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

Has a college player ever hit the B performance bonuses? Iirc they are top 10 in scoring or something pretty difficult to achieve.

Haven’t done an exhaustive look, but it’s rare for any ELC player to hit a B performance bonus. Many currently elite NHL players didn’t achieve any. Including the majority of 1st overall picks.
 
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Nothing against Beauv, but this is what I’d go with next. I think having at least 3 righties on the right wing would help them - recently they’ve been playing with just 2 at RW, none of whom in the bottom six - and we need to find a way of making that third line work. This isn’t the time to reinvent the wheel, go back to what has worked for much of the season and find a way to get the guys going again.

Assuming he’s not on IR, I would also sit LT for a few games to let him reset, and then throw him in for the last stretch in the hope he finds his rhythm again.
 
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This is why leading the league and having nothing to play for seeding-wise is a curse
and why Will vs. Skill is huge
come Round 1 everyone in the East except us has been fighting for a spot or fighting for seeding
they're getting tuned up in a good way, while we're getting tuned up in a bad way

and we're here going "gee whiz why do we suck rn?"
when you don't have hardly any adversity for 35 games then all of a sudden you find yourself in the stretch and needing to "flip the switch" you discover the power's out and teams are punching you in the face b/c they've had to fight their way to qualify while we've been sitting pretty in the #1 Throne for months

The good is there's still 7gms to get it together and it's better to get this adversity reality check now rather than in 2+ weeks when shit gets real
 
"Since signing a six-year extension on January 27, Thompson has lost 6 of his 15 appearances, posting a 3.05 goals-against average and a .888 save percentage." (doesnt include last night)

6 more years! 6 more years!
 

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