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On 2/25/2021 at 3:26 AM, canuck2xtreme said:

TRADE: The Washington Capitals have made a trade with the Anaheim Ducks.

 

To WSH:

 Matt Calvert

 ANA 2021 1st Round Draft Selection

 

To ANA:

 Chris Krieder

 WSH 2021 2nd Round Draft Selection

 WSH 2021 4th Round Draft Selection

Thank you to @AndreLePlum for the negotiations.

 

Chris Kreider spent his entire career in Washington and it is sad to see a player that has committed so much to the organization go. He currently stands 2nd in all time goals with the franchise and will bring great leadership to Anaheim.

 

We welcome Matt Calvert who we are hoping gels nicely on to our team in a bottom 6 role this season.

 

As per the added 1st round pick, it is available for trade if the right deal comes along but we are also very comfortable keeping and using the pick.

 

Once again, all the best to Chris Kreider, you will truly be missed and will always be a Capital in our hearts. Thank you for everything.

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What's going on? why is the trade deadline so early this season?

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Report: The Washington Capitals are shopping Matt Murray and teams interested should inquire sooner rather than later.

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Pending the IR announcement of Matt Grzelcyk 

 

Re-call: The Washington Capitals re-call Pierre Engvall and place him on  the NHL roster.

 

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On 2/7/2021 at 3:08 AM, canuck2xtreme said:

TRADE: The Chicago Blackhawks have made a trade with the Washington Capitals.

 

To CHI:

 Brandon Hagel

 

To WSH:

 CHI 2021 3rd Round Draft Selection

 CHI 2021 4th Round Draft Selection

 

12 hours ago, canuck2xtreme said:

TRADE: The Washington Capitals have made a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

 

To WSH:

 Alexander Wennberg

 

To TOR:

 CGY 2021 3rd Round Draft Selection

 ANA 2021 4th Round Draft Selection

 BUF 2021 4th Round Draft Selection

Thanks to both @Sludge and @Crabby for working with me to make this trade and for their commitment to the CDCGML. It's great to see GM's with long term vision actively improving their team; though Toronto should probably put in an effort to ice an NHL roster .

 

When Chicago approached us regarding Hagel we weren't looking to shop him. We regularly develop our talent and had a lot of optimism with regards to Hagel's development. Chicago identified him as a piece that they wanted to build around and the reality of the situation was that Hagel was likely to bounce back and forth from the AHL and wasn't going to earn a full-time spot until next season. We decided to take our chances by sending a very encouraging prospect away for a couple draft picks in hopes that we could parlay those picks into a player that was more likely to help us win now.

 

We are very excited to add Wennberg to the organization and view him as a player that improves our team immediately in a spot we thought we could strengthen. The term on his contract also made him an appealing option as a player we think can fit in long term.

 

 

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Assignment: The Washington Capitals assign Pierre Engvall to the AHL.

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                             Same Old Caps?

 

       Another season with the Capitals ranked in the top 5 during the regular season but is this season really any different than the past?

Regular season accolades are nothing new for the Capitals. They have been a top four regular season four years running including a Presidents Trophy for leading the league in regular season points in 2016-17.

However, playoffs have been a different beast for this group. In spite of going all in year after year at the deadline, the Caps have not won a playoff series since their Presidents Trophy when they got bounced 2nd round by the eventual cup winning Devils lead by Mike Vanderhoek.

In fact, during da.moose's ten year tenure as GM, the Caps have only made it past the 2nd round of the playoffs once which dates all the way back to the 2011-12 season when the group lead by Patrik Elias and Keith Yandle lost in the finals to Mike Richard's, Dustin Brown and the LA Kings.

"Every year just seems to be something different" stated 10th year Capitals centre Kyle Turris. "DeBrusk beat us with a 5 fantasy point empty netter in 2018, last season  only one of our 13 players made in through the unanticipated play-in-round  and Murray's health has sort of been an issue at inopportune times. We've managed to stay confident and stay positive but no doubt it's frustrating."

GM da.moose has done everything in his power to remain loyal to his core as players such as Yandle, Ellis, Kreider, Turris and Kassian have been in the organization for the entirety of ten seasons. With a number of expiring contracts at season's end and an inevitable expansion draft in the offseason, could this be the last year of Washington's window as an elite team? Can this group get over the hump or will major changes be made in the nation's capital?

One thing that can be guaranteed is that the future is now in Washington as the team will be exploring all options to win the coveted CDCGML cup this season.

 

Capitals Lineup:

 

Olofsson       -    Kuznetsov      -    Laine 

Verhaeghe    -        Kadri      -    Nylander

Copp              -       Dowd      -        Killorn

Kreider           -       Turris      -    Comeau

Engvall

 

Toews      -     Klingberg 

Hronek     -          Ellis 

Yandle       -         Gudas

Oleksiak

Grzelcyk (lower-body)

 

Murray/Koskinen

 

IR: Kassian

 

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8 minutes ago, canuck2xtreme said:

Am I the only one that saw how overrated Iginla was?

 

I say over-rated not because he wasn't fantastic, because he obviously was....  but he wasn't THAT fantastic.  Rare unicorn? I dunno.  Very effective power forward for a long time and a jack of all trades sure.... but I don't know about rare unicorn.

 

For the record, I can look at hits and blocked shots easily, that's already in their system.  But pickup has no way I can see that tracks shots or faceoff wins.

I think faceoff wins would be a really good one based on adding value to guys who deserve it.

 

since 2005 the top 4 faceoff winners are

 

Patrice Bergeron

Sidney Crosby

Jonathan Toews

Anne Kopitar 

 

I don't think it's a fluke that those guys also have a combined 9 Stanley Cups in that same time frame.

 

A few other names near the top of the list have been crucial depth centermen on cup winning teams.

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16 minutes ago, greensman said:

I think that if an amendment to the scoring structure were to be approved, there should be ample time provided for teams to restructure. 
 

The only negative in previous votes and discussions, that I found had merit, was that all of us currently have teams geared towards the current scoring structure, so we’d all need strategic time to make moves and prepare, like for an expansion draft. 

under regular scheduling I always thought announcing it at approx Christmas for the following season would be fair. Give a TDL run to make moves, and an off season to recalibrate... 

 

just thoughts. 
 

 

I agree fully but due to this year's weird schedule I think if we came up with a structure for next season a month or so before the deadline that would give managers time to prepare.

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6 hours ago, Primal Optimist said:

Not too sure about faceoff wins and shots on goal, but I have wanted hits and blocked shots to get some recognition for years and years, good suggestion! 

My rebuttal to the often heard "every rink tracks it differently" is this: 

Yes every rink is slightly off on the stats they assign for Hits, Blocked Shots, Face Off wins and shots on goal, but the thing of it is that not one of us is in a position to alter the outcomes in our own favour in any of the rinks where our fantasy players play, so the outcomes are generally random, where they may give slightly more or give slightly less of the actual quantities of each: they are done with the eyes on the game real time attempt to log the events as they occur. No one fantasy GM would have any advantage over another with the anomalies and so for me the objection is a moot point. The one or two exceptional hitters who "might" get padded hit stats for instance, are the REASON for the suggested additioin of those points: to recognize the value those hits bring to the real life club. 

 

I have always felt that for realism keeper leagues should strive to include points for things that make a player valuable in the NHL. If hitting and blocked shots are a bonus for a real team they ought to be a bonus for a fantasy keeper team. 

 

The low point values seems arbitrary, but I am game for any point values. In other years, about three years ago maybe four, I posted about the quantity of players this would affect on the Hits side: it was like 12 players that would have a significant bump to their fantasy values from hits: and arguably the 12 biggest hitters in the NHL deserve that value or else they are just 4 million dollar anchors on our fantasy teams.

 

That is all i got. WOn't beat the horse, whatever the outcome is, I am game. Shots on goal not so much a fan of: the big shoots will get their points from the ones that go in. Face offs won would be neat too, in that it would be a very small number of players who are affected who arguably deserve that added affect.

 

Shrug. Hope the league looks into this. 

I think FO% would benefit teams with depth at center and would reward teams that prioritize center position eligibility. 

 

Shots on goal could go either way but I think there could be something said about guys who are applying offensive pressure when they play. 

[CDCGML 2020-21]

Activation: The Washington Capitals activate Devon Toews and place him on the NHL roster.

 

Assignment: The Washington Capitals assign William Lagesson to the AHL

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42 minutes ago, Azzy said:

It would dramatically change the dynamic of the league overnight. Top six centers would become more valuable due to their increased faceoff wins, to the detriment of top six wingers; bottom six wingers would become more valuable due to their propensity to hit more, to the detriment of bottom six centers; and Chris Tanev becomes the most valuable defenseman 

0.1 per stat wouldn't change things too much. But ya some guys would have added value.

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Hey guys, 

 

I know we have all built our rosters according to the current scoring system but I'm just wondering what everyone's thoughts would be if we added 

 

0.1 per hit

0.1 per blocked shot

0.1 per face-off won

0.1 per shot on goal

 

Could add an element of realism to our league?

[CDCGML 2020-21]

Pending the IR placement of Zack Kassian 

 

Re-call: The Washington Capitals re-call Pierre Engvall to the NHL roster.

 

 

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Call-up: The Washington Capitals call-up William Lagesson to the NHL roster.

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Pending the IR placement of Devon Toews

 

Recall: The Washington Capitals recall Brandon Hagel and place him on the NHL roster

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Assignment: The Washington Capitals assign Bandon Hagel to the AHL

 

Activation: The Washington Capitals activate Patrik Laine and place him on the NHL roster.

 

Updated Lines:

 

Killorn - Nylander - Laine

Kreider - Kadri - Olofsson 

Copp - Turris - Verhaeghe 

Comeau - Dowd - Kassian

 

Hronek - Klingberg

Oleksiak - Ellis

Yandle - Gudas

 

Koskinen

Murray

 

Out:

 

Kuznetsov (covid-19 protocol)

Toews (foot)

Grzelcyk (lower body)

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Activation: The Washington Capitals activate Evgeny Kuznetsov and Blake Comeau Comeau from the IR and place them on the NHL roster

 

Assignment: The Washington Capitals assign Pierre Engvall to the AHL

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Still pending IR announcements...

 

Call-up: The Washington Capitals call-up Pierre Engvall and place him on the NHL roster.

 

Updated Current Lines:

 

Kreider - Kadri - Olofsson

Killorn - Nylander - Kassian

Copp - Turris - Verhaeghe 

Hagel - Dowd - Engvall

 

Toews - Klingberg 

Hronek - Ellis

Yandle - Oleksiak

 

Murray

Koskinen 

 

Scratched: 

Gudas 

Grzelcyk (undisclosed)

 

Injured Reserve:

Patrik Laine

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Blake Comeau 

 

 

[CDCGML 2020-21]

Call-up: Pending the IR placement of three players, the Washington Capitals call-up Brandon Hagel and place him on the NHL roster.

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8 hours ago, lethunder said:

Hey @canuck2xtreme I just noticed that we have the wrong Gauthier on my pickup roster. I don't have Frederick I have Julien Gauthier from the rangers! Thanks! 

Frederik Gauthier is a beast.... 

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Not only does Yandle end up earning a spot in the lineup to maintain his Ironman streak but also scores a goal!! 

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Activation/Assignment: The Washington Capitals activate Tanner Laczynski from the injured reserve and assign him to the AHL.

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Washington Capitals Lineup:

Nylander - Kuznetsov - Laine

Kreider - Kadri - Olofsson

Killorn - Turris - Kassian

Copp - Dowd - Comeau

 

Toews - Ellis

Hronek - Klingberg

Grzelcyk - Gudas

 

Murray

Koskinen

 

Extras:

Verhaeghe (coaches decision)

Yandle (coaches decision)

Oleksiak (covid-19)

 

Injured Reserve:

Laczynski (abdomen)

 

Captain: Ryan Ellis

Alternate: Chris Kreider

Alternate: Kyle Turris

Alternate: Keith Yandle

 

Notes: 

We want to make a shout out to Keith Yandle who will not be playing opening night. When I inherited this team after the 2009-10 season Yandle was already on the team. He is the only player we inherited that we still have. In that time he has played every possible game in each season and even accumulated an 84 game season. The Florida Panthers in real life are threatening to make Keith a healthy scratch ending his astounding 866 game iron man streak. We will be monitoring the situation close and are hoping he can move his way back into our lineup but just want to give recognition where due.

 

Dover Doberman Lineup:

Engvall - Ruotsalainen - Ho-Sang

Sikura - Pilon - Halbgewachs

Hagel - Gersich - Brodzinski

 Roy - Gignac - Kruse

 

Niku - Friedman

Priski - Lagesson

Shea - Samberg

Saarjarvi 

 

Berdin

Korenar

Robinson

 

In: Dowd, Hagel, Ho-Sang, Sikura, Shea, Saarjarvi 

Out: Radulov, Gauthier, Poolman, 

St. Denis, Robinson, DeSmith

 

 

[CDCGML 2020-21]

Assignment: The Washington Capitals assign Pierre Engvall to the AHL.

 

Call-up: The Washington Capitals call-up Carter Verhaeghe to the NHL roster.