Confirmed Signing with Link: [WSH] Nic Dowd signs extension with Capitals (3 years, $1.3M AAV)
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Misery74
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As a Caps fan, I say why? One thing this season has shown me is we have organizational depth. Especially at center.
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tenken00
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SundherDome
Y'all have to much power
Dowd is a perfect 4th line center. There is no need to develop young kids like McMichael, Lapierre and Protas by playing them on the 4th line, especially first two. And I have a feeling Eller will be traded anyways within 2 years IMO. Perfect signing for this price!
ovikovy817
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By the looks off it CMM and Eller are going to battle for 3C this season, and if Eller loses it Caps will cut off over 2 mills cap space and get a mid round pick by doing so.
Dowd fits "the traditional defensive 4th line C duties" better than Eller or Protas, which would be the other two options for the next season. If that changes within a year or half, the contract Dowd has is easy to move out.
Theres no downside on this contract. Only Dowdside?
Remember when Canucks overpaid for the Caps 4c, and Caps got the Canucks 4c for league minimum? Now Dowd is better than Beagle, while being younger and making 1/3rd of the salary.
Benning is a bum.
Benning is a bum.
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Hughes4Calder
It’s a solid deal even if it may be a year long. The cost to bury him in the A still enables them to spend close to $1.1 mill on a replacement to remain net zero against the cap if his play does go down. Low risk move.
txpd
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Why is simple. Has become the team's successful defensive matchup center. This is not a job as a rule for rookies and inexperienced players. Dowd is easily the team's best face off guy. In fact he is often the only good face off guy. That is another skill that veteran player are generally better than young players at. Lastly MacLellan's SOP is to keep his team together as long as is reasonable rather than rotating players thru the locker room season after season.
McMichael's next contract wont be anything close to $1.3m. He will get much more. This sets some cost certainty for their salary cap structure
txpd
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While that is true, losing Beagle was a painful thing for the Caps. Dowd still does not replace him.
He might not replace what Beagle was in 2018 but at this point he is much better than Beagle, who imo is a 13th/14th forward at best now.
ginner classic
Dammit Jim!
Losing $3M Beagle was painful? As a Canuck fan I'd love to have swapped those two back at any time.
txpd
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I didnt say that. I said that losing Beagle was painful and that he still has not been properly replaced. Truth is that were Beagle as good as he was for the Caps during the Trotz era, he was worth every bit of $3m a season.
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For context to non-Caps posters, this user also thinks Hagelin is a good deal at $2.75M.
Does his job well? Great team guy? Consistent? For that price tag why complain about someone who brings these things every game.
ginner classic
Dammit Jim!
Both things can be true: He was great when you had him (not anymore) and the caps absolutely won that swap by getting a better player every single year since they picked up Dowd, AND saved two million per year. Huge win by the caps. Cap smart (pardon the pun).
