Confirmed with Link: Ryan Dzingel traded to Ottawa for Cedric Paquette, Alex Galchenyuk

[vorbis]

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[Unsustainable]

Oh wow

 

[HisIceness]

If true we won't be seeing these guys for about a week or more.

Edit, now its confirmed. I guess this is okay? I'm not really sure but Dzingel I thought was turning it around this season, oh well.

 

[EXTRAS]

Paquette is a great bottom 6 C option imo

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

For those of us wanting grit, paquette is definitely it.

Chucky be riding the pine? If Dzingel was stapled to the 4th line for defense, chucky would be on a 5th line if we could have it.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I’m sorry what??

Edit: ok that initial reaction didn’t have a lot of content.

I see this as a combination “favor” to a player and swing for the fences. Everything I’ve heard says that Paquette is washed, but if he returns to a decent form he become the 4th line center we need, which is a way better fit than Dzingel. Martinook moves back to the wing into Dzingel’s spot, and we just look a lot better down the middle.

Galchenyuk is an absolute lottery ticket (one that people have lost on before), but hey it’s a bet on skill. Dude is one season removed from consistent 40 pt production.

For someone that wasn’t really impacting the team or the game, it’s not a bad return.

 

[Identity404]

I can get behind this. Dzingel has been useless in CAR. Maybe he can get it back together in OTT. Seems like the cap works out.

 

[HisIceness]

Forgot that Zinger was only signed here for 2 years, so dumping expiring contract.

 

[cptjeff]

Dzingel didn't work out here, but had success in Ottawa. He probably wants to go back, they want him back. We get a gritty guy who slots in much better where Dzingel was playing in the lineup, get a reclamation project with upside in Galchenyuk, and we save money.

I'd call that a win for both teams.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Shrug

Dzingel wasn’t a good fit here, so it’s whatever. Paquette is good for the bottom 6. Gally is a warm body at this point.

 

[Identity404]

Forgot that Zinger was only signed here for 2 years, so dumping expiring contract.

All contracts in the deal are expiring UFA. Plus We save some $.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

I was really disappointed with Paquette in Ottawa ... but hell, who can tell with how bad everyone was playing. He was noticeably bad tho. Galchenyuk just wasn’t impactful in any way...also he was not played up in the lineup. Still has a rocket one timer.
Honestly it works for both teams.

 

[Buenos Necas]

I was never a big fan of Dzingle here, the fit just never seemed to work out. That being said...I probably would have just kept him seeing as it's only saving around 700k. I guess they're hoping Paquette can be another 4C option, but not sure why we're bothering with Galchenyuk. Wouldn't be shocked if one (or both) of the new guys hit waivers soon.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Yeah, sure, that's fine. Paquette fits the fourth line role better. Galchenyuk used to be decent. Perhaps he can rekindle that here, perhaps not. Depth that we need nonetheless. And I think we save a tiny bit on the cap, which isn't bad for call ups and later moves. I like Dzingel, but sadly never worked out how it was envisioned. Best of luck in his return to Ottawa.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

What do the contracts and salary look like for these 2? How will it affect us after this year?

I liked Dzingel but he could’ve easily been a consistent healthy scratch here without us missin much of a beat. I hope he is able to go put up some more points in Ottawa and get another decent deal in the offseason.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

I assume Dzingel gets moved again at the deadline

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

For those of us wanting grit, paquette is definitely it.

Chucky be riding the pine? If Dzingel was stapled to the 4th line for defense, chucky would be on a 5th line if we could have it.

I think it was you calling for this a week or 2 ago, no? If so, good call. Or was it someone else?

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Good spare parts trade with possible upside. Good luck Zinger.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

I should say, the shock of Paquette being traded so close to the season, from the warm weather, no tax Stanley Cup champs to the Canadian based league doormats might have been a big reason he’s played so poorly. We often overlook the human element.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

He was also a career Tampa guy who may have been traded against his will, so putting him in a division against Tampa this year might be kind of spicy...

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I think it was you calling for this a week or 2 ago, no? If so, good call. Or was it someone else?

I had said Paquette was a good target for us to add some muscle. I figured it would be a 5th rounder or similar value deal at the deadline. Maybe a 4th if they ate half his cap hit.

side nite: i wonder if Geekie has fallen out some. Brindy didn’t play him for much of the third. Paquette becomes the 4C. Geekie back to the taxi squad as a depth piece?

 

[GoldiFox]

I've been saying for a while that Dzingel to Ottawa makes sense to clear salary.

Basically Paquette fills Dzingel's bottom-6 role better and Galchenyuk fills his PP role better. Upgrades both spots. Interested to see how Paquette looks.

Canes can bury Galchenyuk with little Cap penalty. So this saves a couple million.

 

[Chrispy]

First thought is I assume this means Necas is good to go. Would be surprised if they signed off on this deal if he had a setback after practicing.

I like getting someone who fits better in the bottom 6 than Dzingel did. A loss off PP2 but you could use Galchenyuk in that spot so maybe it works. And if it doesn’t you can go for a deadline deal.

I thought Dzingel was a great gamble, but he never seemed to mesh with Rod’s system.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Geekie has ranged from mediocre to downright bad this year. I'm not giving up on him, but this could certainly make us better right now. Galchenyuk is decent enough as a depth guy. Maybe he'll find something in this situation that's been missing the last year+. He needs to do whatever he can to get things off on the right foot with Brindy to have a chance.

 

[sheriff bart]

Dzingle was overpayed for his lineup slot, and was kind of a square peg in a round hole.