Watching Highlights of Byfield and Stutzle trying to convince myself that I'm fine with either. But Stutzle by far is more exciting and flashy. Hard not to prefer him over Byfield. Byfield still a good consolation prize but clearly 2. Stutzle 3. Byfield
According to Darren Dreger, Staios was telling other GMs at the draft that he had an offer of a 1st and a 2nd on the table for Chychrun and that he was looking for something better.
Frank Seravalli has confirmed (?) that DJ Smith won’t be fired any time soon because Andlauer and Staios want “stability “.
With all due respect to Andlauer and Staios, there is no stability anyways
Shane Pinto confirms on a podcast today the reasoning for his 41 game suspension.
As it was rumoured, while in Canada, he had his friend in the US place bets on his behalf
Per Elliotte Friedman, looks like the delay in the Dadonov punishment announcement is because of some pushback by the Sens on the punishment itself.
Let's hope they can somehow negotiate something digestible.
According to
@CapFriendly
, the Sens have a projected 22.6M in capspace next season after this Stützle signing.
Need to sign:
Debrincat (9-9.5M?)
Pinto(3-4M?)
Zub (4-5M?)
If you trade Zaitsev and the salary cap increases, we're in fantastic shape going forward
Major kudos to Bobby Ryan throwing cold water on MDZ complaining about food in Ottawa.
Says they were treated very well when it came to food and MDZ came to Ottawa the COVID year …
Korpisalo says last year was hard on him, cited changes in OTT ownership and front office as tough on everyone. "We did underperform the whole year. That's that. It's behind me. Now it's time to look forward. I have a great opportunity here with Boston."
@ComingInHotSens
He wouldn’t have left the show if he had just that one tweet, but unfortunately he doubled down and challenged everyone who tweeted at him.
lol the Andlauer/Staios regime seems to be driving Elliotte Friedman crazy with how tight lipped the organization has become.
I think we’re going to see less and less rumours, and moves will come out of the blue
Friedman on Tanev: “I’ve heard the offers out there are going to be high (…) People are looking at Ottawa , might do something for Tanev”
We’re about to overpay for Tanev, aren’t we
According to Travis Yost, the rumoured deal between Ottawa and Philly involved moving Korpisalo and the 7th pick as a backup plan if Boston didn’t take him in the Ullmark trade
Some interesting stuff from Friedman on the Jeff Marek show this afternoon.
Friedman has Ottawa as one of his teams to watch, mentioning the obvious (G and D), but some are floating the theory of Brandon Tanev being a target for Ottawa to replace Joseph if traded 👀
Friedman on 32TP says the belief around the league was that Ullmark didn’t have Ottawa on his NTC. He removed them when Ottawa signed Korpisalo last summer
Nice to hear Connor Brown refer to the trade from Toronto to Ottawa as the best thing that could have happened for his career and his development as a person
#TikTok
Ryan Reynolds would put the Ottawa Senators on the map. Increased ticket sales, more international exposure. Sens gear in movies? Celebrity friends at games? Let's go!
According to Elliotte Friedman, it does not appear that Berube will be coming to Ottawa based on conversations within the coaching community.
Mentions he’s heard from a few people that Travis Green is a strong candidate… Yikes
Why doesn't DeBrincat sign a 3 year deal (here or elsewhere), that brings him to 28.
The cap should be much higher in a few years, and he can get a max deal then.
"Free Agency comes once in a lifetime" is not entirely accurate
Elliotte Friedman when talking about Markstrom on 32TP mentions he thinks Ottawa is in on talks regarding almost any goalie available. No surprise really
Kinda disappointed
@ian_mendes
for agreeing in this segment but it’s delusional of
@JeffMarek
to think Sens fans were upset about the fact Green is a former Leaf in the Battle of Ontario. Sens fans wanted a proven coach with a winning record, that’s all there is to it.
According to John Scott, many players he spoke to on the Sens didn't like or get along with Debrincat. Not sure if he was kidding or not but interesting to hear nonetheless
Dean Evason had a .639 record over 5ish seasons in Minnesota, with a roster dealing with 12-15M in cap penalties, making Cam Talbot and Filip Gustavsson look like All Stars.
If I’m Staios, I’m not waiting for Berube and jumping on Evason
It has become painful to hear guys like Dreger, Seravalli, Chris Johnston try talk about the Sens since Staios took over as it’s evident that they aren’t getting much info - they have no idea anymore.
Dreger kinda admits it in this sentiment 😂
All eyes on the
#GoKingsGo
as they try to get to the finish line with the
#GoJetsGo
to acquire Pierre-Luc Dubois. Multiple players/pieces would be going to Winnipeg if this gets done, including Gabe Vilardi and Alex Iafallo, and an extension for PLD would be expected.
Friedman on today’s 32TP says an extension may be the challenge with any Ullmark trade. Says there’s an added urgency with the goalie market depleting for both OTT and BOS - less trade partners and goalies available.
He wonders if BOS gets pressured to lower their asking price
Staios says that there was plenty of interest in Chychrun, leading me to believe that it wasn’t the best trade available, and I would guess they were offered a 1st rounder/futures by at least some teams.
They probably took this deal after failing to land a RD in UFA.
Martin Biron ranks Ottawa’s goaltending as 3rd best in Canada and believes it will be enough to be a playoff team.
5on5 - 14th in the league last year in expected goals against with 31st ranked goaltending in Save %
Mentions goal differential would have been positive
Feels like OTT has a deal it likes from Anaheim for DeBrincat & is waiting for him to decide if he wants to sign there.
This would likely be a deal for futures, leaving room for the Tarasenko signing. Probably why Tarasenko hasn't signed yet, because his best offer is from OTT
Interesting notes by BG:
- Murray would like to stay with OTT
- Formenton could be dealt ( In addition to previously mentioned Brown, Zaitsev, and Murray
- John Marino added as a potential target on D, as well as previously mentioned Chyrchrun and Weegar.
Exciting week ahead!
I have been very critical of Thomas Chabot, but I predict he is about to have his best season as an Ottawa Senator now with Chychrun and a Sophomore Sanderson
If DeBrincat doesn't like the idea of being the 2LW,
Has he looked at the LW position on the depth charts of his preferred teams?
Dallas (Robertson)
Nashville (Forsberg)
Florida (Tkachuk)
Elliotte Friedman believes Tarasenko will most likely end up signing a 1 year deal. Ottawa, Carolina, SJ, and Florida in the mix. Tarasenko figuring out the best fit for him
I believe DeBrincat prioritizes lifestyle over winning.
He was open about staying longterm in Chicago through their rebuild.
Wouldn't be surprised to see him end up with a team like Anaheim, Dan Jose, etc.
Something looks different about Stützle. Looks like he put on abit of weight and has filled out abit. Going to be tough to knock this guy around thus season
“Coming in hard is the guy, scores!”
“ You give it to a guy who can do that kind of stuff”
Still had no idea it was Comrie who scored for Ottawa, but a legendary and nostalgic PxP voice.
RIP Bob Cole
Elliotte Friedman mentions Ottawa maybe considering a “Lightning Bolt” . Makes a joke that he doesn’t mean “Nikita Kucherov walking into the Sens room”.