Sadness

Équipe: 2023-24 Capitals de Washington

Date de création initiale: 6 nov. 2023

Publié: 6 nov. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

So news today pretty much confirms what I thought and most people thought in regards to Backstrom. Again, this sucks. Highly doubt we see him next year either. If he couldn't handle this season idk how he's supposed to next year even with rest and I assume some form of rehab, plus he's gonna be 37 by the end of November next year.

Backstrom eventually going on LTIR does mean they should get enough relief to add Pacioretty and Edmundson to the lineup with cap space to spare. But it's not like that extra space does anything else for them, they aren't in a position to use assets to add. The roster just isn't good enough to keep pace with the rest of the east.