Player Discussion Victor Mete (D) - Claimed off waivers from Montreal

[Ice-Tray]

I think Mete might be a short term guy, and Bran will get time to prove he can be a long term guy. We won’t roll long term with both.

We LOVE that net front cross check dontchaknow

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Doesn’t this guy need a contract?

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Doesn’t this guy need a contract?

Ya a lot of our RFAs do

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Ya a lot of our RFAs do

But we qualified him right?

 

[DJB]

But we qualified him right?

I believe so. Dorion read the list of players that's weren't qualified the other day in a media scrum on zoom

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

5pm deadline today to file for arbitration

 

[playasRus]

Our LD is so crowded with #5-6 D already. Not saying we shouldn't sign him, just that I'm more emotionally invested in seeing us sign Brady and Bathy

 

[WORLDSTARHIPHOP]

Filed for arbitration per Friedman

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Cheap Offer. No wonder Mete filed. To me Mete has proven he is a NHL Dman.. he may be a 6th or 7th but he can play. He has close to 200 NHL games. Not sure what arbitration will do for him though. I just think he's better than that offer.

 

[Ouroboros]

Filed for arbitration per Friedman

Low character IMO. Time to dump him.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

Cheap Offer. No wonder Mete filed. To me Mete has proven he is a NHL Dman.. he may be a 6th or 7th but he can play. He has close to 200 NHL games. Not sure what arbitration will do for him though. I just think he's better than that offer.

The qualifying offer is automatic based on previous contract, if we didn’t do it he would be a UFA. It’s not a cheap offer it’s just a check mark before they do a real negotiation.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

The qualifying offer is automatic based on previous contract, if we didn’t do it he would be a UFA. It’s not a cheap offer it’s just a check mark before they do a real negotiation.

Ok thanks

 

[robsenz]

No biggie, can't see this getting sour with how small of a contract he'll recieve in the end. But curious how much leverage one has after being waived near the end of the year

 

[DJB]

My guess is that they come to an agreement and avoid the nasty stuff.

2 years one way deal at 1.75 million a season.

 

[Laphroaig]

Low character IMO. Time to dump him.

Low character because he filed for arbitration???? Are all players who file for arbitration low character or just Mete?

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Mete is not in a great spot for arbitration. Arbitration mostly helps scoring forwards coming off good seasons.

Hes morr of a defensive guy with limited minutes coming off a season where he went on waivers.

No one is going to waste a draft pick on him for an offersheet and if the Sens lowball him with 800K offers, arbitration is pretty much his only hope.

He does have SOMe leverage if he offers himself up for avtwo year and they want him longterm, but thats about it

 

[Karl Eriksson]

I’d like him on a 2 year deal. Injuries happen and it’s nice to have an NHL caliber backup plan.

 

[Ouroboros]

Low character because he filed for arbitration???? Are all players who file for arbitration low character or just Mete?

Probably all of them, but particularly Mete.

Melnyk and Dorion picked him up off the scrap heap and saved his career a few months back. And how does he repay them? By filing for arbitration.

Can't have that attitude spreading in the locker room. Very insidious. Could be a bad influence on Tkachuk or Stutzle.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Probably all of them, but particularly Mete.

Melnyk and Dorion picked him up off the scrap heap and saved his career a few months back. And how does he repay them? By filing for arbitration.

Can't have that attitude spreading in the locker room. Very insidious. Could be a bad influence on Tkachuk or Stutzle.

Did you forget the

 

[Micklebot]

My guess is that they come to an agreement and avoid the nasty stuff.

2 years one way deal at 1.75 million a season.

I can't imagine him getting close to that,

1-1.25 is the most I can see,

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Low character because he filed for arbitration???? Are all players who file for arbitration low character or just Mete?

pretty sure he is kidding

 

[supsens]

My guess is that they come to an agreement and avoid the nasty stuff.

2 years one way deal at 1.75 million a season.

My guess is they walk away.

 

[BondraTime]

My guess is they walk away.

Arbitration means they can’t walk away

 

[BankStreetParade]

Arbitration means they can’t walk away

Unless by some miracle he gets awarded more than $4.5 million (or something like that). In the case of Mete, the team also gets to decide if it's a 1 or 2 year deal based on the arbitrator's salary ruling.

 

[BondraTime]

Unless by some miracle he gets awarded more than $4.5 million (or something like that). In the case of Mete, the team also gets to decide if it's a 1 or 2 year deal based on the arbitrator's salary ruling.

Yeah I was operating under the assumption that he’s get ~1.25 million

I’d assume we get a 1.5ish 1 year deal if they can’t reach a contract prior, which I believe they will