Confirmed with Link: Caps sign madison bowey to 2 year deal at 1 mil per

[hockeykicker]

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[Portable Mink]

Good result. Up to you now kid.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Solid deal IMO.

 

[895]

200k more than I thought he'd get but that second year could be good value. Not gonna quibble over 200k.

 

[hockeykicker]

200k more than I thought he'd get but that second year could be good value. Not gonna quibble over 200k.

Didnt get get a 200k raise?

 

[strungout]

Hopefully he takes over that 3rd RD slot and keeps improving.

 

[895]

Didnt get get a 200k raise?

His cap hit went from 700k to 1m. Didn't think it'd go up that much.

 

[hockeykicker]

His cap hit went from 700k to 1m. Didn't think it'd go up that much.

He played 51 games in nhl last year. He wasant gonna agree to a 100k raise

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Good deal!

 

[895]

He played 51 games in nhl last year. He wasant gonna agree to a 100k raise

51 games of not looking like an NHL player.

Anyway, it's 200k. I don't really care that much.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Seems like an overpayment for our 7th Dman who didn't see the ice in the playoffs

 

[hockeykicker]

Seems like an overpayment for our 7th Dman who didn't see the ice in the playoffs

He wasn't going to take a 100k pay raise, he was already making 700k

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Zero issue with this deal. Locks up a young talent and makes him easy to move if needed at least from my perspective.

 

[hockeykicker]

Zero issue with this deal. Locks up a young talent and makes him easy to move if needed at least from my perspective.

and he is still an rfa after this deal is done

 

[Sam Spade]

Pretty much what most of said he would get. See being a GM isn't that hard.

I like Bowey have been following his career since the day the Caps drafted him but if Johansen beats either he or Djoos out in camp so be it.

Seems like an overpayment for our 7th Dman who didn't see the ice in the playoffs

You should take a look around the NHL if you think that. Having Bowey's 700k as a backup was a luxury.

 

[AtNightWeFly]

He was pretty bad although he got better as time went on but still bad. I don't wanna blame BO but maybe they just didn't match.

 

[HTFN]

It's a good signing but I don't think that extra money is going to be able to put a new brain between his ears.

 

[442]

Orlov is still searching for his and we tolerate it .... give the kid a chance.

 

[Hivemind]

He wasn't going to take a 100k pay raise, he was already making 700k

What leverage did he have? Threatening to hold out or play in Europe? He wasn't arbitration eligible, and even if he was, arbitration wasn't likely to be kind to him.

Ben Harpur is the same draft class as Bowey, with 52 NHL GP and just signed a 2 x $725K deal
Jake Dotchin is a year older than Bowey, but had a fairly similar year (if not slightly better) and is on a 2 x $812K deal
Joel Edmundson was coming off a season with 67 regular season games and 16 playoff games when he signed his 2 x $1.05M deal with St. Louis.

I guess we'll see what the deals for guys like Hagg, Santini, and Weegar end up being, but right now this seems like they're paying for the 2nd year of the deal and his draft position more than anything he's accomplish on NHL ice to date.

 

[hockeykicker]

What leverage did he have? Threatening to hold out or play in Europe? He wasn't arbitration eligible, and even if he was, arbitration wasn't likely to be kind to him.

Ben Harpur is the same draft class as Bowey, with 52 NHL GP and just signed a 2 x $725K deal
Jake Dotchin is a year older than Bowey, but had a fairly similar year (if not slightly better) and is on a 2 x $812K deal
Joel Edmundson was coming off a season with 67 regular season games and 16 playoff games when he signed his 2 x $1.05M deal with St. Louis.

I guess we'll see what the deals for guys like Hagg, Santini, and Weegar end up being, but right now this seems like they're paying for the 2nd year of the deal and his draft position more than anything he's accomplish on NHL ice to date.

actually i was wrong. bowey was making 902k last few years but the cap hit was 700k. so he had to go up, he went up 98k

 

[SherVaughn30]

I haven't liked any part of Bowey's game in the 51 games he played. He didn't look ready for the NHL at all. He should have done more development time with Hershey. Frankly I think re-signing Jerabek would have been better than re-signing Bowey. Right now Bowey looks like somewhat of a bust.

 

[895]

actually i was wrong. bowey was making 902k last few years but the cap hit was 700k. so he had to go up, he went up 98k

Pretty unlikely he hit his bonuses.

 

[RandyHolt]

Here's the thing with Bowey. They committed to him cutting his teeth last year. And then he got to watch and learn proper what he was doing wrong, and bonus points for how to win a cup. So I think its safe to think this past year was a great learning experience for him.

It just looked like the speed of the NHL forwards was a bit much for him. He may need work on his positioning, but his pivots and skating look fine. He had that deer in the headlights thing. It's ok, Orlov still does too at times.

What I want to see? Aggressiveness. When he is failing to match the speed of NHL forwards blowing by him, eventually he could try to hit them. At least make the forward think for next shift. Being aggressive will bump up his compete level. Play angry and I think you will see he has no problems with that little punk forward trying to wide on him.

Since Orpik is gone we can say he was dragging Bowey down

 

[Hivemind]

actually i was wrong. bowey was making 902k last few years but the cap hit was 700k. so he had to go up, he went up 98k

That $902K value is with full performance bonuses. His base salary last season was $750K, and he didn't even get all of it because he spent a chunk of the year in the AHL making $70K.

Him getting a one-way deal would have already constituted a rather significant effective raise of his previous contract. Nathan Walker didn't get a one-way deal.

And he didn't "have to go up." This wasn't salary arbitration.

 

[Silky mitts]

It’s hard to evaluate Bowey because Carlson props everybody up, Djoos looked a year more advanced than Bowey but he’s a year older