I get why people (including myself here) did defend the signing, although probably most of the board hoped if Kap was back, he'd be back for cheap and last year was just a one off. I just don't think you can justify having this many reclamation projects on a functioning roster and hope for any kind of success.
Secondly, I think Kap would work a lot better on the 3rd with a different 3C. I guess we'll see how that works out if Carter misses time. I don't think he'll become this top 6 guy that everyone was hoping he would be, and certainly isn't worth his 3.2 million, but at the same time, the tools are there. The play-reading and decision making isn't, but that's aggravated with the fact that the 3rd line is just dysfunctional this year.
Again, if McGinn wasn't here Spaling it up, and TB was 3C instead of Carter, Kap would be a much more reasonable gamble for a high-risk/high-reward kind of signing. Instead, we've got way too much money that's tied up in underperforming highly flawed players who we're just hoping get to turn their games around. I don't get why we overpay for all of the depth players on this team instead of just running the cheap guys and keeping the ones who don't suck.
That said, I feel like Kap is realistically the only overpaid forward in the bottom 6 who you might be able to move without getting bent over a barrel. Carter's contract is immobile, McGinn is a severely overpaid 4th liner who isn't very good at anything. Heinen and TB are steals/market value, Archibald is bad but relatively cheap and nobody wants him because he's a liability on the ice. Kap still has the potential to put it together but the team has to cut bait soon if they want to move him.
