Take On Money For STL For Picks

Équipe: 2020-21 Capitals de Washington

Date de création initiale: 4 nov. 2019

Publié: 17 déc. 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Caps are set to have around $7M in cap space this summer once Holtby walks. They should use that money to take on a bad contract/s for some good picks. This way Caps can still kill it while building for the future.

STL frees up over $7M in space this summer to make room for Peity and fill in some other holes, though it will cost them. They also get a 3rd and a very underrated bottom 6 offensive forward in Boyd who deserves to be playing somewhere. Boyd at 5v5 per 60 over the last 2 seasons is 35th in points and 11th in primary assists (among players 500 minutes). He's very underrated.

Steen cost way too much but he's still an elite defensive forward, so he isn't useless. Allen is in the same boat, he's not worth $4.35M but he's still a reliable backup, which will be good for Samsonov. Though I'd rather see Vanecek behind Samsonov and send Allen down as a great #3.

Value could also be made up in form of a top prospect. It also doesn't have to be with STL, can be any team that needs to shed a contract.