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

[DWGie26]

Mantha to Calagary on 1 year 3.5M. seems about right. He has to just be hating life though!

 

[Misery74]

Crazy. We added Raddysh too?

 

[Carlzner]

f*** yes.

Get McGroaty and call it an offseason.

 

[Devil Dancer]

Still need to send a D out I guess, but otherwise that's probably it, right? Right??

 

[Calicaps]

Term on Roy is a bit heavy, but Mac's shown skill in moving contracts, so that's a problem for another day. And the Chycrun deal is so great... Terrific D additions!

 

[Kalopsia]

I'm gonna go ahead and take a victory lap here. Posted this last Tuesday. I guessed TVR instead of Jensen, but...

The Senator I really want is the guy who's actually available and the Caps have been rumored to be interested in in the past, Chychrun. He's 26 so he fits the age range MacLellan's been looking for. Assuming he's willing to sign here long term, offer the Sens McMichael + TVR (they need RHD badly) + picks as needed, then sign Pesce or Roy to replace TVR.

Chychrun-Pesce/Roy
Fehervary-Carlson
Sandin-Jensen

Chychrun-Pesce/Roy isn't an amazing 1st pairing, but with TVR moving out they only add around 7.5-8.5M against the cap, and bumping last year's 1st and 2nd pairing down to 2nd and 3rd makes for pretty ridiculous depth. If we're gonna roll with three defensively deficient centers in Strome, PLD, and Lapierre next year they need a big upgrade on the blueline.

 

[DWGie26]

Looks like we just signed a 4RW. Taylor Raddysh for 1x1M.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807807157725020639

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

GMBM broke HF

 

[ArmadilloThumb]

Mantha to Calagary on 1 year 3.5M. seems about right. He has to just be hating life though!

Wish him well.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

We retooled the roster and kept all our own picks and prospects. Amazing work GMBM the wizard

 

[zappa4ever]

Getting 2 Top-4 D is F-ing awesome, love GMBM taking D corps seriously

Already one of the best WSH offseasons in many years

Only other move I could imagine is packaging a cpl fwds to bring in a 40g scorer (which is Cinderella territory)

 

[Carlzner]

Nashville getting Skjei too, Barry is spending a ton today but I'm not sure that's really the direction I would have taken that team.

Some of those contracts might not look great in a year or two.

 

[Hivemind]

GMBM broke HF

Naw, Barry Trotz broke HF. Nashville is signing everybody.

 

[OV Rocks]

Getting 2 Top-4 D is F-ing awesome, love GMBM taking D corps seriously

Already one of the best WSH offseasons in many years

Only other move I could imagine is packaging a cpl fwds to bring in a 40g scorer (which is Cinderella territory)

40 might be aggressive but Ehlers is a 25-30 goal scorer who could probably get to 35.

Ehlers and McGroarty for McMichael, Alexyev, 1st. Sign the painting GMBM

 

[Misery74]

We completely re

We retooled the roster and kept all our own picks and prospects. Amazing work GMBM the wizard

We restocked the prospect pool as well.

Since the Calder Cup ended, this teams work has been fabulous.

 

[Pigskin]

if Oshie is LTIR'd, we can still afford a scoring winger right ?

 

[hockeykicker]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807812344916988257

 

[HeyMattyB]

Also worth noting: Outside of Friedman's "potential signings" list he posted much earlier today, there weren't really any other rumblings of Roy to WSH--at least, when compared to all of the "confirmed rumors" for big-name defensemen that came out well before free agency officially began. And, as far as I'm aware, there were zero rumors of Chychrun to WSH. Completely on-brand for the tight-lipped Caps organization.

The more confirmed rumors came out earlier today regarding big-name defensemen, and the longer Roy's name didn't appear in any of those rumors, the more I felt like GMBM had already secured the deal.

 

[Marshall]

I heart the Duhaime move.

 

[Carlzner]

I don't hate either player but I would not be happy if my team was signing those contracts for Zadorov & Lindholm today.

 

[DWGie26]

Wow. This seems like an overpay.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807813477559390335

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

So we signed 2 4th liners? Im losing track lol

 

[DWGie26]

I think we may need to move Milano now

So we signed 2 4th liners? Im losing track lol

We are way over now with 100M spent in cap space. Someone has to come out.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807813163322323348

 

[zappa4ever]

PLD
Mangiapane
Logan Thompson
Chickenrun
Roy
Raddysh
Duhaime
WTaF!

GMBM wasn't kidding about setting up a war room in Vegas

 

[Dr John Carlson]

We could be looking a generational offseason for the Hammock Mafia.

I don't think the team is a Cup contender suddenly but they look a lot better than they were before, without giving up hardly any future assets.