If he becomes a free agent this summer that is not good at all. You basically gave up a 7th overall pick for one season of a second line player in a year you didn't even make the playoffs. That can't be an option. You are better off retaining salary for a year and try to recoup a first rounder back.
Team elected arbitration is the way to go. There's no way he gets 9 mil in arb, imo and it essentially gets you to the same place as a QO (a one yr extension). The only advantage to a QO is no animosity, but if he's going to sign the QO you probably already have animosity,
I agree that it's not good at all. But paying $9M for one year of DBC is even worse. You're not going to recoup a first rounder back with that contract. What you might recoup is going to be less than the value of whatever else you could use the money for.
Dorion did confirm yesterday they will extend a QO if they don't agree to a contract before then which might mean arb is off the table.
I doubt it, I think he was just saying they don't plan on walking away and letting him become a UFA. I mean, it's possible they won't consider arbitration, but I think it's more likely he just meant the plan is to sign him and won't be walking away, they will be retaining the asset.
Ya never know, there might be certain teams that he might aggressively want to extend with (maybe hometown club in Detroit)
Agreed.
I don’t think I’m overthinking it. I’d personally prefer to move him but either way he cannot go into the year on a 1 year deal.
There can be all kinds of reasons why a player wants to stay or go and you've listed several of them
I agree on the 1 year thing
That's kinda the way I feel about it, especially with Sanderson needing a new contract in a few years.
I’m worried about signing Sanderson to a long term deal. He is a perfect bridge candidate.
What better things?
Honestly I’d be happy flipping him for futures (TDL ammo) and going after Varlamov or Anderssen on a 1 year deal to pair with Forsberg.
Well Norris is now a 2nd line centre making basically $8 per year. And he doesn't have the scoring pedigree of DBC. So should the Sens get rid of him?
It's not the same as a college player on any level. All he needs to do is sign his QO and he walks to UFA. It's obvious....He signed the original deal because he wanted to be in this position. If a team ops for Arb the rocky relationship is even worse.
No the situations are nothing alike in any way. First of all Norris is signed. Secondly he's a two way centeman. Not a one dimensional winger who is undersized. Two very big differences.
The only option if he won't sign a long term deal here is to trade him to a team that he is willing to do it with. We all know how great Dorion is with no leverage. Lol. They gotta get what they can for him. Arb is not an option. Just results in a disgruntled player. What a terrible decision it was to trade for him with no extension. So dumb.
Which of Chabot, Chychrun, Sanderson and Zub do you not consider a top 4 defender? Or do you want 5 top 4 defenders?
Another top 4 defender? Assuming Dorion finds a team willing to trade one for DeBrincat, which one of Chabot/Zub/Chychrun/Sanderson is this player going to replace?
I'm thinking some of the contracts Dorion signed look pretty good for a guy with no leverage. Stuetzle comes to mind.
Stutzle contract situaton and Debrincat are polar opposites I dont see how they are related in any way other than its with the same organization. One player is coming off his ELC the other was a year away from complete control of his destination.
