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Ehh. Do you credit Julien BriseBois as the best GM in 2019-20 for winning the Stanley Cup when he had just taken over for Yzerman in 2018-19?
Speculation: Caps Roster General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines etc) - 2023 Off-season
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Brian23
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I'd argue it's a poor way for evaluating anyone. Results are important but, particularly in sports, it's much more important to judge based on the process then the results.
If we try to illustrate it like the draft lottery, is the guy who setup 20 balls but didn't win really less impressive then the guy who maybe set up 2 or 3 but won? I know who I'd rather take.
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The Athletic asked their staff writers for their playoff picks. Only 3.2% of them (1 person I think) picked the Capitals to make it. It was probably Tarik.
I think some of the teams above Washington are a bit too high. Buffalo in particular hasn’t really done much to show me they should be favored to go to the postseason this year. And I don’t think the Rangers should be 83% favorites to make the playoffs. Probably closer to 55-65%.
But it’s hard to argue Washington’s placement on the list even if the percentage isn’t very accurate. I think Ottawa, Detroit, and Washington all belong to the tier below the bubble, while BUF/PIT/NYI are squarely on the bubble. Boston would join the bubble if Bergeron retires but for now I still see them as a playoff team with him on the team.
I think some of the teams above Washington are a bit too high. Buffalo in particular hasn’t really done much to show me they should be favored to go to the postseason this year. And I don’t think the Rangers should be 83% favorites to make the playoffs. Probably closer to 55-65%.
But it’s hard to argue Washington’s placement on the list even if the percentage isn’t very accurate. I think Ottawa, Detroit, and Washington all belong to the tier below the bubble, while BUF/PIT/NYI are squarely on the bubble. Boston would join the bubble if Bergeron retires but for now I still see them as a playoff team with him on the team.
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Florida could also fall back to earth. They have some major injuries after the cup run and who knows if Bob plays anywhere remotely close to the way he played down the stretch. I also don’t trust Maurice that much.
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Yeah I've got a trade offer on the table at the Ford dealer to take my 2016 F150 with 43,000 miles on it for a 2023 F150 with no miles as a even trade. Hopefully they accept!
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Kuzy managed to suck enough for us to miss the playoffs by a mile, and tanked all his trade value in 1 year.
How the mighty have fallen...
Rookie Camp starts on 9/16. Only two months so downhill to hockey.
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''The Capitals’ grip on the Metro ladder started slipping in the seasons following their Stanley Cup win in 2017-18. They followed with two consecutive seasons in which they won the Metro only to lose in the first round of the playoffs. Their points percentage then slipped from .688 to .610 to .488 between 2020-21 and 2022-23. They missed the playoffs this past season and sold off the likes of Dmitry Orlov, Garnet Hathaway and Erik Gustafsson, behaving as a seller team for the first time since Brian MacLellan took over as GM in 2014-15. The Caps were plagued by injuries last season, but they can’t really count on that problem to disappear going forward; per Elite Prospects, the Caps have an average age of 29.62, making them the NHL’s second-oldest team. Father Time is already winding down the careers of Nicklas Backstrom (35) and T.J. Oshie (36), while even Evgeny Kuznetsov is 31 now, and No. 1 defenseman John Carlson is 33 and coming off a season marred by a skull fracture after taking a puck to the head. And then there’s Alex Ovechkin, of course, 37 years old and just 73 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record. Ovechkin is aging as gracefully as any forward in NHL history but is still guaranteed to decline in the coming seasons. It’s just science. Even though Washington extended center Dylan Strome’s contract last season and signed Max Pacioretty as an LTIR stash free agent…the Capitals don’t look like a team that will magically climb back into the Eastern Conference hunt in 2023-24, especially with the Atlantic Division looking so competitive that it could easily yield five playoff teams and squeeze the Metro. Right now, whether they want to admit it or not, the Capitals’ most important pursuit is Ovechkin’s all-time goals record. That would mean more to the franchise than a couple seasons finishing eighth or ninth.''
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hate that the goal record is being spun by anyone who can into a negative thing. Imagine if it were crosby playing for an original 6 all this time within 73 of the record even if his team was starting to take a downturn due to being good for 15 years. Bet it would be viewed a lot differently. but its ovi and the caps so it will be downplayed and complained about
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SecretaryofDefense5
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Some old ass young guns still representing the high flying days.
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Not sure what amazes me more. That Carlson only has 48 or that Semin and Green are still on that list with 40 and 36.
You'd think for how long Backstrom has played, how many assists he's had, and how many guys he's played with, he'd both have higher numbers with guys then that.
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Capitals Name Kirk Muller and Kenny McCudden Assistant Coaches | Washington Capitals
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I know sweet f*** all about his coaching abilities or style, but I loved his game as a player.
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The man who solved Alex Ovechkin
The amount of theories behind the Washington Capitals’ underachievement are only eclipsed by the amount of theories surrounding the decline in Alex Ovechkin’s production over the last few seasons. Everybody has one. No one knows for certain. But in both … <a...
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Funny tie-in. They needed experience on the staff and he brings it. The biggest benefit is probably on the defensive side and that's something they'll need to realistically have a viable path next season. Seems to be a good strategist that should help the rest of the staff when needed.
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My 1 cent for the day, really like the Muller hire and Ovi's advice to Protas about being Bolder!
Let's go CAPS!
Let's go CAPS!
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Same…..what a player…..then he fell off a cliff. I can still recall I think an old HockyNews cover that said “Captain Kirk”….
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