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

[Ovechkins Wodka]

 

[DukeDog13]

I mean a bit of snarl. About as much as Hagelin. If he ever fights he just gets the beat down.

All that said, I don’t think he is the right guy to add. Basically need to upgrade Mangiapane. I prefer to spend on a 25-30 goal guy.

Uhhh what? He has 5 fights with the Caps and has won 4 of them. Feel free to re-watch them on hockeyfights.com

Dude has plenty of snarl

 

[trick9]

Lawson Crouse healthy-scratched for Liam O'Brien. So i'd guess he could be had.

I wonder what the price would be.

 

[Roshi]

Lawson Crouse healthy-scratched for Liam O'Brien. So i'd guess he could be had.

I wonder what the price would be.

Actually fits quite well for the ”profile”.

Big guy, not young but not old either, former high’is pick, who has plenty of upside but have been kind of a little stuck and lately falling out of favour for his current team. Has term.

For reasonable return, i like it.

 

[Holtbyisms]

I don’t think Carbs has figured out Mangie yet. Or vice versa.

In Calgary, Mangie was a fiesty “20 goal” scorer (with that one 35g season), and yet here he seems marginalized.

Why?

He may need top 6 minutes to score like he used to. But he isn’t seemingly earning top 6 min.

But the TOTALLY bizarre part, is that’s he’s earned that trusted slot w Dowd. I mean…..

That’s a thing

Re: Duhaime — he’s got a lot more push than Hags did. Duhaime is happy to fight. Hags wasn’t as much. He’s more a Bradley or a Chimera, ONLY in regards to fisticuffs.

I'm not so sure Mangiapane is or ever was anything more than a 15 goal guy who works really hard, has some skill but is a bit undersized. His one outlier was playing a lot with Johnny Gaudreau who finished only a few points behind McDavid for the scoring title. Not shorting what he did but he really hasn't produced at the NHL level in any other season enough to make me think he's capable of 30+ again. Unfortunately for the Flames they bought the hype and paid him like a 30 goal guy. His assist totals are way down this year but that's because he hasn't consistently played with anyone who can score goals on a regular basis. His goal totals and where he's trending are about what you'd expect for him looking at all his other seasons in the NHL.