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More likely I'd guess that he's an extra forward and top nine insurance but, sure, it's possible he could battle it out with Sprong and Panik for a regular spot. As-is it was looking as though Daniel Carr or Brian Pinho would be the most likely extra forward on the roster. This gives them a passable top nine talent depth option aside from McMichael.Also, he previously made it so Sprong couldn't make it on our team. So I'm glad to see him continue to do that.
More likely I'd guess that he's an extra forward and top nine insurance but, sure, it's possible he could battle it out with Sprong and Panik for a regular spot. As-is it was looking as though Daniel Carr or Brian Pinho would be the most likely extra forward on the roster. This gives them a passable top nine talent depth option aside from McMichael.
I would have held out for Athanasiou but without any assurances for a spot it might have been a tough fit. Hopefully this is a league minimum signing. If it's for $1M or more I don't know what that says about their plans for the bottom six.
Money's fine. Sheary's still relatively young at 27 but I've never been a big believer. He's not what they go for on the third line typically but perhaps this is another Laviolette call. Maybe there's more consistency compared to Sprong but that would be the case with Panik as well.
While Sprong is relatively one-dimensional so was Connolly and they managed to get him figured out. He's a worthwhile project still IMO and hopefully not altogether shelved. A little more competition was needed from a scoring standpoint, though, so this is fine. Probably hard to beat at $735k.
So assuming this is using Hank's $1.5 million, Sheary at $735,000 + Vanecek at $716,667 = $1,451,667
Actually, Novacaps is reporting:
Capitals Sign Conor Sheary To One-Year, $735,000 Contract
The Capitals now have $2,240,123 left in cap space with a need of a back-up goaltender.
I'm assuming because of the taxi squad expansion.
doesnt it include kempny ltir?