Has anyone given away more talent than Ottawa in the last 5 years?

[Kamina]

I feel it is appropriate to post this after Melnyk's latest letter to the fans, words no one believes.

I learned today that you can make a semi-decent hockey team made up of players that Ottawa has given away in the last 5 years. Can any team come close to this? The D is awful but other than that it's a full team that could hold its own in the NHL right now.

(Includes trades, the Vegas expansion draft, and free agency)

Team Former Sens Set Free (since March 1, 2013)

Viktor Stalberg - Mika Zibanejad - Jakob Silfverberg
Derick Brassard - Kyle Turris - Jason Spezza
Shane Prince - Nate Thompson - Alex Chiasson
Matt Puempel - Nick Shore - Cory Conacher
Tommy Wingels, Curtis Lazar

Marc Methot - Dion Phaneuf
Ian Cole - Patrick Wiercioch
Johnny Oduya - Eric Gryba
Andre Benoit

Ben Bishop
Robin Lehner
Andrew Hammond

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Interested to see if other teams can come close to this. I hope not, because no fanbase should go through this

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[Ainec]

I wana say Boston but each passing year = 1 less year of PC era


Florida might be up there
Chicago, Edmonton etc

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Jesus, no need to kick em while they're down.

 

[HSF]

There are probably many teams that have?

Rosters tend too look different after 5 years

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Columbus is up there

 

[blankall]

That isn't even that bad. That fantasy lineup is straight up awful and many of those trades Ottawa got good value on.

Boston is way worse. They've given up multiple high end talents at extremely young ages for peanuts.

Thornton and Seguin are both franchise players. Add in guys line Hamilton too.

 

[Bounces R Way]

That certainly is quite a bit of turnover for 5 years. I wouldn't want to work for that guy either. Still got nothing on the Oilers. "Set free" implies you got nothing in return as well. That team is not really anywhere near semi decent either.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

That "All-Let go by Ottawa" lineup isn't all that bad, tbh. The defense is shaky, but if you add an elite #1RHD it becomes a solid D-core. I wonder if they'll add that piece soon.

 

[Daximus]

That isn't even that bad. That fantasy lineup is straight up awful and many of those trades Ottawa got good value on.

Boston is way worse. They've given up multiple high end talents at extremely young ages for peanuts.

Thornton and Seguin are both franchise players. Add in guys line Hamilton too.

Kessel and Wheeler as well. Who have become top wingers in the league.

 

[AfroThunder396]

In the last 5 years? Probably not. But NJ had a doozy run of losing talent from 2005 up until about 2013.

Niedermayer
Rafalski
Parise
Kovalchuk
Gomez
Gionta
Langenbrunner
Martin
Oduya
Clarkson
Madden

 

[Nick Hansen]

Bottom six and the defense looks pretty horrible. And Stalberg isn't exactly setting the world on fire...

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Off the top of my head Boston has easily traded more with few results in return. Wheeler,Kessel,Seguin,Hamilton etc. It's incredible that they've found a way to remain so good.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

The Leafs used to hand picks and prospects out like crazy, not so much anymore. They gifted Seguin and Hamilton to Boston as well as Rask, gave Steen up for a minimal return. Nothing recently though.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Some of those players on that team were traded for eachother

 

[The Grim Reaper]

*Run on sentence warning*

I can't believe that Ottawa went from being one goal away from beating the Stanley Cup champs in double overtime of game 7 in the conference finals, to whatever the hell they are now...

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Kessel and Wheeler as well. Who have become top wingers in the league.

Not all within the last 5 years. That Sens list may lack the really high end pieces (for now) but it is pretty extensive.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

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[Kamina]

Jesus, no need to kick em while they're down.

I'm a Sens fan, so I wanted to share our miserable perspective in a different way
-cries-

 

[BB88]

Seguin, Lucic, Hamilton, Horton, Eriksson, Smith, Iginla, C.Miller, Subban, Boychuk, Spooner to highlight.

 

[rent free]

Only Seguin fits in the last 5 years out of those players. Thornton, Kessel and Wheeler left the Bruins organization a long time ago already

hamilton does as well

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Boston's "what could have been" team is probably the best in the league by far

 

[Kamina]

hamilton does as well

Right, fair enough. I was concentrated more on the four top line forwards and forgot Hamilton was part of the post tbh

I agree Boston would probably be the strongest if we extended the window from the last 5 years to Chia's tenure lol

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Seguin, Lucic, Hamilton, Horton, Eriksson, Smith, Iginla, C.Miller, Subban, Boychuk, Spooner to highlight.

Dont forget Jones

 

[Kamina]

That "All-Let go by Ottawa" lineup isn't all that bad, tbh. The defense is shaky, but if you add an elite #1RHD it becomes a solid D-core. I wonder if they'll add that piece soon.

lmao this poster gets it

 

[Martin Skoula]

In the last 5 years? Probably not. But NJ had a doozy run of losing talent from 2005 up until about 2013.

Niedermayer
Rafalski
Parise
Kovalchuk
Gomez
Gionta
Langenbrunner
Martin
Oduya
Clarkson
Madden

???