As a fellow caps fan, it's ridiculous how different this Free Agency has been played by GMBM. That Vegas room must have worked, he's been absolutely smoking the market. A+ off season for the Caps even if he makes no more moves.
Looked into the cap stuff earlier. They just assigned Backstrom to "offseason LTIR," apparently, meaning Caps are under the 10% cushion. A doctor verifies he won't play for at least 10 games/24 days from when season starts and you get offseason cap relief. When season starts, both can formally hit LTIR, and no moves will actually be required.
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As a fellow caps fan, it's ridiculous how different this Free Agency has been played by GMBM. That Vegas room must have worked, he's been absolutely smoking the market. A+ off season for the Caps even if he makes no more moves.
Looked into the cap stuff earlier. They just assigned Backstrom to "offseason LTIR," apparently, meaning Caps are under the 10% cushion. A doctor verifies he won't play for at least 10 games/24 days from when season starts and you get offseason cap relief. When season starts, both can formally hit LTIR, and no moves will actually be required.