CapitalsCupReality
It’s Go Time!!
- Feb 27, 2002
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Seriously, to go from $700k to $3.4 million, while Sammy went from $925k to $2 million and then down to $1.8 million. Talk about an inflated goalie market as Vitek hasn't even become that label of a young #1 yet(which he'll never be).Vv getting a 5x bigger contract than Sammy is hilarious.
It's about right though. You're always paying for potential with these guys and VV has been alright and has gotten better over the last couple of years, although maybe not significantly so. Sammy just keeps getting worse.Vv getting a 5x bigger contract than Sammy is hilarious.
And he's now playing in one of the biggest markets in the league. Albeit as a backup but you'd have to think it Murray shits the bed (very likely) then Samsonov will be given some quality starts and the pressure will be immense. He didn't rise to the occasion in Washington so I can't imagine he'll do so with an even bigger spotlight on him.It's about right though. You're always paying for potential with these guys and VV has been alright and has gotten better over the last couple of years, although maybe not significantly so. Sammy just keeps getting worse.
Why?Vv getting a 5x bigger contract than Sammy is hilarious.
Agree but the NHL salary cap is a B. Our new backup at 1/3 the price was the right moveI always liked VV and would have loved to keep him as a solid backup but things are probably better this way.
Agree but the NHL salary cap is a B. Our new backup at 1/3 the price was the right move
Ouch. Huge ouch. About the only player the Caps could move for him, would be Mantha (or Wilson, but no thanks to that). Oshie isn’t going to move the needle, and obv neither will Eller.
Can not trade from the D (Orlov would get it done), as the team is forward heavy as it is right now.
Mantha plus what for Tkachuk? How big a plus?
Both for sure.McMichael or Lappiere would have to go too
I vote we change the thread title to Free Agent Snoozing.Caps signed Gabriel Carlsson to a one year two-way 750k deal. Frenzy indeed.
This season's version of Dennis Cholowski.Caps signed Gabriel Carlsson to a one year two-way 750k deal. Frenzy indeed.