Proposal: 2nd line centre to Ottawa

[Langdon Alger]

ottawa is in need of a 2nd line centre. Pageau is better in the 3c spot, and guys like Logan Brown and Colin White are still young and may not be ready for that role just yet.

Ottawa’s trade chips could include Pittsburgh’s first round pick in this year’s draft, Cody Ceci, Zack Smith, Bobby Ryan and Freddy Claesson.

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[93LEAFS]

ottawa is in need of a 2nd line centre. Pageau is better in the 3c spot, and guys like Logan Brown and Colin White are still young and may not be ready for that role just yet.

Ottawa’s trade chips could include Pittsburgh’s first round pick in this year’s draft, Cody Ceci, Zack Smith, Bobby Ryan and Freddy Claesson.

Might just be better to go after Stastny or Bozak as UFA's. I can't really see anything outside of the Pitt pick getting serious interest for a legitimate 2nd line center. Bobby Ryan's has negative value at this point, and the same is probably true for Zack Smith.

Just wondering, what would you define as a 2nd line center. Like guys from the 1B/2a tier like Kadri, ROR, Couture, Turris, Tyler Johnson, Duchene tier. Or you talking more along the lines of Backlund and Jordan Staal, who aren't great offensively but win their battles and tend to flip the ice but with less production than that 1B/2A grouping. Or just middle of the pack guys (45 to 60 type centers).

 

[GuyBoucherEvilGenius]

One name I was thinking of for Ottawa was Artem Anisimov.

Big skilled two-way 2C signed to a reasonable contract and will turn 30 years old in May. $4.55M for the next three years. Salaries of $5M, $4M, $3M for the next three years.

If Chicago is looking to make some changes to their core and move forward with Toews and Schmaltz as their top 2 centers, maybe Anisimov becomes expendable. There were rumors that Columbus was pursuing him at the trade deadline.

Maybe something around Ceci and Anisimov to give Chicago some young help on the blue line?

 

[Crow]

I’d imagine Anisimov is available. I did not think he has 3 more years left on his contract. I thought it was 2 but I looked it up and you are right. I’d personally welcome a trade for Ceci.

 

[WhoTagz]

ottawa is in need of a 2nd line centre. Pageau is better in the 3c spot, and guys like Logan Brown and Colin White are still young and may not be ready for that role just yet.

Ottawa’s trade chips could include Pittsburgh’s first round pick in this year’s draft, Cody Ceci, Zack Smith, Bobby Ryan and Freddy Claesson.

Kevin hayes

 

[ChiHawk21]

Anisimov and Forsling for Chabot

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Anisimov and Forsling for Chabot

Ambitious

 

[staalgood]

One name I was thinking of for Ottawa was Artem Anisimov.

Big skilled two-way 2C signed to a reasonable contract and will turn 30 years old in May. $4.55M for the next three years. Salaries of $5M, $4M, $3M for the next three years.

If Chicago is looking to make some changes to their core and move forward with Toews and Schmaltz as their top 2 centers, maybe Anisimov becomes expendable. There were rumors that Columbus was pursuing him at the trade deadline.

Maybe something around Ceci and Anisimov to give Chicago some young help on the blue line?

If you're interested in Anisimov, would you be interested in Victor Rask? He could be had for very little and just compare the two players. Also Anisimov was playing with a more talent than Rask.

15/16
Anisimov - 77 games, 18:05 TOI, 20 goals, 42 points, +8
Rask - 80 games, 16:58 TOI, 21 goals, 48 points, -6
16/17
Anisimov - 64 games, 17:50 TOI, 22 goals, 45 points, +9
Rask - 82 games, 17:17 TOI, 16 goals, 45 points, -10
17/18
Anisimov - 72 games, 16:47 TOI, 20 goals, 31 points, -17
Rask - 71 games, 15:23 TOI, 14 goals, 31 points, E

 

[stempniaksen]

Maybe something around Ceci and Anisimov to give Chicago some young help on the blue line?

Sens giving up a local kid for a Russian? Forget the rest of the issues in the offer, that alone is enough to make this a wildly unrealistic deal from a Senators perspective.

I also fail to see how 2nd line C is even something we should worry about right, given the glaring holes on D and in nets this team has. Between Duchene, Pageau, White, Brown, Chlapik and Smith (could flip back to C if needed) we have enough up the middle to weather the storm. I'd much rather this team use it's (limited) assets to shore up an actual hole in the roster.

 

[Tkachuky]

Brodie + Backlund + Bennett for Stone.

Please?

 

[Langdon Alger]

Sens giving up a local kid for a Russian? Forget the rest of the issues in the offer, that alone is enough to make this a wildly unrealistic deal from a Senators perspective.

I also fail to see how 2nd line C is even something we should worry about right, given the glaring holes on D and in nets this team has. Between Duchene, Pageau, White, Brown, Chlapik and Smith (could flip back to C if needed) we have enough up the middle to weather the storm. I'd much rather this team use it's (limited) assets to shore up an actual hole in the roster.

The 2c is a hole on the roster. I can understand not wanting to give up a lot to get one, but it’s still an area of concern.

 

[Sens Vader]

Brodie + Backlund + Bennett for Stone.

Please?

lol c'mooooooon

no.

 

[Tkachuky]

lol c'mooooooon

no.

Hamilton + Backlund + Bennett for Stone + ?

 

[Shackles9]

All in for a trade with Buffalo and nab O'reilly.

 

[sufferer]

All in for a trade with Buffalo and nab O'reilly.

Chabot +

 

[Shackles9]

Chabot +

OUFFF ok not sure anymore. LOL Chabot is the future with prob EK leaving. Let me think about it. LOL

 

[Kamiccolo]

Unless Karlsson is attached, I don't think you should be mentioned Ryan in a deal for any impact player.

 

[stempniaksen]

The 2c is a hole on the roster. I can understand not wanting to give up a lot to get one, but it’s still an area of concern.

I disagree, but even if it was it's at the very most 3rd or 4th on the list of needs at this point. Save our assets to fix one of the positions that tanked us this year.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Anisimov + Duclair for Ceci

 

[Zorf]

Anisimov + Duclair for Ceci

Sens depth on RD will be ultra thin, but I think Ottawa would accept. Dorion is a huge Ceci fanboy though.


I think Ottawa's plans are to go into training camp and see how Logan Brown looks. He's playing quite well right now (I think his team is still playing) and he started the year with the Sens (injury replacement for Brassard), so I don't think it's out of the question that he's pencilled into the 2C or 3C spot with JGP taking the other one.


Problem then becomes that Ottawa will have no 2nd pairing D...

Chabot - Karlsson (assuming not traded)
??? - ???
then a bunch of 3rd pairing/depth guys: Boro/Wolanin/Claesson/Harpur/Wideman?

 

[Langdon Alger]

I disagree, but even if it was it's at the very most 3rd or 4th on the list of needs at this point. Save our assets to fix one of the positions that tanked us this year.

Who is our 2nd line centre then?

 

[Benttheknee]

How about Gustafsson and the Pittsburgh first for Zibanejad? This means NYR traded Brassard for Gustafsson, the first and an early second.

 

[Sabresruletheschool]

All in for a trade with Buffalo and nab O'reilly.

Not good trading partners for O'Reilly. Ottawa should look at other options for a 2c that wouldn't cost a lot of there own talent, not another 1C.

 

[stempniaksen]

Who is our 2nd line centre then?

One of Brown, White or Chlapik in all likelihood. Whichever one wins the job out of camp. Pageau has also had success with Stone in the past, so he could step in if none of the young guys step up.

We need a top-four defenceman, a top-six winger and a (obviously) a solution in nets a heck of a lot more than 2C. Let's give the young guys a chance up the middle, It's not like we'd be handing a guy like Brown the job, he still has to fight off the other 2 rookies.

 

[Sens Vader]

Hamilton + Backlund + Bennett for Stone + ?

Lmao no

Zero chance were trading Stone