Speculation: Caps Roster General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines/etc) | 2023-24 Regular Season Edition

[Kolzilla]

Where are these promised 9am moves?
What’s the actual final roster. Miro staying?

Think it was 9am Wednesday morning.

 

[twabby]

Kind of odd. Hard to ask more out of HHA this preseason and Johansen struggled for most of the preseason.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

HHA being in Hershey is criminal. He outplayed both AA and LuJo by a wide margin.

 

[hb12xchamps]

My guess is HHA is in Hershey while they work on a way to move Mantha. They could even retain some of his salary to make a deal work if they needed to

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

My guess is HHA is in Hershey while they work on a way to move Mantha. They could even retain some of his salary to make a deal work if they needed to

I just don’t see anyone taking Mantha.

 

[Misery74]

I just don’t see anyone taking Mantha.

Mantha at 50% even looks like a hard sell.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Mantha at 50% even looks like a hard sell.

Agreed. That’s still a lot of money for nadda.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

I’m going with Caps won’t be as bad many believe. Of course it all depends on healthy players.

I just don’t see anyone taking Mantha.

We hope he scores 10 to 15 by the TDL and move him, maybe sooner if he show signs of scoring goals.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

I’m going with Caps won’t be as bad many believe. Of course it all depends on healthy players.



We hope he scores 10 to 15 by the TDL and move him, maybe sooner if he show signs of scoring goals.

Dude has been awful. I don’t see him scoring 10 goals, let alone being in the line-up.

 

[SherVaughn30]

I just had to start it and say it. Bedard already beat Crosby in their first ever head2head matchup! Hawks beat the Pens 4-2 in Shatsburgh!

 

[DWGie26]

The question is what will we have to pay to move him. I don’t have appetite for that. But I would retain 50%. Wonder if a team would do a conditional pick. 6th round if he scores less that 20. More than 20 or he resigns then a third. Caps retain 50%.

 

[Capitals40]

Dude has been awful. I don’t see him scoring 10 goals, let alone being in the line-up.

He hasn't been awful. He had 2 breakaways in 1 period if I remember. Yeah he didn't score. But he hasn't been awful. He has had his moments. Hasnt been great but not awful. I'm ok with him in the starting lineup and evaluate after 1st 10 games. Maybe he scores a couple of goals early and gains confidence. Where are the goals coming from on this team? We all know he has the talent.

 

[SherVaughn30]

He hasn't been awful. He had 2 breakaways in 1 period if I remember. Yeah he didn't score. But he hasn't been awful. He has had his moments. Hasnt been great but not awful. I'm ok with him in the starting lineup and evaluate after 1st 10 games. Maybe he scores a couple of goals early and gains confidence. Where are the goals coming from on this team? We all know he has the talent.

Dude has mental issues and I'm not saying he's Pejorative Slured. His hockey IQ seems to be very poor for such a talented player. If he doesn't put up points in the first 10 games of the season, then he should be scratched or maybe even sooner. Injuries do happen to teams, so maybe we can trade him to a bottom 10 team and just get a low draft pick for him. BMac should not be trying to get rid of Mantha and it costing a high pick/prospect to do so.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Man BMac must be giving Mantha one last chance because salary cap wise they could bury him in Hershey and CMM takes his place.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

He hasn't been awful. He had 2 breakaways in 1 period if I remember. Yeah he didn't score. But he hasn't been awful. He has had his moments. Hasnt been great but not awful. I'm ok with him in the starting lineup and evaluate after 1st 10 games. Maybe he scores a couple of goals early and gains confidence. Where are the goals coming from on this team? We all know he has the talent.

Over the tenure of his time with the Caps? He absolutely has been given his AAV.

 

[trick9]

Kind of odd. Hard to ask more out of HHA this preseason and Johansen struggled for most of the preseason.

Is it odd though?

Johansen seems to be getting rewarded for his performances in the AHL Playoffs last season. I don't think he actually won a long-term spot or anything here. It's just giving him a shot first because with him needing to clear the waivers it might have not worked the other way around. I think it's only a matter of time before HHA is back with the big club and before that there's just the decision to make that which one are you going to waive (or trade if it's AA).

I don't think they are blind for talent. This seems like an extended opportunity for Johansen since HHA didn't have to clear waivers to be sent down.

 

[Roshi]

Is it odd though?

Johansen seems to be getting rewarded for his performances in the AHL Playoffs last season. I don't think he actually won a long-term spot or anything here. It's just giving him a shot first because with him needing to clear the waivers it might have not worked the other way around. I think it's only a matter of time before HHA is back with the big club and before that there's just the decision to make that which one are you going to waive (or trade if it's AA).

I don't think they are blind for talent. This seems like an extended opportunity for Johansen since HHA didn't have to clear waivers to be sent down.

Its bit of a "last look" process maybe as I see it? He is 26 and about to go once again through waivers, after a pretty good AHL run last year. They have plenty of time to play HHA and AA, its a long season, but with other guys on the mix aswell (Iorio mainly) this is probably LuJo's last chance to show he belongs to NHL and org felt they wanted to give him a window.

 

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[AlexBrovechkin8]

Roster is set. No Miro or HHA. LuJo, Mantha, McMichael, Phillips all made it. Don’t think they can fit HHA under the cap which is probably why LuJo made it.

 

[Maryland17]

So who sits? Alexeyev and LuJo on D?

 

[Brian23]

So who sits? Alexeyev and LuJo on D?

If the past lines were anything to go on, Alexeyev is sitting.

Sandin - Carlson
Fehervary - Jensen
Lujo - TVR

 

[HighPlainsDrifter]

Lujo for me but he does match up better with Pit

 

[The Dude]

So who sits? Alexeyev and LuJo on D?

Only one of the 2 since Edmundson is on IR. Presumably LuJo gets the sweater for the first game based on the recent comments from the coaching staff.

 

[YippieKaey]

So two elderly injury-ridden teams with a bitter rivalry play their first game of the season against eachother on Friday the 13th.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[ClevelandCapsfan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/11/washington-capitals-playoffs/