Speculation: Caps Roster General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines etc) - 2022-23 Season Part 3: Drop the puck!

[tycoonheart]

Oh! It’s the zone entries that have been the problem with the PP, duh.

I actually don't mind this. MoJo has looked like our best forward in the 2 games they have played.

The bigger problem with that unit is JC. Why not try Orlov?

 

[HeyMattyB]

Looking forward to, and keeping my fingers crossed for (but not getting my hopes up about), Strome on the first line. Maybe Strome and Brown can rekindle their preseason chemistry, and splitting the painfully stagnant 5-on-5 Kuzy/Ovi pairing will help each of them get their even-strength game back on track.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Caps just apparently signed Sonny Milano...

 

[Carlzner]

No clue who he replaces on the 23 man roster but Milano has always passed the eye test for me.

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[YippieKaey]

Im good with the Milano signing. But where does he slot in?

 

[hockeykicker]

Im good with the Milano signing. But where does he slot in?

 

[Langway]

One thing to keep in mind is when they activate Alexeyev they may choose to shave down on carrying two extra forwards and keep Irwin. Snively could be waived and Milano act as insurance in case he's claimed. That said, it's still some way off from the sounds of it.

I'm not sure what you'd really want to move around to put Milano in the lineup. I'd have trouble playing him over either McMichael or Snively given that they did at least seem somewhat comfortable giving Snively a PK role in the pre-season. It's somewhat useful skilled organizational depth and little more.

 

[YippieKaey]

Based on what i've seen this season, i'd like to see:

Ovi-Strome-Brown
Protas-Kuzy-Mantha
Johansson-CMM-Snively
Sheary-Dowd-Hathaway

Fever-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
TvR-Gustafsson

This means letting Eller & Oshie go and then getting maybe Chychrun for one of them and throwing in Carlson. Might help us stay relevant for 1-2 more years.

But i dream.

 

[pman25]

Left wing is pretty thin in Hershey. Milano makes sense there. If he gets claimed then oh well

 

[Holtbyisms]

Willed this into existence!

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Willed this into existence!

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Tell me about him? I know nothing about his skill set. Sounds like a AHL player that wont pass anyone on the roster now

 

[hockeykicker]

Tell me about him? I know nothing about his skill set. Sounds like a AHL player that wont pass anyone on the roster now

correct

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Holtbyisms]

correct

Wrong, he's a better player than MoJo by far and given the same opportunities as guys like Sheary have been given I think he out produces him. Milano put up 34 points last year in 66 games. Marge hasn't scored 34 points since the first time he was a Cap. He's got a ton of speed, can stickle handle inside of a phone booth and really isn't bad defensively. He's a more talented Daniel Sprong/Brett Connolly type reclamation project who I think could do well with talent around him in DC and veterans to show him the ropes on how to do it the right way day in and day out on and off the ice.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

 

[Hivemind]

I wouldn't read too much into Milano's 34 points last year. The bulk of that scoring came early in the season when he was playing with Zegras and (more importantly) getting regular PP1 time. He had 9 points in each of November and December, with another 4 points coming in the 5 games he played in October. That's 22 of his 34 points before the turn of the new year (with 7 of those coming on the PP). From January onwards he saw less PP time and his scoring dried up, with just 12 points in January-April (3 on the PP). He was given minutes and opportunities in Anaheim that he's very unlikely to get in Washington (especially under Laviolette).

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Yeah watching his highlight vid he was getting lots of cheap assits on the PP passing to the good players on the ducks. The fact they wouldnt pay him league min says everything

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Yeah watching his highlight vid he was getting lots of cheap assits on the PP passing to the good players on the ducks. The fact they wouldnt pay him league min says everything

lol….by most accounts on the Duck’s board he’s a “terrible NHLer“.

Still….it’s a name for Hershey, and maybe in an emergency, it looks like he can toss decent setups to good NHLers. It’s a little intriguing for me….

 

[trick9]

Yeah... the truth propably lies somewhere in between the opinions. Sonny Milano isn't just a terrible AHL'er who got lucky and scored 34 points. He's a solid NHL-level offensive player. Not going to score as much without playing with elite talent. He was stapled next to Zegras last season. Defensively he isn't great and he's not very good on the cycle. Seems like a weird replacement for AJF or Leason as he's very different type than either of them. To me this seems more of an insurance asset in case either Oshie or Mantha get injured again and CMM/Snively can't step up.

 

[hockeykicker]

Wrong, he's a better player than MoJo by far and given the same opportunities as guys like Sheary have been given I think he out produces him. Milano put up 34 points last year in 66 games. Marge hasn't scored 34 points since the first time he was a Cap. He's got a ton of speed, can stickle handle inside of a phone booth and really isn't bad defensively. He's a more talented Daniel Sprong/Brett Connolly type reclamation project who I think could do well with talent around him in DC and veterans to show him the ropes on how to do it the right way day in and day out on and off the ice.

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I was saying correct that he was gonna be an ahl player as he is being sent down

 

[SherVaughn30]

I wouldn't read too much into Milano's 34 points last year. The bulk of that scoring came early in the season when he was playing with Zegras and (more importantly) getting regular PP1 time. He had 9 points in each of November and December, with another 4 points coming in the 5 games he played in October. That's 22 of his 34 points before the turn of the new year (with 7 of those coming on the PP). From January onwards he saw less PP time and his scoring dried up, with just 12 points in January-April (3 on the PP). He was given minutes and opportunities in Anaheim that he's very unlikely to get in Washington (especially under Laviolette).

Man, similar stuff was said about Dylan Strome and so far he's been a welcoming surprise. Until Sonny Milano actually displays the negative comments some ppl have said, I'm gonna give Milano the benefit of doubt. From his vid clip, I like his offensive awareness, speed and quick fore-checking. How many times have we seen in the NHL where a player is getting nowhere with one team and then comes out of ashes with a new team. Caps need some speed offense going forward and it appears from the highlights that Milano can provide just that.

 

[twabby]

Just catching up on the Milano news.

He's a guy. Last year was certainly good for large stretches, but before that he's been a relatively unproven NHLer:

Like many have said I don’t know who he replaces in the lineup. No one in the top 6 likely. No one on the 4th line. So he’d be vying with the likes of Johansson, McMichael, and Protas I guess.

It’d be neat to see him get a shot at some point but for now I think it’s sensical to have him in Hershey.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

 

[twabby]

COVID-19 again.