GDT: Free Agency Frenzy (July 1st @ 12pm ET)

[notDkristich]

I just hope everyone remembers this thread/feeling in a few months when they've lost 3 in a row and the PP is slumping.

Have any moves this summer improved our PP? I foresee more standing around next season with plenty of shorties against.

 

[Holtbyisms]

Have any moves this summer improved our PP? I foresee more standing around next season with plenty of shorties against.

Dubois and Chychrun are elite PP players.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

Some moves I have loved and others have me scratching my head but I think the plan is to put together a team that can compete this year, and if it can’t then sell hard at the deadline and recoup assets.

 

[895]

I love it.


Great off season.

A+. Revamped the team, added youth, with no actual cost. We lost no prospects or high picks.

To be honest, this should have been done four years ago. It was obvious to me then that we were done as a contender then.

But hey, second best time to plant a tree is right now.

 

[Nice]

Way more excited to watch the Caps today than I was at seasons end. I call that a win

 

[RedRocking]

I just hope everyone remembers this thread/feeling in a few months when they've lost 3 in a row and the PP is slumping.

I feel like I’ve beaten this gif into the ground, but it applies to so many HFB posts

 

[Random schmoe]

Home from work what'd I miss HOLY SHIT

 

[OV Rocks]

I love it.


Great off season.

A+. Revamped the team, added youth, with no actual cost. We lost no prospects or high picks.

To be honest, this should have been done four years ago. It was obvious to me then that we were done as a contender then.

But hey, second best time to plant a tree is right now.

It's been a while since I got to break out my hot take of we should've traded Holtby right after the Cup run, reloaded, and pivoted to Grubauer!

But hey the Caps are in a really fun spot rather quickly. They (significantly) improved a playoff team all while adding some really great fresh young talent, and the other mid range young talent has taken great steps....and oh yeah we have a goal chase that is (long shot) potentially going to happen this year. What a cool 50th season.

If the goalies can be at .905+ this team is gonna be a fun ride this year.

Sign the painting GMBM Ehlers and McGroarty make this the best offseason ever.

 

[strungout]

Oshie is done isn’t he??

f***ing Warrior man. I’ll miss him.

 

[McVechkin]

Dubois and Chychrun are elite PP players.

I don’t watch Dubois at all. What makes him elite? If you assume the caps don’t really change the pp structure significantly, what role is he?

 

[Midnight Judges]

But hey the Caps are in a really fun spot rather quickly. They (significantly) improved a playoff team...

While it is factually correct that this team made the playoffs...

 

[McVechkin]

I love it.


Great off season.

A+. Revamped the team, added youth, with no actual cost. We lost no prospects or high picks.

To be honest, this should have been done four years ago. It was obvious to me then that we were done as a contender then.

But hey, second best time to plant a tree is right now.

Ya, but the backstrom ltir, potential oshie, and kuz shedding have hamstrung them for a couple years.

 

[twabby]

Still wondering where the goals are going to come from, but they've done about as much as they could to shore up the D and goaltending. All without mortgaging the future.

Love the Roy signing. I think he's going to have a similar impact as Niskanen, maybe a bit less offense. Chychrun is a clear upgrade over Jensen and even if I think he's more of a second pair D he provides plenty of value at his current contract. As I mentioned earlier I'd hold off on re-signing him now and plan on re-evaluating mid-season. No need to go long-term on him now, and he should be a prized asset at the TDL if the season goes sideways or he's just not a good fit.

 

[DWGie26]

I think the thing this offseason says the most is, we trust Spencer Carbery with all these new veteran pieces, but also with the youth we have coming soon.

Reclamations like PLD come with risk, but trusting Carbs to maximize it, says a lot. Keeping the forward acquisitions to 1-2 years new term makes space for Lenny and Miro when they're ready.

I think what it all says is, we think our coach is going to get the max out of this eclectic mix we're brewing. I love it.

Well said. I also wonder what coaching changes we will see over the summer. I think Love is coveted by some. Nelson got screwed because his run was so deep into the summer so he missed out. Could he come to Caps. I think there will be at least one change behind the bench but that too will be a vote of confidence in Carbery to chose his guy/people.

 

[Silky mitts]

Osborne is done isn’t he??

f***ing Warrior man. I’ll miss him.

Every time Oshie has been slow to get up the last few years it's the worst thing in sports, left it all on the ice

 

[DWGie26]

I love it.


Great off season.

A+. Revamped the team, added youth, with no actual cost. We lost no prospects or high picks.

To be honest, this should have been done four years ago. It was obvious to me then that we were done as a contender then.

But hey, second best time to plant a tree is right now.

I tell sales reps and leaders on my team this all the time. Best time to plant Apple Tree = 20 years ago. Second best time = today.

Hindsight is always 20/20. But you learn and move on because there isn’t enough mental energy for doers to dwell on the past. That is a loser mindset. The winner mindset is learn from it and adjust and don’t make the same mistake twice.

management made a decision. I still don’t disagree with it. Who would have predicted COVID, which impacted people in a lot of different ways. Backstrom hip going to shit. Flat salary cap. Could have gone in a different direction. It didn’t. But let’s say GMBM has been planting bushes for short term coverage before he could plant the actual trees. that was done this year starting with Carbery, inserting youth, moving assets where appropriate, and then the moves the last 4 days. LFG!

 

[g00n]

Still wondering where the goals are going to come from, but they've done about as much as they could to shore up the D and goaltending. All without mortgaging the future.

Love the Roy signing. I think he's going to have a similar impact as Niskanen, maybe a bit less offense. Chychrun is a clear upgrade over Jensen and even if I think he's more of a second pair D he provides plenty of value at his current contract. As I mentioned earlier I'd hold off on re-signing him now and plan on re-evaluating mid-season. No need to go long-term on him now, and he should be a prized asset at the TDL if the season goes sideways or he's just not a good fit.

What soured you on Chychrun? You used to stump for him

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Lets also give Oshie some props. If he low key let GMBM know hes going to LTIR and let him use the cap space today. This helps the team so much more then what Backstrom did last season holding his 9.2 mil cap space hostage.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Also I agree with Twabby about the contract extensions. We shouldnt rush into anyof them right now. We should look for around the roster lock at Holiday break to start extension talk. We should know by then if our team is a contender and if we want them more then a 1 year tryout.

The goalies will be the most interesting

 

[Kalopsia]

I don’t watch Dubois at all. What makes him elite? If you assume the caps don’t really change the pp structure significantly, what role is he?

He's great at finding the soft spot in the D and then picking his spot when the puck gets to him. I think he's the perfect guy for the spot below the net on the PP.

 

[twabby]

What soured you on Chychrun? You used to stump for him

I don't think I really stumped for him like others. But I also don't think I'm too down on him. I'm certainly not suggesting he's bad. I just don't think I'm quite as high as others are on him.

He's been consistently above average but never really great according to the numbers. Seems like a perfect #3 guy on a contender. And that's fine, given his sub-$5 million salary and his meager acquisition cost via trade.

 

[Brian23]

Sign the painting GMBM Ehlers and McGroarty make this the best offseason ever.

While I'd love it, I just don't see how the cap makes it work. Let alone what we'd have to send back their way.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Love everything BMac has done. Only question I have is does Ovi still have to be the main offensive weapon next year at 39? I’m not saying he is but I’m asking. Still feels like they need to take pressure off of him.

 

[Chokingdogs]

I don't think I really stumped for him like others. But I also don't think I'm too down on him. I'm certainly not suggesting he's bad. I just don't think I'm quite as high as others are on him.

He's been consistently above average but never really great according to the numbers. Seems like a perfect #3 guy on a contender. And that's fine, given his sub-$5 million salary and his meager acquisition cost via trade.

If he can regularly Mike Green the puck to ovechkin…all the way to 896, I’d lobby to put his sweater in the rafters.

 

[Brian23]

I don't think I really stumped for him like others. But I also don't think I'm too down on him. I'm certainly not suggesting he's bad. I just don't think I'm quite as high as others are on him.

He's been consistently above average but never really great according to the numbers. Seems like a perfect #3 guy on a contender. And that's fine, given his sub-$5 million salary and his meager acquisition cost via trade.

What kind of shot does he have? I wonder what the chances are they run him opposite Ovechkin. Who's going to start where on the Power Play this year will be fairly interesting out of camp.