Speculation: Caps Roster General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines/etc) | 2024-25 Summer Edition

[CapitalsCupReality]

If they did, they totally failed and finished 3rd worst. Another example of how stupid tanking is.

Doesn't change that they tried!

 

[Chokingdogs]

Who could also forget JF Fortin?

What, no love for Ivan Majyucksky?

DOING would at least chuck ‘em. Fortin was cannon fodder. Kiwi would make me convulse with anger.

And…if memory serves, the team’s 1C for a time was none other than Boy Gordon.

Let that one sink in.

 

[Misery74]

Hot take.

Asssuming NJ is healthy, they take first.

One more year until Igor contract starts to change things, Rangers in second.

Caps take third.

I love our facelift and future. My only knock on BMac was not shitcannng Laviolette.

 

[Calicaps]

If they did, they totally failed and finished 3rd worst. Another example of how stupid tanking is.

dude, they absolutely tanked. and they should have had 2 legit shots at the 1OA but the league changed the rules to help Mario. thank God they won the lottery and got Ovie, but let's not kid ourselves... the teams they were icing in the early 2000s were barely AHL grade.

 

[Rayquaza64]

“tanking” (icing out a poor team due to whatever circumstances may be) most definitely works if you do it right. if you’re the worst team in the league you’re guaranteed a top 3 pick, and if you can’t hit on top 3 picks (or hell, even a string of top 10-5 picks really) then its more of a your scouting/development stinks problem than anything else.

 

[895]

Schmidt reunion?

 

[hockeykicker]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807556634685866039

 

[Caps8112]

Schmidt reunion?

Hopefully not, he was another one of the “fan favorites” for some random reason, like Perrault and Sloan. Always happy for those guys getting to the show but meh

 

[crab]

tired of this site reloading

it’s only a matter of time till they lose everyone to Reddit at this point which is disappointing.

The reloading is the worst and the ads at times can be super frustrating

 

[Calicaps]

it’s only a matter of time till they lose everyone to Reddit at this point which is disappointing.

The reloading is the worst and the ads at times can be super frustrating

It's $12 a year to make it go away.

 

[Holtbyisms]

It's $12 a year to make it go away.

Best decision I ever made lol

 

[Brian23]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807556634685866039

They have got to trade Shep. There's just no way they can go into next season with Shep as the main guy in Hershey again. Like...it's time to either graduate him or move on.

 

[Holtbyisms]

it’s only a matter of time till they lose everyone to Reddit at this point which is disappointing.

The reloading is the worst and the ads at times can be super frustrating

Too bad the old official boards went under. Thems was the days!

 

[crab]

It's $12 a year to make it go away.

It's $12 a year to make it go away

$12 too much haha. Pay to use models don’t work well on the internet.

It will be like when I was younger and seen people still posting on ESPN message boards and wondered what they were thinking as it was a terrible interface. We will be the ESPN message boards users eventually.

 

[Silky mitts]

it’s only a matter of time till they lose everyone to Reddit at this point which is disappointing.

The reloading is the worst and the ads at times can be super frustrating

Not knowledgeable enough

Too bad the old official boards went under. Thems was the days!

Not cynical enough

 

[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

Any reason to be concerned that this McGroarty situation is a red flag on the player?

 

[Lou Sassole]

Are you kidding me? The year we drafted Ovi we sold the entire team at the deadline and we were playing Matthew Yeatz in net at the end of the season and iced a team with guys like Josef Boumedienne, Joel Kwiatkowski, Jason Doug, Rick Berry and JeanLuc GrandPierre playing on D. That's the literal definition of tanking.

Don't forget Frankenstein's monster, Mathieu Biron, and Ivan Majeský.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Any reason to be concerned that this McGroarty situation is a red flag on the player?

Who knows but I don’t think the Caps end up with him so I don’t think it will be an issue.

From what I understood he thought he was NHL ready last year and the Jets disagreed.

Don't forget Frankenstein's monster, Mathieu Biron, and Ivan Majeský.

Don’t forget Yonkman and Clymer. So many dudes got to play in the show because the Caps were on a mission to tank. McPhee was doing charity work.

 

[BondraEra]

There were like 5 or 6 dudes on that 03-04 team that saw their first and only NHL action that season with us.

 

[Calicaps]

Any reason to be concerned that this McGroarty situation is a red flag on the player?

by all accounts 'Peg wouldn't guarantee him a shot next year and he wants to play

 

[hb13xchamps]

by all accounts 'Peg wouldn't guarantee him a shot next year and he wants to play

Friedman talked about his situation in their podcast last week. McGoraty wanted to sign with the Jets at the end of the year and be given playing time so he could burn a year off his ELC. Winnipeg was not in the position to do that as their playoff spot wasn’t set in stone and they could leapfrog some teams for home ice. That is what apparently pissed him off.

Next CBA and NCAA player rights should get interesting. Especially as we see the increase in NIL money and “amateur” players getting paid to play college hockey.

 

[Langway]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807570998864290258

Frank gets a one-way deal in '25-26.

Edit: He'll be waiver-eligible this fall so could/should help with that.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Friedman talked about his situation in their podcast last week. McGoraty wanted to sign with the Jets at the end of the year and be given playing time so he could burn a year off his ELC. Winnipeg was not in the position to do that as their playoff spot wasn’t set in stone and they could leapfrog some teams for home ice. That is what apparently pissed him off.

Next CBA and NCAA player rights should get interesting. Especially as we see the increase in NIL money and “amateur” players getting paid to play college hockey.

There’s never going to be a ton of NIL money for hockey players IMO…it’s embarrassingly low right now.

 

[Todos a la Calle]

Friedman talked about his situation in their podcast last week. McGoraty wanted to sign with the Jets at the end of the year and be given playing time so he could burn a year off his ELC. Winnipeg was not in the position to do that as their playoff spot wasn’t set in stone and they could leapfrog some teams for home ice. That is what apparently pissed him off.

Next CBA and NCAA player rights should get interesting. Especially as we see the increase in NIL money and “amateur” players getting paid to play college hockey.

just how good is this guy supposed to be, anyway?

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Any reason to be concerned that this McGroarty situation is a red flag on the player?

Normally it would give me pause but reports are that this is a relationship issue and a concern from McGroarty about Winnipeg's treatment of their prospects, and seemingly for good reason They dicked Perfetti around a bit and then healthy scratched him a fair amount and they've kept Heinola (2019 first round pick) in the AHL because of his waiver-exemption status.

It sounds like McGroarty wants assurances he can play in the NHL now, or have a path to the NHL very quickly. Winnipeg wants him to cook in the AHL, and because of Winnipeg's treatment of their recent top picks, the McGroarty camp doesn't trust that Winnipeg will get him his chance any time soon.