POLL: Zbynek Michalek or Anton Volchenkov

111519 wrote:has this ever been done (since kovalev is gone next year)

4 year

2mil, 5 mil, 3mil, 2mil, =3mil average

is it allowed

SeawaySensFan wrote:

111519 wrote:has this ever been done (since kovalev is gone next year)

4 year

2mil, 5 mil, 3mil, 2mil, =3mil average

is it allowed

Source?

111519 wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

111519 wrote:has this ever been done (since kovalev is gone next year)

4 year

2mil, 5 mil, 3mil, 2mil, =3mil average

is it allowed

Source?

Sorry, I meant the following year hence the 2mil this year and jump to 5mil the year kovalev leaves

Rumor Roundup: Senator shift
Jason Spezza had 57 points in 60 games this season for Ottawa. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)

Lyle Richardson
2010-04-29 11:35:00
The Ottawa Senators’ hopes of re-signing shot-blocking specialist Anton Volchenkov are not looking good.

Senators GM Bryan Murray already has more than $49 million committed to next season’s payroll and admitted to the Ottawa Sun that re-signing Volchenkov, a UFA on July 1, won’t be easy.

The defenseman rejected a five-year, $20 million offer back in February, as his side believes he could easily get $5 million on the open market this summer.

That’s led some disgruntled Ottawa Senators fans to suggest Murray should trade first line center Jason Spezza and his $7 million per season cap hit before his no-movement clause kicks in July 1, as that would not only free up money to re-sign Volchenkov, but also perhaps help keep UFAs Matt Cullen and Andy Sutton in the fold.

Ottawa Sun reporter Don Brennan rightfully dismisses that suggestion, however, claiming Spezza has been unfairly made the scapegoat of unhappy Senators fans.

Brennan pointed out Spezza, unlike former Senators Alexei Yashin and Dany Heatley, still loves playing in Ottawa and wants to remain a Sen. Plus, the team wouldn’t get back equal value if it moved him, leaving a gaping hole in its offense.

Unless Murray intends on blowing up the current roster and engaging in a lengthy rebuilding process, it makes no sense to trade Spezza, who at 26, still has another eight-to-10 productive seasons left.

111519 wrote:I guess the question is would you get rid of spezza to keep cullen, sutton, and volchenkov. NO.

Would i trade spezza to keep cullen, sutton, and get a pick and a prospect (and cap space) PROBABLY

111519 wrote:I guess the question is would you get rid of spezza to keep cullen, sutton, and volchenkov. NO.

Would i trade spezza to keep cullen, sutton, and get a pick and a prospect (and cap space) PROBABLY

SpezDispenser wrote:

111519 wrote:I guess the question is would you get rid of spezza to keep cullen, sutton, and volchenkov. NO.

Would i trade spezza to keep cullen, sutton, and get a pick and a prospect (and cap space) PROBABLY

No for me. The thought of the hole created by Spezza's leaving is too much for this team to overcome and be successful. A lot of extra wear and tear on Alfie too.

SpezDispenser wrote:

111519 wrote:I guess the question is would you get rid of spezza to keep cullen, sutton, and volchenkov. NO.

Would i trade spezza to keep cullen, sutton, and get a pick and a prospect (and cap space) PROBABLY

No for me. The thought of the hole created by Spezza's leaving is too much for this team to overcome and be successful. A lot of extra wear and tear on Alfie too.

SensFan71 wrote:voted for Michalek since it seems A-Train is 98% going elsewhere as per Sens Chirp, really would like to have Volchie back, but doesn't seem likely, guess they convinced at the olympics to go elsewhere, referring to Semin and Ovie.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:voted for Michalek since it seems A-Train is 98% going elsewhere as per Sens Chirp, really would like to have Volchie back, but doesn't seem likely, guess they convinced at the olympics to go elsewhere, referring to Semin and Ovie.

Washington has to sign some pretty big tickets in the off-season. Backstrom will be huge money. Theoretically, Backstrom and Volchenkov alone would total 11 million bucks. Maybe more.

111519 wrote:
You dont think we could use cullen as the number one centre until we TRY to replace spezza with regin or prospect or UFA we could afford with the cap space? remember spezza is another 5 years at 7 million. And as sad as it is, this team has to start moving forward without Alfie, if we sign cullen he will probably be a senator after Alfie retires, leaving a forward core of fisher, regin, michalek, foligno, cullen, and smith-with spezza gone we could add to that a prospect and a young UFA (brooks laich)

SensFan71 wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:voted for Michalek since it seems A-Train is 98% going elsewhere as per Sens Chirp, really would like to have Volchie back, but doesn't seem likely, guess they convinced at the olympics to go elsewhere, referring to Semin and Ovie.

Washington has to sign some pretty big tickets in the off-season. Backstrom will be huge money. Theoretically, Backstrom and Volchenkov alone would total 11 million bucks. Maybe more.

maybe they send us Theodore back in a trade? that would give them cap room, and ottawa fans all across the world would collectively, well, won't put that, not appropriate lol

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:voted for Michalek since it seems A-Train is 98% going elsewhere as per Sens Chirp, really would like to have Volchie back, but doesn't seem likely, guess they convinced at the olympics to go elsewhere, referring to Semin and Ovie.

Washington has to sign some pretty big tickets in the off-season. Backstrom will be huge money. Theoretically, Backstrom and Volchenkov alone would total 11 million bucks. Maybe more.

maybe they send us Theodore back in a trade? that would give them cap room, and ottawa fans all across the world would collectively, well, won't put that, not appropriate lol

No. But they could send Tom Poti and Fleishmann in a deal

SpezDispenser wrote:How much will Backstrom get? This was the first time I was actually disappointed in him. 7 million X 10 years? 8 million on a shorter term? Maybe similar to Toews (although Backstrom is better), so 6 million long term.