GDT: Free agency madness, brought to you by the letter G - PART 2

[TheNewEra]

Florida's defense is somehow worse than ours now even with Zaistev...

ekblad/montour/forsling/gudas/sjalin/carlsson/staal

like what is that haha

 

[DylanSensFan]

Calgary is now in an absolutely perfect position to start a rebuild and they probably should.

They should also trade Tanev to us. Hopefully.



Florida dumped two older soon-to-be UFAs they didn't want to keep.

This is actually not that bad a trade for Florida from the perspective of keeping their window open for as long as possible. It makes them worse now but could make them better in the long-run.

They won't rebuild just yet. The fans here will be pissed if they try. We may be able to snag Tanev though.

 

[The Expert]

This is actually not that bad a trade for Florida from the perspective of keeping their window open for as long as possible. It makes them worse now but could make them better in the long-run.

I honestly question how much worse this makes them now even. The d definitely takes a hit but they're a lot tougher to play against up front now.

I think they'll finish with less points in the regular season but make it to the conference finals.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Question is, does Calgary mail it in for the rest of the summer or do they go after another forward? Maybe this is where their overloaded D, Florida's pick gets traded?

 

[Icelevel]

Maybe we can try and get Weegar from Calgary. Weegar a hometown Ottawa player.

They have a lot of dmen now right?

 

[KnuckChuckinTkachuk]

Isn't Tanev still injured? They may wait and see what happens before trading one of them.

Flames' Chris Tanev to have shoulder surgery, out 4-6 months

Calgary Flames defenceman Chris Tanev will have shoulder surgery next week and is expected to be sidelined for four to six months.

www.sportsnet.ca

Article dated: May 28, 2022
Surgery was the week after.

A November/December return is most likely.

 

[Daffy]

Can people stop saying Weegar has no interest in playing in Ottawa lol. It's complete 110% false.

 

[branch]

Can people stop saying Weegar has no interest in playing in Ottawa lol. It's complete 110% false.

But Bevans here of Barrhaven fame said the contrary

 

[Deku]

Flames now have Weegar, Tanev, and Rasmus Andersson on RD.


I'd be over the moon with any one of them here. C'mon Pierre! Keep the summer vibes vibing!

Yea seriously I am late to this but god damn they do not need all 3 of those guys on RD and should promptly give us literally any one of them.

 

[TheDebater]

Why would we trade for an injured defenseman that is expected to return no sooner than late November? Our season can be lost by then, we are not risking that.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

We probably should have been in on Bjorkstrand for that cost

Can people stop saying Weegar has no interest in playing in Ottawa lol. It's complete 110% false.

Do you know this from weegar himself

 

[Korpse]

Florida's defense is somehow worse than ours now even with Zaistev...

ekblad/montour/forsling/gudas/sjalin/carlsson/staal

like what is that haha

Don't sleep on Forsling but yeah after him and Ekblad it's trash.

 

[Sensinitis]

Our division is gonna be fun next year. Tkachuk bros get to battle way more often now

 

[ATdaisuki]

Guys, if Batherson is in the clear, we legit have a good shot at the playoffs next season.

Boston is banged up for the first few months. Florida replaced their second best forward at the cost of their second best defenseman.

This could happen. Pray past Batherson didn't do something terrible and this team could do damage.

 

[PM]

Im as big a Tanev fan as can be as a Sens + Canucks fan and would sign him as a free agent in a second. But I’d be very wary of trading significant assets for him. He carried the defense on the Canucks for years and it took a permanent toll. This latest surgery is not good news. If he’s fully healthy at the deadline maybe but I don’t think he’s a long term solution at this point in his career.

 

[Sensators]

Great trade for FLA Huberdeau and Weegar are chokers in big games.

Matt's game is meant for the post season.

Just not this post season.

 

[KAPOW]

man now's areally good time to snag a RD from CAL...Weegar, Andersson, Tanev

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Andersson puts up good numbers, but I'd rather have someone more defensively responsible so Chabot/Sanderson can play their games.

 

[HSF]

Guys rmr that weegar can play the left side like he has with ekblad

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Guys rmr that weegar can play the left side like he has with ekblad

Easy to play your offside when your partner is as good as Ekblad. We need a defensive RHD anyway.

 

[GoSenatorsGo]

I wonder if this trade opens the flood gates again. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Calgary sign Kadri now either.

I predict in the league:

Kadri signs in Calgary
Tarasenko traded to the islanders
Klingberg signs with Ottawa
More cap clearing trades

 

[Sens Vader]

I dont see a better spot for Klingberg than Ottawa tbh

Everyone says we need a defensive dman but all last season nobody else could actually pass a puck or breakout other than Chabot

Zub is elite defensively, Sanderson is labelled that as well.

Obviously a two way d would be best like Chychrun but the assets to acquire scares me

We should be able to get a defence first dman at the deadline regardless

 

[senswon]

If klingberg signs with ottawa who does he play with?

Chabot Klingberg
Branny//Sandy Zub
Holden Hamonic//zaitsev

Or

Chabot Zub
Branny//Sandy Klingberg
Holden Hamonic//zaitsev

Or

Chabot Klingberg
Holden Zub
Branny//Sandy Hamonic//Zaitsev

 

[PlayOn]

I dont see a better spot for Klingberg than Ottawa tbh

Everyone says we need a defensive dman but all last season nobody else could actually pass a puck or breakout other than Chabot

Zub is elite defensively, Sanderson is labelled that as well.

Obviously a two way d would be best like Chychrun but the assets to acquire scares me

We should be able to get a defence first dman at the deadline regardless

Well yeah the likes of Josh Brown, Hamonic and Zaitsev aren’t amazing puck-movers but we have a ton of guys now or very close that can move the puck. JBD, Thomson, Brannstrom and Sanderson are all good puck-movers with varying offensive abilities obviously. We have very little physicality on the backend and not as much size as you’d want, as Brann/JBD/Lassi are small-average, and it’s not like Chabot and Klingberg play that type of game.

In a perfect world, we could use a player with size, a great shot and that plays physical on our back-end. Having said that, there just aren’t many options. I’d do Klingberg on a short-term deal but I doubt he takes that, and long-term I think he’s redundant for the above reasons.

 

[Sens Vader]

Well yeah the likes of Josh Brown, Hamonic and Zaitsev aren’t amazing puck-movers but we have a ton of guys now or very close that can move the puck. JBD, Thomson, Brannstrom and Sanderson are all good puck-movers with varying offensive abilities obviously. We have very little physicality on the backend and not as much size as you’d want, as Brann/JBD/Lassi are small-average, and it’s not like Chabot and Klingberg play that type of game.

In a perfect world, we could use a player with size, a great shot and that plays physical on our back-end. Having said that, there just aren’t many options. I’d do Klingberg on a short-term deal but I doubt he takes that, and long-term I think he’s redundant for the above reasons.

Yeah I’d prefer that type of dman, but Chychrun is the only one available.

Maybe Tanev now but he’s injured until December.