Ottawa Senators are tied for first - 2019 of season thread

[mayoradamwest]

Morgan Klimchuk re signs :wow:

[senate]

[mayoradamwest]

Oh... oh my.

[MP]

That's worth a $10 bet...

[mayoradamwest]

Is it?

[Germz]

What would you rather do with that $10, maw?

[Craig]

Bet on teams that might win?

[Germz]

Marching up and down the square not good enough for you eh. Right, off you go then.

[mayoradamwest]

Erik Karlsson staying in San Jose.

8x11

[MP]

So we get a 2nd?

[mayoradamwest]

So we get a 2nd?

In 2021

Also, Duclair stays

[senate]

So we get a 2nd?

Yes, in 2021.

[mayoradamwest]

So the haul was...

Tierney, Demelo, Norris, 1st, 2nd? 2nd?

[Germz]

Duclair is absolutely worth a 1-year with this roster, so that's good news.

As with Stone, I'm content to see EK stay in the Western Conference where we don't have to face him very often. Every time I see either of them it's another dagger through the heart. And the extra pick is nice to have.

Time will tell on the term of that contract. Karlsson's sustained a lot of injuries. I've always maintained that he's too brilliant a player for longevity to be a real concern, even if his skating slows down. But now the Sharks have bet big on it.

[senate]

Just to beat on a dead horse, here is why Karlsson the Senators were never going to sign Karlsson: his deal has a NMC and $52 million in signing bonuses, including $10 million in the 2020 lockout season.

Also, McKenzie got it wrong this morning, the deal is $92 million, not $88 million - so an average of $11.5 million per.

[MP]

And why we're heading for another lockout.

[mayoradamwest]

At least we have draft picks?

[senate]

With that bonus paid, the Senators would only have to pay Zaitsev $1.5 million this season. Also, Zaitsev doesn't have another signing bonus until 2022.

[senate]

Dorion gave the Rangers a 2nd for paying Brassard's $2 million bonus. I wonder what he will give the Leafs for eating $3 million.

[mayoradamwest]

Odd

[Hossa]

Dorion gave the Rangers a 2nd for paying Brassard's $2 million bonus. I wonder what he will give the Leafs for eating $3 million.

You called it. We burned a pick on this, again.

I have no idea why on earth we sought out this trade other than to further lower our total financial hit. It wasn't to dump Ceci - we didn't need to qualify him. Zaitsev has a terrible contract and has negative value. Brown is filler - not hard to find guys who could score for 2/3s of a year and be dumped at the deadline. It's like they were determined to waste money on an RHD but couldn't find a way to inflate Ceci's cap hit, so went off in search of plan B.

I would be more likely to respect the strategy if they were transparent about it. But only maybe - the only way this makes sense is as cap manipulation for one year, but that's one of five (5!) years we need to pay Zaitsev. As far as plans go, it's not only discouraging but short-sighted.

[Hossa]

We're also signing Ennis and Hainsey for some reason.

There are basically four kind of Dorion transactions, all shedding light on another weakness:

1) Sending out good players who don't want to stay.
2) Bringing in players with inflated cap hits to save Eugene money.
3) Sending out his failed character projects.
4) Bringing in his coach's pet projects.

Is there a substantive deal since the first Duchene trade that doesn't fit into one of those four archetypes?

[mayoradamwest]

Spezza to leafs

[mayoradamwest]

Hard not to view everything through financials, but in theory just bringing in some vets does seem worthwhile... better than harpur

.

[senate]

After working a half day for Canada Day, looks like Dorian is taking the rest of the summer off.



Though in all fairness, Melnyk probably doesn’t pay hockey ops during the summer months.

[FH2002]

Ottawa to Quebec City in two years.

[senate]

In a happy coincidence, Chicago just happened to have paid Anisimov's $2 million signing bonus yesterday.

[Ismellofhockey]

Was asked to grab his own name tag and as many pens as he could on his way out of the United Center.

[Muffin Mannequin]

I have nothing else to add to this convo. Welldonethnxguys.

[senate]

Senators adding salary? How can that be?



Oh.

[mayoradamwest]

sweet, we're getting up to having the cash for 1/5th a signing bonus

[senate]

$20 million difference between payroll and salary cap. That's normal and healthy.

[mayoradamwest]

they're going to save a ton of money this year, and re-invest in the next 5 year plan.

[senate]

The Chief Marketing Officer quit or was fired. Either way, she lasted less than a year.

[mayoradamwest]

Anyone here applying for the job?

[Muffin Mannequin]

Anyone here applying for the job?

I submitted my CV. Since then, I've received multiple calls from Eugene asking me if I need the ducts in my house cleaned. No word on the job yet.

[mayoradamwest]

How are your ducts?