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

[FuryOfTheSwarm]

8 x $8M with a provision that Brooks Orpik becomes his personal dietician.

If only Chychrun could skate and move the puck like the pristine temple that was the body of Brooks Orpik

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

And as we saw the Rangers got paid to dump their 8mill D. These players have value so moving JC6 would not be hard.

 

[FuryOfTheSwarm]

Mangiapane is a pretty unique case because I think part of the appeal for the Caps was that it's basically a 1-year tryout with a solid player. He plays well, just doesn't pop much and doesn't figure to with Eller anyway. So it might feel like a bit of a bummer, but he's far from a liability, contributes a fair bit and we get $5.8m at the end of the year to spend however we need. Maybe someone'll want to rent him later in the year.

*shrug* Not living up to our hopes, but also not a squeaky wheel and his contract isn't hurting us.

The problem was giving up a 2nd for a mid small player who cost more than numerous better players who were signed in the summer or traded for peanuts/with incentives like Tarasenko, Joseph, Noesen (no brainer third line signing after his play for the Canes over the last several years) or others. He's basically Conor Sheary 2.0 for us.

They should have gone all in on their Problem Child Trifecta and got paid to add Nichushkin along with Dubois and Chychrun

 

[g00n]

Unless a guy is your captain and/or a franchise player I don't see the point in signing him early. Let him continue to work for the money and don't lock yourself into something in case of injury.

Remove the sentiment from the business decision.

 

[DWGie26]

Yeah, for sure, best not to rush things for either party, but I’m sure all of us would love a nice Christmas gift of the announcement of a long reasonable deal for JC6

I’d be happy to unwrap that present. But I can wait until Valentine’s Day.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

My only concern with waiting until the end of season to extend is the closer a player gets to free agency, the more they may want to explore it IMHO.