Not really. Kundratek and Volpatti are hardly not worthy. How did we acquire Beagle? I thought we drafted him? I think we also resigned Federov, right?
Both Kundratek and Volpatti saw significant time last year, and Volpatti is still on the roster now. I didn't count players like Sabourin or Deschamps, but I thik Kundratek and Volpatti are worthy of mention.
Beagle was an undrafted free agent.
Yes, we did re-sign Fedorov. I didn't go back that far (BCF added some more to the list if you go back further).
Chimera was a miss. Knuble and Hendricks re also gone, so?
Both Knuble and Hendricks re-upped once before being let go. There are very few here who would argue that keeping either a second time would be a wise decision. Knuble was done and Hendricks had outpriced his role.
Do yourself a favour and create a list if players acquired and then let go at end of their current contracts. It's a very long list.
Odds are Grabovski leaves at end of the year, not that he stays.
You mean the guys like BMo, Hannan, Hamrlik, Wolski, Huet, and Wideman? What an elite crowd that is...
Aside of Ribeiro (who's results in Phoenix remain to be seen) and Semin (who was drafted by McPhee) hardly any of the players the Caps let walk have had success afterwards. Wideman did okay in his first year in Calgary, but he was well liked here for a little while before the realities of his defensive lapses set in. The rest of them have either bounced around on cheap contracts or completely failed to find them. Largely, the players who the Caps let walk away were done.
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