TSN: Cody Ceci + Hapur + Luchuk and pick for Nikita Zeitsev + Brown + Carcone

[Icelevel]

We can easily flip Connor Brown at the deadline to get that third back, maybe even a second if he has a good year...

So why do it? Why risk not getting it back(you will never get a 2nd back for brown btw)?

 

[FormentonTheFuture]

We can easily flip Connor Brown at the deadline to get that third back, maybe even a second if he has a good year...

He would definitely get a second but he’s a guy I’d want them to keep long term

 

[Sens]

We can easily flip Connor Brown at the deadline to get that third back, maybe even a second if he has a good year...

So now you trade a contributing player to buy back a pick you should not have lost in the first place...

 

[Emerica]

Of course were the ones giving away a 3rd. Oh Dorion proving us all right once again. What a moron

 

[L'Aveuglette]

We can easily flip Connor Brown at the deadline to get that third back, maybe even a second if he has a good year...

Is this supposed to excuse selling picks for money?

 

[starling]

Zaitsev is our only player signed more or less long term. Also making more than the rest of the Defence combined. Franchise player!

 

[BonkTastic]

I wouldn’t say confirmed, Pam can sometimes inject opinion, but it seems pretty close

Either way, even if Zaitsev thrives for us and Brown returns a good asset, we did not leverage this situation nearly as well as we could or should have

Yeah, agreed on all points.

Like... Am I happy Ceci is gone? Sure. But if we wanted him gone, we could have just not qualified him, and walked away. Getting rid of Ceci was literally as easy as "do literally nothing, and he becomes a UFA". We didn't have to take a bad contract back to get rid of him. We could have just not done anything, and he would have left.

So MAYBE Zaitsev works out for us. Is he going to be worth $4.5/year? Maybe. We're taking a big chance on him, no doubt influenced by our new coach, so that's at least encouraging. But if you remove "wanting to get rid of Ceci" from the equation, it seems like we gave Toronto a "Get Out Of Cap-Hell Free" card.

In a vacuum, the trade seems lackluster (I'm not convinced it's disastrous or anything, at least until I see 30ish games out of Zaitsev away from Babcock and in a Sens uniform to evaluate on my own), but it seems like a MASSIVE missed opportunity on our end to properly leverage the very unique position we are in at the moment as a team with tens of millions of dollars in cap space we should be flaunting and using.

... But rather than do that, we are the kind of team that sells draft picks for money, which is enough of a clue that we're probably not going to leverage our cap space at all, and that this trade wasn't about taking advantage of Toronto at all, it was about our own internal budget.

So... Mixed emotions here, obviously. There's some good here for sure, if we (or Coach Smith) thinks Zaitsev can rebound...and there's some bad... and some telling signs about our organization's M.O.

 

[swiftwin]

Solid trade

 

[The Acccountant]

We can easily flip Connor Brown at the deadline to get that third back, maybe even a second if he has a good year...

How well did that logic workout with Boedker?

 

[Sens]

Solid trade

Of course you like that Melnyk pocketed all that money at the clubs expense

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

Oh my god he DID give up the extra pick, and a decent one at that!

Let's see how the company men defend that one hahaha.

There is 100% proof that Melnyk just sold a very good pick for $3 million dollars. How can anyone in their right mind defend that?

Wow, a 2020 3rd round pick, acquired from CBJ, devastating blow to the re-build, sets it back at least a season, perhaps two.

 

[DJB]

Every deal is $$$$$$ driven!

Thanks Melnyk ! !!!

 

[Spartachat]

So confirmed the 3rd rounder was in exchange for $3million.

Yeah, seems like an Ottawa Senators trade. Basically exactly the same thing we did with Brassard, but at least we're slowly learning and giving out 3rd round picks now instead of 2nd rounders.

Classic Melnyk move!

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Kinda insane that we're supposedly the team with the cap space we can weaponize in order to get more picks for the rebuild and yet today we have one less pick in 2020 lol. What the hell are we doing?

 

[Sens]

Wow, a 2020 3rd round pick, acquired from CBJ, devastating blow to the re-build, sets it back at least a season, perhaps two.

Melnyk sold a 3rd for 4.3 million dollars to put in his pocket

Zeitsev signing bonus 3.0
Brown signing bonus 0.5
Harper one way 0.8

 

[Pancakes Pancakes]

It was a joke that we were giving a pick. Not expected to become reality. And a 2nd or 3rd in the super 2020 draft no less. Totally unnecessary

I was not referring to anything you said, would have quoted you otherwise.

 

[Sun God Nika]

How could you blame Karlsson or any player who wanted to get the f*** away from this dumpster fire?

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Wow, a 2020 3rd round pick, acquired from CBJ, devastating blow to the re-build, sets it back at least a season, perhaps two.

Bad team in a full rebuild and cap space to sell ends up losing a pick in the deepest draft in years while bailing out a rival = No big whoop.

But hey, you do you man. I wouldn't expect any different from the Count.

 

[Spartachat]

Solid trade

Well it does meet our sole objective of saving Melnyk money, so I guess it was a solid trade.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

How well did that logic workout with Boedker?

Brown is not Boedker

Not a fan of the trade but Brown is a very desirable player - every team in the league would want him

If he scores 40 points, the market price goes up, but Brown is an awesome hard-working systems guy. I’d say there is no chance he returns less than a 3rd. Doesn’t change the fact that we never should have given up a 3rdand we should have gotten more in return in the trade but Brown is not the issue here at all. Good piece

 

[Icelevel]

Wow, a 2020 3rd round pick, acquired from CBJ, devastating blow to the re-build, sets it back at least a season, perhaps two.

Likely the best piece in the deal. Could have also been used with a second to move up. The 2020 draft is projected to be a very good one.

 

[Spartachat]

Has Melnyk ever approached Value Village or the Dollar Store about sponsoring the team? It would seem like a match made in heaven.

 

[Icelevel]

I was not referring to anything you said, would have quoted you otherwise.

No I know. I mean the idea that we would give a pick was a joke by everyone.

 

[DJB]

Melnyk sold a 3rd for 4.3 million dollars to put in his pocket

Zeitsev signing bonus 3.0
Brown signing bonus 0.5
Harper one way 0.8

This. This. This .

Curious to see how Melnyk lovers defend this one.

Melnyk runs the show with Dorion as his puppet .

 

[Crosside]

Melnyk sold a 3rd for 4.3 million dollars to put in his pocket

Zeitsev signing bonus 3.0
Brown signing bonus 0.5
Harper one way 0.8

Yeah but Carcone have a one way deal