Oh my gosh...how in the heck did this happen? Robbery for Ottawa and really and truly, thank you Stu, you're a f***ing A team guy. Everyone who followed this knew he could have gotten more.
f*** YES!
The point is they won't be able to keep all those players if they keep giving out 8 mil+ contracts.
Signed almost a year later. Reports are indicating a big cap increase in the next couple of seasons. Teams are trying to get players locked up for 8 years and will be looking back in 2 years thinking this contract is now a steal compared to what some will ask for.
Only if you haven't followed his meteoric progression. Just watch. The deal won't even have kicked in before people are saying, great deal!
We've given out the big tickets to the huge players, the absolute core and heart of the team. Right now there's Zub to work on and then Debrincat, then eventually Sanderson, but Dorion has positioned this team to be ultra competitive, young, full of desire to win and locked in. It's beyond exciting.
That tends to happen when you have players that are all worth that much. Presently we've got our 1D, 1/2C and 1LW locked up to those deals for 5+ years, with Batherson providing some relief with his amazing deal. We may have to make some tough calls when it comes to resign DeBrincat, Sanderson, and Pinto; but for now I don't think we've put a foot wrong.
this is a consequence of the salary cap and analytics. The analytics say that players in their mid 20s are the most productive players in the league and so paying these players the most money is the most efficient use of limited cap space.
not good when you have players that are all worth that much and you didnt even sniff getting clsoe to the playoffs.
True, though I don't think that really holds water in Ottawa's case. The problem wasn't the top line or Chabot's pairing, it was a complete and utter lack of depth anywhere else in the lineup. The offseason moves have gone a long way to address that - just need to sort out RD.
