Eh, we was one of the older players in the draft and couldn’t even produce at a ppg pace, that’s not a high ceiling guy to me. If we wanted a high ceiling prospect we would have drafted the player like Sprong,Kylington,Bracco and Anderson with the pick.
WE NEED HELP AT THE D POSITION ASAP FFS
You're right but imagine we get Svechnikov and sign DeHaan...
You would have Stone, Duchene, Hoffman, Svechnikov up front. Whoa. Put all those guys + Karlsson on the PP. Or put one of them on PP2 with Chabot and special teams alone would put us as a bubble team lol.
You're right but imagine we get Svechnikov and sign DeHaan...
You would have Stone, Duchene, Hoffman, Svechnikov up front. Whoa. Put all those guys + Karlsson on the PP. Or put one of them on PP2 with Chabot and special teams alone would put us as a bubble team lol.
I wonder what kind of contract DeHaan will be looking for.
Sigh.Big money likely. I'd guess 5 + and no way are we paying that.
Goaltending and being better at possession can make average defenders look much better..Not saying I dont disagree ,but a high calibre forward would also be a huge help for this teamWE NEED HELP AT THE D POSITION ASAP FFS
WE NEED HELP AT THE D POSITION ASAP FFS
We should look to see if we can move Gaborik's ridiculously overpaid salary and flip him to a team for an equally overpriced defenceman.
Maybe we could even get younger in the process! I mean, I'm not asking a ton here, but Gaborik is 36 years old... even if we could get like, a 32ish year old defenceman for him, that would be fine. That's still an upgrade in that regard. Gaborik is going to be 39 when his contract is up, it literally can't get worse than that.
Doesn't even have to be a great defenceman. Just some guy who could reasonably pass for a #4 guy? You know, passably good, like... has flaws, but is still good enough to contribute. Maybe he was a better player in his youth, and got a big contract based on reputation, and now the team wants out of it. Just target a team who has a guy like that on a bad contract, like around $7mil/year. Yeah, Gaborik's cap hit is like $5+, but the way I see it, I'd rather pay an extra $2 mil a year for a guy who is actually somewhat useful (if flawed) who plays a position that is hard (and expensive) to find and retain, than a guy who is completely done at the NHL level at a position that is literally the easiest position in hockey to find depth at.
Gaborik is totally useless and a sunk cost, might as well use that money to upgrade the blueline a bit if we can find a sucker to make that kind of trade.
I think DAL has someone like that. Local guy too.We should look to see if we can move Gaborik's ridiculously overpaid salary and flip him to a team for an equally overpriced defenceman.
Maybe we could even get younger in the process! I mean, I'm not asking a ton here, but Gaborik is 36 years old... even if we could get like, a 32ish year old defenceman for him, that would be fine. That's still an upgrade in that regard. Gaborik is going to be 39 when his contract is up, it literally can't get worse than that.
Doesn't even have to be a great defenceman. Just some guy who could reasonably pass for a #4 guy? You know, passably good, like... has flaws, but is still good enough to contribute. Maybe he was a better player in his youth, and got a big contract based on reputation, and now the team wants out of it. Just target a team who has a guy like that on a bad contract, like around $7mil/year. Yeah, Gaborik's cap hit is like $5+, but the way I see it, I'd rather pay an extra $2 mil a year for a guy who is actually somewhat useful (if flawed) who plays a position that is hard (and expensive) to find and retain, than a guy who is completely done at the NHL level at a position that is literally the easiest position in hockey to find depth at.
Gaborik is totally useless and a sunk cost, might as well use that money to upgrade the blueline a bit if we can find a sucker to make that kind of trade.
That’s what the odds are. If the Senators finish third last, then the probability is the Senators will draft 6th I believe based on the draft lottery odds I saw recently.I keep simming the draft lottery and we're usually pick 4-7
Stone's not traveling with the team to Florida. With the way Andy and King Karl's leaking goals while they're on ice, tankers rejoice!
Buffalo is only one point behind now... we’ve played two more games than them but still
Yeah we need D man help now. Drafting a D isn't going to make us better next year
We should look to see if we can move Gaborik's ridiculously overpaid salary and flip him to a team for an equally overpriced defenceman.
Maybe we could even get younger in the process! I mean, I'm not asking a ton here, but Gaborik is 36 years old... even if we could get like, a 32ish year old defenceman for him, that would be fine. That's still an upgrade in that regard. Gaborik is going to be 39 when his contract is up, it literally can't get worse than that.
Doesn't even have to be a great defenceman. Just some guy who could reasonably pass for a #4 guy? You know, passably good, like... has flaws, but is still good enough to contribute. Maybe he was a better player in his youth, and got a big contract based on reputation, and now the team wants out of it. Just target a team who has a guy like that on a bad contract, like around $7mil/year. Yeah, Gaborik's cap hit is like $5+, but the way I see it, I'd rather pay an extra $2 mil a year for a guy who is actually somewhat useful (if flawed) who plays a position that is hard (and expensive) to find and retain, than a guy who is completely done at the NHL level at a position that is literally the easiest position in hockey to find depth at.
Gaborik is totally useless and a sunk cost, might as well use that money to upgrade the blueline a bit if we can find a sucker to make that kind of trade.
damn. close standings. A win streak will hurt.Not right.
Current NHL standings show:
MONTREAL 68 GP 62 PTS
Vancouver 68 GP. 59 PTS
Ottawa. 67 GP. 57 PTS
Buffalo 69 GP. 56 PTS
Arizona. 67 GP. 53 Pts
damn. close standings. A win streak will hurt.