Caps sign Ryan Potulny
He's going to the Bears
Marco Sturm signs with the Canucks
Known for a while he wouldn't be coming back, good to see him on him land somewhere he'll get ice time.
Caps sign Roman Hamrlik to a 2 year contract at $3.5 million per season
Hamrlik is a great defensive defenseman that can also put up points. With his signing, look for either Schultz or Poti to be traded. The Hamrlik signing is really good because it gives the Caps a true shutdown defenseman that can play against the top lines. Will we see him paired with Mike Green or Dennis Wideman?
Caps sign Joel Ward to a 4 year contract at $3 million per season
Joel Ward is a big tough winger that could be playing on the Caps third or fourth line depending on how the off-season progresses. He had 10 goals and 19 assists for a decent 29 points in the regular season, and he's not afraid to throw it down, but what really shocked people was his 7 goals and 6 assists in 12 playoffs games this past postseason. It could just be the beginning of things to come
Capitals deal Semyon Varlamov to Colorado for a first-round pick and a second round pick in either 2012 or 2013.
This is getting max value for a guy who we don't know whether he'll be in the NHL next season or not. It's unfortunate that he couldn't stick with the Caps, but he demanded too much money from a guy who has been injured way too many times. Not only that, I love the trade because Colorado could once again be a lottery picking team and I am gushing at the prospect of the Caps having a top-5 pick next season.
Boyd Gordon signs with Phoenix Coyotes: 2 years, $1.325 million per year
We've lost a guy that won us a lot of faceoffs, but that is the void Halpren is expected to fill. Wish him the best of luck and hopefully, it doesn't come back to bite us.
Caps sign C Jeff Halpren to a one-year deal for $825,000
The former captain has finally come back home. Halpren is a center who does PK and will most likely center the fourth line for us, although he can score, he can also play solid defense. He's our replacement to Boyd Gordon and it cost us $500,00 less than it would to keep Boyd.
Here's a look at the salary cap right now:
As you can see, there's still some wiggle-room. Also Braden Holtby's contract is going to be $637,777 next season. The Capitals still need to sign Troy Brouwer and Karl Alzner and with that, some players are going to be gone. D.J. King is going to be gone because the Capitals don't need him as evidenced last season. Also, Jay Beagle is not going to stay on the roster, odds are he's going back to Hershey, getting traded, or bought out. Right now, assuming the Caps sign Alzner and Brouwer and I think that Poti is going to be gone, I think the lines will look like this
Ovechkin - Backstrom - Knuble
Semin - Laich - Brouwer
Chimera - Johansson - Fehr
Ward - Halpren - Hendricks
Green - Hamrlik
Wideman - Schultz
Carlson - Alzner
Neuvirth
The Caps most certainly will be making a trade at sometime in the near future, just a matter of who goes where and what comes back...
| Name | Cap Hit |
| Forwards (13) | |
| Alexander Ovechkin | $9,538,462 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | $6,700,000 |
| Alexander Semin | $6,700,000 |
| Brooks Laich | $4,500,000 |
| Joel Ward | $3,000,000 |
| Eric Fehr | $2,200,000 |
| Mike Knuble | $2,000,000 |
| Jason Chimera | $1,875,000 |
| Marcus Johansson | $900,000 |
| Matt Hendricks | $825,000 |
| Jeff Halpren | $825,000 |
| D.J. King | $637,500 |
| Jay Beagle | $512,500 |
| $40,213,462 | |
| Defensemen (7) | |
| Mike Green | $5,250,000 |
| Dennis Wideman | $3,937,500 |
| Roman Hamrlik | $3,500,000 |
| Tom Poti | $2,875,000 |
| Jeff Schultz | $2,750,000 |
| John Erskine | $1,500,000 |
| John Carlson | $845,833 |
| $20,658,333 | |
| Goaltenders (1) | |
| Michal Neuvirth | $1,150,000 |
| Buyout | |
| Tyler Sloan | $233,333 |
| TOTAL | $62,255,128 |
| Cap Room Left | $2,044,872 |
As you can see, there's still some wiggle-room. Also Braden Holtby's contract is going to be $637,777 next season. The Capitals still need to sign Troy Brouwer and Karl Alzner and with that, some players are going to be gone. D.J. King is going to be gone because the Capitals don't need him as evidenced last season. Also, Jay Beagle is not going to stay on the roster, odds are he's going back to Hershey, getting traded, or bought out. Right now, assuming the Caps sign Alzner and Brouwer and I think that Poti is going to be gone, I think the lines will look like this
Ovechkin - Backstrom - Knuble
Semin - Laich - Brouwer
Chimera - Johansson - Fehr
Ward - Halpren - Hendricks
Green - Hamrlik
Wideman - Schultz
Carlson - Alzner
Neuvirth
The Caps most certainly will be making a trade at sometime in the near future, just a matter of who goes where and what comes back...
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