Does Mike Green want to re-sign with the Washington Capitals? Could they re-sign recently-acquired winger Curtis Glencross?
Is this Mike Green’s final season with the Capitals?
NBC SPORTS: James O’Brien cites a recent interview Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green gave to the Capitals blog Russian Machine Never Breaks indicating his heart “is in Washington. It always will be until something else happens. My focus is here.” Green is an unrestricted free agent this summer and he’s coming off a healthy and productive season. O’Brien points out, however, re-signing Green could be expensive. The Capitals have over $20 million invested in defensemen Matt Niskanen, Brooks Orpik, John Carlson, Karl Alzner and Dmitry Orlov next season. Green is coming off a contract paying him over $6 million annually. The Capitals must also re-sign RFA goaltender Braden Holtby.
CSNWASHINGTON.COM: Chuck Gormley recently responded to a reader’s question asking if the Capitals might re-sign recently-acquired left winger Curtis Glencross, who’s an unrestricted free agent this summer. Glencross’ performance is a pleasant surprise to Gormley, who speculates the 32-year-old winger (earning $2.5 million this season) could seek a three-year deal which takes him into retirement. It will depend also upon how Glencross and his family adjusts to life in Washington and the Capitals’ depth on left wing.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: The Capitals currently have over $47.8 million invested in 12 players next season. Assuming the salary cap reaches the league’s latest projection of $71.5 million for 2015-16, they’ll have roughly $23.7 million in cap space. Assuming Green is willing to accept a pay cut to, say, $5 million annually and Glencross accepts $3.5 million annually, that’ll leave them with $15.2 million to re-sign Holtby (who’ll be due a big raise after his performance this season), fellow RFAs Marcus Johanssen, Evgeni Kuznetsov and Philipp Grubauer, as well as to replace or re-sign pending UFAs Joel Ward, Eric Fehr, Jay Beagle, John Erskine and Tim Gleason. Put simply, regardless of how well they play over the remainder of this season, it’s doubtful Green and Glencross will be re-signed by the Capitals.
I believe Sparky Anderson once said he would like to have a bunch of players in the last year of their contracts. When the season began, I never thought we would talking about Green being back in Washington next year. It is possible?
Not with all the money tied up in the other d-men. I think the Caps made the decision last season that Green wouldn’t be back after this season.
Green won’t and shouldn’t be back, too casual in his own zone and even though the fancy stat people love him, they have other needs as their defense is pretty good now.
Of the UFA D this summer the best by far is Green, still just 29 years of age, solidly built and a point-producer who will at tract the most interest – and he won’t come cheap. Franson, 27, is likely # 2 among UFA D and it will be interesting to see if Nashville opens the vaults to keep him long term. After that it drops off drastically with Beauchemin, a minute-eater in Anaheim, going to be 35 when next season rolls around, Martin 34 and Ehrhoff 32 in Pittsburgh. Te Pens may re-sign one – but not both.
If Franson continues the way he has in Smashville there will be no deal there…Leafs did good.
Franson is playing 3rd pairing minutes (not bad really just no power play time now that Ellis has returned) and Santorelli has been a car wreck there. That first round pick just keeps getting higher, and Liepsic continues developing pretty well for the Marlies.
Liepsic will be a 4th liner-maybe a poor 3rd liner at best for the leafs
Whats Santorelli? Rather have guy with potential (42 points in just over 50 games) who is pesty and still has 3 years of an ELC. No saying youre not right, but that trade looks better and better.
shticky quit using ahl stats they are meaningless! Hammond had horrible numbers in the ahl look what he is doing! it is a different league all together so many players have been outstanding in the ahl and done nothing in the nhl!
Blah blah blah stats sare meaningless says the guy who sat here and rhymed off Prices stats yesterday…clown they keep stats for a reason.
The Preds r playoff bound n playing time is hard time to get.
Lots of ice time to audition for in Toronto. So far looks like nobody wants it.
Hmmm no love for the Caps or Mike Green, it seems.
Well, Caps fans have lots of love for Green. With Holtby up for a big pay increase, it becomes harder to fit in all the other RFAs and UFAs. Green would have to resign at a discount relative to what he could get as a UFA as he is currently used in a third pairing / PP specialist role.
Caps just have too much tied up in the other guys to pay Green, doesn’t matter if he’s worth it or not. I think Mike Green has done well in Washington, it’s just time to move on. Just like what Belichek does in New England – Green’s usefulness in Washington is at it’s end.
The Nashville pick does not matter where it finishes in the standings it’s where it is mocked out of the playoffs the earlier the better.
That only changes the last 4 picks… as long as your knocked out before the conference finals its based on standings
I believe the picks are done like this
Stanley cup champion gets the 30th, runner up the 29th
The conference champions get 28th and 27th
The Devision champions then get the next few based on who has the better record. (perhaps pertaining to their division alone. I am not sure)
The final draft positions of playoff teams are determined by when they are eliminated.
Then as we know the 14 none playoff teams are slotted in depended upon where they finished in the season.
With the lottery winner of that group of 14 catapulting to the number 1 spot.
Correct me if I am wrong.
I think your correct Darcy. The final playoff position teams may very well be slotted in the draft based on how they finished in the season.
Santorelli came to play every night..prolly why discarded. Late 1st is not going to replace Franson. Possible but time will tell. Liepsic had better be good or deal was a bust. Going to be a painful for a few years at least.
Not this year. This year the Cup champion will be 29th. New Jersey, who originally was supposed to forfeit a 1st round pick for their Kovalchuk deal, is getting the 30th pick this season. Bettman loves him some Louie L.
That was last draft n 31st pick.
This year its the 37th pick.