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Your savory breakfast of champions links:
- The first full day of free agency passed relatively quietly for the Caps with the team announcing some depth signings:
- Welcome to new guy Nic Dowd, a right-shot center/wing, signed for one year and $650K. [Rink, NHL, WaPo, NBCSW, RMNB, NoVa Caps]
- Point -
Nic Dowd was a better on-ice contributor than Jay Beagle last year. #Canucks paid a 2.5M and three year premium for a below-replacement level player's intangibles pic.twitter.com/2aMtzpPm6o
— Harman Dayal (@harmandayal2) July 1, 2018
- Counterpoint -
Nic Dowd is an A+ signing for the Hershey Bears. I had him at #4 on my AHL centre wishlist, behind Street, Quine, and Chaput. He's a Calder cup champion, and probably point-per-game AHL guy after a two-year failed experiment as an NHL 4C. He's still a veteran-exempt too.
— send to me a more effishant team (@Tim_Pnin) July 1, 2018
- Welcome back Travis Boyd, re-signed to a two-year, one-way deal with $800K AAV. Look for the training camp battle as he and Dowd compete for the 4C slot... [Rink, NHL, RMNB, NoVa Caps]
- ... and the team announced two additional depth signings - centermen Michael Sgarbossa and Jayson Megna, each with a one-year, two-way $315K/$650K contract. [RMNB]
- And welcome as well to defenseman Martin Fehervary, the team’s second round (46th overall, the Grubauer pick) selection in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, who signed his three-year ELC at the conclusion of Development Camp. He will return to Sweden’s HV71 for the 2018-19 season. [NHL, NoVa Caps]
It’s not often a prospect gets signed during development camp... but it’s not often you come across a player like Martin Fehervary.
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) July 1, 2018
We were there when the #Caps inked the defenseman to a three-year entry-level contract. pic.twitter.com/ivOqLMbjPB
- Farewell, Jay Beagle. He signed with the Canucks for 4 years and $12M, and CapsNation is simultaneously happy for his success and sad to say goodbye. [RMNB (and again), Caps Outsider, The Athletic, @tom_wilso]
I go back a long way with Jay Beagle. A title here in Washington, and two more with Hershey. Thrilled for his opportunity in Vancouver, a tremendous guy who earned everything he ever got. Will miss him here, but so happy for him. pic.twitter.com/3D5ePckArv
— John Walton (@WaltonCaps) July 1, 2018
- Winner winner chicken dinner. The Caps had a solid win in their free agency management this offseason. [ESPN]
- Todd Reirden has been preparing to helm the Caps for some time. He’s had to “prove everyone wrong the whole way.” [WaPo]
- Alex Ovechkin had a grand old time at World Cup in Moscow with his buddies Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Malkin and Alexander Radulov.
- Finally, happy 42nd birthday to Tomas Vokoun, and happy 60th birthday to George McPhee.