!!Free Agent Frenzy!! - October 9, 2020

Lagoon wrote:

Ev wrote:

Lagoon wrote:

Ev wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:wait. we paid to get Gudbranson? i thought we were getting paid to take him.
jeezus...

Why would they have gotten anything? He’s likely going to be moved at the deadline too.

Wanna bet it is for much much much less than a 5th?   It was a 7th a couple months ago from Anaheim to Pittsburgh.

It was a year ago, a 7th and martinsen

The player was added for contract limits. He was Anaheim’s worst prospect.

Ok. I was just laying out facts. The trade wasn’t a couple of months ago like you said. They had to take on two years of the bad contract

I’d take Slava Voynov 10 times out of 10 over the combined talents of Brown and Gudbranson.

We're not going to do that kind of thing with the average age being 23 or whatever it'll be. We just won't.

In other news I hope the sens sign Matt Martin tomorrow

Ev wrote:In other news I hope the sens sign Matt Martin tomorrow

I think you can count on it. Or at least we'll be in the mix.

I haven’t really followed closely, is he for sure done in New York?

I assumed he was, but not sure.

Would be ideal. I'm okay with the sens adding toughness if it means protecting their rookies.

Would love to add a legit top six forward but I think that ship has sailed

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:Would be ideal. I'm okay with the sens adding toughness if it means protecting their rookies.

Would love to add a legit top six forward but I think that ship has sailed

Why? Free agency starts tomorrow.

I should have clarified. Someone good? I was hopeful with all of our picks we could land a Boeser or Nylander type. Top line potential, less than 26 years old, RW. But that ship looks like it's sailed.

Duclair is probably one of the most intriguing UFAs on the market. Cheap and could add some depth scoring in the middle six on a good team. Kahun is up there too.

Casey Mittlestadt is a guy I would take a run at if he's made available by Buffalo. He's been passed on their depth chart and would fit in with the Tkachuk, Brown, Norris crowd. Also has crazy bust potential though. Could get for a mid rd pick or b prospect (abramov?) in a one for one.

Good take on Gudbranson from Michael Stuart: https://hockeybuzz.com/blog/Michael-Stuart/Senators-Acquire-Erik-Gudbranson-from-Ducks/173/107800

Colest noes: "dumb move, bottom pairing d-man at best with glaring issues. Hinders the development of our forwards as the puck won't be moved out of the defensive zone"

-27 with the Canucks two years ago.

Welcome to Ottawa

The way Duclair and the sens talked about each other leads me to believe there’s a chance he signs here again. I don’t think he’ll get much from other teams

Ev wrote:The way Duclair and the sens talked about each other leads me to believe there’s a chance he signs here again. I don’t think he’ll get much from other teams

How often does something like this happen? Ever?

Ev wrote:The way Duclair and the sens talked about each other leads me to believe there’s a chance he signs here again. I don’t think he’ll get much from other teams

I got that sense as well.

PTFlea wrote:

Ev wrote:The way Duclair and the sens talked about each other leads me to believe there’s a chance he signs here again. I don’t think he’ll get much from other teams

I got that sense as well.

I think so too, though I get a weird sense that Montreal will make an offer? Hometown kid and all. Toronto too if they miss out on Pietrangelo and want to address bottom six scoring struggles.

I also think Montreal and Columbus go big today. Montreal will target Hall for sure

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

PTFlea wrote:

Ev wrote:The way Duclair and the sens talked about each other leads me to believe there’s a chance he signs here again. I don’t think he’ll get much from other teams

I got that sense as well.

I think so too, though I get a weird sense that Montreal will make an offer? Hometown kid and all. Toronto too if they miss out on Pietrangelo and want to address bottom six scoring struggles.

If he gets a great deal he will look smart. I just don’t get why he is operating this way

Ev wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

PTFlea wrote:

Ev wrote:The way Duclair and the sens talked about each other leads me to believe there’s a chance he signs here again. I don’t think he’ll get much from other teams

I got that sense as well.

I think so too, though I get a weird sense that Montreal will make an offer? Hometown kid and all. Toronto too if they miss out on Pietrangelo and want to address bottom six scoring struggles.

If he gets a great deal he will look smart. I just don’t get why he is operating this way

Me neither. At a minimum use an agent??