Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
My plan to retool the Sens : go younger so we have a younger core of vets fitting with the prospects like Chabot, Brown, White, Chlapik, Batherson, Formenton, Jaros, Harpur, etc.
Trade (this deadline or in the off-season) :
Derrick Brassard (because he is 30 y/o and would need a new contract starting when he is 32 y/o)
Zack Smith (turning 30 y/o soon)
Alex Burrows (36 y/o)
Nate Thompson (33 y/o)
Tom Pyatt (30 y/o)
Gabriel Dumont (if you can get anything)
Johnny Oduya (36 y/o)
Chris Wideman (fine little player but will get more expensive and Sens will need his spot for Jaros, etc)
Fredrik Claesson (he stays if we can't find the right deal)
Dion Phaneuf (if an interesting deal comes)
Craig Anderson (if possible but would need a temporary replacement or a possible long-term replacement)
Mike Condon (same as Andy)
- Keep Bobby Ryan for now as he brings skill and playmaking and with 4 years left on his deal after this season, we wouldn't get a good return anyway. Deal him later when the young guys have enough experience and confidence to produce. Hopefully Ryan stops being injury-prone so he gains a bit more value while producing more consistently
- Same for Phaneuf, keep him until the right deal comes along. With 3 years left on his contract after this season and if the Sens are ready to eat a cap dump (of course, not too big), then it might happen.
- MacArthur is on LTIR and should stay there until the end of his contract after 2019-20. Doesn't count against the cap and cost less than a million per year in insurance.
- Karlsson, Ceci, Stone, Hoffman, Duchene, Dzingel and Pageau are a young core of vets (24 to 28 y/o) that we should build around. In some cases (Hoffman, Duchene and Ceci), we have to put them in better "chairs", aka find the right players to play them with.
- Not sure if Borowiecki (28 y/o) should be among those guys but he seems like an important guy in the room. I see no harm in keeping him a cheap contracts and in a limited role (6th/7th)
- The biggest problem is goaltending. Have to rebuild the pipeline again, from top to bottom. Keep Hogberg but can't hatch all our eggs in this basket
- Oh and might need a new coaching staff with a more fitting approach with the personnel. Hard to speculate on that
Based on all that, here is my roster for the 2019-20 season :
First this is my Free Agent Signings (of course it's approx.)
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FORWARDS (12)
Right wing: B. Ryan ($7,250,000) - M. Stone ($7,000,000) - C. White ($1,200,000) - G. Gagné ($900,000)
Centre: M. Duchene ($6,000,000) - D. Batherson ($763,333) - J. Pageau ($3,100,000) - F. Chlapik ($728,333)
Left wing: M. Hoffman ($5,187,500) - R. Dzingel ($3,000,000) - F. Perron ($900,000) - N. Paul ($1,200,000)
DEFENSE (7)
Right: E. Karlsson ($9,650,000) - C. Ceci ($4,500,000) - C. Jaros ($755,000)
Left: T. Chabot ($863,333) - B. Harpur ($1,200,000) - D. Phaneuf ($7,000,000) - M. Borowiecki ($1,200,000)
GOALTENDER (2)
C. Anderson ($4,750,000) - M. Condon ($2,400,000)
DETAILS
Roster Size: 21
NHL Salary Cap: $80,000,000
Cap Hit: $69,547,499
Cap Space: $10,452,501
Note : That roster is not accounting the picks and prospects acquired through trades (mainly Brassard, Smith, etc). And I have not graduated players like Brown, Formenton, Wolanin, Lajoie, Hogberg, Englund, etc. yet as well as the new draft picks (could have a top-10 this year, notably)
Also, don't forget that we will need completely new blood in nets. But not going to speculate trades here.
Cap hit is also an approximation. It might be over that by then but I still have the Sens under ~ 10 M$ to keep the budget thing going.
Trade (this deadline or in the off-season) :
Derrick Brassard (because he is 30 y/o and would need a new contract starting when he is 32 y/o)
Zack Smith (turning 30 y/o soon)
Alex Burrows (36 y/o)
Nate Thompson (33 y/o)
Tom Pyatt (30 y/o)
Gabriel Dumont (if you can get anything)
Johnny Oduya (36 y/o)
Chris Wideman (fine little player but will get more expensive and Sens will need his spot for Jaros, etc)
Fredrik Claesson (he stays if we can't find the right deal)
Dion Phaneuf (if an interesting deal comes)
Craig Anderson (if possible but would need a temporary replacement or a possible long-term replacement)
Mike Condon (same as Andy)
- Keep Bobby Ryan for now as he brings skill and playmaking and with 4 years left on his deal after this season, we wouldn't get a good return anyway. Deal him later when the young guys have enough experience and confidence to produce. Hopefully Ryan stops being injury-prone so he gains a bit more value while producing more consistently
- Same for Phaneuf, keep him until the right deal comes along. With 3 years left on his contract after this season and if the Sens are ready to eat a cap dump (of course, not too big), then it might happen.
- MacArthur is on LTIR and should stay there until the end of his contract after 2019-20. Doesn't count against the cap and cost less than a million per year in insurance.
- Karlsson, Ceci, Stone, Hoffman, Duchene, Dzingel and Pageau are a young core of vets (24 to 28 y/o) that we should build around. In some cases (Hoffman, Duchene and Ceci), we have to put them in better "chairs", aka find the right players to play them with.
- Not sure if Borowiecki (28 y/o) should be among those guys but he seems like an important guy in the room. I see no harm in keeping him a cheap contracts and in a limited role (6th/7th)
- The biggest problem is goaltending. Have to rebuild the pipeline again, from top to bottom. Keep Hogberg but can't hatch all our eggs in this basket
- Oh and might need a new coaching staff with a more fitting approach with the personnel. Hard to speculate on that
Based on all that, here is my roster for the 2019-20 season :
First this is my Free Agent Signings (of course it's approx.)
| UFA | YEARS | CAP HIT |
|---|---|---|
| Duchene, Matt | 5 | $6,000,000 |
| Dzingel, Ryan | 4 | $3,000,000 |
| Karlsson, Erik | 8 | $9,650,000 |
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| RFA | YEARS | CAP HIT |
|---|---|---|
| Ceci, Cody | 5 | $4,500,000 |
| Högberg, Marcus | 3 | $900,000 |
| Gagné, Gabriel | 3 | $900,000 |
| Harpur, Ben | 3 | $1,200,000 |
| Paul, Nicholas | 3 | $1,200,000 |
| Perron, Francis | 3 | $900,000 |
| Stone, Mark | 8 | $7,000,000 |
| White, Colin | 3 | $1,200,000 |
| Englund, Andreas | 3 | $900,000 |
| Driedger, Chris | 3 | $900,000 |
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FORWARDS (12)
Right wing: B. Ryan ($7,250,000) - M. Stone ($7,000,000) - C. White ($1,200,000) - G. Gagné ($900,000)
Centre: M. Duchene ($6,000,000) - D. Batherson ($763,333) - J. Pageau ($3,100,000) - F. Chlapik ($728,333)
Left wing: M. Hoffman ($5,187,500) - R. Dzingel ($3,000,000) - F. Perron ($900,000) - N. Paul ($1,200,000)
DEFENSE (7)
Right: E. Karlsson ($9,650,000) - C. Ceci ($4,500,000) - C. Jaros ($755,000)
Left: T. Chabot ($863,333) - B. Harpur ($1,200,000) - D. Phaneuf ($7,000,000) - M. Borowiecki ($1,200,000)
GOALTENDER (2)
C. Anderson ($4,750,000) - M. Condon ($2,400,000)
DETAILS
Roster Size: 21
NHL Salary Cap: $80,000,000
Cap Hit: $69,547,499
Cap Space: $10,452,501
Note : That roster is not accounting the picks and prospects acquired through trades (mainly Brassard, Smith, etc). And I have not graduated players like Brown, Formenton, Wolanin, Lajoie, Hogberg, Englund, etc. yet as well as the new draft picks (could have a top-10 this year, notably)
Also, don't forget that we will need completely new blood in nets. But not going to speculate trades here.
Cap hit is also an approximation. It might be over that by then but I still have the Sens under ~ 10 M$ to keep the budget thing going.
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