>Ok, while I don’t argue the value of picking in the first 3 rounds and keeping a sustainable prospect pool, most NHL GM don’t think this way and jump at aging vets with good track records to push into the playoffs, Especially when your team is aging out of their window and they want to pry that window open for another year or two before the inevitable rebuild. I’ve seen crazier deals than this before for players far less productive than these two are and could be with better line mates.</div></div>
I'm not arguing against the values of Couture and Barabanov, I'm just not sure it makes a ton of sense for the Capitals right now to trade a first in 2025 (or 2024 for that matter) when you really don't know if the team is going to be pushing for the playoffs in a really tough Eastern Conference. The Caps should be in a spot where they can have a "shorter" rebuild after this current contention window ends for sure. I just think that if the Caps were willing to move high end picks for roster players, we would have seen those trades already this summer.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Aug. 22, 2023 at 1:12 p.m.
Thread:
Does this make sense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rob32sjsharks</b></div><div>If the window is closed then doesn’t it make sense to move Ovechkin? I thought Washington was still trying to get him another cup.</div></div>
They're not fully rebuilding, it's more of a retool right now. Ovi will finish his NHL career with the Caps regardless. They'll do smart moves to improve the roster, but they're not going to part with valuable assets (like good prospects and 1-2 round picks) unless it really makes sense and gets a proven young player back in a deal. I would expect more moves like the Sandin trade instead of this one in this ACGM.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Aug. 22, 2023 at 1:08 p.m.
Thread:
Does this make sense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rob32sjsharks</b></div><div>Every time he’s in the playoffs he is a top performer, that’s a mentality thing and doesn’t diminish with age! That’s why cup contenders like vets.
Take the 1st out and ask yourself why the sharks do that deal? Couture and Barabanov are both clear upgrades and this saves WAS 3 mil this season. Washington would have to add in this scenario to make it fair otherwise there is zero point in doing the deal.</div></div>
There's zero point in the Caps acquiring Couture for this price. It's a huge gamble with the Caps 2025 1st, which is very likely to be a lottery pick. Adding more term and cap with Couture will hamstring the Caps down the line, even if it saves the team $3M against the cap this season. The only way I see the Caps giving up a first round pick is if they're in a really good spot at the deadline, or if they can acquire a true top six talent that is between 24-28. It just doesn't make sense to leverage the future when the Caps' window is arguably already closed.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jul. 27, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.
Thread:
If Kuzy Waived
I'd also probably rather not trade WSH's 2025 2nd, but COL's instead. There's a decent chance that the 2025 2nd is in the 36th-40th overall pick range
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jul. 27, 2023 at 1:30 p.m.
Thread:
Did they improve 26
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ClockReads2113</b></div><div>It all comes down to Carbery and what he can do. Can he get Kuz, Mantha, and the PP going? Then they are a playoff team. If not then they miss.</div></div>
Agree. To me, we're relying a ton on players who had down/injury riddled seasons last year to bounce back. If there's a bounce back, solid playoff team. If it's more of the same, bottom 3 in the East.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 21, 2022 at 3:22 p.m.
Thread:
Fixing mistakes we made after cup win
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SpinyLiving</b></div><div>Stephenson has been good in Vegas because he's gotten to play in the top 6 where he can use his speed most effectively. If I remember correctly, the reason he didn't work out in Washington is because he was buried in the bottom 6.</div></div>
100%, Stephenson needed a change of scenery. He had flashes in DC, but I'm not sure most people expected him to be as effective as he has been for VGK.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 19, 2022 at 11:52 a.m.
Thread:
Trading McMichael
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Capitalfail67</b></div><div>no way the dont play Eller... imo THEY should just trade him for any type of return but we are talking about the Washington Capitals. We played Chara over Seigs.. sign Panik over playing Stephenson. Theyll send him to the AHL and kill a year of development. not to mention why would he sign long term with the Capitals?</div></div>
I agree for the most part. I just wonder if they really go out and sign Strome if they don't make some other corresponding move with Eller if they care about McM's development.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jul. 19, 2022 at 11:43 a.m.
Thread:
Trading McMichael
I think the Caps can hold onto McM.
GMBM wants McM to get minutes at center. Eller should be the odd man out since he's on an expiring contract. Next season, if Lapierre is ready, you can bring him up and if you keep Strome and move him to the wing.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 14, 2022 at 10:30 p.m.
Thread:
This team will be one of the best in the league
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>qc14</b></div><div>It's been 5 years of everyone doubting MacLellan and saying that this is the year they finally fall off a cliff, and yet he continues to make good moves and they continue to be a playoff team. A whole lot of people owe Mac an apology</div></div>
It's really funny becaues GMBM does exactly what he says he's going to do every time and delivers on it. People have short memories and forget that the team he took over from McPhee had a brutal defensive corps, a lack of depth, and missing top six help. He put together the best roster in Caps history in 2015-16 and 2016-17. It wasn't his fault the team couldn't get past the second round there.
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