Confirmed with Link: Dadanov to Vegas for Holden and a pick

[Masked]

Its July. He is trolling.

Bruce isn't trolling, he's not just not smart. I hope Bruce is passing along his own thoughts and not those of Senators management.

 

[trentmccleary]

Based on his development so far, I fully expect Sanderson to break into the NHL like McAvoy and Werenski.

Both of those guys jumped straight into top-4 roles.

He might play 5 games this season and who knows at what quality. He's a complete non-factor for 2021-22. The season after, he might be able to compete with an older and more experienced Brannstrom.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

This.

Josh Brown as a 7th defenseman? Good
Mete as a 7 defenseman? Good
Holden as a 6th defenseman? Good.

Our problem is that we need Joshn Brown to be a quality 5th defenseman who can play with Mete or Holden.

Mete is more than a 7th d man sorry but it’s true

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Mete is more than a 7th d man sorry but it’s true

I agree.

Brannstrom is better though and if we play him we are suck with two small left defenseman.

Mete does play rightie as well, so maybe we see a Holden - Mete pairing. I dont mind that either.

Well have to see how a Mete Holden pairing does defensively. Maybe it works and Smith allows it despite the size issues.

 

[Mookie McGee]

We understand that your obsession with size colours every opinion that you have.

Well, here is the top 4 that played almost all the minutes and just brought the Habs and their mediocre forward corps to the final....

NO	PLAYER	POS	SHOT	HT	WT
8	Ben Chiarot	D	R	6-3	219
44	Joel Edmundson	D	R	6-4	220
26	Jeff Petry	D	R	6-3	204
6	Shea Weber	D	R	6-4	236

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[trentmccleary]

Well, here is the top 4 that played almost all the minutes and just brought the Habs and their mediocre forward corps to the final....

NO	PLAYER	POS	SHOT	HT	WT
8	Ben Chiarot	D	R	6-3	219
44	Joel Edmundson	D	R	6-4	220
26	Jeff Petry	D	R	6-3	204
6	Shea Weber	D	R	6-4	236

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

And the stats for both finalists... over the past 20 years?

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Ok now we get deal zotto wtf lol. See this could have been just Holden. Now it’s Holden + del zotto

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I agree.

Brannstrom is better though and if we play him we are suck with two small left defenseman.

Mete does play rightie as well, so maybe we see a Holden - Mete pairing. I dont mind that either.

Well have to see how a Mete Holden pairing does defensively. Maybe it works and Smith allows it despite the size issues.

Dj does not plays guys on their offside. Now we’ve signed del zotto. We are tanking for Wright

 

[DueDiligence]

Hate this. But if this means they free up money for the RFAs I will grudgingly accept it. But don't like it

Why? Dadonov was underwhelming all last season in Ottawa. And at soon to be 34 years old I can't see him improving at all.

 

[HanSolo]

I don't know how Dorion conned us into accepting this but I'm very upset at him for it. Can mark this as a moment he was a decent GM.

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Dj does not plays guys on their offside. Now we’ve signed del zotto. We are tanking for Wright

He allows people who are over the age of 30 to do it like Hainsey.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

The same mistakes will be repeated forever and ever and ever

 

[SensFactor]

Hopefully Tkachuk signing next for 7x7.25

 

[Mookie McGee]

And the stats for both finalists... over the past 20 years?

Well, here's who won this year and last year....seems to be a common thread in there somewhere....

81	Erik Cernak		D	23	6-3	233
77	Victor Hedman	D	30	6-6	223
27	Ryan McDonagh		D	31	6-1	215
44	Jan Rutta		D	30	6-3	200
58	David Savard	D	30	6-2	233
2	Luke Schenn	D	31	6-2	229
98	Mikhail Sergachev		D	22	6-3	215

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[trentmccleary]

Well, here's who won this year and last year....seems to be a common thread in there somewhere....

81	Erik Cernak		D	23	6-3	233
77	Victor Hedman	D	30	6-6	223
27	Ryan McDonagh		D	31	6-1	215
44	Jan Rutta		D	30	6-3	200
58	David Savard	D	30	6-2	233
2	Luke Schenn	D	31	6-2	229
98	Mikhail Sergachev		D	22	6-3	215

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Again, this is an extremely small sample size.

 

[Boud]

Great move. I would've done the deal without the pick just to get out of the Dadonov deal. It's not only that he wasn't very good for us, he didn't
help the PP, and plays a style that doesn't fit well with the team.

Dadonov doesn't drive the play, we saw that first hand last season. He needs to play with guys who can drive the play. I hope he finds success in Vegas and I think it'll be a much better fit for him.

Great deal for us IMO. Love to see what they'll do with the extra money.

 

[Emrasie]

Crazy. I was in the camp that believed that Dadonov would have a bounce back season, but this is a pretty good deal.

Without a really good center with him it would have been waste time (and money) for us and Dadonov, good deal and he could have a decent year with Vegas (even if they don't have a top center neither). Curious to see if he have the year Tatar had with Montreal following his trade, it would be funny.

 

[Tuna99]

Good trade.

 

[Agent Zub]

Yea, I'm not buying it, he looked weak defensively & got overpowered numerous times. He's a transition piece to me until Sanderson gets here, you can throw out all the stats you want, but they didn't spend a 5th OA to not play him over a guy the coach doesn't want. We'll see, but I don't see Sanderson spending anytime in the AHL.

Brannstrom was one of the big reasons this team was competitive down the stretch. If he and Zub had played from the start we might have made the playoffs.

 

[God Says No]

Good trade, although I kinda feel Dadonov should have been given a chance to redeem himself. He's a better player than what he showed last year.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Funny enough, I thought Tierney would be the easier contract to move and Dadonov’s next to impossible without retention.

 

[aragorn]

We understand that your obsession with size colours every opinion that you have.

Did you watch the playoffs? I'm not the only one on here who things we need to move on from Brannstrom & think Sanderson is the much better player. I just think it's obvious.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Awesome news. bye bye Dadonov.

 

[aragorn]

He might play 5 games this season and who knows at what quality. He's a complete non-factor for 2021-22. The season after, he might be able to compete with an older and more experienced Brannstrom.

Brannstrom was one of the big reasons this team was competitive down the stretch. If he and Zub had played from the start we might have made the playoffs.

And they just signed a more experienced Michael Del Zotto to play behind Chabot & more experienced Holden to play behind Del Zotto probably pushing Brannstrom & JBD down to the AHL. And if they qualify Mete who also has more NHL experience he will probably be their 7th D.

Chabot - Zaitsev
Del Zotto - Zub
Holden - J. Brown/Mete

 

[saskriders]

Love this trade.