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

BallardEra · 2024-10-08T06:40:53-0400

Kalopsia said:
They've already been posted. I'm the tall one in the pictures with Ovi and Vrana.

This is so cool. First thing I said to myself is that dude makes Ovi look small.

John Price · 2024-10-08T08:04:40-0400

is it true he is changing to 92

if so Imma cop a 13 vrana sale jersey lol

895 · 2024-10-08T08:51:54-0400

Why would he change to 92? It's not his birthday?

New start?

StrikingDistance · 2024-10-08T09:18:26-0400

Kalopsia said:
They've already been posted. I'm the tall one in the pictures with Ovi and Vrana.

Good gawd...put on some gear...clear the crease next time you're at the game. You can be our new secret weapon.

max21 · 2024-10-08T09:24:23-0400

That's so friggin cool! @Kalopsia what a lifetime memory.

kicksavedave · 2024-10-08T09:30:07-0400

Kalopsia said:
They've already been posted. I'm the tall one in the pictures with Ovi and Vrana.

Are you like, 7 foot tall?

trick9 · 2024-10-08T09:52:33-0400

895 said:
Why would he change to 92? It's not his birthday?

New start?

Fitting considering he's going to be the next scapegoat.

hockeykicker · 2024-10-08T10:01:19-0400

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843652623406379293

Kalopsia · 2024-10-08T10:04:53-0400

DWGie26 said:
That is amazing! Very cool tribute to those season ticket holders. Hope you’ll continue it on.

Oh yeah, they leave the family over my dead body. Honestly it's one of the biggest reasons I stayed in the area after college, can't give something like that up.

kicksavedave said:
Are you like, 7 foot tall?

Only 6'8, sorry!

Kazer · 2024-10-08T10:05:11-0400

trick9 said:
Fitting considering he's going to be the next scapegoat.

Vrana as the scapegoat? I don't see that. He's popular and signed to a league minimum deal.

The most likely scapegoat candidates to me are PLD up front and Sandin in back. Milano could be a dark horse if he isn't producing and fans feel that Vrana should be playing instead. I could also see Mangiapane getting some grief if he doesn't gel with Ovechkin/Strome as expected.

Random schmoe · 2024-10-08T10:29:29-0400

hockeykicker said:
https://x.com/i/web/status/1843652623406379293

#13 in the official team release.

So I'd guess the talk of a switch to 92 is bullshit by someone just being an asshole.

trick9 · 2024-10-08T10:39:02-0400

Kazer said:
Vrana as the scapegoat? I don't see that. He's popular and signed to a league minimum deal.

The most likely scapegoat candidates to me are PLD up front and Sandin in back. Milano could be a dark horse if he isn't producing and fans feel that Vrana should be playing instead. I could also see Mangiapane getting some grief if he doesn't gel with Ovechkin/Strome as expected.

He was popular when he was here as a young promising NHL'er. He comes in as a struggling veteran with red flags all around him and who needs to be given kid minutes (remind you of anyone from last season?). Meaning he's going to be the other guy along with Milano that's blocking the kids coming up.

The 'bring youth in' -crowd is pretty big in here. I'm going to be very surprised if Vrana isn't one of the scapegoats when TDL rolls around. He used to be popular but that was when he was the promising kid coming up. It's not going to take long for people to realise this Vrana is turning 29 soon and has limited potential.

895 · 2024-10-08T11:11:04-0400

Performance to salary ratio is important though.

A guy on league minimum has to be really really bad to be the scapegoat.

Now if Vrana does well this year and the Caps sign him to a 5x5 or something and then he sucks again….yes.

g00n · 2024-10-08T12:29:26-0400

895 said:
Performance to salary ratio is important though.

A guy on league minimum has to be really really bad to be the scapegoat.

Now if Vrana does well this year and the Caps sign him to a 5x5 or something and then he sucks again….yes.

Eh, I've seen a lot of rationalizations that every penny vs the cap counts when trying to attack various whipping boys.

Vrana is not likely to be the big scapegoat because most of the people who do that also revered Vrana as a martyr to the anti-front-office cause.

stephenball · 2024-10-08T12:52:45-0400

No chance Vrana is a scapegoat. It would be like if Sgarbossa was playing all year and people were blaming him for us being bad. He’s a depth forward that can hopefully give us some speed and scoring depth in the games he actually plays.

I agree that PLD and Sandin are the likely whipping boys. PLD because he’s the big trade addition and players that have huge talent that they don’t play up to are destined to be scapegoats.

Sandin just has kind of been crapped on the past year so I expect t to continue, although I thought he looked pretty solid in the preseason games he played. I don’t think Sandin is meant to be a first pairing defensemen. I think actually all of our d-men are where they really should be now

hockeykicker · 2024-10-08T12:57:10-0400

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843671015693660582

Chokingdogs · 2024-10-08T13:05:09-0400

kicksavedave said:
Are you like, 7 foot tall?

I’ve kinda been wondering what Nolan Yonkman has been up to.

Chokingdogs · 2024-10-08T13:09:01-0400

stephenball said:
No chance Vrana is a scapegoat…..

Challenge accepted.

Hivemind · 2024-10-08T13:18:17-0400

895 said:
Why would he change to 92? It's not his birthday?

New start?

He wore 92 with Springfield last year, which is presumably where the speculation is coming from.

Kazer · 2024-10-08T13:38:06-0400

stephenball said:
No chance Vrana is a scapegoat. It would be like if Sgarbossa was playing all year and people were blaming him for us being bad. He’s a depth forward that can hopefully give us some speed and scoring depth in the games he actually plays.

I agree that PLD and Sandin are the likely whipping boys. PLD because he’s the big trade addition and players that have huge talent that they don’t play up to are destined to be scapegoats.

Sandin just has kind of been crapped on the past year so I expect t to continue, although I thought he looked pretty solid in the preseason games he played. I don’t think Sandin is meant to be a first pairing defensemen. I think actually all of our d-men are where they really should be now

The Caps appear to be going with the following D pairings (based on recent practices):

Chychrun - Carslon
Fehervary - Roy
Sandin - TvR

That seems to be setting up for Chychrun - Carlson to be the offensive pair, Fehervary - Roy to take the toughest defensive minutes, and Sandin - TvR to be the balanced pair.

And I have to say, I love those pairings. Fehervary - Roy feels like it could be the new Orlov - Niskanen. The Caps improvement on the blueline is their biggest improvement year over year.

Ovechkins Wodka · 2024-10-08T13:44:40-0400

Getting a little excited for opening day, checking out that Amazon NHL series

Nothing screams opening day like a big St. Louis Blues Seattle Kraken game lol

qc14 · 2024-10-08T14:26:23-0400

Vrana will definitely not be the whipping boy. He left DC incredibly loved and is maybe the originator of the "why won't this coach play the young offensive guy with good per 60 stats" archetype.

PLD definitely the obvious choice at forward but I could see Lappy, Protas, or Mangiapane step into that role. On defense Sandin is also obvious, but I think his reduced role could put Chychrun into the mix. If anyone gets hurt McIlrath better be ready for the abuse when he comes in instead of AA ...

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