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Washington Capitals Mailbag: Roster Moves
Our first question comes from Nic from Twitter.
That’s a really good question Nic. I think that at that price, they would have to consider it. I wrote a bit about Derek Roy earlier this week here, but let me build on that. I think that if the Washington Capitals want to add a center, Roy might be the guy who makes the most sense at this point. He’d be a great fit on the Washington Capitals third line. He could center what should be a sheltered line. He’d add experience to a line that could feature Tom Wilson and Andre Burakovsky, both of whom are extremely young.
Roy did well last year with the Oilers and I think that he could do for Wilson and Burakovsky what he did for Nail Yakupov. Yakupov even said that Roy was the best center that he’s ever played with. So yes, I think that they would do it if they could get him for $800,000.
Our next question comes from Pete from South Carolina
"Who’s one free agent that you would sign if you were the Caps?"
I think it would probably come down to Cody Franson, Brad Boyes, Mike Santorelli, Jiri Tlusty and Roy. Franson could definitely make the largest impact of all of them, but he doesn’t fit a huge area of need. He’d be a really nice luxury to have though. I’d probably go with one of the Boyes, Santorelli and Tlusty trio. You could make a really strong argument for any one of them. Boyes is the well-balanced one, Santorelli is the best defensively and probably the most versatile, while Tlusty is the best offensively.
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