That`s what I was thinking too but will they hire Alfredsson, Phillips & Neil? What other x-sens will want a job?
Redden was exactly the guy I was thinking of when I wrote that, I mean you never know right? How many over the hill vets have Ottawa traded for or signed as UFAs in the last number of yrs? A few.
Well, really Phillips and Neil should focus on their restaurant/bar businesses.
I wouldn't be surprised though if they keep Phillips and Neil around in some sort of ambassador roles. Purely for PR and event appearances. Otherwise, what will the writers in the Sun and Citizen do without their good buddies, the ones who have gotten completely free passes on their rapidly declining play the last few years because they're friendly with said writers away from the ice, around to heap praise on?
It's gonna be hilarious to watch them have nobody they actually WANT to write nice things about on a consistent basis.
And ya, Redden, who Murray still offered an extension to, albeit much lower than $6.5 million. Something closer to $3 million IIRC. Which, based on his play with the Rangers, was still far too much. Meanwhile, Ottawa got Kovalev
To be fair, looked decent for the first part of his debut season. Then the Olympics came, which he didn't even go to, but he was awful after that. And who can forget deciding to get rentals like Andy "The Expert" Sutton and Matt Cullen in 2010. While both played well, kinda hard to justify even at the time when Ottawa was nowhere near actually contending.