Does this take him right up to UFA? Or is he like Kuzya and we'll have him as a RFA at the end of it?
Does this take him right up to UFA? Or is he like Kuzya and we'll have him as a RFA at the end of it?
who would be interested in Grubauer? Buffalo? seems the goalie market is pretty slim.
Ok good.
So Cap-Friendly has the team with 16 signed players and $5,589,893 left.
If they add Copley, Bowey, Walker, Vrana, and Graovac, they have $2,073,560 left. 22 man roster would allow a 2m player add.
If they want to add antother 650k F, then they would have $1,423,560 left for another D.
Or have 2 different 1m vets to plug (Vanek/Jagr/Fisher/Stafford on F, Oduya/Streit/Campbell/Beauchemin on D).
Trade Grubauer. If they use Vrana, Copley, Bowey, Walker (or any of the 650k F's from Hershey) and Graovac, they will have some space. Not using either Vrana or Bowey would add even more space.
Caps have options. Off season isn't over yet. Give the man (GMBM) a chance to finish his roster.
Have to hold him until goalie market gets better... But this is GMBM so he might coin flip trade him
Until Buffalo moves Lehner (which is now more of an if than when), they're full up. Lehner and Johnson in the NHL, Ullmark in the AHL.who would be interested in Grubauer? Buffalo? seems the goalie market is pretty slim.
who would be interested in Grubauer? Buffalo? seems the goalie market is pretty slim.
Wait it out and see how the regular season plays it out. Trade deadline will be most interesting as if the caps in a strong playoff position would make that move to trade having one foot in the future versus the short team insurance policy.
Its the "strong playoff position" that has this team on the down trend. The future is bleak because of the "strong playoff position" already. They love to hold on to guys then lose them for nothing.