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Didn't I say the exact same shit like a week ago and then reiterate it Friday morning?
"It's going as expected for us," he said. "We got 121 points last year because we're a pretty good team and we don't really need a lot. As we expected, the guys that are out there really aren't better than what we have, and their prices are inflated."
McPhee didn't come right out and say it, but it's looking more and more like the plan is for the Caps to enter next season with inexperienced centers Mathieu Perreault and Marcus Johansson, and converted winger Tomas Fleischmann, battling it out for spots behind first-line pivot Nicklas Backstrom.
"We feel that what we have at centerice in Johansson and Fleischmann and Perreault, they can do the job for us," McPhee said. "Signing anyone else would really only get in the way, if not this year, then certainly next year."
The three centers who seemed to make the most sense for the Caps -- Saku Koivi, Matt Cullen and Matthew Lombardi -- all signed multi-year deals. Cullen and Lombardi, in fact, landed three-year contracts.
On defense, McPhee and his hockey ops staff made calls, kicked tires, but in the end, did exactly what he said they would: stand pat.
"Some of these teams that are signing these guys to this money are going to regret it," he said. "Some players have nice reputations but their actual play on the ice isn't where people think it is."
McPhee added that he expects the Caps to remain quiet this weekend. He does, however, anticipate that talks with restricted free agents - namely Fleischmann, Eric Fehr, Jeff Schultz and Boyd Gordon - will heat up next week.
He also said he'll continue to monitor the trade market - just in case there's a deal to be made.
"There's a lot going on at this time of the year," he said. "We're engaged in talking to other teams about what they're doing, or planning or what they might want to do. So we know what's going on in the market. There might be some things out there that interest us. If there's something else that helps us, we're on top of it."
-and I am much younger....think of the future Uncle Ted!!!
"It's going as expected for us," he said. "We got 121 points last year because we're a pretty good team and we don't really need a lot. As we expected, the guys that are out there really aren't better than what we have, and their prices are inflated."
McPhee didn't come right out and say it, but it's looking more and more like the plan is for the Caps to enter next season with inexperienced centers Mathieu Perreault and Marcus Johansson, and converted winger Tomas Fleischmann, battling it out for spots behind first-line pivot Nicklas Backstrom.
"We feel that what we have at centerice in Johansson and Fleischmann and Perreault, they can do the job for us," McPhee said. "Signing anyone else would really only get in the way, if not this year, then certainly next year."
The three centers who seemed to make the most sense for the Caps -- Saku Koivi, Matt Cullen and Matthew Lombardi -- all signed multi-year deals. Cullen and Lombardi, in fact, landed three-year contracts.
On defense, McPhee and his hockey ops staff made calls, kicked tires, but in the end, did exactly what he said they would: stand pat.
"Some of these teams that are signing these guys to this money are going to regret it," he said. "Some players have nice reputations but their actual play on the ice isn't where people think it is."
McPhee added that he expects the Caps to remain quiet this weekend. He does, however, anticipate that talks with restricted free agents - namely Fleischmann, Eric Fehr, Jeff Schultz and Boyd Gordon - will heat up next week.
He also said he'll continue to monitor the trade market - just in case there's a deal to be made.
"There's a lot going on at this time of the year," he said. "We're engaged in talking to other teams about what they're doing, or planning or what they might want to do. So we know what's going on in the market. There might be some things out there that interest us. If there's something else that helps us, we're on top of it."
-and I am much younger....think of the future Uncle Ted!!!
