Confirmed Signing with Link: [OTT] Evgenii Dadonov signs with the Senators (3 years, $5M AAV)

[branch]

Shrewd deal for the Sens. Bit surprised he'd be willing to leave Miami.

Have you seen the state of Florida these days

 

[branch]

Gonchar was fine for us. Kovalev wasn’t bad in his first year here. Either way, I don’t view either signing as bad.

 

[bert]

I look at rosters of all the Canadian teams especially the 3 I mentioned and they are all stronger than Ottawa this year.

Toronto's playoff results have 0 to do with which team will be better this coming season

Keep saying it. It will come to fruition in 2067.

 

[sergejean]

Solid signing with the perfect term and money.

 

[Super Cake]

Keep saying it. It will come to fruition in 2067.

More like 3067

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Solid solid signing. Ottawa has a bright future.

 

[GermanPanther]

more like 2525

 

[Langdon Alger]

We really dont have much other than potential, and a few decent vets sprinkled in...Again its all on the kids,some will be good ,some will fail...So us predicting a playoffs spot is very premature at this point

Yeah, I don’t expect playoffs, but I doubt the team finishes in 30th place.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Calling it now -- Ottawa will win the Cup within four years...

Its a great signing but don't get ahead of your self here. not all prospects make it. Hope Ottawa has success it's about time we get The Battle Of Ontario going again. but alot can happen between now and 4 years. trending in a great direction though.

 

[topshelf15]

Yeah, I don’t expect playoffs, but I doubt the team finishes in 30th place.

Same we will show far better ,but the playoffs are a reach

 

[Langdon Alger]

Same we will show far better ,but the playoffs are a reach

Yeah, I’m ok with it if we miss the playoffs as long as the team keeps improving.

 

[varano]

So random

 

[BLNY]

Have you seen the state of Florida these days

I have. I'm not knocking Ottawa at all. The money he wouldn't be paying in income tax there he could pay people to do everything so he doesn't have to deal with most of the gong show.

 

[Walrus26]

Solid Sens Signing.

 

[jbeck5]

I look at rosters of all the Canadian teams especially the 3 I mentioned and they are all stronger than Ottawa this year.

Toronto's playoff results have 0 to do with which team will be better this coming season

It's just, the same thing has been said about Toronto for a couple seasons and they haven't done anything. Maybe they aren't as good as you make them out to be. Maybe you have some bias making you value the players on their roster more than other teams. Maybe the Toronto centric media has you believing you're right.

 

[NyQuil]

Is there a scouting report on him in this thread?

What’s he like?

 

[Prajna]

Most of their prospects are ready for the NHL. Signing makes no sense. Will be gone when Ottawa is ready to contend and makes too much to be be traded.

Most of their prospects are not nhl ready. They are knocking at the door but that does not mean they step in and play top 6 minutes. Before this trade the Sens had one legit top 6 forward!

 

[NyQuil]

Most of their prospects are not nhl ready. They are knocking at the door but that does not mean they step in and play top 6 minutes. Before this trade the Sens had one legit top 6 forward!

You have to start transitioning prospects into the team at some point.

I think we are still firmly outside the door but hopefully they gain some solid experience and we get a decent draft pick.

One aspect I believe in is the fact that young skilled players have to learn from older skilled players.

You can’t just have your veteran experience on the 4th line grinding out games.

 

[Reviresco]

Bye Daddy. Great addition by Ottawa, really hoped that we would resign him.

 

[SensFactor]

Solid signing. Love all the salty posters. Makes getting him even better

 

[HoweHullOrr]

Congrats Ottawa Fans, you have been through enough, and it's good to see your team acquiring some good players. The division, whether that's Atlantic, or Canadian, is going to be tougher to play in for sure now.

Agreed. Glad to see there's some good news for Senator fans. Some of the petty comments in here on the other hand .......

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Pierre Dorion has really had a great off season. Really liking how he is slowly adding pieces to the Sens. 3 year contract at a reasonable cap hit for a proven veteran on the young Sens, what is there not to like about this deal.

 

[Ciao]

I just don't see what the attraction to Ottawa is besides being the only team willing to get him 5 mil over 3 years.

He gets to live in a Canadian city, and might not even have to travel to the US where COVID rates are higher and where there is no assurance of a peaceful transition of power if one is called for following an upcoming election.

Perhaps he's had enough of the disease and violence now prevalent in the US.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Didn't even realize he was on the market. Great signing by Ottawa!

 

[HoweHullOrr]

That’s how you hit the cap floor!

Ya, Senators are just $100k under cap floor, and they have 3 RFAs to sign.

Won't be surprised if people keep posting they will have trouble reaching cap floor though LOL.