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

[Ridley Simon]

His name is on the Cup (JS55). Mine is not.

I think that is all?

 

[ovikovy817]

Drop the puck.

It's the first year in a long time (iirc) that Caps have to wait 4 days before playing their first RS game.

 

[StrikingDistance]

His name is on the Cup (JS55). Mine is not.

I think that is all?

Whatever...initial statement is still true: Schultzy sucks. Him being on our 1st D pairing probably cost us more PO wins than I want to think about.

I don't care if he Forrest Gumped his name on a Cup.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

We made it! Welcome to opening night

Who kicks off the seasons GDT

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844732185041047852

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Was supposed to have a game during the late slot on the Caps rink at MedStar on Thursday night. Evidently they’re having a lot of trouble keeping ice thick enough on the new 50th anniversary logo because it’s slightly more elevated than the rest of the surface. The ice got so thin that a skate cut through the red paint on the W during the game before ours and ours got cancelled. Rink crew was freaking out since they had no time to fix the logo before the alumni game.

 

[Lou Sassole]

Yeah, I guess the issue I can see is that depending on what you think Leonard's ceiling is, they have lines 2-4 of a cup winning team potentially but are completely barren of top line talent. When's the last time other than maybe Vegas that a team won the cup without a top 5-10 player on the team?

St. Louis, Kings, and Bruins maybe?

Ovechkin was still a top 5 player when they won, and I put Tkachuck around 10. So St. Louis and Vegas I guess. 2 out of the last 10?

 

[Kolzilla]

Did anyone see Adam Oates during the Alumni intro? I didn't, maybe he's still salty about being canned as HC.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Oh hey, another picture with me in it! Here was the view from on stage.

Where's Kalopsia?!

 

[SherVaughn30]

Just some lineup change thoughts/ideas.

OV-PLD-Wilson
Miro-Strome-Mangipane
Vrana-CMM-Protas
Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh

To me Miro already has the willingness at the NHL level to be physical along the boards and he has the shot. HL looks timid and doesn't have the build yet to be an NHL center. Watching PLD play with the Kings, he will look for/setup OV for shots to score goals. PLD did that for the Kings but there were times when Kings forwards would mess up his good passes. I like the CMM-PLD-Wilson line, but the Caps need someone to play the 3C spot, and I think CMM fits that right. Just thinking OV plays maybe 15 min a night with no shots, he needs a setup man. Miro/Vrana bring more speed/shot first mentality when inserted in the lineup.