Confirmed Trade: [CHI/OTT] Nikita Zaitsev, 2023 2nd round pick, and 2026 4th round pick for future considerations

[Aashir Mallik]

So which of weegar, parayako, or maybe somehow chychurn is ending up in Ottawa?

 

[smitty10]

Ottawa getting Chychrun?

 

[CycloneSweep]

Hmmm what does Ottawa have up their sleeve

Chychrun and Karlsson

Chabot - Karlsson
Chychrun - Zub

 

[SI90]

Teams starting to open up space

 

[BringTheReign]

A Karlsson reunion would be awesome, especially with the new ownership coming in. I’m guessing it’s most likely Parayko though.

 

[Qward]

So which of weegar, parayako, or maybe somehow chychurn is ending up in Ottawa?

Naw, we still broke

 

[GoLeafsGo96]

If its a move to make room for another acquisition - then the price is fine and good.

If its a move just to save the new owners some money, not a precursor to anything else? Not great spending assets to shed money when you have cap room.

 

[PuckFather]

Is this "future Consideration" guy a C or a stud RHD? Never heard of him.

 

[Sharkz4Fun]

Man Elliotte, Frank, Chris etc. etc. are starving for trades too. Tripping over each other trying to report AHL defensemen being traded

 

[Space umpire]

See this pisses me off. Why wouldn't the isles do this??? Someone f***ing wake up LOU!!!

You’re assuming they asked the Isles.

We have a “fan” on the Hawk page who bitches every time a move is made because our GM didn’t do it

 

[DesertPenguin]

About what I expected. 2nd is the set price for bad D on 1 year contracts. 4th is to take on his deal for the rest of this year.

If a 4th is what it takes to get rid of Dumoulin, sign me up

 

[ThaShow]

Ottawa making space, Arizona adding salary, coincidence?

 

[GoBoltz56]

Parayko has a NTC, why would he choose to go to Ottawa?

 

[Evgeny Oliker]

Good move for both teams I think:

Chicago - will have tons of cap once Kane and Toews deals expire this summer. Need picks to rebuild.

Ottawa - this will help them resign guys like Debrincat and Pinto. Plus they can improve their D too with the new cap.

 

[Glorydays22]

You’re assuming they asked the Isles.

We have a “fan” on the Hawk page who bitches every time a move is made because our GM didn’t do it

I'm not saying Ottawa should ask the Isles. Old f***ing Lou should be calling every team to see if they want to dump a player for picks.

 

[mouser]

I thought it would cost slightly more like a 2nd + 3rd, but not too far off.

Also, Ottawa’s 2023 2nd probably has more value than the typical 2nd thrown into a cap dump.

 

[MMC]

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I dig it.

 

[BobRossColton]

Yeah Ottawa needs to go for chychrun.

 

[swiftwin]

Parayko has a NTC, why would he choose to go to Ottawa?

Why not? It's a young team on the upswing, with new exciting ownership on the way (Ryan Reynolds?).

 

[Ugene Magic]

They need to re-sign DeBrincat, so Chychrun is viable, but could I entice you with one Jeff Petry?

 

[Golden_Jet]

If its a move to make room for another acquisition - then the price is fine and good.

If its a move just to save the new owners some money, not a precursor to anything else? Not great spending assets to shed money when you have cap room.

Need the cap room for next year, this year is fine.

 

[JohnHodgson]

I remember when I got flamed by Ottawa fans for suggesting a Loui Eriksson for Nikita Zaitsev swap.

Now they had to pay to dump him… oh how fast time flies.

 

[blankall]

If its a move to make room for another acquisition - then the price is fine and good.

If its a move just to save the new owners some money, not a precursor to anything else? Not great spending assets to shed money when you have cap room.

Honestly, it had better be a pretty solid guy they are bringing in that they won't have the opportunity to bring in later. Ottawa is still rebuilding. Trading a late 2nd in a deep draft should, under most circumstances, be a big no.

 

[stl76]

@StlBill maybe you’ll get your wish of the Blues trading Parayko!

Haha I personally hope not, but we’ll see