NHL 2021 - The "Regular" Season

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Just now, RIPPA said:

People around here are PISSED but that is mainly because Vrana is beloved because of the Cup run a couple years ago

Were they going to re-sign him?  He's an RFA.

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42 minutes ago, Tabe said:

Were they going to re-sign him?  He's an RFA.

Probably not.  Caps are pretty much right up against the salary cap right now, and they have to find a way to fit in Ovi's next contract during the offseason.  And most likely the Caps overpayed a bit to get the Panik contract off their books.

[RIPPA 34,085]

Again - you are asking for logic from fans

Anyway - much like Red Sox/Twins - the NHL has postponed Blues/Wild due to the current events in Minnesota.

Rescheduled for May 12 aka the last regular season game for both teams

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5 minutes ago, dogwelder said:

Probably not.  Caps are pretty much right up against the salary cap right now, and they have to find a way to fit in Ovi's next contract during the offseason.  And most likely the Caps overpayed a bit to get the Panik contract off their books.

Yeah, depending on what they thought Vrana would command.  I mean, Mantha makes $5.7m per.  So they got rid of about $300k in salary, based on what I'm seeing, so that doesn't really give them much room for anything.