Proposal: Free agency edition Trade Rumours/Proposals [MOD - Stay on Topic] 5

[Duncstar]

Can't believe we are trading Tkachuk for Reilly Smith.

Ottawa Sentators Make a Push for Vancouver Canucks Forward Brock Boeser in Deadline Trade

With less than a week until the NHL's trade deadline, a Canadian team has entered the mix to acquire Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser. Vancouver

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Apparently we're linked to Boesser. Looking for term. Interesting but would require us to move big salary ie. Norris unless they retain 50% then it's a 3-4 mil contract.

Moving Norris has it's issues as the recent Pinto/Norris absence has illustrated.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Ottawa Sentators Make a Push for Vancouver Canucks Forward Brock Boeser in Deadline Trade

With less than a week until the NHL's trade deadline, a Canadian team has entered the mix to acquire Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser. Vancouver

www.yardbarker.com

Apparently we're linked to Boesser. Looking for term. Interesting but would require us to move big salary ie. Norris unless they retain 50% then it's a 3-4 mil contract.

Moving Norris has it's issues as the recent Pinto/Norris absence has illustrated.

If we want to dump the liability of the Norris contract in someone else, Boeser for Norris makes sense, even if Boeser is a rental.

My guess would be that VAN would want to send Ottawa at least one contract with term, like Soucy. Since Boeser is on an expiring contract, they could retain on him to make it cap in/out this year and enable them to dump money+term.

 

[BigRig4]

Ottawa Sentators Make a Push for Vancouver Canucks Forward Brock Boeser in Deadline Trade

With less than a week until the NHL's trade deadline, a Canadian team has entered the mix to acquire Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser. Vancouver

www.yardbarker.com

Apparently we're linked to Boesser. Looking for term. Interesting but would require us to move big salary ie. Norris unless they retain 50% then it's a 3-4 mil contract.

Moving Norris has it's issues as the recent Pinto/Norris absence has illustrated.

IMO Boeser represents more of the same for us. I feel like we already have too many forwards who are passengers and don’t really drive play. That’s what I see in Boeser. If it’s a swap for someone like Norris it might be worth a shot though.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Ottawa Sentators Make a Push for Vancouver Canucks Forward Brock Boeser in Deadline Trade

With less than a week until the NHL's trade deadline, a Canadian team has entered the mix to acquire Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser. Vancouver

www.yardbarker.com

Apparently we're linked to Boesser. Looking for term. Interesting but would require us to move big salary ie. Norris unless they retain 50% then it's a 3-4 mil contract.

Moving Norris has it's issues as the recent Pinto/Norris absence has illustrated.

Ottawa has a record of 25-14-4 (.628 points percentage) with Tkachuk, Norris, Pinto all in the lineup and 5-11-0 (.313) points percentage) when they've missed at least one of them this season.

Norris isn't my favorite player; He can be good; he disappears at times and he isn't hard enough for my liking and he has to shoot the puck... and maybe a Norris for Boeser trade will produce equal or better results but when Norris is playing well I like the C depth and the way this team plays with everyone slotted properly.

 

[Alex1234]

If we want to dump the liability of the Norris contract in someone else, Boeser for Norris makes sense, even if Boeser is a rental.

My guess would be that VAN would want to send Ottawa at least one contract with term, like Soucy. Since Boeser is on an expiring contract, they could retain on him to make it cap in/out this year and enable them to dump money+term.

The Debrincat debacle should remains us to never go for rental again unless we appeared in conference finals the year before (meaning we are legit contender wich we are far from right now, far far from)
Boeser would be a great replacement for Giroux imo but he needs a trade-and-sign Stone style contract or pass
Rentals NEVER want to stay here

 

[Emerica]

Ottawa Sentators Make a Push for Vancouver Canucks Forward Brock Boeser in Deadline Trade

With less than a week until the NHL's trade deadline, a Canadian team has entered the mix to acquire Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser. Vancouver

www.yardbarker.com

Apparently we're linked to Boesser. Looking for term. Interesting but would require us to move big salary ie. Norris unless they retain 50% then it's a 3-4 mil contract.

Moving Norris has it's issues as the recent Pinto/Norris absence has illustrated.

Boeser turned down an offer of 5x8M according to Friedman.

Take that as you will

 

[HoweHullOrr]

If we want to dump the liability of the Norris contract in someone else, Boeser for Norris makes sense, even if Boeser is a rental.

My guess would be that VAN would want to send Ottawa at least one contract with term, like Soucy. Since Boeser is on an expiring contract, they could retain on him to make it cap in/out this year and enable them to dump money+term.

I decided to look up Josh’s 2024-25 stats. He’s played 51 games. If he plays the remaining 23, that would total 74 games. The time he’s missed due to injury has not been due to shoulder injury. Given the way people talk about him, I assumed he had played significantly fewer games.

 

[Golden_Jet]

The Debrincat debacle should remains us to never go for rental again unless we appeared in conference finals the year before (meaning we are legit contender wich we are far from right now, far far from)
Boeser would be a great replacement for Giroux imo but he needs a trade-and-sign Stone style contract or pass
Rentals NEVER want to stay here

I consider rentals TDL players, DBC had 2 years left, so wasn’t really a rental.

 

[Duncstar]

If we want to dump the liability of the Norris contract in someone else, Boeser for Norris makes sense, even if Boeser is a rental.

My guess would be that VAN would want to send Ottawa at least one contract with term, like Soucy. Since Boeser is on an expiring contract, they could retain on him to make it cap in/out this year and enable them to dump money+term.

Well they have been looking to dump Sousey but we couldn't take him on without retention. Boesser would be good with Stutzle and a top line of Tkachuk Stutzle Boesser for the foreseeable future could be decent.

IMO Boeser represents more of the same for us. I feel like we already have too many forwards who are passengers and don’t really drive play. That’s what I see in Boeser. If it’s a swap for someone like Norris it might be worth a shot though.

Other option is to move Giroux IF he wants a chance at the cup; replacing Giroux with Boesser makes a tonne of sense if we're making up for Girouxs decline in production. Would be cap in cap out for this season.

You could even look at resigning him for cheaper in the offseason. 2nd or 3rd line and 4-5mil 2 year contract.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

If we want to dump the liability of the Norris contract in someone else, Boeser for Norris makes sense, even if Boeser is a rental.

My guess would be that VAN would want to send Ottawa at least one contract with term, like Soucy. Since Boeser is on an expiring contract, they could retain on him to make it cap in/out this year and enable them to dump money+term.

Well they have been looking to dump Sousey but we couldn't take him on without retention. Boesser would be good with Stutzle and a top line of Tkachuk Stutzle Boesser for the foreseeable future could be decent.

Don’t think Boeser as a rental is a wise move for the Senators at all. This is a Dorionesque type blunder imho.

 

[Duncstar]

Boeser turned down an offer of 5x8M according to Friedman.

Take that as you will

He wants term, which is fair (and has it's risks).

The Debrincat debacle should remains us to never go for rental again unless we appeared in conference finals the year before (meaning we are legit contender wich we are far from right now, far far from)
Boeser would be a great replacement for Giroux imo but he needs a trade-and-sign Stone style contract or pass
Rentals NEVER want to stay here

100% agreed; would need permission to talk to his agent. Gotta think Green has some involvement in this. Would still like some size added

 

[PlayOn]

IMO Boeser represents more of the same for us. I feel like we already have too many forwards who are passengers and don’t really drive play. That’s what I see in Boeser. If it’s a swap for someone like Norris it might be worth a shot though.

They probably want a right shot goal scorer to play with Tkachuk and Stützle. In theory that line could build pretty great chemistry and there aren’t a lot of options out there so even with Boeser’s flaws it does make sense.

Not a fan of trading for a rental though.

 

[Duncstar]

Don’t think Boeser as a rental is a wise move for the Senators at all. This is a Dorionesque type blunder imho.

Should have said I want it done Lou style with a trade and 3 days later he's signed. No f***in rentals unless it's 3rd+ rnd picks.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

I consider rentals TDL players, DBC had 2 years left, so wasn’t really a rental.

Well, he had a $9 m qualifying offer for the 2nd year. Even if the Senators had the cap to pay him $9 m, it really wasn’t a smart move for team still in the final stages of a rebuild. That would ostensibly be pretty obvious now. Hopefully those days are behind us now.

 

[Alex1234]

I consider rentals TDL players, DBC had 2 years left, so wasn’t really a rental.

You are totally right
Not the right example but I meant not giving away assets for 2 months of play
Wait in the summer and sign Boeser if you can
Boeser is not the difference in making the PO for this team I think
Linus, injuries and intensity are bigger factors imo

 

[Golden_Jet]

Well, he had a $9 m qualifying offer for the 2nd year. Even if the Senators had the cap to pay him $9 m, it really wasn’t a smart move for team still in the final stages of a rebuild. That would ostensibly be pretty obvious now. Hopefully those days are behind us now.

That’s fair, still wasn’t a rental with 2 years left.

 

[Duncstar]

You are totally right
Not the right example but I meant not giving away assets for 2 months of play
Wait in the summer and sign Boeser if you can
Boeser is not the difference in making the PO for this team I think
Linus, injuries and intensity are bigger factors imo

Team might believe they can't get him in the summer so this is their best chance. Which I'd agree with. I really don't know if Norris moves though, if you're doing that then you trade for a tough 2nd/3rd line center. Ryan O' Reilly or similar ilk. Market is thin for those ...

 

[Alex1234]

They need a RW with goal scoring ability thats a given
Boeser in the summer cost zero asset
Rakell or Rust are going to cost assets
Although with Dubas you never know lol

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

I would take Boeser as a rental for a collection of mid-range assets. No interest in trading anything significant for him or extending him.

Probably the only rental I would trade anything much for and want to re-sign is Marchand, which is not happening.

They need a RW with goal scoring ability thats a given
Boeser in the summer cost zero asset
Rakell or Rust are going to cost assets
Although with Dubas you never know lol

Rackell and Rust are on good contracts, Boeser will be an instant anchor. One season over 30 goals, one season over 56 points, and he just turned down $8mil a year. No thank you.

I wouldn't look at any of them seriously

 

[HoweHullOrr]

That’s fair, still wasn’t a rental with 2 years left.

Semantics. Quibbling about words seems less important than taking account of the net result. It sure wasn’t a surprise when he wasn’t around for year 2. Maybe it was for some though I suppose. IDK.

 

[Alex1234]

I would take Boeser as a rental for a collection of mid-range assets. No interest in trading anything significant for him or extending him.

Probably the only rental I would trade anything much for and want to re-sign is Marchand, which is not happening.

Rackell and Rust are on good contracts, Boeser will be an instant anchor. One season over 30 goals, one season over 56 points, and he just turned down $8mil a year. No thank you.

I wouldn't look at any of them seriously

What are your options for RW with good goal scoring?

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

What are your options for RW with good goal scoring?

Overpay for a vet in UFA on a 2-4 year deal.

Palmieri, Zucker, Mangiapane, Granlund, Smith, Frederic, Roslovic, Greenway... sign one of them for $3-$5.5m x 2-4yrs.

We have no assets and no cap space. In the summer, we will still have no assets but we will have cap space. Alternately, find a deal involving one of our high-salary players with term (likely Norris, Batherson, or an outside shot at Chabot) in a change of scenery swap.

Boeser is too expensive, though, and will need too much term.

 

[Duncstar]

I would take Boeser as a rental for a collection of mid-range assets. No interest in trading anything significant for him or extending him.

Probably the only rental I would trade anything much for and want to re-sign is Marchand, which is not happening.

Rackell and Rust are on good contracts, Boeser will be an instant anchor. One season over 30 goals, one season over 56 points, and he just turned down $8mil a year. No thank you.

I wouldn't look at any of them seriously

Marchand is starting to loose steps though he would fit well and have leadership. Boesser was term not AAV. Maybe he does 7.5 over 7/8 but like the previous poster said, it could be an anchor. Rakell I worry about since his shooting % is high right now but would still be a consistent 20+ goal scorer.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

What are your options for RW with good goal scoring?

Based on a quick glance, it looks like the Senator's have $77.8 m of cap next year with only 13 players signed. So, they have 8 - 10 players to sign with about $17.7 m to work with. Didn’t spend much time with this & didn’t look too closely though./

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Marchand is starting to loose steps though he would fit well and have leadership. Boesser was term not AAV. Maybe he does 7.5 over 7/8 but like the previous poster said, it could be an anchor. Rakell I worry about since his shooting % is high right now but would still be a consistent 20+ goal scorer.

Marchand is slowing down and definitely won't come here, so it is moot, but I think he would be a dream come true and I think he is maybe THE guy in the league who would be the best for our room and Brady in particular.

As for Boeser, a 7x$7.5m deal still worries me and isn't one I would take on unless we can work miracles elsewhere (i.e. trade Norris for a decent return without taking back any bad salary). Even then, I would look elsewhere for someone more "solid". I like Boeser, he seems like a really good guy and is a player any team would want at the right price, but he is streaky and carries a heavy psychological burden, from what I can tell. I have nothing but good wishes for the guy but I see the potential for him to really struggle in Ottawa.

Most importantly, I don't think he would choose to play here at all and I can't see him signing with us for less per year than Vancouver offered him.