Confirmed with Link: Carlson is back 8 years x 8 mil

[HeyMattyB]

Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun
Carlson has $2 million in signing bonus money for 2020-21 and another $2 million for 2022-23, the potential lockout seasons. Likely not as much as agent Rick Curran would have wanted for those 2 years but the same as Oshie/Kuznetsov also got for those 2 same years ($2 M SB)

 

[usiel]

Awesome. Congrats on the payday greatest american hero.

 

[Hivemind]

Now the real question... does it include a NMC or NTC?

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I predicted 8x8 it will be a good contract in 4 seasons

 

[maacoshark]

Not sure I follow. The rumor before was $60M over 8. So it went up $500K a year because of OEL? BFD.

That OEL contract is a joke. Might be the most overrated dman in the league.

 

[BiPolar Caps]

21.2 cap space now available
8 for Carlson - check
4 for Wilson
2.5 for Kempny
2.25 for Beagle
1.25 for DSP
.9 for Bowey
.7 for Boyd
1.5 for Orpik

 

[Holtbyisms]

Awesome news!!!! Glad it stayed at 8 per year and didn't push north like it would have on the open market.

 

[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

We have been bang-on with our estimate for weeks now. Now Wilson and Kempny. Then the bottom-6ers.

 

[hockeykicker]

Feel like i was probably right in the other thread. Caps were probably at 7.5 mil. He got the extra 500k by "talking" to other teams

 

[VaCaps Fan]

GMBM!

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Beagle can go to the Canucks he's not worth 2.5

 

[Corby78]

Been checking every hour since the draft it seems like. Great news!!!! Very happy with this, little steep right now but this going to be a good contract in about two years and we now have a top 2 for the long haul

 

[Roughing]

Most of us called 8x8 months ago. Great.

Now get Willy and Kempny back.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

So the Stanley Cup Champs are bringing back their top 9 forwards and top 4 defensemen (hopefully). Not too shabby.

Edit: Forgot about Kempny...

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Also Orpik should sign with us for league min if he's getting bought out money

 

[Cush]

Once again, the local beat reporters are beaten to the punch

 

[Hivemind]

So the Stanley Cup Champs are bringing back their top 9 forwards and top 4 defensemen. Not too shabby.

Kempny hasn't signed yet and just rejected the Capitals' latest offer

 

[third man in]

8 is pretty fair but it is what most have been saying for a while now. I was expecting his agent to push for the OEL contract but this is almost best case scenario. I didn't see him signing for less than 8 after the cup run. Good job getting it done, BMac is on top of things.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Local confirmation

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Feel like i was probably right in the other thread. Caps were probably at 7.5 mil. He got the extra 500k by "talking" to other teams

Yep, $7.5 was always my #.

 

[Roughing]

So the Stanley Cup Champs are bringing back their top 9 forwards and top 4 defensemen. Not too shabby.

...and upgrading the head coach.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Kempny hasn't signed yet and just rejected the Capitals' latest offer

Brain fart. Too much sun today.

 

[Portable Mink]

How does Bob and Elliot get wind of this before our beats.... sucks for them.

Stoked with this. What we all expected. Woulda got 9 open market so yes, a discount of sorts but the extra year.

Next up: Willy.

 

[Holtbyisms]

Kempny hasn't signed yet and just rejected the Capitals' latest offer

Source?

 

[hockeykicker]

Once again, the local beat reporters are beaten to the punch

Fwiw, no beat writer broke the oshie deal, the oshie trade, the orpik trade etc before the capitals twitter announced it. Shows gmbm is really tight lipped