McTonyBrar
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Probably the biggest loss on Ottawa's blueline since Zdeno Chara.
He should go to philly and be around his twinView attachment 366799 View attachment 366800
Brian Lee says hi.
He's no Matt Carkner.
Dudeeeeee it’s actually a striking similarity
What the hell is a Mark Borowiecki?
I guess this means Melnyk is out
For those who don't get it he was Melnyk's snitch. He's good value to Melnyk.
But in all seriousness if he is going to go elsewhere it's a bottomfeeder that's either desperate for D, or they're desperate for D but have no cap space but he happens to fit the bill. If I had to guess I'd say either the Coyotes, Devils, Ducks or Golden Knights.
But I also like to think Melynk is too cheap to sign Borowiecki.
Golden Knights are FAR from a bottom feeder
Boro has played like an impactful bottom pairing defenceman in the past two seasons, incidentally the worst two seasons since expansion day Sens with the mass liquidation of on ice talent to save El Cheapo Melnyk some money.
For a contending team, he can play the perfect 7th defenceman role, on a team like Ottawa he can play the role of a mentor who leads by example. He leaves it all out on ice and has had a career year in offence. He worked on his shooting and it showed this year. Boro is as physical a player as there is in the league. He blocks shots and punches with his face, while he is a perennial hits/game leader in the league.
There is a lot of mileage on this guy. Hence a fair contract for him is tricky. I can see him get a $2M per year for 3 years, or a $2.5M per year for 2 years type contract - mostly because of the tangibles and the intangible he brings on/off ice to go along with his 7 goals this years (the classic "what have you done for me lately" NHL GM mentality have the tendency to make short-sighted decisions on recency bias). I can even see a team paying him higher, though that would be foolish.
Now THAT is a rebuildWith Pageau traded and Boro and Anderson unlikely to return, that means that Bobby Ryan is the only remaining member of the 2017 team that went to game 7 of the ECF.
Its high risk because now one or more of Lehtonen, Sandin and Dermott aren't playing.