from Neil Greenberg of the Washington Post,

After factoring in aging and recent performance, a reasonable 2015-16 estimate for Green would be between six and seven point shares skating top-line minutes for another team, a mark that would have placed him in the top 50 among all defenseman this season and in the top 25 for all right-handed blue liners.

The NHL salary cap is set at $71.4 million for the 2015-16 season, so for a team looking to garner 100 standings points during the regular season, the minimum you would expect a championship team to have, that would value Green’s performance between $4.3 and $5 million for the 2015-16 season. If he can replicate the production from this past season, he would provide $6.1 million in value, which was close to his actual cap hit for the season ($6.08 million).

However, his contract demands will likely exceed that, so the Capitals made the right choice letting him go. And now we wait to see which NHL club is willing to overpay.

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