I'm not going to revive the stupid main board idea that Ovechkin is a poor leader, or suggest than our best scorer should also develop a great defensive game at 37, but a bit more hustle here and there from a couple or two of our top paid players could possibly help create a culture when the aformentioned top paid players' effort isn't systematically questioned.
A season like this again, and there will be fewer popular players anyway kekeke
I don't really like these 'improvements' if you can call these improvements.
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The problem with Mantha is the cash owed to him is about 10% higher than his cap hit. His salary is $6.5M next season while his cap hit is $5.75M so this is actually a bad financial deal for a team like Arizona trying to get to the cap floor while keeping actual cash expenses low.
Probably so but the upside is they ditch Schmaltz and the $24 million he is owed for the next three years so they still save a boatload of cash
I could not agree more. Except i dont think they make any moves with sole purpose of pulling wool over Ovi's eyes. I do believe that they are trying to stay competitive and the whole notion that all the organization cares about is getting Ovi to 895 sounds very silly to me. Obviously this record is a one in a lifetime opportunity for him and the organization but at the same time i dont see the correlation between tanking and the record. In fact wouldin't a competitive team give Ovi a better chance at getting to 895 than playing on a bottom feeder? Sorry i digress.
Well sure….you make sure to maximize your assets.…if someone else is willing to pay more than “free to good home”….go for it.
Two years they did nothing? All the way till a couple weeks ago, every decision they made was based off winning today. They did everything, even last off season to keep the team afloat. Lose brown out the gate, Wilson/Carlson out large quantities, Kuzy going back to bad Kuzy. Mantha not taking advantage of a second chance. The players/Coaches underperformed along with injuries sank the ship.
all for exiling him to the wall in arizona but being a caps fan I fully expect the caps to be the first team to somehow get in trouble for dumping terrible/ dead contracts on the coyotes. It would be excellent punishment for sucking as bad as he has. It would be one thing if the effort was there but he looks as tho he is forced to play the game not paid
What did they do last TDL? They added Johansson and Larsson (who is not even in NHL anymore) You call that signifcant additions? GM sat there and talked about how he didint feel the team had championship pedigree and they did nothing to help them down the stretch even though they were comfortably in a playoff position. How is that not waisting a year? This year i understand its a different situation but still. They were and are still within 2-6 points of playoff spot with what 15 games left. Other teams close in the standings are going for it (Buffalo, Ottawa, Islanders, Florida) and all fighting for PO'S and we gave up with so much time left. Maybe if Caps didint have to play with Irvin and Mclarth pairing they could get a couple more points and be closer in the standings. But instead they will be stuck in this mediocrity just so that they can pick what 15-10 at best. Not like they getting top 3 pick this year. So i dont know to me this year feels waisted as well.
Well to be fair Arizona usually prefers those injured players contracts, you know they pay them to get to the cap floor but never really see them on the ice. With Manthan they will get a player that still laces them up. Though i suppose they wont see much difference as he is invisible out there most of the time.
I would rather buyout then trade picks
We gave Dracy a NTC but would he waive to not play for a shit team?
