Confirmed Signing with Link: [WSH] F Dylan Strome signs with the Capitals (1 year, $3.5M)

[Seanaconda]

So perfect replacement for Backstrom these days

If he can get ovechkin the puck effectively on the powerplay if he is put on there I think the caps should be happy. There was Noone they were going to be able to sign that would make them contenders imo, but that goal record is still achievable

 

[Voight]

Which one is the good strome?

It was supposed to be Matthew Strome but he hasn't panned out.

 

[MoeBartoli]

I’m not a Strome fan - pick one - but this is an ideal signing by the Caps. He fills an immediate need without wedding the team to him long term. Very smart move by the Caps and surprised Strome accepted a one year deal - but maybe that’s all he could find.

 

[TGWL]

It's 1 year and 3.5 million. If you think he can put up 45 points, you made a good signing. Fans here acting like Washington thinks they got Malkin.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

This guy has a golden retriever, so he's cool in my books.

 

[North Cole]

Wouldn't have minded in EDM but that's a bit too rich for us so we carry on.

I think he will do just fine in WSH.

 

[Curufinwe]

This guy has a golden retriever, so he's cool in my books.

I love all dogs, but that's like the most basic, common dog you can get.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Kinda stupid he didn't end up in Edmonton, seemed like a no brainer for both parties.
Good for Washington I guess but not expecting much

Only seemed like a no brainer to the media. In reality though, Strome is too slow to play a Woodcroft system, and he's not defensively aware enough to add anything that the Oilers are lacking. I know the popular talk was around reuniting with McDavid, but Strome isn't on the level to play top line with McDavid. He would be on Edmonton's third line, sucking it up the same way Kyle Turris did. I would have given him a chance in Edmonton, but his cap hit would have had to be so marginal that we could have buried it all in the minors if we had to, and there was never any chance he would have signed for 1.2M or whatever that number is.

 

[One Winged Angel]

This is a really good deal for Washington.

 

[Pertti]

I wanted to keep him just to keep our best offensive line together but DeBrincat trade killed that dream.

He was better last season in FO and less total off nights but he was still only O.

Honestly thought some GM would pay him lot more.

 

[RemoAZ]

Not every player is elite or even good at everything. Strome is what he is. He's a really good offensive player. So the team he's on should get the most out of that and try to limit his exposure to what he isn't good at. Isn't that called good coaching/asset management? Every time he's given an extended look in an offensive role he puts up near PPG numbers. When they drop him down, the numbers disappear. In AZ, Tippett had him on the 4th line like he did with Turris and all the young players making them hate it here. You put him on a bottom six line and you're only hurting your team not to mention destroying the player's development. Just leave him in the press box if you're going to do that.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

I love all dogs, but that's like the most basic, common dog you can get.

Maybe, but also one of the best, most silly fun dogs you can get.
How can you resist that smile!?

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

This guy has a golden retriever, so he's cool in my books.

I'm surprised that seems way too aggressive a breed for a guy like Dylan.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

He’s got a one year deal on a good team. Good opportunity for him to prove something and Laviolette won’t put up with not working defensively even if he’s producing offensively — he jettisoned Sprong for being a one dimensional player when Sprong was one of their more effective scorers.

 

[Dead Coyote]

Good practice for the team to get used to a slow center, now that Strome is there and Backstrom will be losing his legs even more.

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

No real risk I guess. Nobody was willing to even give him a 2 year deal I guess.

Maybe Strome is banking in himself and didn't want a 2 year deal…

 

[hockeydoug]

He has enough wings on the roster that won't skate away from him, that might be a plus.

Is Kuznetsov going to be okay losing a bunch of the favorable shifts he had last year? Not much point putting Strome out there without giving a significant number of those shifts from last year to Strome. He needs soft matchups, good linemates, and low competition to thrive. Good luck to the caps 5 v 5 this year. .

If the pp is in the high 40% range, things will be fine.

 

[Space umpire]

Maybe Strome is banking in himself and didn't want a 2 year deal…

LOL

 

[CapsFrontOffice]

Only seemed like a no brainer to the media. In reality though, Strome is too slow to play a Woodcroft system, and he's not defensively aware enough to add anything that the Oilers are lacking. I know the popular talk was around reuniting with McDavid, but Strome isn't on the level to play top line with McDavid. He would be on Edmonton's third line, sucking it up the same way Kyle Turris did. I would have given him a chance in Edmonton, but his cap hit would have had to be so marginal that we could have buried it all in the minors if we had to, and there was never any chance he would have signed for 1.2M or whatever that number is.

I immediately got defensive as soon as I read what you wrote but then realized that you are 100% right.

 

[featherhawk]

Which one is the good strome?

not dylan...

 

[ManofSteel55]

I immediately got defensive as soon as I read what you wrote but then realized that you are 100% right.

Thanks. I am not even trying to run down Strome. I think there are scenarios where he can be a good player in the NHL in the right scenario, I just don't think the media obsession with Strome to Edmonton made much sense.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

The Stromes have to be the worst hockey family ever.
They are all so bad.

That is a completely ignorant thing to say. Congrats.

There’s Stromes in the NHL making millions of dollars. That family obviously did something right.

 

[Coffey]

That is a completely ignorant thing to say. Congrats.

There’s Stromes in the NHL making millions of dollars. That family obviously did something right.

No fan of any team is excited when they get a Strome.

 

[HTFN]

Good practice for the team to get used to a slow center, now that Strome is there and Backstrom will be losing his legs even more.

"get used to"?

Backstrom looked like a man made out of mud last season, Strome at this point is an almost automatic improvement at even strength. The powerplay might be a different story, since Backstrom on 3/4ths of a body is still one of the best PPQBs in the league but even there he was more of a liability than he has ever been.

I love the guy, he's probably my favorite player, but Backstrom last year was both slow and without his ability to protect the puck with his base, generate leverage, counter-hit, etc. and that's realistically who they're replacing. A warm body who can do most of the same things at a discount level is a very "net neutral" outcome for them and that's just fine on a one year contract.

being a bad skater is... I don't want to say fine, but if it's just part and parcel of who you are it's workable. Backstrom last year was a ghost of a ghost.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

No fan of any team is excited when they get a Strome.

And what does that have to do with their family?