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

[Ovechkins Wodka]

9mill to pass Ovie apples in the office.

If he was in pads I would start wondering

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[usiel]

Speaking of Suzdalev he has 6+11 in 17 gp. Three points from the team lead with others at 22 gp.

 

[Maruk moustache]

What if we happened to get the best coach ever and no one knows it yet because of the small track record and we pay him and he just stays in Washington for his whole career? Wouldn't that be great? I have been fantasizing lately.

So far, he's coached a mediocre (or slightly less than mediocre) team for one year that somehow made the playoffs, and now a quarter of a season with a large percentage of new guys who seem to be playing like they've been together for years and have one of the best records so far despite a hard schedule. So, I ain't ruling it out.

Fun season. I am having about as much fun watching this regular season as I did in the Boudreau years.

 

[Calicaps]

Speaking of Suzdalev he has 6+11 in 17 gp. Three points from the team lead with others at 22 gp.

Where's he playing? SC?

 

[Maruk moustache]

One game in Hershey in October this year, but otherwise at SC, so far.

 

[usiel]

Where's he playing? SC?

Yep.

 

[Holtbyisms]

I still dont get why NHL players dont wear full cages. Atleast we mandate shields now

When I was a kid I couldn't wait to turn 18 and get mine off. They're the equivalent of driving in the rain with your wipers off. lol... But since I got old, value my teeth and the money in my HSA, things have changed a bit for me. Half the guys in my men's league play with a curve that looks like a banana and their shots are eye high more often than not so I found a monstrosity that I like... Visor cage mashup, the CCM HVR Hybrid. Got chirped a little at first because new things are scary and it does look a little strange but I get a lot more genuine "where did you get that?" from people now. Seen a handful of others popup this season. If the NHL ever mandates I could see a lot of guys going the visor cage combo route.

 

[Kazer]

Speaking of Suzdalev he has 6+11 in 17 gp. Three points from the team lead with others at 22 gp.

It's certainly a lot better than the alternative (not producing at the ECHL level), but I'm not convinced he has an NHL future. Stan Galiev is the only Cap draft pick* I can think of who produced at the ECHL level, graduated to the AHL level, and then eventually got into the NHL games (just 26, though).

*not Beagle

Suzdalev needs to make the Bears and be productive at that level before he will get consideration for an NHL callup. He's also behind a lot of better prospects. It's going to be a long road for him, but I'm glad to see him putting his name back in the conversation.

 

[um]

What if we happened to get the best coach ever and no one knows it yet because of the small track record and we pay him and he just stays in Washington for his whole career? Wouldn't that be great? I have been fantasizing lately.

So far, he's coached a mediocre (or slightly less than mediocre) team for one year that somehow made the playoffs, and now a quarter of a season with a large percentage of new guys who seem to be playing like they've been together for years and have one of the best records so far despite a hard schedule. So, I ain't ruling it out.

Fun season. I am having about as much fun watching this regular season as I did in the Boudreau years.

I love me some Carbery so far... I sure hope he's a good playoff coach. That's a whole new game.