The caps have done a good job of not tanking. Tj oshie is probably medical retired

@willflint5014

13 күн бұрын

And we sold at the last two deadlines :)

The Caps might have the most stacked, young d-core, and goalie tandem. Carlson, Roy, Chykrun, Fehrevary, Sandin, Alexeyev, TVR Carlson and TVR are the only ones over 30.

@hillardschlachman6610

13 күн бұрын

TVR inconsistent and will probably be gone one way or another

TJ will not be coming back, injuries have piled up :(

@INMATEofARKHAM

14 күн бұрын

This. Wirh the way they've spent, I have to agree. 😢

@cheddarandsourcream

13 күн бұрын

Ya he’s a case of genuine ltir his back is mangled and he’s been fighting it for a few seasons now. Hes a warrior and a legend of the franchise his work ethic will be missed.

Great coverage of the Caps guys!

Oshie is most likely going on LTIR. Guy couldnt get out of bed some days. And he has said unless he can get some kind of guarantee he will be painfree next season he wont play, and they have tried everything allready.

I feel like the Caps off season and FA moves are low key amazing, maybe the best in the league at what their goal was: on the fly retool to stay competitive with a badly aging super star captain

idk how Ottawa made that trade but I ain't complaining. I think this confirms the Caps are not anticipating Oshie being back. TVR, Bear, and Milano are all potential cap casualties though

@xoanone

14 күн бұрын

not milano probably, he's a very solid 3rd liner who can fetch us some points here and there. we need either tvr or bear to be a 3rd D, but one of em will probably go

@jkliao6486

14 күн бұрын

If TJ is on LTIR, which he will be the moment we traded for Mangiapane, we are under the cap.

@Unsc-gq2rt15

13 күн бұрын

I hope they can trade one of our dman and maybe trade shepherd and in return get some picks or younger foward.

The caps have been drafting and developing super well and GMBM is very good at retooling. Ovechkin breaking the record and retiring is coming up and it lines up well with the youths age curve.

imagine capfriendly gave them some moneyball insight into right catching goalies

@jeffe2267

13 күн бұрын

market inefficiency moment

and also having Hunter Shepard who has won at every level including last 2 Calder Cups, Clay Stevenson who set rookie record for Hershey in shutouts and a sub 2 GAA, Caps are super deep in goal and have many good pieces in the prospect cupboard with more OTW

Oshie is gonna be LTIR

This is the last swing. If it doesn't work, it will be a rebuild. But I think it's a promising swing.

Thanks for covering all the Caps moves. It's been said, but Oshie LTIR retirement is likely. After all of today's moves, the Caps have a little less than $1m in space with both of those guys on LTIR in theory. This is likely the squad unless we get a good trade offer for a D, but GMBM typically stacks most of the healthy scratches on D. If there are any injury issues on D (happened a fair bit last year), we're pretty much ready for it.

The Metro is always tough. They do look more solid now while preserving a future so maybe Ovi can wrap up his career with a bow on top and the team won't look dead without him.

Nick Jensen was ranked in bottom 15 of all defensemen in entire league in an important metric

Go Caps! Love the moves and lets go Ovie!

When Steve brought up the fact both Charlie Lindgren and Logan Thompson are right handed I got a little too excited for that basically nothing fun fact

Sens have a new GM, and his problem was he really needed to get rid of Chychrun. He was their 4th most important D man last season. Mkt could actually get worse. And someone is going to pay him $8mil long term as UFA after this season.

TJ Oshie will be on LTIR this year to solve their cap problems. Sucks that he's done though

Stop it. Spencer Carberry was on loan til Laviolette was out.

Great moves by the caps. Im lookin at preds and kraken to be scary good. But also chicago to be leveling up on getting new players around bedard. Maybe playoffs

Ryan Leonard...

@hillardschlachman6610

13 күн бұрын

Said he is staying in college so hope he changes his mind .

Of course we’re not dead

Yeah its probably good for Ottawa to shed Chychrun. Hes a good player but they dont really fit for him. He wants to be a top line guy not a 3/4 D, and costs too much to be that.

Common ottawa L

2:40. Caps fan. Hendrix LaPierre was at no point the #1 center. Strome was.

@dmonsef

12 күн бұрын

Long term, HL has the much higher upside. Strome on most good teams would be a 2C.

@rburkoutdoors247

5 күн бұрын

@@dmonsef agreed

Yeah the wrap about how tough the Metro going to be is really sobering for this Caps fan, haha. Can Charlie “Outlaw” continue his great performance a second season? Will our young core make positive strides, and will a beefed up defense lead to more goals? I say this bc I’m not seeing an obvious solution to our poor scoring problem unless these new D’s both put more pucks in net AND push more pucks forward on breakaways.

BMac is cooking! Wasn't expecting all those moves. D-core is solidified.

Great moves--I hope we retain Milano. TVR can go.

Carberry coached in hershey before toronto

Mal- n- STINE

could still use scoring?

As a Caps fan, I never understand why right hand defense men are rare products in the league. This team has been pairing 2 RD for a long time, and TVR has been playing on that left side since he joined us a few years ago.

@mikeb.2925

14 күн бұрын

Depending on how you were taught growing up, but MOST hockey schools/coaches/countries will have your dominant hand on the top end of the stick. So a right handed Dman or right shot, will have his left hand at the top of the stick which means they're likely left hand dominant. This allows for more control on your stick when you extend with only one hand. If you consider how much of the population is left handed vs right, you can understand why they're rare.

@jkliao6486

13 күн бұрын

@@mikeb.2925 Why would you have the dominant hand at the top of the stick? I would have thought it's the other way around so that you have better control of your stick with your dominant hand down low.

@dmonsef

12 күн бұрын

@@jkliao6486 As a player I shoot left-handed as I'm stronger with my right-hand. For a left-handed shooter, your left hand is a place holder/guide for your stick. Your right hand is what gives your power and control of the puck. Also, playing the left shot/left-side or right shot/right-side, gives you better ability to collect or shoot pucks off the boards.

@jkliao6486

12 күн бұрын

@@dmonsef Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it give the shot more power if you are right-handed and hold your stick to your right? Unless that means shoot left-handed, in that case I'm just extremely poor at these terminology. I say this because while I've never played hockey, I have played field hockey with my friends, and it's just so awkward if I were to hold my stick to the left as a right-handed person, same with baseball or anything requires double hand wielding of a bat.

@dmonsef

12 күн бұрын

@@jkliao6486 For a slap shot yes. Sorry to forgotten to mention that. If I take a slapshot I have a lot more control shooting left-handed, but more power/less control shooting right-handed. I'm a bit ambidextrous, as I can play goalie(my main position) with the stick/glove in either hand(referred to catching left-handed or catching right-handed).

Washington should sign Filip Zadina on a one year deal,

Wonder if Ryan Leonard makes the team this season?

@mikeb.2925

14 күн бұрын

Caps GM has said if Leonard wants to turn pro, they would make room for him. That he was NHL ready out of the draft per Caps GM. But they're leaving the decision to Leonard who has said he wants to return to college for an additional year. So as of now, the earliest he will join the team is April. But things could always change.

TJ will be on LTIR and maybe be back in playoffs if they makr it.

Oshie won't play. He's going on LTIR

Caps are still bad

@OSUbeatsmich

9 күн бұрын

So they made the playoffs last year, and only got better… in what world are they bad? Or are you just snooty rangers fan/salty red wings fan 🤣

mid gains

Pierre-Luc Dubois is not good

News flash, Crapitals are still bad. Stop pumping the tires. A depleted Penguins team will beat them in the season series. So please.

@GreekboyyD

13 күн бұрын

Both teams are crap but the Pens couldn't even get past the Capitals in the standings last season. It's gonna be a brutal season for the Pens this year. Poor Sid being stuck on that team now.

@GMJM23

13 күн бұрын

hahahahaha dream on flightless birds

@Unsc-gq2rt15

13 күн бұрын

Lmao atleast the caps have been getting younger and retooling for prospects unlike the pens that keep on buying and missing playoffs

@GreekboyyD

13 күн бұрын

@@Unsc-gq2rt15 Ya. I don't get what the Pens have been doing. Dubas is a complete tool.

@waynethera2712

10 күн бұрын

How did the Norris trophy winning Karlsson work out for ya? Not good I recall, also I do believe the Caps won the season series last year.