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

[DWGie26]

Couple crazy ideas for lines:

* Move Duhaime up to 1LW (bring up Rybinski for 4LW)
* Frank up to play 3RW - Mangi to 1lW
* Rybinski up to play 4LW - Duhaime to 3RW - Mangi to 1LW
* Of course the Miro to take OV spot sounds fun but this is NHL and I’m not sure Miro (or Caps) are ready for that.
* Could also bring up Miro and play him at 3RW or even on 4th and move up Duhaime. I think this is more likely if they call up Miro.

Revisiting my crazy ideas for lines… Think Miro is the right callup but he’ll play of 3rd or 4th line. Mangi is probably the first option at 1LW. Despite a lot of you not liking my Duhaime idea I think he could play there as energy player for a game or three.

Protas and Strome are both good playmakers so whomever is there needs to get some goals.

Without OV, you can also make McMichael-PLD-Wilson the first line.

 

[trick9]

AO has not been out much over the years but would be curious the PP success numbers while he was out.

If you believe Statmuse they've scored 39 PP goals without Ovechkin in the line-up in 197 opportunities. So 19.8%.

 

[g00n]

Diet Ovie lol

The Ovechkin Era PP should be only for when Ovechkin is on the ice. Everyone knows it's based on Ovie's one-timer. If you don't have someone with a HOF one-timer, then don't run it like that.

Stamkos could pull it off when in his prime at TB. I doubt anyone else on this Caps team can.

Time for some "new wrinkles" in the PP.