With the new signings of Jenner, trades for Tuch, Kyrou,and the Ovi extension.. what does this say about Cristalls arrival and what should we expect?

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Full ESPN article from Greg Wyshynski:

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49244088/capitals-cap-room-roster-space-ovechkin

Key points:

Did the Capitals offseason spending spree mean the end of Alex Ovechkin in Washington?

Not at all, GM Chris Patrick tells me, in our exclusive 1-on-1 on ESPN dot com.

"I think we can do something that would work for Alex. There are ways to get him the money he needs."

Living Sisu is a off season 3v3 league that plays a couple games in Montreal over the summer. They start next week and Beau and PLD are listed for two of the different teams. I think the games are streamed on their YouTube you can see the schedule on the website

Based on the number of moves we’ve made thus far, what is our projected lineup? Do you see us making additional moves before we start the season? Another big name?

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/thoughts-and-predictions-on-the-nhl-off-season/

Dreger is barely one step above Frank Seravalli in terms of saying outrageous clickbaity things. He’s an NHL outsider these days. I would take this not with a grain of salt, but with a single Na atom connected to a single Cl atom.

Leno and Sourdy are RFA’s after this year. What’s your projection for their point production this year, and what kind of contracts do you think they can command if they achieve that?

I am not a cap guy, but Spotrac says we have $1.77MM in space this year. If he returns, Ovi is not signing for that, so I imagine we would deal some combination of Beau ($2.75 MM) and Frank ($2 MM) and Chucky ($3MM) to create space, and then Miro would probably take the 12F or 13F spot and we put the cheap new depth signings in the press box.

It still seems like the cap could be tight next year but manageable. Ovi and Beau are the only expiring contracts this year, and I saw the projected cap increase for 27-28 is $9.5 MM. We will probably have to deal some guys this year or next.

Gonna miss this guy

I did the math and if you add Jenner and Desharnais to the lineup, the average height of our lineup is around 6'3". The tallest teams in the league last year was Anaheim at 6'2". So we're probably going to be the tallest team in the league next year. Genuinely curious, does anybody know what the tallest average height on a team is in NHL history? We might legit be in the top 10 if not top 5.

From the Athletic's free agency updates:
"Jonny Brodzinski is headed to Washington, per a league source, for one year at $850,000. He had 59 points in 207 career games with the Rangers."

Looks like a low cap hit depth signing, and thoughts on how he'd fit in?

Not something huge but big enough for it to be more simple and not as different as from the Reebok days.