Burrows Buyout

[YouGotAStuGoing]

This isn't really about saving money. We're gonna spend the same or more on a replacement player. This is probably the only move we've made all year that isn't about saving money.

Eh. We'll agree to disagree here, I think. The cynic in me thinks that if the buyout was a break-even endeavour, it wouldn't have happened. Because there's a net savings of ~league minimum, the process of buyout + low salary replacement player ends up making this cost neutral with the added bonus of being a very popular move, which is something the team really needs these days.

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

Good riddance and congrats Pierre from Orleans on this move. The trade never should have happened, but at least this garbage is off our team now. Now get rid of Zack Smith, Mark Borowiecki and Marian Gaborik once he's healthy, and the team will look better.

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

I'm shocked that Dorion was able to convince Melnyk to OK a buyout.

Don't understand why Melnyk would oppose it as it will save him $800K a year.

 

[armani]

Good riddance and congrats Pierre from Orleans on this move. The trade never should have happened, but at least this garbage is off our team now. Now get rid of Zack Smith, Mark Borowiecki and Marian Gaborik once he's healthy, and the team will look better.

Boroweicki, for all his shortcomings, brings an element in the team's blueline that nobody in the system really does (other than Sieloff who is an AHLer). For a small cap hit, as a hometown guy with supposed locker room leadership. Boro also improved his game noticeably last year. Think he is not going anywhere.

 

[Langdon Alger]

High fives and hugs for everyone!

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

Dorion probably sad he only got 1 high five and a hug today after this move, it came from his analytics guy that is chained to the basement of CTC and is only brought up 1 day per year.

 

[SpezDispenser]

We should rush to sign a different aging POS player on July 1st and INSIST on compensating the team he's leaving with a good prospect.

 

[pzeeman]

 

[Spartachat]

This is a good move. The Sens are still way over the internal budget.

 

[Sensinitis]

“There’s no way this team buys out anybody”



WOOOO today was a good day already. Back to ball hockey Alex...

 

[Alex1234]

The game is called HOCKEY not street fighting

Someone kneeing another player in the back of the head should not play hockey again

GOOD RIDDANCE

Bravo Pedro from Orleans

 

[Tuna99]

Dorion just fist pumped himself in front of his mirror for this buyout.

 

[harrisb]

Dorion just fist pumped himself in front of his mirror for this buyout.

Till he figures out that Melnyk is garnering his wages

 

[Very Stable Genius]

I still shudder everytime I think about the trade/Burrows, at least I won't have to hear his name again to remind me.

 

[OgieO]

Glad we have opened up room for younger players to play. Made no sense for him to take any shifts this year. I actually liked what he brought late in that first season, and the playoffs. But we have no use for him now obviously.

 

[DrEasy]

Surely we'll need to replace the intangibles, character and leadership that he provided to make the Sens' locker room so... OK, I give up.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Great news! Didn't see this coming at all.

Opens up another 13th/14th forward spot for young guys like Paul or McCormick.

 

[scallionjj11]

Well this was about a year and a half too late. How in the heck did anyone think that was a good idea to trade Dahlen for Burrows? Please don't give me this crap about his assists last year in the playoffs, someone else would've stepped up.

 

[Ouroboros]

Please do Gaborik as well.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

All we need is Dahlen to bust and in the end it won't have mattered much.

Not to defend the trade because we can all see it was a mistake, but I still don't think we would have made the playoffs without him for those couple games he came up big while we were sputtering and battling injuries.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Well this was about a year and a half too late. How in the heck did anyone think that was a good idea to trade Dahlen for Burrows? Please don't give me this crap about his assists last year in the playoffs, someone else would've stepped up.

As someone who didn't mind the trade at the time, he was hopefully going to bring something to the table to get us possibly a cup, I mean, he was a pretty standard deadline acquisition that happens with a lot of teams.

I can fully admit I was wrong about it, although I think he actually played well in that playoff run (and lots of people disagree I know.) Last year though? He was abysmal in every facet of the game.

As far as the "someone else would have stepped up" comment, seems weird, I guess you can say that about anything really if you want to dismiss something? Overall, acquiring players at the deadline doesn't seem worth it in the end, especially if the mentality is if you don't win the cup because of it, its a waste of a trade, because it probably will be.

 

[scallionjj11]

As someone who didn't mind the trade at the time, he was hopefully going to bring something to the table to get us possibly a cup, I mean, he was a pretty standard deadline acquisition that happens with a lot of teams.

I can fully admit I was wrong about it, although I think he actually played well in that playoff run (and lots of people disagree I know.) Last year though? He was abysmal in every facet of the game.

As far as the "someone else would have stepped up" comment, seems weird, I guess you can say that about anything really if you want to dismiss something? Overall, acquiring players at the deadline doesn't seem worth it in the end, especially if the mentality is if you don't win the cup because of it, its a waste of a trade, because it probably will be.

The "stepped comment" was not the best way to put it. I guess what i was getting at was anything can happen. Maybe if don't don't acquire Burrows then maybe we make it to the cup final? I know the bottom line is hindsight is 20/20.

 

[The Lewler]

Freeing up roster spots for EA NHL 19 I like it .

 

[Beville]

Wheyyyy good job boys

 

[Uchiha]

Useless tenure in Ottawa. Glad he’s gone for good.