2023-24 Washington Capitals Thread

[PleaseBlitz]

Ugh. Cmon Kuzy. 

[mammajamma]

geez. dude has a major maturity issue

[Cooleyfan1993]

lol this girl i follow on twitter said “the past 3 weeks have been so exhausting as a caps fan”. 
 

uhhh.....yeah......constant winning. I can see how that would be frustrating 😂😂😂

[mammajamma]

 

 

 

lol..

[max21]

Embarrassing, I would legit be embarrassed if I was a NYR fan. 

If you don’t like Wilson, do something about it on the ice. 

[ixcuincle]

5 hours ago, mammajamma said:

it has to be the #1 nhl theme on twitter. every single time he has a hard check on someone, it erupts with people saying to kick him out of the league. its gotten old

 

if DOPS thinks it didnt warrant him getting suspended, it definitely didn't

there was a hit on kuraly people were so mad about even Cassidy had to say it was clean and that he didn't do anything wrong

 

the bandwagon against him is so strong it's pathetic

[Springfield]

NYR are a bunch of *******. **** them

[ixcuincle]

2 hours ago, Cooleyfan1993 said:

lol this girl i follow on twitter said “the past 3 weeks have been so exhausting as a caps fan”. 
 

uhhh.....yeah......constant winning. I can see how that would be frustrating 😂😂😂

It's the league conspiring against you. I've argued with other fanbases ALL day today (got some work in too! lol) but yeah. Just arguing with them all day, one of them threatened me like HOW DARE YOU BRING UP SANDY BRO MY FAMILY WAS IN SANDY APOLOGIZE, APOLOGIZE RIGHT NOW

 

All I said is that yall NYers are supposed to be tough AF but then when a fight breaks out you all cry on social media for "justice" lmao. Justice was served, the Caps got let off. This is not some kind of huge ethical outrage here. Smh

 

I seriously don't know when NYers became so soft man. Maybe it's only about their teams. You hurt one of their players you're the worst person ever and they're just gonna **** and moan about it. I mean in the draft they just boo every one the Knicks or Jets ****ing pick. Maybe they weren't so strong after all.

[mammajamma]

it's not even a toughness/softness issue. person 1 jumped on person 2's back, then person 2 threw person 1 off of their back.. say that about any other game and nobody would care. add Tom's name... absolute twitter meltdown

[Springfield]

NYR called it a “horrifying act of violence”. What a joke.

[SkinsFanRob]

I didnt see anything posted in-between all the Willy news but Oshies dad passed away today. Thats why he didnt play yesterday. very sad.

[Kurd Cudins]

I think we expose Kuzy in the expansion draft. We've been done with him for a few years now, and it's just time. He needs to be somewhere else.

[SkinsFanRob]

14 minutes ago, Kurd Cudins said:

I think we expose Kuzy in the expansion draft. We've been done with him for a few years now, and it's just time. He needs to be somewhere else.

 

Crazy though. He had such a magical run in the stanley cup. Easily thought he could have won the Conn smythe over Ovi. Maybe the booger sugar was the difference maker.

[Springfield]

Moving Kuzy gives a chance for McMichael to show up finally.

 

Also yeah. Real sad to hear about Oshie’s dad. At least he got to see Osh win a cup. The boy did his dad proud.

[tshile]

The horrifying act of violence is being a pro athlete that gets the jump on someone else, literally jumping on their back, and still getting thrown around like a little ****

 

 

[c slag]

57 minutes ago, SkinsFanRob said:

 

Crazy though. He had such a magical run in the stanley cup. Easily thought he could have won the Conn smythe over Ovi. Maybe the booger sugar was the difference maker.

Capitals are going to need that Kuznetsov to show up, if they are planning on making a deep playoff run 

Does he still have enough left in his tank to produce it?

[Hersh]

Y'all are going a little overboard with Kuzy. Caps aren't going to give him away or let Seattle take him. Dude would return a lot in a trade. 

[mammajamma]

1 hour ago, Hersh said:

Y'all are going a little overboard with Kuzy. Caps aren't going to give him away or let Seattle take him. Dude would return a lot in a trade. 

who do you expect Seattle to get from us?

[skinsmarydu]

[Hersh]

6 hours ago, mammajamma said:

who do you expect Seattle to get from us?

Someone on defense. Can only pick three to protect which will leave some good options for them. 

[Kurd Cudins]

8 hours ago, Hersh said:

Y'all are going a little overboard with Kuzy. Caps aren't going to give him away or let Seattle take him. Dude would return a lot in a trade. 

Exactly what do you think he would get in a trade? I think you're grossly overvaluing him if its anything more than a late round pick.

[Hersh]

6 minutes ago, Kurd Cudins said:

Exactly what do you think he would get in a trade? I think you're grossly overvaluing him if its anything more than a late round pick.

 

LOL, come on now. Maybe if it was a straight salary dump on a rebuilding team but that's not what this is. Kuzy is still only 28. He's got 418 points in 520 games. He is a top-6 guy that could've, maybe should've won the Conn Smythe. A team isn't gonna give away a player under control for the next 4 years at a reasonable price tag. 

 

Teams give up 1st round picks for rentals at the trade deadline. Kuzy is very good player that isn't a rental. 

from prohockeyrumors:

While a season like this doesn’t help his value, it’s once again a quiet UFA market in terms of impact centers so there would certainly be plenty of interest in Kuznetsov’s services, even though he carries a $7.8MM AAV through 2024-25 and a 15-team no-trade clause at a time where cap space will be limited for many teams.

[Warhead36]

I'm not trading a guy like Kuzy while we're still in a Stanley Cup window.

[capcrunch98]

NHL teams don't dump top-6 forwards (with top-3 talent) for nothing unless they really cross the line.  As frustrating as Kuzy has been the past few years, he hasn't done that yet IMO.  For a team in win-now mode to drop a guy with his talent level for a minimal return would be insane.  GMBM should absolutely be listening to offers on him (as I'm sure he has), but if the return isn't fair he needs to be kept.  And BTW, any general manager in hockey would gamble a lot more than a "late round pick" for a player like him.

[Hersh]

13 minutes ago, Warhead36 said:

I'm not trading a guy like Kuzy while we're still in a Stanley Cup window.

 

Depends what the return would be. Maybe there are other teams looking to shake up their top-6 or teams looking to rebuild and a solid three team trade can return a player that could slot right in his spot. Generally though I agree and you aren't trading him just for picks without a way to fill that spot.