Confirmed Trade: [WPG/OTT] Dylan DeMelo for 2020 3rd round pick

[guyzeur]

Everyone else here thinks the sens got ripped off.

How can you spin that not negotiating is a good move when you have this many players on expiring contracts?

66% of those are Sens fans, another40% don't follow the Sens and the rest have been duped by the Greene trade.

 

[SensFactor]

Dorion is awful but worse is Melynk.. Good God

 

[guyzeur]

Sometimes players aren't shopped around. Maybe it was Winnipeg that came to Ottawa with a good opening offer and the answer was "yes."

Our UFA's were shopped, you can bet on that.

 

[De Montreal]

The Senators don't have much of value to move.

Tierney and Pageau are the only players worth picks in the top three rounds. Tierney isn't a pure rental though, he's an RFA.

Anderson and Namestnikov MIGHT get 3rd rounders but it is a long shot. Anderson is more dynamic in that he goes from negative value to in an absolute best case dream scenario maybe getting us a 3rd if all the Panthers goalies get lost in an impromptu space shuttle trip to Mars. Otherwise, Anderson probably doesn't get traded.

Everybody else who would realistically be available is maybe worth 4th-7th rounders.

Still, imagine adding a 1st and a 3rd for Pageau, a 2nd for Tierney and a 3rd for one of Anderson or Namestinkov.

That would put you guys with 12 picks in the top three rounds, albeit at this point it's probably better for Dorion to ask for 2021 or even 2022 picks if he was smart.

 

[Advanced stats]

Not really. It makes complete sense for both teams from a needs standpoint, value is kind of weak for Ottawa.

Value is very weak for Ottawa, and according to moneypuck, Winnipeg has a 18% chance of making the playoffs.

 

[playasRus]

Woul you trade Demelo + 2nd for Dillon?

 

[benjiv1]

The value is fair/close.

Sens fans wanted a 2nd, but I doubt Jets fans would have been happy with that trade.
I personally would have tried to do something like DeMelo + our latest 3rd for the Jets' 2nd, but that would likely make more sense to do on draft day when you know players are available.

 

[CorgisPer60]

If DeMelo is in your top four, your defence is terrible.

You are greatly overestimating his abilities.

Hi. I see you've met the Winnipeg Jets.

 

[Blueboy]

Wish the Leafs beat that offer.

 

[BK201]

Mmmm as ottawa fan not a great deal may get a Demelo from 3rd round.

 

[LudwigVonKarlsson]

Dillon got more. Pierre Dorion is a total joke of a GM. It’s insane that at no point in the season he didn’t even offer a contract and then traded him for below market value, you don’t see this anywhere else in the NHL, but its a staple strategy of this dysfunctional organization.

 

[LudwigVonKarlsson]

Yeah Jarmo sure fleeced him at the deadline last year.

He gets fleeced in most of his trades, he’s gotten lucky a few times but he's awful at trades and negotiations.

 

[ffh]

Well, in terms of Jets, I'd say he's better than Beaulieu, Kulikov, Sbisa and Poolman, so would be #3 for Jets. That's the thing.

Doubt he is better then poolman. Better than niku sbisa and beaulieu more likely

 

[bert]

Scandella for a 2nd and conditional 4th. Lol

 

[jfhabs]

Scandella for a 2nd and conditional 4th. Lol

Exactly what I thought. Demelo has been better for a pretty good stretch now...

 

[Sensin5]

Everyone else here thinks the sens got ripped off.

How can you spin that not negotiating is a good move when you have this many players on expiring contracts?

In fairness, everyone here thinks the Sens get ripped off in every trade. I'm sure there are likely pages and pages on how Sens got ripped a new one when they traded Yashin for Chara and what became Spezza.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

I think Demelo is the kind of player who ideally slots into the bottom pair. But he doesn't look out of place when subbed up due to injury.

He's not flashy, just steady and solid in his own end.

Good player. He'll make the Jets better

 

[General Disarray]

I thought he'd get more. He's better than Scandella wtf

 

[bert]

I thought he'd get more. He's better than Scandella wtf

Pierre Dorion is absolutely inept at his job. Being a sens fan is just one dissapointment after the next.

 

[93gilmour93]

Dubas is working on squat.

At least you hope. Lol

 

[BurgoShark]

3rd is an OK return. DeMelo is a little better than his points/reputation suggest but definitely a 3rd pairing player on a playoff team. Ottawa fans raging here are just over-valuing their guy and/or looking for a reason to hate on the management.

 

[TSA0402]

I don't get it......

Signed

Another pissed off Sens fan...

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Figured they could have grabbed a 2nd for him, but apparently no one would bite

 

[rubikscube]

Hindsight will be big on this one.

If the jets re-sign him it's a great move.

If he walks: horrible move

 

[ffh]

Hindsight will be big on this one.

If the jets re-sign him it's a great move.

If he walks: horrible move

not really. even if he doesn't sign still worth it. a 3rd rounder for a dman we can use in a fight for a playoff spot is worth more the a draft pick that probably has like a 10% of ever playng in the nhl.