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

[qc14]

With Backstrom and Oshie coming off the books does it make sense to throw a bunch of money at one of the top UFAs like Rantanen or Marner?

I would do it but I also understand why you wouldn't

 

[trick9]

With Backstrom and Oshie coming off the books does it make sense to throw a bunch of money at one of the top UFAs like Rantanen or Marner?

I'd guess they would be heavily after Rantanen if he makes it to open market. The cap space is there and he checks all the boxes Caps value highly in a winger.

Who knows where he'll actually want to play though. There'll be 32 teams after him.

 

[Lou Sassole]

Or maybe management is dumb -- they didn't choose Carlson either.

Seriously, Caps fans referring to someone as "not a winner" based on international team selection is doubly stupid.

He may or may not be a winner, but there's no evidence of the latter besides the narrative that he's not a winner. His performance in big games has been great.

Regardless of his skill level, he's soft as baby shit and has a low compete level. You don't generally win in the playoffs with a lot of those guys on the roster. Maybe we could insulate his deficiencies playing him with PLD/Protas/Wilson types, maybe not, but it seems pretty risky at this point. I'd love for him to figure it out, because his skill level is sublime, but he could be Kuzy level good or bad.

 

[Byron Bitz]

I'd guess they would be heavily after Rantanen if he makes it to open market. The cap space is there and he checks all the boxes Caps value highly in a winger.

Who knows where he'll actually want to play though. There'll be 32 teams after him.

There won’t be 32 teams with 13 million in cap space to sign him. There will probably be around 7-10 teams to compete with and some of them will be trying to trade for his rights to give him the 8th year. Caps have two seconds this year so they could also be in the mix for his rights

 

[Kazer]

Marchand makes so much sense to me.

It pushes McMichael to the third line instead of Protas or Wilson who should stay in the top 6. Marchand also has the ability to play on a shutdown line with Dubois, while being an offensive option as well.

Ovie-Strome-Protas
Marchand-Dubois-Wilson (that's a lot of hate )
McMichael/Mangi-Eller/McMichael-Mangi/Leonard
Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh/Mangi

There's a lot of options if you use McMichael at 3C.

I just don't see Boston trading Marchand (period). Maybe if they were completely out of it, but that seems incredibly unlikely with how condensed the East is. They're currently 2 points out of a playoff spot (Note: Ottawa has a game in hand but even if they win they're only 4 back).

Troy Terry would be a stellar addition if we can swing it, and I would happily do the package proposed by Beags.

 

[Misery74]

Troy Terry is under contract until 2030. As far as I know, there is no PLD situation. For $7m.

Little chance Terry goes anywhere, and we shouldn’t be adding $7m wings right now, unless the are a UFA.