Confirmed Signing with Link: [WSH] F Alex Ovechkin re-signs with the Capitals (5 years, $9.5M AAV)

[Price is Wright]

I get that this is hockey futures and all but Ovechkin was almost a point per game player with 24 goals in 45 games. I don't see him falling off a cliff and being unable to put up good numbers at 40 years old. Brett Hull put up 68 in 81 at age 39. I expect Ovy to do that or better.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Bad contract, good business deal

 

[DrDangles]

So stoked he signed for 5 years, I really hope he breaks 900.

 

[DowJones]

I really hope he intends to play all 5 years. If so records are about to be broken…

 

[Atas2000]

Bad contract, good business deal

I don't see it as a bad contract for the Caps. Even aside from the loyalty and appreciation thing. The Caps just like the Pens know they are an era team. When Ovechkin retires they will have to build from a scratch anyway. Everything revovlves around Ovechkin as long as he is there. It's not like they will be able to smooth transition it by having Ovechkin on a smaller contract.

 

[txpd]

Bad contract, good business deal

How is it a bad contract?

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Ovie plays until he breaks the record in Washington.

 

[AK4774]

Your cup team was dominant...especially in the playoffs.

Since Trotz left you seem to have lost that edge.

JMHO. More pretender than contender.

What teams aside from Tampa do you view as contenders?

 

[Thordic]

The Caps are likely done as premiere contenders, but still could go on a miracle run.
Ovechkin has a real chance at breaking the record.

Yes, it is huge money, but it is worth it from a business point of view. Ovechkin chasing the record will keep people in the stands and buying merch. It is well-worth the 9.5M a year, even if you decrease your chances at another Cup.

OV chasing the record is worth a lot of $$$. The closer he gets the more valuable it will be. That's millions in free advertising alone, not to mention butts in seats, etc.

 

[TRASHCAT]

If I'm okay with the caps overpaying a player (and it's hardly an overpayment) it's this player

 

[T REX]

What teams aside from Tampa do you view as contenders?

NYI, FL, CAR

 

[T REX]

OV chasing the record is worth a lot of $$$. The closer he gets the more valuable it will be. That's millions in free advertising alone, not to mention butts in seats, etc.

Sounds liek a greta team achievement. I would totally sign in DC to watch Ovi break the record.

What a great mission statement.

I UFA's line up for that.

 

[AK4774]

NYI, FL, CAR

So a team that hasn't made it out of the first round and has a TEN million dollar contract to a sieve goaltender, a team that got past the second round once and has questions in goal and throughout the lineup?

NYI I'll give you but Montreal showed more than those other teams FFS. Capitals have as much of a chance at another cup as either of them

 

[filinski77]

A couple thoughts:

1) Yes $9.5 million for 5 years is too much. But he's not "handicapping" the team like some may think. The Caps only have a couple more years to try and make another cup run, and Ovi at $9.5 is no different than if he was making his older (and slightly higher) cap hit. Backstrom = 33, Carlson = 31, Eller = 31, Oshie = 34, Kuznetsov on a sharp decline. The Caps are destined for a rebuild in 1 or 2 years regardless. Ovi's caphit in years 3-5 is irrelevant.

2) Not that Ovi will live up to a $9.5 million price-tag anyways (on-ice performance), he is still pretty much one of the safest bets in NHL history to at least come close. Ovi is the best 30-35 year old goalscorer in NHL history, no reason to think he won't be the best at 36-4o either.

	Goal ranking	Points ranking
30 year old season	5
31 year old season	38
32 year old season	3	10
33 year old season	2	11
34 year old season (proj. 82 gp)	1	23	Note - most goals ever by a 34 year-old (even with only 68GP)
35 year old season (proj. 82 gp)	2	16

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[T REX]

So a team that hasn't made it out of the first round and has a TEN million dollar contract to a sieve goaltender, a team that got past the second round once and has questions in goal and throughout the lineup?

NYI I'll give you but Montreal showed more than those other teams FFS. Capitals have as much of a chance at another cup as either of them

No they really don't.

Sorry. It's only my opinion but your window shut the day you let Trotz leave.

Montreal was a cinderella story. Losing record. They won't even make the playoffs this year.

 

[AK4774]

No they really don't.

Sorry. It's only my opinion but your window shut the day you let Trotz leave.

Montreal was a cinderella story. Losing record. They won't even make the playoffs this year.

So your criteria for contender has nothing to do with how well a team actually, you know, contends in this real physical world we inhabit. Got it. I'm sure ufas would be thrilled to sign up for your team's "dude we're a contender trust me" banner.

Again, explain how a 9.5 million dollar Ovechkin is more of a hindrance than a 10 million dollar Bob.

 

[Mubiki]

5 years is a lot of term for him. I wonder how that 5th year will be.

Dude is a legend, nobody will care.

 

[T REX]

So your criteria for contender has nothing to do with how well a team actually, you know, contends in this real physical world we inhabit. Got it. I'm sure ufas would be thrilled to sign up for your team's "dude we're a contender trust me" banner.

Again, explain how a 9.5 million dollar Ovechkin is more of a hindrance than a 10 million dollar Bob.

easily...the rest of their lineup.

FL is stacked. The Caps aren't.

Again, I know reality is harsh...sorry

 

[Dotter]

Good deal if he can put up 400+ points in that time. I hope he does.

 

[HeyMattyB]

Your cup team was dominant...especially in the playoffs.

Since Trotz left you seem to have lost that edge.

Honestly, during most of the Ovechkin era (including all the other years of Trotz's tenure here), the Caps have been regular season warriors and playoff disappointments. The 2018 Cup run was an exception, a miracle run where the entire team was firing on all cylinders and all demons of the past were exorcised--despite the fact that that particular lineup is generally agreed upon as being one of the weaker Caps teams in recent history.

IMO, it's pretty weird/naive/uninformed to think that this contract spells doom for the Caps' "dominance" or top-Cup-contender status or whatever, because 1) who cares about regular-season records and 2) outside of that one glorious postseason, they were never dominant in the playoffs. Regardless of how many times they get to beat up on the lesser teams of their division during the regular season (pre-Covid and now), they've pretty much been just another middle-of-the-pack playoff team with a decent-to-good puncher's chance (depending on health, chemistry, etc). And they'll likely stay that way for the rest of Ovechkin's career.

 

[AK4774]

easily...the rest of their lineup.

FL is stacked. The Caps aren't.

Again, I know reality is harsh...sorry

Reality is the capitals won a cup and are still comfortably making playoffs.

Your "stacked" Florida won 1 more playoff game than the capitals last year and is gonna have to pay Barkov more than Bob if he decides to stay... So there goes their stacked roster.

I know reality is harsh... sorry

 

[Fataldogg]

Bad contract, good business deal

Exactly this. From a money making standpoint, it makes sense. From a "let's win the Cup" standpoint, it doesn't.

 

[COHawk]

Can his body last 5 more years?

He's been one of the most durable players in the league his entire career

Only Marleau, Dustin Brown, E Staal, and Suter have played more games since 2005.

 

[T REX]

Honestly, during most of the Ovechkin era (including all the other years of Trotz's tenure here), the Caps have been regular season warriors and playoff disappointments. The 2018 Cup run was an exception, a miracle run where the entire team was firing on all cylinders and all demons of the past were exorcised--despite the fact that that particular lineup is generally agreed upon as being one of the weaker Caps teams in recent history.

IMO, it's pretty weird/naive/uninformed to think that this contract spells doom for the Caps' "dominance" or top-Cup-contender status or whatever, because 1) who cares about regular-season records and 2) outside of that one glorious postseason, they were never dominant in the playoffs. Regardless of how many times they get to beat up on the lesser teams of their division during the regular season (pre-Covid and now), they've pretty much been just another middle-of-the-pack playoff team with a decent-to-good puncher's chance (depending on health, chemistry, etc). And they'll likely stay that way for the rest of Ovechkin's career.

Trotz taking the Islanders to back to back ECF tells me you are wrong.

But that's only my opinion. It means nothing.

Trotz was obviously pressing all the right buttons finally.

You don't wish he had another chance at a repeat?

I understand why you don't want to give him any credit.

You'd have to admit you made a huge mistake in letting him go.

I only see excuses ftrom Caps fans..it was time...blah blah blah.

HUGE mistake.

 

[T REX]

Reality is the capitals won a cup and are still comfortably making playoffs.

Your "stacked" Florida won 1 more playoff game than the capitals last year and is gonna have to pay Barkov more than Bob if he decides to stay... So there goes their stacked roster.

I know reality is harsh... sorry

I'm a bolts fan and a notorious realist.

FL played us harder than anyone else. EDIT: NYI definitely was the hardest

Great coach...great team.

FL>>>>>>>>caps

I'd love to play you again in the playoffs but you'll never make it out of your division.