Post-Game Talk: Hurricane bringing 25-40cm of snow, Tues. 7:30pm

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Golden_Jet

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Good 4th line effort, 11-7 pays off, where GB rotates his best players onto the line.
 

Super Cake

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Every time Stone and Duchene scores or touches the puck, everyone should yell you suck Melnyk.
 

L'Aveuglette

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Mark Stone should be captain . Never should have let him get to UFA status. Sens management is such a joke.

It might even feel dumber than getting rid of EK at this point considering he's only 26, is a great mentor to the kids, especially Tkachuk, and won't command Karlsson money. It's a literal no-brainer to do everything to keep him around and there is ZERO excuse for trading him at this point.
 

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It might even feel dumber than getting rid of EK at this point considering he's only 26, is a great mentor to the kids, especially Tkachuk, and won't command Karlsson money. It's a literal no-brainer to do everything to keep him around and there is ZERO excuse for trading him at this point.
Him not wanting to sign here is one

Through fault of ownership and management obviously playing a big part
 

L'Aveuglette

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Him not wanting to sign here is one

Through fault of ownership and management obviously playing a big part

That's not an excuse though, because it's 100% on management for creating a situation in which he wouldn't want to re-sign. He obviously loves Ottawa otherwise.
 

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It might even feel dumber than getting rid of EK at this point considering he's only 26, is a great mentor to the kids, especially Tkachuk, and won't command Karlsson money. It's a literal no-brainer to do everything to keep him around and there is ZERO excuse for trading him at this point.

Given your own perspective on this team, ownership, gm and coach...why would a man with free will stay?
 

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It might even feel dumber than getting rid of EK at this point considering he's only 26, is a great mentor to the kids, especially Tkachuk, and won't command Karlsson money. It's a literal no-brainer to do everything to keep him around and there is ZERO excuse for trading him at this point.

At least with the Karlsson trade there was a vocal (if extremely misinformed) minority of fans who actually thought Ottawa would be better off without him. But Stone? Absolutely nobody wants him to be traded. Period. It will be impossible for Dorion to explain this one.
 
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DaveMatthew

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Given your own perspective on this team, ownership, gm and coach...why would a man with free will stay?

Overpayment, which based on salary commitments for the next few years, we should be fully willing and able to give.

Stone and Duchene were never going to stay here for "market value", because if money is equal, there are so many better options. They would stay if the money was above market value, and if this franchise was serious about keeping them, that's what we would have offered them. But we didn't, because we're not.
 

DaveMatthew

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At least with the Karlsson trade there was a vocal (if extremely misinformed) minority of fans who actually thought Ottawa would be better off without him. But Stone? Absolutely nobody wants him to be traded. Period. It will be impossible for Dorion to explain this one.

Don't doubt this team and city in crafting a narrative that paints the player as the bad guy. I'm sure it'll happen with Stone too.
 

starling

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Stone is too smart to sign here. He won't drink Dorion's and Melnyk's coolaid. He knows he won't win anything here in the foreseeable future.
I won't be surprised he flat out told Dorion that he's out.
 
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