Traded Korpisalo (5 years/20M)

[Knave]

Dorion is Milbury. Lets hope Korpisalo is not DiPietro.

 

[KingAlfie11]

What is this argument? It's Dorion's job to have a Plan A and Plan B, not a Failure A and Failure B.

The Ottawa Senators didn't happen to Pierre Dorion. Pierre Dorion happened to the Ottawa Senators and its playoff hopes. It's his job to impact the team in a positive way. He has failed.

So I guess the summer of Pierre is over now eh? Alright no soup for you!!!

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Dorion is like the average hockey fan that is lulled into name recognition. It's exactly why it was a surprise that Artem Zub was actually a good hockey player

What we need is nobodys who are good at hockey, because they are cheap and can support our young core adequately. But instead, Dorion goes out and burn a big part of the available cap space on a below average goalie

they sat zub for like 10 games when the team tanked its playoff chances in the first month by playing some of the worst defensive hockey we've ever seen.

It really seems like they did not know what they had in Zub until it was obvious.

 

[NyQuil]

I bet Dorion is having a good laugh at Carolina today. Only extending Raanta for 1 year and Andersen for 2 when the cap is going up and they presumably could have had both for 5+ year terms. The Hurricane's are playing are playing checkers and Dorion is playing 3D mahjong.

And this is a team that is actively trying to compete.

 

[Sens Vader]

spending what we’re spending is not an issue on goaltending.

It’s risky due to the ups and downs for Korpi’s career performances, but he’s athletic (unlike Talbot and Murray) and has shown flashes of elite goaltending

It’s not ideal but the long term Korpisalo Sogaard duo will be relatively cheap

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Over under on which year he gets bought out?

 

[OgieO]

Hopefully last years strong season is indicative of him post hip injury, and the two poor years prior are due to that injury. [Shrug]

 

[swiftwin]

That's why all of those other goalies out there are getting paid with term in this off-season.

Everyone is opening their pocket books and blowing wads of cash at goalies for years and years.

Put another way, Korpisalo with his 221 games of NHL experience has earned the most expensive contract today in the entire NHL thus far.

How many other teams signed a new goalie with more experience than Korpisalo that aren't 35+ years old?

The answer is zero.

 

[NyQuil]

spending what we’re spending is not an issue on goaltending

It’s risky due to the ups and downs for Korpi’s performances, but he’s athletic (unlike Talbot and Murray) and has shown flashes of elite goaltending

It’s not ideal but the long term Korpisalo Sogaard duo will be relatively cheap

The problem is that it's not cheap enough and/or Korpisalo isn't good enough.

Once again we're in that no man's land of throwing a bunch of money at a guy who has a track record for inconsistency and no real extended experience as a starter.

I get it, Murray didn't want to come here because it's a tire fire, so we overpaid him, and it worked out the way we expected.

Now we're paying this guy to come here, and we're hoping for a different result based on a single season of less than 40 games.

I remember laughing at the Oilers when they signed Jack Campbell to that contract and I expect everyone else is doing the same with respect to us right now.

How many other teams signed a new goalie with more experience than Korpisalo that aren't 35+ years old?

The answer is zero.

Freddie Andersen has twice as much experience (479 games to 221 games) and is 33 years old.

 

[KingAlfie11]

Reading all those "its the end of the world" reactions to the Korpisalo signing is quite entertaining really. So whats the prediction here do we finished in last this season or what?

 

[inthewings]

I remember laughing at the Oilers when they signed Jack Campbell to that contract and I expect everyone else is doing the same with respect to us right now.

They are. Check out the thread in the main page. This signing is being panned worse than any other today.

 

[NyQuil]

Reading all those "its the end of the world" reactions to the Korpisalo signing is quite entertaining really. So whats the prediction here do we finished in last this season or what?

We struggle to make the playoffs again.

 

[Super Cake]

The Sens need to first fix their defensive structure before worrying about goaltending. But since Smith is coming back, Korpisalo will be slaughtered with high quality chances and within about 10 games, people will say Korpisalo sucks.

 

[NyQuil]

They are. Check out the thread in the main page. This signing is being panned worse than any other today.

Yes, because either the entire rest of the NHL's fans are collectively delusional or maybe they're on to something.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

The problem is that it's not cheap enough and/or Korpisalo isn't good enough.

Once again we're in that no man's land of throwing a bunch of money at a guy who has a track record for inconsistency and no real extended experience as a starter.

I get it, Murray didn't want to come here because it's a tire fire, so we overpaid him, and it worked out the way we expected.

Now we're paying this guy to come here, and we're hoping for a different result based on a single season of less than 40 games.

I remember laughing at the Oilers when they signed Jack Campbell to that contract and I expect everyone else is doing the same with respect to us right now.



Freddie Andersen has twice as much experience (479 games to 221 games) and is 33 years old.

No mans land. Exactly. Another expensive long term commitment non answer.

This is basically our guy to contend with. Who the F wanted that? He's clearly not that guy.

 

[Xspyrit]

If Talbot looked horrendous, then what did Sogaard look like?

A rushed prospect because we don't have a real NHL GM.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

They are. Check out the thread in the main page. This signing is being panned worse than any other today.

Holl to Detroit is worse but this, far and away number 2. Korpi has shown high ability, Holl has always been bad.

Really, really risky move by Dorion. Deserves all the flack.

 

[Big Muddy]

Reading all those "its the end of the world" reactions to the Korpisalo signing is quite entertaining really. So whats the prediction here do we finished in last this season or what?

Are people saying we will finish last in the league this year?

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Holl to Detroit is worse but this, far and away number 2. Korpi has shown high ability, Holl has always been bad.

Really, really risky move by Dorion. Deserves all the flack.

At least that's only 3 years for a period they probably won't be overly competitive in with their reset there. And he's merely a role player.

The guy we got is our guy. Our #1 goaltender. He's apparently the contending window goalie for this team.

 

[Knave]

Are people saying we will finish last in the league this year?

No they're attempting to set expectations low so that when Dorion hops over the bar they've placed on the ground they can trumpet about it on here.

 

[swiftwin]

The problem is that it's not cheap enough and/or Korpisalo isn't good enough.

Once again we're in that no man's land of throwing a bunch of money at a guy who has a track record for inconsistency and no real extended experience as a starter.

I get it, Murray didn't want to come here because it's a tire fire, so we overpaid him, and it worked out the way we expected.

Now we're paying this guy to come here, and we're hoping for a different result based on a single season of less than 40 games.

I remember laughing at the Oilers when they signed Jack Campbell to that contract and I expect everyone else is doing the same with respect to us right now.



Freddie Andersen has twice as much experience (479 games to 221 games) and is 33 years old.

Andersen is re-signing with his old team. Not comparable.

What you're asking for is a unicorn. There is no such thing as a goalie that has a long track record, that hasn't declined and isn't on the tail end of his career available to sign or trade for. And if one of those becomes available, they'll end up with an absurd contract like Bobrovsky did.

Any goalie that's available is going to have some sort of flaw. Either they have a previous track record and have fallen from grace (Murray), have a track record, but are on the tail end of their career (Talbot), or don't have a track record but have shown flashes or being a good goalie recently (Korpisalo).

 

[Do Make Say Think]

The Sens need to first fix their defensive structure before worrying about goaltending. But since Smith is coming back, Korpisalo will be slaughtered with high quality chances and within about 10 games, people will say Korpisalo sucks.

The only hope is that somehow Dorion improves the bottom 6 enough so that it isn't consistently caved in.

His pro signings track record makes it unlikely.

 

[swiftwin]

Freddie Andersen has twice as much experience (479 games to 221 games) and is 33 years old.

I said new goalie. Andersen was re-signing with his old team.

 

[inthewings]

Another aspect to this deal is that Dorion can't bluff about keeping DeBrincat anymore. We literally don't have the cap space to afford him. Dorion is now shopping an asset that other teams are 100% sure he has to trade.

 

[OttawaSenators11]

Reading all those "its the end of the world" reactions to the Korpisalo signing is quite entertaining really. So whats the prediction here do we finished in last this season or what?

I don’t think we are any further ahead today with Korpisalo personally just an extra body whose average