Caps resign Jay Beagle

 The Caps have resigned hard working bottom six forward Jay Beagle for 3 years and 1.75 million per year against the cap.

 I really like that they kept Beags because he had a career year last year with 10 goals and 10 assists, which if he wasn't banged up for a few games he would have probably had more. However, he is a very valuable player when it comes to faceoffs, penalty kill, and fit the Barry Trotz style of hard working hockey. I am very happy about this resigning, now they will focus on Braden Holtby, and Evgeny Kuznetsov. It will be interesting to see what they do with Marcus Johansson.


 *Another note as Hershey defensemen Patrick Wey has decided to retire because of concussion issues. Wey played a few games for the Caps, this is a good decision for him because of the head issues he has had. Best of luck on his future.

Caps round out draft by taking 3 Defensemen

 The Caps finished the 2015 draft yesterday by trying to build their future defense corp. Here is a quick look at them.


2nd Round D Jonas Siegenthaler

The Caps traded up with the New York Rangers to take Siegenthaler in the 2nd Round. Siegenthaler spent the majority of last season playing in the Swiss league under former NHL bench boss Marc Crawford. He is described as a physical two way defensemen. (Siegenthaler on left)


5th Round D Connor Hobbs

 Connor Hobbs was a member of the Regina Pats, the same team Caps prospect Chandler Stephenson played on.  Hobbs started the season with the Medicine Hat Tigers but got traded. From what I have heard is that his play declined after being trade. However, many people feel he is really a 2nd Round talent and that he will have a better season this season.


6th Round D Colby Williams

 Williams was actual the defense partner of Connor Hobbs with the Regina Pats. Williams had 41 points in 64 games with the Pats last season. He is a little older so we will see where he ends up next season has I believe he will be unable to go back to Regina.

Caps draft G Ilya Samsonov with the 22nd pick

 The Caps in fact did make a pick last night drafting goalie Ilya Samsonov who played for Metallurg in Russia and has a 3 year contract in the KHL. Samsonov is the number 1 rated goalie on the draft boards.

  Some people think it is interesting that the Caps drafted a goalie, but let's be real this is a pick for the future. Samsonov has a good upside and won't be ready for 5 to 7 years. So, don't be going around thinking this has anything to do with Braden Holtby.
  Last year for the Russian U-18 WJ he had a 2.67 goals against with a .934 save percentage, overall in 7 games in U-18 he had a 1.87 GAA and a .945 save percentage.

Caps Free Agent Update

 The Caps have been quiet leading into free agency that starts on July 1st. The Draft is tomorrow and Saturday and I will post about the newest Caps later this weekend. First here are some thing that are going on when it comes to free agency.

*First it looks like Mike Green and Eric Fehr's time in DC is done. Today news broke that both of them will test the free agent market.

*For Mike Green I saw this coming. He was make 5 plus million dollars to play and the 3rd defense pairing. With the resigning of Nate Schmidt it sealed the deal. Greenie had an up and down time in Washington and it will be weird not to see number 52 on the ice in red. What this means is we will see Nate Schmidt and Dmitry Orlov get their chances to be full time players.

*Eric Fehr is interesting I thought they might try to retain him but maybe Brian McClellan want to resign Jay Beagle and maybe use the left over money for Braden Holtby or Joel Ward. The thing holding them back on Ward is term of contract.


I will keep updates as much as possible, remember the Draft starts tomorrow night.

Caps 2015-2016 Schedule is Out!

OCTOBER

Sat, Oct. 10           New Jersey           7 p.m.

Tue, Oct. 13          San Jose                7 p.m.

Thu, Oct. 15          Chicago                 7 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 17           Carolina                7 p.m.

Tue, Oct. 20           at Calgary              9 p.m.

Thu, Oct. 22          at Vancouver         10 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 23            at Edmonton          9 p.m.

Wed, Oct. 28         Pittsburgh             8 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 30           Columbus              7 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 31            at Florida               7 p.m.

NOVEMBER

Tue, Nov. 3           at NY Rangers       7 p.m.

Thu, Nov. 5           Boston                   7 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 7            Toronto                 7 p.m.

Tue, Nov. 10         at Detroit                7:30 p.m.

Thu, Nov. 12         at Philadelphia       7 p.m.

Fri, Nov. 13          Calgary                 7 p.m.

Wed, Nov. 18        at Detroit                8 p.m.

Thu, Nov. 19         Dallas                    7 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 21          Colorado               7 p.m.

Mon, Nov. 23        Edmonton             7 p.m.

Wed, Nov. 25        Winnipeg               7 p.m.

Fri, Nov. 27          Tampa Bay           5 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 28           at Toronto              7 p.m.

DECEMBER

Thu, Dec. 3            at Montreal            7:30 p.m.

Sat, Dec. 5             at Winnipeg           3 p.m.

Tue, Dec. 8            Detroit                  7 p.m.

Thu, Dec. 10          at Florida               7:30 p.m.

Sat, Dec. 12           at TampaBay        7 p.m.

Mon, Dec. 14         at Pittsburgh           7 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 16        Ottawa                  7 p.m.

Fri, Dec. 18           Tampa Bay           7 p.m.

Sun, Dec. 20          at NY Rangers       7 p.m.

Mon, Dec. 21         at Carolina             7 p.m.

Sat, Dec. 26           Montreal               7 p.m.

Mon, Dec. 28         at Buffalo              7 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 30        Buffalo                  7 p.m.

Thu, Dec. 31          at Carolina             6 p.m.

JANUARY

Sat, Jan. 2              at Columbus          7 p.m.

Tue, Jan. 5             at Boston               7 p.m.

Thu, Jan. 7             at NY Islanders      7 p.m.

Sat, Jan. 9              at NY Rangers       1 p.m.

Sun, Jan. 10          Ottawa                  7 p.m.

Thu, Jan. 14          Vancouver            7 p.m.

Sat, Jan. 16            at Buffalo              7 p.m.

Sun, Jan. 17          NY Rangers          5 p.m.

Tue, Jan. 19           at Columbus          7 p.m.

Fri, Jan. 22           Anaheim                7 p.m.

Sun, Jan. 24          Pittsburgh             12:30 p.m.

Wed, Jan. 27         Philadelphia          8 p.m.

FEBRUARY

Tue, Feb. 2            Florida                  7 p.m.

Thu, Feb. 4            NY Islanders         7 p.m.

Sat, Feb. 6              at New Jersey        1 p.m.

Sun, Feb. 7            Philadelphia          12 p.m.

Tue, Feb. 9            at Nashville            8 p.m.

Thu, Feb. 11          at Minnesota          8 p.m.

Sat, Feb. 13            at Dallas                 8 p.m.

Tue, Feb. 16          Los Angeles          7 p.m.

Thu, Feb. 18          at NY Islanders      7 p.m.

Sat, Feb. 20           New Jersey           7 p.m.

Mon, Feb. 22         Arizona                 7 p.m.

Wed, Feb. 24         Montreal               7 p.m.

Fri, Feb. 26           Minnesota             7 p.m.

Sun, Feb. 28          at Chicago              12:30 p.m.

MARCH

Wed, March 2       Toronto                 7 p.m.

Fri, March 4         NY Rangers          7 p.m.

Sat, March 5          at Boston               7 p.m.

Mon, March 7        at Anaheim            10 p.m.

Wed, March 9        at Los Angeles       10:30 p.m.

Sat, March 12        at San Jose             10:30 p.m.

Tue, March 15      Carolina                7 p.m.

Fri, March 18       Nashville               7 p.m.

Sun, March 20       at Pittsburgh           6 p.m.

Tue, March 22       at Ottawa               7:30 p.m.

Fri, March 25         at New Jersey        7 p.m.

Sat, March 26       St. Louis                7 p.m.

Mon, March 28     Columbus              7 p.m.

Wed, March 30      at Philadelphia       8 p.m.

APRIL

Fri, April 1             at Colorado            9 p.m.

Sat, April 2            at Arizona              10 p.m.

Tue, April 5          NY Islanders         7 p.m.

Thu, April 7          Pittsburgh             7 p.m.

Sat, April 9            at St. Louis             8 p.m.

Caps resign Nate Schmidt to Two-Year Contract

 The Caps made another resigning bringing back defenseman Nate Schmidt to a two year one way contract. This paves the way for Schmidt to be a full time Cap next season. 

  It appears Schmidt and Dimitry Orlov will be slated to be the Caps third defense pair next season. In my opinion it is still unlikely that Mike Green returns. 

  Stay tuned, the Caps still have more resignings to make. First will be Holtby, Kuznesov, and Johansson. Also they would like to bring back Stan Galiev, Chris Brown, and Cameron Schilling. We will see what happens. 

Caps resign Philip Grubauer

The Caps have resigned goalie Philip Geubauer today to a two-year one-way contract. Grubauer spent most of last year with the Hershey Bears. His best moment was leading the Caps to a Game 2 win in the 1st Round against the Islanders. 

   What this means is Grubi will be Braden Holtby's backup next year. Justin Peters did not have a good season and Grubauer is ready to make the leap to the NHL. Free agency is a couple weeks away so more of these resigning a will come in. 

Caps Resign RFA Garrett Mitchell

The Caps made their first signing of the offseason. Resigning Hershey Assistant Capitain Garrett Mitchell to a two-year two way contract. 

  Also another Hershey free agent Tin Kennedy has signed with a team in the KHL. I will post about the Caps free agents soon as July 1st approaches.