SB Nation DC - 2012 NHL Free Agency: Capitals Defenseman John Carlson Not Concerned About Lack Of New Contracthttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48897/dc-fave.png2012-08-28T15:11:49-04:00http://dc.sbnation.com/rss/stream/27858882012-08-28T15:11:49-04:002012-08-28T15:11:49-04:00NHL Free Agency 2012: John Carlson Not Concerned About Lack Of New Contract
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<p>Coming off the final year of an entry-level contract, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.japersrink.com/">Washington Capitals</a> restricted free agent <span>John Carlson</span> has yet to sign a new deal with the team. However, the 22-year-old defenseman is not concerned about the situation.</p>
<p>Stating his love of Washington and an understanding of the business, Carlson made it clear that he has no desire to play with any other organization.</p>
<p>Via <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/capitals-watch/2012/aug/28/capitals-john-carlson-brushes-contract-concern/">The Washington Times</a>:</p>
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<p>Carlson was chosen with the No. 27 overall selection in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Capitals and has since blossomed into a key member of the team's defense. In 2011-12, he averaged around 22 minutes per game, which was the second-most minutes of any other defenseman on the team (Dennis Wideman averaged 23:54) and played substantial time on both the power play and penalty kill.</p>
<p>In 186 career games, the Massachusetts native has registered 17 goals and 58 assists for a total of 75 points. He has also played in all 82 games in each of the last two seasons.</p>
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https://dc.sbnation.com/2012/8/28/3274810/john-carlson-capitals-free-agencyMatt Brigidi2012-07-27T08:30:14-04:002012-07-27T08:30:14-04:00NHL Free Agency: Capitals Have Catching Up To Do
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<p>While their Eastern Conference competitors have made bold moves this offseason, the Capitals have mostly remained quiet. </p> <p>While the rest of the Southeast Division has done its part to remake their rosters this offseason, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.japersrink.com/">Capitals</a> have mostly done minor tinkering to their roster.</p>
<p>The Capitals did address one big issue, acquiring veteran center Mike Riberio from Dallas at last month's draft, but also saw one of just three players who lit the lamp 20 times or more last year - <span>Alexander Semin</span> - walk to a division rival.</p>
<p>For a club that is looking to improve its offensive output under new head coach Adam Oates, having just Alexander Ovechkin and <span>Jason Chimera</span> as returning 20-goal scorers will require some more production from other players for that style of play to be successful. While it is true that Washington played a more defensive style under Bruce Boudreau and Dale Hunter in 2011-12, someone else is still needed to replace a winger who had been a dangerous scoring threat. It's one thing to decide to part with Semin, but another not to eventually replace him in the lineup.</p>
<p>Semin's departure leaves Washington without one of the team's renowned "Young Guns," a group which included Ovechkin, <span>Nicklas Backstrom</span> and <span>Mike Green</span>. The other three are now signed for at least three more years in the nation's capital, thanks to Green's deal signed earlier this month.</p>
<p>With just one restricted free-agent left to sign - defenseman <span>John Carlson</span> - the Capitals are $10,572,095 under the projected 2012-13 salary cap of $70.2 million per <a href="http://capgeek.com">CapGeek.com</a>, and it seems like Washington is largely done making off-season changes barring some bargains presenting themselves as summer progresses and the market thins out.</p>
<p>For a team that struggled to make the playoffs last year, the Capitals are taking a conservative approach to the new season, seemingly opting to bank some of that cap room for a mid-season deal and hope players elevate themselves into their new roles next season. Besides Riberio, Washington's off-season acquisitions are depth players, with the team hoping a player like <span>Wojtek Wolski</span> can find his scoring touch to fill that void left by the departures.</p>
<p>The Capitals did sign both of their first-round picks from this year's draft, <span>Filip Forsberg</span> and Tom Wilson, but it is unlikely either will play for the Capitals next year, as they start their seasons in Sweden and the OHL, respectively. So Washington will bank on the addition of <span>Dmitry Orlov</span> and perhaps <span>Stanislav Galiev</span> to inject some youth into next year's lineup.</p>
<p>In goal, the Capitals are seemingly set with <span>Braden Holtby</span> and <span>Michal Neuvirth</span> getting work next year, with the team likely to utilize both netminders during the regular season before settling on one starter for the playoffs.</p>
<p>Defensively, Orlov is expected to fill the departure of <span>Dennis Wideman</span>, and with Carlson re-signing with the Caps seemingly just a matter of procedure, there should be eight players to fill out Washington's defensive corps. Green, <span>Karl Alzner</span> and Carlson provide a solid base, but the Capitals need some more value from <span>Roman Hamrlik</span> and <span>Jeff Schultz</span> to boost the overall corps. New assistant coach Calle Johansson will try and work with the blueliners to not only be smart positionally, but to be able to carry the puck up ice more than has been seen the last two seasons.</p>
<p>For a team that led the league in scoring just three seasons ago, the forwards have now become the team's biggest question marks, and with more of an emphasis on offense this year, they will be a primary focus.</p>
<p>Ovechkin has seen his production drop in each of the last two years, but he scored more than double the goals of all but one of his teammates. Riberio was brought in to help increase scoring from the second line, but with Semin gone, someone needs to step up and fill that role of the guy who can actually convert those chances.</p>
<p>Washington is stocked with third-and-fourth line candidates, and there's always the chance that a player like Wolski or <span>Marcus Johansson</span> can elevate their game to be a second-liner. But it also seems likely that it will be an issue Washington has to address at the deadline - if not sooner.</p>
<p>Capitals GM George McPhee has been quieter than his counterparts this offseason, and it will be interesting to see how this lineup fares against some teams in the East who have improved their lineups.</p>
https://dc.sbnation.com/washington-capitals/2012/7/27/3192853/nhl-free-agency-capitals-have-catching-up-to-doTed Starkey2012-07-26T16:33:52-04:002012-07-26T16:33:52-04:00NHL Free Agency 2012: Alexander Semin's Journey Moves On To Carolina
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<p>While it took 26 days from the opening of free agency to get a deal done, <span>Alexander Semin</span> finally found a new NHL home Thursday, signing a one-year, $7 million deal with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canescountry.com/">Carolina Hurricanes</a>.</p>
<p>The signing brings the end of a decade in Washington for the Russian since Semin was drafted 13th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, although it certainly has been a roller coaster ride for him in the nation's capital.</p>
<p>Semin joined the Caps in 2003-04, but he refused to report to the American Hockey League the next season during the NHL lockout, choosing to play back in Russia. Once the lockout ended, Semin cited military obligations and failed to come back to the National Hockey League, forcing the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.japersrink.com/">Capitals</a> to go to court to get him to honor the remaining years of his signed NHL deal.</p>
<p>Eventually, when he did return, with Alexander Ovechkin on the roster, Semin settled back in Washington in 2006-07, and showed flashes of his ample talent, hitting the 40-goal mark back in 2009-10.</p>
<p>But after signing a pair of one-year deals with the Capitals, Semin's production dropped to 21 goals this past year, and it seemed Washington didn't have a lot of interest in signing Semin again for next season. The Capitals chose to let him hit the unrestricted free-agent market, and didn't seem to be making a serious effort to bring him back to the club next year.</p>
<p>For his part, Semin's agent, Mark Gandler, didn't help matters, chiding the Capitals for Semin's lack of ice time and role with the club on 106.7 The Fan back in May. Gandler said Semin didn't want another one-year deal, opting for the security of a longer-term deal for more overall money than he had received in his last two years.</p>
<p>Those two one-year deals - worth $6 million and $6,7 million respectively - were signed mid-season, but when the team didn't re-sign him during a campaign where he struggled, it seemed like a parting was on tap.</p>
<p>One on the free-agent market, Semin's reputation hurt his negotiating power with other clubs, and in the end, he had to settle for another short-term deal.</p>
<p>Carolina GM Jim Rutherford - who eventually signed him - told the <i>Raleigh News & Observer</i> of his concerns earlier this month.</p>
<p>"We would look at Semin on a short-term basis," Rutherford said. "We wouldn't want to get locked in to anything, because we've all heard the stories about him.</p>
<p>"We do like his skill level. It could be that we could bring him in for a year, get to know him and go from there in terms of considering something longer term," he added.</p>
<p>Other general managers - including Buffalo GM Darcy Regier - dismissed signing him completely, with Regier indicating he didn't even make an offer apparently due to the baggage Semin is reported to carry. Other potential suitors - including the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Red Wings</a>, Penguins and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/">Islanders</a> - seemed to cool on the player's demands and left him back to a one-year deal to try and restart his NHL career.</p>
<p>With a deal now signed, the one-year deal offers Semin a change of scenery and a short-term deal to make his case for next summer.</p>
<p>With declining numbers, and a reputation that isn't high around the league, a good rebound season - along with more of an effort to improve his image as a team player and someone who can help market a franchise would go a long way to getting that long-term deal that Gandler spoke of.</p>
<p>The Hurricanes are in the midst of a remake after missing the playoffs three straight years, acquiring <span>Jordan Staal</span> from the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pensburgh.com/">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> at this year's draft and then making overtures to some of the big-ticket free agents this offseason to make a big splash.</p>
<p>With Semin on board, Carolina hopes that the skill level that Rutherford spoke of helps boost the Hurricanes' attack. Carolina did see a lot of Semin lighting the lamp in the last few years, as he had 27 goals in 41 games against the Hurricanes - most against any NHL club.</p>
<p>In a smaller market - and not having to be the team's primary star with <span>Eric Staal</span> and <span>Cam Ward</span> on the Hurricanes roster - Carolina isn't a bad fit for Semin, and with a short-term deal, if the experiment fails, the team won't be dragged down with a longer-term if it doesn't work out.</p>
<p>For Washington, who seemed content to let Semin walk, it's the end of a chapter of a player who had the skill level among the best in the NHL - but didn't always display it.</p>
<p>Brilliant at times, Semin also frustrated fans with his 56 penalty minutes - fourth-most on the Capitals - which seemingly came at inopportune times. But the big question for the Capitals now isn't letting Semin walk - it's how you replace the skill level in the lineup.</p>
<p>While Semin wasn't one to go into high-traffic areas, he still possessed a deadly shot and was able to dart around and create scoring chances. And that is something the Capitals will miss next season with his speed requiring defenders to be mindful of the winger. For all the problems Semin had in the postseason when defenses tightened up, Semin could be an excellent regular-season player, and now Washington's loss is the gain of a Southeast Division rival.</p>
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https://dc.sbnation.com/washington-capitals/2012/7/26/3189421/nhl-free-agency-2012-alexander-semin-carolina-hurricanes-washington-capitalsTed Starkey2012-07-26T15:30:44-04:002012-07-26T15:30:44-04:00Alexander Semin To Sign With Carolina Hurricanes
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<p><span>Alexander Semin</span> is trading one red jersey for another. The winger has signed a one-year deal worth $7 million with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canescountry.com/">Carolina Hurricanes</a> on Thursday, according to a tweet by Yahoo! Sports writer Dmitry Chesnokov.</p>
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<p>My sourcewho is close to Semin on Semin signing w/ @<a href="https://twitter.com/NHLCanes">NHLCanes</a>: "It's true." So, Alexander Semin is set to play in Carolina next year.</p>
— Dmitry Chesnokov (@dchesnokov) <a data-datetime="2012-07-26T19:14:36+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/dchesnokov/status/228569021564477441">July 26, 2012</a>
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<p>The signing by Carolina ends a seven-year career marked by inconsistency, especially in the playoffs. In his NHL career he has scored 197 goals and 408 points but despite his offensive prowess, Semin could never seem to find any amount of consistent play. In the postseason, in 51 games he has only scored 15 goals and 19 assists.</p>
<p>Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford is plenty pleased with the signing.</p>
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<p>We did a lot of research about Alexander. Discussions about his fit with our team included coaches, players & staff.</p>
— Jim Rutherford (@HurricanesGM) <a href="https://twitter.com/HurricanesGM/status/228570636543488000" data-datetime="2012-07-26T19:21:01+00:00">July 26, 2012</a>
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<p>For his part, Semin is quoted in a Hurricanes press release as saying: "I'm very happy to be a Carolina Hurricane. It's a great fit for me. I look forward to playing with great players, and putting together a winning season."</p>
<p>Semin's departure now really shows that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.japersrink.com/">Capitals</a> are trying to get players on this team that will completely buy in to Adam Oates' new system.</p>
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https://dc.sbnation.com/washington-capitals/2012/7/26/3189263/alexander-semin-sign-carolina-hurricanesTim Blank2012-07-19T15:42:15-04:002012-07-19T15:42:15-04:00Capitals Free Agency: Alexander Semin's Agent Says Capitals 'Constantly Offering' To Bring Winger Back
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<p>While it initially appeared that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.japersrink.com/">Washington Capitals</a> are done with winger <span>Alexander Semin</span>, his agent, Mark Gandler, says that the Capitals have been very aggressive in trying to resign the forward.</p>
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<p>Semin's agent Mark Gandler tells SovSport "Washington is constantly offering us to come back." <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523Caps">#Caps</a></p>
— Dmitry Chesnokov (@dchesnokov) <a data-datetime="2012-07-19T19:07:40+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/dchesnokov/status/226030564619218945">July 19, 2012</a>
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<p>Semin scored 54 points, 21 goals during the 2011-12 regular season and scored an additional three goals in the playoffs. Semin has been criticized quite a bit for his enigmatic play while with the Capitals given how productive he can be.</p>
<p>The Capitals obviously want to see if he could be a contributor in new head coach Adam Oates' offensive system. However, Semin would more than likely be wanting to sign a long-term extension to secure his future.</p>
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https://dc.sbnation.com/washington-capitals/2012/7/19/3170260/capitals-free-agency-alexander-semin-agent-washington-constantly-offeringTim Blank2012-07-16T18:12:33-04:002012-07-16T18:12:33-04:00Mike Green, Capitals Confident In Defenseman's Resurgence
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.japersrink.com/">Capitals</a> took a step to keep one of their young stars in town for a few more years to come, signing <span>Mike Green</span> to a three-year contract extension worth $18.25 million on Monday.</p>
<p>Green, who was a restricted free agent this summer at age 26, elected not to sign his one-year, $5 million qualifying offer with the Capitals Sunday. Instead, he gets a three-year deal - at a raise over the four-year, $21 million deal that expired this past month.</p>
<p>With the market for free-agent defensemen heated right now - former Capitals defenseman <span>Dennis Wideman</span> earned a five-year, $26.25 million deal from the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.matchsticksandgasoline.com/">Flames</a> just last month - the Capitals give Green a raise - but they take up at least two years the Calgary native would have gotten as an unrestricted free agent next summer.</p>
<p>But injuries took their toll on the blueliner the last two seasons, and even impacted the negotiations with the Caps this past year.</p>
<p>"It's been a long process," Green told reporters on a conference call Monday. "I think negotiations started early on in the year. Then with the setback of the injury, we were going to wait, and then wait after the playoffs, wait after the draft and then after free agency. It's been pushed back, but I think we knew I obviously wanted to be in Washington, and they wanted me back.</p>
<p>"So, there were times to wait, but I'm glad it's done with now."</p>
<p>Just 18 months ago in January 2011, Green was named an assistant captain for Team Staal in his first All-Star Game in Raleigh, and was coming off back-to-back seasons of being nominated for the league's Norris Trophy for top defenseman.</p>
<p>Since that All-Star appearance, Green has just three goals and six games in 37 regular-season contests, but the Capitals are banking on a full recovery from the Calgary native.</p>
<p>He was injured when a slap shot from <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pensburgh.com/">Penguins</a> defenseman <span>Brooks Orpik</span> injured him on February 6, 2011, and Green just played two regular season games the rest of the way, suffering a pair of injuries that kept him out of the lineup for most of the regular season and was knocked out for Game 4 in the second-round sweep by Tampa.</p>
<p>This past year, a sports hernia limited Green to just 32 regular season games, but he did play all 14 playoff contests.</p>
<p>"I'll be honest with you, I really didn't feel like I was back to myself until the middle of the playoffs [this year]," Green said. "Not as far as the mental game, but just my injury from surgery, not that it was bothering me to the extent to the extent I couldn't play my game or whatnot, but physically it took that long for my injury to heal and play my game again. It was a little too late, the season ended too short for us.</p>
<p>"But I'm 100 percent now and ready for next season."</p>
<p>Green thrived under former coach Bruce Boudreau's offensive style which allowed him to rush the puck up ice, and he established himself as one of the league's top puck-rushing defensemen from 2007-08 to 2009-10. But his game was hemmed in under the change to a more defensive posture under Boudreau and Dale Hunter when he was more limited with what he could do offensively.</p>
<p>Now, with new coach Adam Oates bringing a more offensive style back to the Caps, Washington hopes Green can capture some of that saw him record 149 points in two seasons before his injury troubles set in.</p>
<p>"I think that I played more of a defensive game [under Hunter], in that sense, that's what Dale expected was grinder, chip-in, chip-out kind of game," Green said. "I respect him as a coach, played that way, and played hard for him.</p>
<p>"But I also at the same time excited Adam is here, really excited. From what I heard and how he likes to coach it fits my style of play and a lot of the other guys. Hopefully there's a balance between Bruce Boudreau and Dale. I think Adam's the guy."</p>
<p>While Green could have taken the qualifying offer and likely reach free agency next summer, he opted to take a longer deal and keep himself in the fold two more years when the Capitals offered it.</p>
<p>"I was more looking for two [years], but three made sense for us. I want to be in Washington, and when they offered three, I had no problems signing another year because I love it there."</p>
<p>And, asked if he could get back to the 70-point plateau he enjoyed before the injuries set in, Green left little doubt.</p>
<p>"100 percent. It'll be next year," he said. Asked again, he replied "Absolutely. There's no question about it. I feel like I'm getting into my prime."</p>
https://dc.sbnation.com/washington-capitals/2012/7/16/3163396/mike-green-washington-capitals-new-deal-extensionTed Starkey2012-07-16T12:48:55-04:002012-07-16T12:48:55-04:002012 NHL Free Agency: Mike Green Re-signs With Capitals For 3 Years, $18.25 Million
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<p>After turning down the <a href="https://www.japersrink.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Capitals</a>' intial qualifying offer to him, defenseman <span>Mike Green</span> <a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=637986">has re-signed with the Washington Capitals</a>, agreeing to a three-year, $18.25 million extension. Despite missing much of last season with injury problems, Capitals general manager George McPhee is hopeful that the 26-year old can be an asset going forward under new coach Adam Oates.</p>
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<p>We are pleased to re-sign Mike Green to a new contract, Mike is one of the best young defensemen in the National Hockey League and is just entering his prime. He will continue to be a key part of our team moving forward.</p>
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<p>Green played in 32 games last season and recorded seven points on three goals and four assists, but managed to have a plus-five rating overall. The hope here is that with a full offseason of recovery, Green will come back for the 2012-13 season and recapture the form that got him named as a finalist for the Norris Trophy (Defensive Player of the Year) twice.</p>
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https://dc.sbnation.com/washington-capitals/2012/7/16/3162636/2012-nhl-free-agency-mike-green-re-signs-washington-capitals-three-yearsTim Blank2012-07-15T20:16:16-04:002012-07-15T20:16:16-04:00Capitals Free Agency 2012: Mike Green Reportedly Declines $5 Million Qualifying Offer From Caps
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<p><a href="https://www.japersrink.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Washington Capitals</a> defenseman <span>Mike Green</span> has declined a one-year, $5 million qualifying offer from the team, according to <a href="http://www.csnwashington.com/hockey-washington-capitals/capitals-talk/Green-declines-Caps-5-million-offer?blockID=740762&feedID=11018&awid=5216734771802889658-849">a report from CSN Washington</a>:</p>
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<p>Defenseman Mike Green has declined the Capitals’ one-year qualifying offer of $5 million but is expected to continue negotiations with the team on a new contract.</p>
<p>Green, who made $5 million in each of his last three seasons with the Caps, had until 5 p.m. on Sunday to agree to the Caps’ offer and when he didn’t he became a restricted free agent able to sign an offer sheet with another NHL team.</p>
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<p>Green had previously <a href="http://dc.sbnation.com/washington-capitals/2012/7/5/3139710/nhl-free-agency-2012-mike-green-and-jay-beagle-decline-arbitration/in/2785888">declined to exercise his arbitration rights</a>. Green played in only 32 games for the Capitals in the 2011-2012 season and has a history of injury. Despite that, general manager George McPhee clearly sees some value in retaining him, and indicated that he expected a deal sooner rather than later.</p>
<p><i>Stick with <a href="http://dc.sbnation.com/washington-capitals/2012/5/15/3021847/2012-nhl-free-agency-alexander-semin-washington-capitals">this StoryStream</a> for news updates and more from the Capitals 2012 free agency. For all things Capitals, check out <a href="http://japersrink.com/">Japers' Rink</a>.</i></p>
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https://dc.sbnation.com/washington-capitals/2012/7/15/3161454/capitals-free-agency-2012-mike-green-offer-caps-offseason-newsPete Eich