Speculation: Acq./Rost. Bldg./Cap Part XLIX

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old herp a derp: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1904843


new herp a derp........

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[Jacoby4HOF66]

Holtby came in 4th in the Vezina voting. That has to be a big help for him, and his agent, during contract negotiations.

Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd)

1. Carey Price, MTL 144 (27-3-0)
2. Pekka Rinne, NSH 60 (1-15-10)
3. Devan Dubnyk, MIN 28 (1-4-11)
4. Braden Holtby, WSH 26 (0-7-5)
5. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 6 (1-0-1)
6. Corey Crawford, CHI 3 (0-1-0)
7. Andrew Hammond, OTT 1 (0-0-1)
Jonathan Quick, LAK 1 (0-0-1)
Cam Talbot, NYR 1 (0-0-1)

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Holtby came in 4th in the Vezina voting. That has to be a big help for him, and his agent, during contract negotiations.

Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd)

1. Carey Price, MTL 144 (27-3-0)
2. Pekka Rinne, NSH 60 (1-15-10)
3. Devan Dubnyk, MIN 28 (1-4-11)
4. Braden Holtby, WSH 26 (0-7-5)
5. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 6 (1-0-1)
6. Corey Crawford, CHI 3 (0-1-0)
7. Andrew Hammond, OTT 1 (0-0-1)
Jonathan Quick, LAK 1 (0-0-1)
Cam Talbot, NYR 1 (0-0-1)

not good for the caps

 

[Efactor]

not good for the caps

Holtby should get less than Dubnyk.

 

[KevinM]

Holtby should get less than Dubnyk.

I hope you're right, we'll need all the cap space we can get if we are going to resign some of the pending UFA's and add a top 6 winger to boot.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

not good for the caps

It could've been worse. Holtby should've been nominated over Rinne IMO, he was more consistent.

Holtby will get the money he deserves, he's established himself as a Vezina caliber goalie this year.

 

[Raikkonen]

Retain Beagle and Fehr, sign a 7, kicked the tires on Sharp; we like our team; young players ready to help. Like George never left.

/thread

 

[Raikkonen]

Holtby will get the money he deserves, he's established himself as a Vezina caliber goalie this year.

Maybe it's Mitch Korn who proved himself as a Vezina caliber goalie coach?

If they had more time they could hardball Braden a bit with obvious "expensive defense", "Trotz's defensive scheme" and "we will use Gruby/Copley with the same results".

Now they really can't do that with great effect.

 

[strungout]

Is it me...or are the contracts the Sens just paid out to Stone and however you spell his name are somewhat promising for the Caps and the deals they'll have to sign Kuznetsov and Johansson to?

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Is it me...or are the contracts the Sens just paid out to Stone and however you spell his name are somewhat promising for the Caps and the deals they'll have to sign Kuznetsov and Johansson to?

It will certainly be brought up in contract negotiations.

 

[Hivemind]

Maybe it's Mitch Korn who proved himself as a Vezina caliber goalie coach?

If they had more time they could hardball Braden a bit with obvious "expensive defense", "Trotz's defensive scheme" and "we will use Gruby/Copley with the same results".

Now they really can't do that with great effect.

Holtby has played at essentially this level for his entire career minus the two month stretch where he was Braden Oatesby.

Holtby is arbitration eligible, hardball won't work.

 

[OV Rocks]

Holtby has played at essentially this level for his entire career minus the two month stretch where he was Braden Oatesby.

Holtby is arbitration eligible, hardball won't work.

Good one, I went to a Caps Rangers game at MSG and sat behind the fool that they call the dancing Larry guy has no life but they show him dance every home game with 4 minutes left. Guy was so annoying and called him Moltby, I like yours better

 

[strungout]

It will certainly be brought up in contract negotiations.

Looking at it more...they both signed their second contracts....so maybe more for Kuznetsov than Johansson when it comes to comparison. But whatever. Get it over with BMac.

 

[Raikkonen]

GUY CARBONNEAU AWARD (Top Penalty Killer)

1. Kyle Brodziak, Minnesota (13 points)
2. Tyler Toffoli, Los Angeles (11 points)
T3. Patrice Bergeron, Boston (5 points)
T3. Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh (5 points)
T3. Luke Glendening, Detroit (5 points)
T3. Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis (5 points)

Do you award the guy who played the most shorthanded minutes at forward, a-la Glendening? The shorthanded scoring demon, a-la Toffoli? The winner was the centerpiece of the league’s top-rated penalty kill, Brodziak. What’s with Fleury on the list? One of our voters took the “goalie is your best penalty killer” cliche too far. Woof.

Also receiving votes: Semyon Varlamov, John Carlson, Brandon Sutter, Rob Scuderi, Andrew Hammond, Rick Nash, Tomas Plekanec

Nice for Carlson, and maybe we can use Brodziak in the end?

 

[BrooklynCapsFan]

Calgary possibly looking to cut salary with Giordano (rightfully) asking for a ton of money?

They should probably move Wideman first but Hudler would be ok I guess on the 2nd line (other than this, I'm not a fan)

 

[BrooklynCapsFan]

We need to add this to our roster.

 

[hb12xchamps]

If GlenX could fetch a 2nd and 3rd, Brouwer has to be worth at least that. We paid a first rounder for him so the value has to be there. Use him to get some picks back, which in turn allows Wilson to move up in the lineup, which is what the organization wants. Then turn around and use his cap space to sign/trade for a RW

 

[Hivemind]

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

We need to add this to our roster.

Looks like a family member from that show about people living off the land in Alaska.

Be professional man...get a shave. The era of the disgusting dirty food-catcher beard can't end soon enough.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

If GlenX could fetch a 2nd and 3rd, Brouwer has to be worth at least that. We paid a first rounder for him so the value has to be there. Use him to get some picks back, which in turn allows Wilson to move up in the lineup, which is what the organization wants. Then turn around and use his cap space to sign/trade for a RW

You're missing the whole deadline inflation issue now though...

 

[ChibiPooky]

So the Caps have just over $20M for Johansson, Kuznetsov, Holtby, 4 forwards, and 1 defenseman.

I think Holtby gets $5-6M of that - let's say 6.
Johansson at $4M seems plausible to me.
Kuznetsov doesn't really have the numbers or the leverage to get more than Stone or Zibanejad, so I'm going to peg him at 3, right between the two (more than Zibanejad and less than Stone).

That leaves $7M for 4 forwards (including two scratches) and a defenseman (including one scratch), barring trade. Chimera and Brouwer both have at least partial NTC, so Laich would probably be the one to go if anyone is moved.

Next season, the RFAs are Wilson, Latta, Burakovsky, and Orlov. Burakovsky is really the only one of those I see being expensive. Brouwer and Chimera's contracts expire, so next year should be fine for the cap.

With Ovechkin, Backstrom, Johansson, Kuznetsov, and Burakovsky, they only need one more top 6 player.

IMO they have to go hard after Okposo. He only costs $2.8M this season. Trading Laich (separately) would give them 9.5ish to spend on 3 bottom-six roster players and three scratches.

 

[hb12xchamps]

You're missing the whole deadline inflation issue now though...

I understand there's a deadline inflation, but we paid a first rounder for Brouwer a few years ago.

 

[Capitlols]

Calgary possibly looking to cut salary with Giordano (rightfully) asking for a ton of money?

They should probably move Wideman first but Hudler would be ok I guess on the 2nd line (other than this, I'm not a fan)

I doubt Hudler's available, but why aren't you a fan? He's a damn good two-way player who's fared well in the playoffs.

 

[BrooklynCapsFan]

I understand there's a deadline inflation, but we paid a first rounder for Brouwer a few years ago.

We paid a 1st rounder for a young player with upside. He didn't really develop and at this point he's what you see is what you get.

I'd like to get a 1st out of him, but have my doubts.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I understand there's a deadline inflation, but we paid a first rounder for Brouwer a few years ago.

He still had a little upside. Who knows....maybe you're right.


To further infuriate the "Brouwer sucks" crew, I think he's here next season myself.