Confirmed with Link: Garnet Hathaway, 4-years, 1.500m AAV

[artilector]

How are his wheels?

The question they ask 4th liners at the gates of heaven...

 

[shtorm2005]

What do we want?
- 4 Years!
When do we want?
- 4 Years

 

[Raikkonen]

So GMBM said he wants more bite.

Added Gudas, Panik and this Hathaway guy.

Good luck dealing with Caps.

PS: Oshie being exclusively offensive warrior now is first thought I got.

PPS: Add better depth in Hershey comparing to last year. Lets win another cup!

 

[RandyHolt]

Lol! Accidental sandpaper. Posh sandpaper. Sandpaper tissue.

lol

Ultra fine 1000 Grit

 

[Charles Calvert]

So GMBM said he wants more bite.

Added Gudas, Panik and this Hathaway guy.

Good luck dealing with Caps.

PS: Oshie being exclusively offensive warrior now is first thought I got.

PPS: Add better depth in Hershey comparing to last year. Lets win another cup!

This is important. Oshie is probably knocked off the PK so he can avoid removing more tread on him.

Your main PK forwards:
Hagelin
Hathaway
Eller
Wilson
Stephenson
Panik
Dowd
Backstrom

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Hah! I called this guy! I think I was told he was too slow!


Boom +1 for the common man GM!!

 

[RandyHolt]

So GMBM said he wants more bite.

Added Gudas, Panik and this Hathaway guy.

Good luck dealing with Caps.

PS: Oshie being exclusively offensive warrior now is first thought I got.

PPS: Add better depth in Hershey comparing to last year. Lets win another cup!

If we flip the switch and play it rough, teams LWs and LDs will have a tough time with Willy Oshie Panik Haths Gudas and Lewington on patrol.

 

[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

My first thought with this offseason (draft included) is that the Caps aren't following the league trends and going speed/quickness. They're staking their claim to size and grit.

I like it for several reasons:

1 - If Ovie and Backstrom are still going to be core going forward, the speed game ain't gonna work with them
2 - Having a disproportionate amount (relative to the rest of the league) of a positive asset is a huge advantage.
3 - The followers of league trends are rarely the ones that win Cups. It's the trend-setters.
4 - Size and grit play well in the loffs.

 

[ovikovy817]

Don't care about the term.
We know that GMBM can and isn't afraid to move those kind of contracts.

 

[Charles Calvert]

My first thought with this offseason (draft included) is that the Caps aren't following the league trends and going speed/quickness. They're staking their claim to size and grit.

I like it for several reasons:

1 - If Ovie and Backstrom are still going to be core going forward, the speed game ain't gonna work with them
2 - Having a disproportionate amount (relative to the rest of the league) of a positive asset is a huge advantage.
3 - The followers of league trends are rarely the ones that win Cups. It's the trend-setters.
4 - Size and grit play well in the loffs.

Size, depth, and being difficult to against won Blues a cup. The Caps got tougher to play against for sure.

 

[marcel snapshot]

Size, depth, and being difficult to against won Blues a cup. The Caps got tougher to play against for sure.

Agree. Compared to start of last season, you're switching out Hags, Panik, and Hathaway for Bura, Conno, Boyd/Stephenson/DSP. Those new guys are harder to play against and have more well-rounded games than the guys going out

 

[Langway]

Hah! I called this guy! I think I was told he was too slow!

His first few strides stood out to me in a bad way when catching some Calgary games last year. That said he's okay once he gets going and he was still able to PK well so his anticipation helps.

There's definitely a temptation to sort of emulate the Blues and want players that really dig in but we'll see about Hathaway's pace. He hits and will fight but he's a 12th forward coming off of a solid year. I don't know that he's really quick enough to match something like STL's fourth-line, though.

 

[artilector]

So GMBM said he wants more bite.

Added Gudas, Panik and this Hathaway guy.

And those are just the guys GMBM hired to police Kuznetsov in team hotels!

 

[Roughing]

We will not be fun to play against at all.

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Langway]

Gudas & Hathaway both ought to help keep Wilson out of the box and needing to handle retribution duties.

 

[tenken00]

 

[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

 

[PuckBuddy]

Besides his name, you look at his bio born in Kennebunkport Maine, went to Phillips Academy in Andover and Brown University, you'd think he'd be more suited for the yacht club or polo. We'll just have to call him the "Flying WASP".

There's some weird thing with ivy league schools making NHL bruisers; Aaron Volpatti, George Parros, Todd Simpson, Zolnerczyk (sp?), Westgarth, Tanner Glass....

 

[BiPolar Caps]

This is important. Oshie is probably knocked off the PK so he can avoid removing more tread on him.

Your main PK forwards:
Hagelin
Hathaway
Eller
Wilson
Stephenson
Panik
Dowd
Backstrom

A few of these penalty killers will be the main culprits for why the team may be on the PK.

 

[Charles Calvert]

A few of these penalty killers will be the main culprits for why the team may be on the PK.

Well hope they aren't in the box at the same time. That's a deep group.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Brouwer-lite

 

[Calicaps]

Brouwer-lite

There's a lite version? Sheesh, that doesn't inspire much confidence.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Brouwer-lite

For a 4th liner much cheaper than Tbro, not terrible. Hits, fights, blocks shots....brings it every game. What’s not to like?