Pokecheque wrote:
E.L. wrote:
TJ Oshie needs to retire. He said a broken hand was a hangnail compared to his chronic back pain, and that his back is so bad he's "usually on the floor peeing into water bottles.”
It sounds bad!
Yeah he needs to hang them up. There's literally nothing more to prove. He's got his ring and silver stick.
Caps will likely try and load up just enough to get Ovie his record and then blow it up. Gonna be very interesting to see how they handle the offseason, even Carbery in his exit interview was pretty honest that there's real uncertainty as to how to improve the team.
Dylan Strome was a nice add because he didn't break the bank, puts up points and is only 27. I'd mine the non-tenders and young UFAs for another guy like that. I could see Kotkaniemi landing here after he's bought out in Carolina.
They have some good young players to coincide with Backstrom and Oshie on Robidas Island: Lapierre, Protas, McMichael, Miroshnichenko, Sandin, Iorio with Leonard/Cristall coming in a year is a decent start before the inevitable lottery picks come in post-Ovi era.