Post-Game Talk: Caps and Pens 7:30

[hockeykicker]

Per Isabelle, djoos in for Chorney and graovac in for walker

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[Hivemind]

Oh good, we have Aaron Ness matched up against the Penguins. What could go wrong?

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Shitty defense, but at least Chorney is out

 

[ovikovy817]

Graovac expected but I thought Ness would be out before Chorney.

 

[RandyHolt]

Excellent!

 

[Brian23]

I'm really surprised they pulled Chorney and not Ness. I thought Ness was the dude all over the place on that pairing...

 

[Langway]

 

[IafrateOvie34]

The revolving door at the third pair should give us some excitement for the season. I like the changes except I feel Walker should have stayed in the lineup. My guess is they wanted size for the Pens game. Go Caps!

 

[IafrateOvie34]

I'm really surprised they pulled Chorney and not Ness. I thought Ness was the dude all over the place on that pairing...

Most likely giving him more looks before scrapping him. He really needs to cut down those penalties.

 

[hockeykicker]

When Wilson comes back can't they recall bowey? Thought it was something to do with cap space

 

[Holtbyisms]

Wonder why Ness over Chorney? Not that I'm overly impressed with either of them but Ness and Djoos are the same player imo.

 

[Hivemind]

When Wilson comes back can't they recall bowey? Thought it was something to do with cap space

They would have to send down Chorney or Vrana to have enough cap space for Bowey. Sending down Ness, Graovac, or Walker doesn't clear enough for Bowey.

 

[twabby]

When Wilson comes back can't they recall bowey? Thought it was something to do with cap space

CapFriendly has the Capitals at $29.1K in available cap space and Bowey is at a $703K cap hit at the NHL level. So they’d need to relieve themselves of about about $674K to be able to bring up Bowey. Neither waiving Ness ($613K) nor Djoos ($650K) would be enough, but waiving Chorney ($800K) or sending down Vrana ($863K) would be enough. They shouldn’t send Vrana down even though he is waiver exempt, so the only logical move is to waive Chorney IMO. He likely won’t get claimed and could be recalled if necessary due to injury.

 

[Ridley Simon]

They would have to send down Chorney or Vrana to have enough cap space for Bowey. Sending down Ness, Graovac, or Walker doesn't clear enough for Bowey.

This has been covered? They will prob send down Ness/Chorney and Graovac/DSP. Replacements would be Wilson and Bowey.

Those are 2 good trade ups. And they'd start to bank a little cap space over the season.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Agree with Twabby, the most logical way to recall Bowey is to put Chorney on waivers. Let's be honest here, even if he gets claimed, losing him isn't a big loss. You can have Chorney type players for a 7th round pick.

 

[twabby]

This has been covered? They will prob send down Ness/Chorney and Graovac/DSP. Replacements would be Wilson and Bowey.

Those are 2 good trade ups. And they'd start to bank a little cap space over the season.

Sounds like they are really unwilling to put players on waivers even though they prefer 22 men.

I’d prefer exactly what you proposed but it doesn’t seem like Trotz and co. are down with that.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Why is everybody so afraid of waivers this year? It feels like there were a ton of players on the waiver wire at this time of the year last season. Is it because GMGM has a tendency to claim and hoard defensemen?

 

[Hivemind]

Someone should point out to them that Ness and Graovac passed through waivers last year (Graovac twice).

 

[Portable Mink]

Pittsburgh should be wiped off the map and it's history in life deleted forever

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Heh...Ness the Mess?! It’s gonna be interesting!

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Us waiting for the Stanley Cup to come to DC

 

[Carlzner]

Phone Booth looks half empty.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Oh God, it's Mike Milbury.

 

[Holtbyisms]

Ness is on the ice and suddenly the ice tilts and the Pens pickup momentum. lol

 

[amjay13]

That is why Jay Beagle is your 4th line center.