Letting Carlson walk, Signing a familiar replacement, Grubi trade

Okay I had the same idea about letting Grubauer go. But Mike Green for 4 million a little too much. 3.25 at tops. Tom Wilson that is perfect for a guy like him. But your over the cap as well so you have to leave someone like Riley Barber off the squad. I would have resigned Carlson, but again on your part good on seeing that he is way to much money for what he is worth.

I don't necessarily want the Caps to go in this direction, but made the AGM team just to see how it would look. I forgot to increase the cap from the 17-18 number so in fact there would be about 2.5m in space.

Never good to use a Chiarelli deal as a comp, but I thought of the Kris Russell 4x4 contract and figured Green is much better than him so signing the same deal would be good value. Agree that if WSH signs Green it should probably be for less than this, maybe 3.5m/3yr?

edit: Cap likely to rise from 75m to 78m

@Banks @Jarvis Wish I could delete this comment from my own thread haha. I accidentally made this new comment instead of editing my earlier one. Any chance that will be an option on the site in the future?

Overall, I like the ideas. A few tweaks.

Re-sign Kempny. 2 years, $1.5mm. Well worth it. Guy has been great on the back-end.
In turn, sending Johansen down to Hershey to get more seasoning and take on a top line role there to begin the season would be beneficial.
Cut a year or two off of Mike Green's term. 3 years $4mm sounds about right to me.
Think we can get more out of Carolina for Grubauer. Especially since it's within the division.

Good, simple moves. Keeps a good team together, and growing, with minimal change. The Hockey News predicted Green at another 3x6 as of last summer, and I agree it seems high, but if the cap hits 80 they're probably right that he will get that. That was before he made another all star appearance, but also before neck surgery, which might make trading term for a lower cap hit more questionable? I like the above deal if he's okay with it.

Pinho is waiver exempt and new. Barber will be on a new contract, has been playing in the Caps system a couple years, learning the same system, and would get claimed on waivers.

Agree with comment on Kempny, Johansen. Kempny is a much better fit in the press box than a developing, recent first round pick. Of course, so is Orpik, but only once it's been proven that Djoos can play 20 minutes a game, or they acquire someone else who can. Definitely should keep one of Kempny/Jerabek cheaply to fill in. Maybe even both, if they don't want raises.