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so a 3c, an expiring winger who is having a very similar season to norris and blah for norris and blah x3

honestly seems like we are selling norris for cheap, considering he plays an important position (centers and RD's always get the value bump), signed for term and if the cap does go up anywhere near the projected 9 million then the contract goes from a slight issue to no issue

plus its not like we can sign FA's unless its one that specifically wants to come to ottawa so i dont see the full on urgency to open up the money either
 
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so a 3c, an expiring winger who is having a very similar season to norris and blah for norris and blah x3

honestly seems like we are selling norris for cheap, considering he plays an important position (centers and RD's always get the value bump), signed for term and if the cap does go up anywhere near the projected 9 million then the contract goes from a slight issue to no issue

plus its not like we can sign FA's unless its one that specifically wants to come to ottawa so i dont see the full on urgency to open up the money either
If you don't open up money you won't have it to make a splash. I don't think Staios shares my view, I'm simply sharing mine with the rest of the arm-chair-gm's. I do think making a deal like this signals to FA's that you are in it to win it, and maybe that has some impact when trying to attract gunslingers. The benefits are the 3C (Dickinson) is locked in for another year, and Kurashev is having an abysmal season going into RFA - so even if he turns it around, the numbers won't be great and there's an opportunity to go with a 1yr show me deal. Hall is hasta luego no matter what. Worst case, the Sens get a properly compensated 3C and free up some cap space.
 
If you don't open up money you won't have it to make a splash. I don't think Staios shares my view, I'm simply sharing mine with the rest of the arm-chair-gm's. I do think making a deal like this signals to FA's that you are in it to win it, and maybe that has some impact when trying to attract gunslingers. The benefits are the 3C (Dickinson) is locked in for another year, and Kurashev is having an abysmal season going into RFA - so even if he turns it around, the numbers won't be great and there's an opportunity to go with a 1yr show me deal. Hall is hasta luego no matter what. Worst case, the Sens get a properly compensated 3C and free up some cap space.
actually seems like the worst case is, Sens get worse.
 
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If you don't open up money you won't have it to make a splash. I don't think Staios shares my view, I'm simply sharing mine with the rest of the arm-chair-gm's. I do think making a deal like this signals to FA's that you are in it to win it, and maybe that has some impact when trying to attract gunslingers. The benefits are the 3C (Dickinson) is locked in for another year, and Kurashev is having an abysmal season going into RFA - so even if he turns it around, the numbers won't be great and there's an opportunity to go with a 1yr show me deal. Hall is hasta luego no matter what. Worst case, the Sens get a properly compensated 3C and free up some cap space.
for sure, i do follow the logic of what your trying to do/say but the thing is the chances of us getting an impact fa to sign with us is extremely low

just good fa's i can think off recent memory
giroux (wanted to come because of family)
hasek/gonchar (was when we were elite which we are not close to)
todd white (again home town guy, also him being on the list is concerning lol)
macarthur (definitely upped his value in ottawa)
kovalev (wouldnt exactly call him a good signing but needs a mention)
zub (was an international guy but this list looked depressing so im adding him)
tarasenko

That list as a whole is depressing. So if we do the Norris trade in theory, we will have to turn around and trade more assets to add to the team to replace the impact of Norris and then Hall via FA
 
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for sure, i do follow the logic of what your trying to do/say but the thing is the chances of us getting an impact fa to sign with us is extremely low

just good fa's i can think off recent memory
giroux (wanted to come because of family)
hasek/gonchar (was when we were elite which we are not close to)
todd white (again home town guy, also him being on the list is concerning lol)
macarthur (definitely upped his value in ottawa)
kovalev (wouldnt exactly call him a good signing but needs a mention)
zub (was an international guy but this list looked depressing so im adding him)
tarasenko

That list as a whole is depressing. So if we do the Norris trade in theory, we will have to turn around and trade more assets to add to the team to replace the impact of Norris and then Hall via FA
I get you. I'm a guy though that goes into a company and manifests change, so that's what I'm suggesting here - make a case to draw FA's.
 
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you have a replacement player at 5-6 million.
Or Brock at 8-9 M

so you say, f*** 2-4 million.

Now add a local star. One who can sell 10,000-20,000 jerseys state wide with Minnie and Boeser/6. And at $100-$200. That is 2 M-4 M alone. Granted the bulk will be in year 1 and 2.

Now add other merchandise. Now add that 1-5% added eyes on media. So 2M - 4M in media.

Now add 1-5% price increases, as he keeps interest high... 2 M - 4 M.

Brock could add 6 M - 12 M... his 2- 4 M of added salary is? a deal!!!


Columbus, Minnie, Utah, STL, Nashville. All Mid west, all bottom 11 in revenue. Now add Seattle, Colorado. Close enough and 19th and 20th in revenue.

2-4 M to Brock, 6-12 M for the club.

We will see. The CAP is climbing.
US born players are what Franco stars are to Montreal. A need.
Canadian CFL players make way more than their American counter parts. A need.
Left handed Pitchers make more money. A need
Give me one example of a local talent that is overpaid by his team for the reasons you're arguing. Give me one single example of a player who quite clearly was paid a large premium because he is local and thus more marketable... I'll wait.

You brought up the Habs yet even they haven't done it. Pierre Luc Dubois, Claude Giroux, MAF, Jonathan Marchessault and Jonathan Huberdeau have all been available recently, yet interestingly Montreal didn't bite. MONTREAL. In fact they went one step further and traded away one of the top Quebecois players in the league in Danault...

In a cap world what you're saying just doesn't happen because the biggest return on investment, to a factor of 100 is winning. You know what the best evidence for what you're saying being fantasy is? Offer sheets. The offer sheet is perfectly suited to achieving what you are saying. Pay a premium and poach your guy. How many offer sheets have been tendered again?

I'll give you a rabbit turd sized pellet of credit. What you're saying exists in baseball (Aaron Judge?). It exists in basketball (Kawhi Leonard?). It exists in football (Joe Burrow?). But it doesn't exist in the NHL, not remotely like you are saying. Why? Because the salary cap forces teams to be smarter with their money and chase the ultimate marketing tool, winning.
 
If you don't open up money you won't have it to make a splash. I don't think Staios shares my view, I'm simply sharing mine with the rest of the arm-chair-gm's. I do think making a deal like this signals to FA's that you are in it to win it, and maybe that has some impact when trying to attract gunslingers. The benefits are the 3C (Dickinson) is locked in for another year, and Kurashev is having an abysmal season going into RFA - so even if he turns it around, the numbers won't be great and there's an opportunity to go with a 1yr show me deal. Hall is hasta luego no matter what. Worst case, the Sens get a properly compensated 3C and free up some cap space.
IMO, the Sens are nowhere near being a contender. Yes, I can see them making the playoffs but don't see them going beyond the 1st round. Not enough 5v5 scoring and PPs are not as common in the playoffs. Maybe once they experience playoff hockey, they'll improve some more next year.

They're already losing a 1st round pick in the next 2 years. SS just needs to slowly improve the roster each year, beef up the prospect pool.
 
Hamonic will be gone at the end of the season & JBD led this team in blocked shots last season, he is much better defensively than Brannstrom who is extremely weak defensively & got owned many times. Brannstrom just went through waivers & not a single team out of 31 teams picked him up for a reason. He is also a left shot & sucked when put into the right spot.

I expect that Yakemchuk will likely be Keven's partner next yr & they have two better options than Brannstrom in Belleville at RD. At least we agree on the team needing a top six forward, that's progress.

Thank Alfie, Hamonic will be gone at the end of the season, just another disastrous Dorion's file. We traded a valuable 3rd round pick to get him and gave him a 2 years too long extension with a NMC, which is why we were stuck with him. I hope it didn't do permanent damage on Sanderson but his first half this season was nothing like last year. Jake is KEY to this WHOLE rebuild so kinda dangerous to play him with a guy like Hamonic.

I have nothing against JBD and actually like that he's around, he's young, cheap and plays the right way. That said, he's not the perfect compliment to a rookie like Kleven, they only have a 42.8 xGF% together. Best metrics for Kleven is when he played with Zub or Chabot, although small sample sizes.

The problem I have is the things you say are just not factually true, it is obvious pure bias. It is true that Brannstrom is not sought after because he is undersized and unfortunately for him, he doesn't produce enough offense for a team to justify making a spot for him. There is not a lot of D-men under 6'0 in this league and it's normal because most modern D-men can move the puck these days and they are all much taller/bigger. Vancouver already have Hughes and he's elite so they don't really need/want a guy like Brannstrom as you will want Hughes out there on every OZ start. It was going really well for Brannstrom there at first (but they needed him during Forbort injury) so not sure why they moved on from him because Juulsen, Desharnais and even Soucy have been terrible in comparison. And if you think the moves makes the unanimity you should read this :


Apparently, it's probably just because their staff don't play D-men on their off-side and they already have Hughes, Soucy and Forbort playing regularly on LD. All that said, if "extremely weak defensively" was true, it would be reflected in his advanced stats. But looking at the last 3 seasons, he has the 43th best xGA/60 among 238 D-men at ES, which means the team he plays for gives up LESS scoring chances when he is on the ice than it is the case for most D-men in the league... The type of guys who are the lowest in this stat are Klingberg, Krug, DeAngelo, Karlsson, Letang, Josh Brown, Matheson, Barrie, Drysdale... If Brannstrom was just a bit faster, or just a bit taller, or just a bit more productive or even just a RHD, he would have a regular spot by now. Hopefully it happens for him soon but for me, I take a Brannstrom over a Hamonic or Juulsen 100 times out of 100.
 

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