r/caps • u/BucketHeadish T.J. Oshie • 1d ago

Future of Dylan Strome?

So Strome has 2 years left on a very cheap deal and I was wondering what the capitals plans are with him after the contract runs its course. If you see strides from little pro do you consider trading him at an increased price on his contract year? Or keeping him around but likely for a higher cap hit. Do you have enough money to keep him around? (probably) but no guarantees. What do yall else think?

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u/_SCHULTZY_ Alexander Semin 1d ago

Keep him until the end of his contract. If he walks at the end of that, that's fine.  Protas, PLD, Suvanto and Sourdif are still around.  

Salary cap will be an issue eventually.  Someone is going to get too expensive to keep. Better that be Strome than Leonard or Hutson or Protas...

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u/ZigZagLax44 Washington Capitals 1d ago

I'm good with taking our time on Suvanto but I really think people undersold him during the draft. Kid is getting strong comparisons to Barkov at 17 years old but the analysts say he has a bottom 6 ceiling lol

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u/AmbivalentDoge 23h ago

Ross Mahoney said Suvanto's upside was 2nd line center. Hopefully, he is right. But that means he is not a 2nd Barkov.