Rumor: Caps and Oshie deal "All but done"

[hockeykicker]

Shutout to Carlzner for the original tweet

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[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Great news. Oshie is a heart and soul type guy, not the problem with this team.

 

[John Price]

Good to hear

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Hopefully he signs the day after the expansion draft

Any guesses on the money?

6.5x4 is mine

 

[Brian23]

Yeah, I do feel like signing him before the ED is kinda stupid. Why not get him to sign afterwards so we don't have to protect him...?

 

[The Instigator]

Hopefully he signs the day after the expansion draft

Any guesses on the money?

6.5x4 is mine

Why would he sign for 6 and a half years?

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Why would he sign for 6 and a half years?

$6.5 X 4

After looking at the MB estimates I might be on the high side.

 

[hockeykicker]

Yeah, I do feel like signing him before the ED is kinda stupid. Why not get him to sign afterwards so we don't have to protect him...?

They aren't going to announce it til after.

 

[RandyHolt]

He obviously wants to be here, so maybe we get a hometown discount.

 

[Pigskin]

I'd be happy with $6m x 5 ... anything under that in AAV or term is a good job by Mac

 

[pocketrockets]

Yeah, I do feel like signing him before the ED is kinda stupid. Why not get him to sign afterwards so we don't have to protect him...?

Unless Oshie doesn't want to wait just in case (god for bid) he gets in a career ending car wreck or something over the next month.

 

[dr robbie]

Great news. Oshie is a heart and soul type guy, not the problem with this team.

Glad to see that he's viewed differently there. He was considered quite the opposite near the end of his time with the Blues and seemed like a lot of fans were glad when he was delt.

 

[artilector]

If they sign him, it better happen after ED...

 

[hockeykicker]

If they sign him, it better happen after ED...

for all we know this deal could have been done for weeks and they are just waiting

 

[Jags]

Drawer deals are technically against the rules. It was a big subject at GM meetings, so a deal with Oshie being "all but done" now but not made official until after the expansion draft could cost the Caps a sizable fine and a first-round pick.

For every GM and owner out there that might be willing to play fast and loose with expansion rules, there's other GMs and owners that are sticklers. So trying to get deals like that by the league's smell test will be risky.

I don't think signing Oshie is really a concern anyway. We can protect 7 forwards. Ovechkin, Backstrom, Oshie, MoJo, Kuznetsov, Burakovsky, Wilson. Who are you sweating losing? Vrana isn't eligible and they'd be doing us a favor taking Eller. Williams and Winnik are gone.

I'd miss Beagle, but let's be real. If Vegas doesn't take Grubauer or Schmidt, they're nucking futs. We don't have to protect Beagle. Protecting Oshie isn't a problem.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Step 1 almost complete as predicted.

 

[ovikovy817]

$11.5M for Oshie and Kuznetsov, it's the maximum we can afford.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Hopefully they have a plan in place to get rid of Orpik's contract.

 

[Demandedace]

Thinking 5.5 a year for him and around 6 a year for Kuz

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

I can see him and Kuz signing nearly identical contracts.

Orpiks and Ellers contracts HAVE to go

 

[peterthegreat12]

I find it strange Oshie is still in the area. He usually rushes straight back to Minnesota. Like it or not, perhaps he is staying in the area for an announcement with GMBM.

I saw on Twitter he played golf with Steve Czaban yesterday.

 

[hockeykicker]

There's a Twitter rumor that it's 3 years at 5 mil per

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

There's a Twitter rumor that it's 3 years at 5 mil per

Would be stunning. What next, Alzner at 3 for $4 per?

 

[g00n]

There's a Twitter rumor that it's 3 years at 5 mil per

Would be stunning. What next, Alzner at 3 for $4 per?

Hmmm...getting a bunch of guys to come back for less than market value in order to keep the band together and go for the Cup might actually be a pretty powerful motivator and could unify the locker room. Unless someone gets resentful of any other player not living up to a big contract...

 

[hockeykicker]

People are claiming Shannon said on radio today but don't see it verified yet