Traded Korpisalo (5 years/20M)

[Gil Gunderson]

and have Forsberg/Sogaard **** the bed this upcoming year, wasting away another year of our core guys' contracts? I'm sure Brady and the Brady bunch are over the moon about having a decent goalie come in.

If you’re armed with a 5 year contract offer, you really think the options are limited to Korpisalo?

 

[swiftwin]

Give me nobody over this.

No thanks. We've been rolling with "nobody" for the past few seasons, and it hasn't worked out.

 

[inthewings]

You either believe in this signing and goalie or you don't. That's it. It's not "oh Dorion can do whatever he wants with millions of dollars and it's no big deal".

The problem some of us have with Dorion is he has made questionable signings and trade decisions since day one on the job. For some of you it's no big deal we're on a tight budget and he blows 6.5M per year on Murray. It's now no big deal we can spend closer to the cap and we blow 5M on Korpisalo.

It's one thing to like this signing. It's another to play it off as "ehhh who cares 5M per year".

Every time a Dorion move has been criticized on this forum, it's "who cares, it's just a few million" or "who cares, it's just a 2nd round pick". Then 6 years later we're a capped out team with over 5M in dead cap space, almost no pick/prospect capital, and still haven't made the playoffs.

Mistakes add up.

 

[BondraTime]

Sometimes the best move is no move.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Dont caee. I have as much faith in them as I do in this guy, and they dont cost a big financial commitment and gaurantee this is our guy through our contention years.

Its like signing up for a non answer simply because its the best they could do.

Seriously. Outside of a few months of good play, there’s nothing Korpisalo has done in his career that inspires any more confidence than the guys we already have.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

He did beat the Leafs in the playoffs. Are we still trying to slay the dragon?

That is a nice angle. I like that.

 

[Speatleysson]

If you’re armed with a 5 year contract offer, you really think the options are limited to Korpisalo?

Yes, because otherwise you're looking at an unhealthy Jarry, Freddy Anderson, James Reimer, Quick, Raanta.. Give me Korpi over those guys.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

No thanks. We've been rolling with "nobody" for the past few seasons, and it hasn't worked out.

We didnt last year, it just didnt work out.

Now we have our goalie that will be there through the contending years and the only hope is Sogaard takes his spot one day to be a real contender.

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

You either believe in this signing and goalie or you don't. That's it. It's not "oh Dorion can do whatever he wants with millions of dollars and it's no big deal".

The problem some of us have with Dorion is he has made questionable signings and trade decisions since day one on the job. For some of you it's no big deal we're on a tight budget and he blows 6.5M per year on Murray. It's now no big deal we can spend closer to the cap and we blow 5M on Korpisalo.

It's one thing to like this signing. It's another to play it off as "ehhh who cares 5M per year".

where did you get the 5M AAV from?

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Seriously. Outside of a few months of good play, there’s nothing Korpisalo has done in his career that inspires any more confidence than the guys we already have.

He's another middling option for too much and too long.

Very much a Senators move. We dont get nice things, we get non answer re-treads.

 

[asd1]

No thanks. We've been rolling with "nobody" for the past few seasons, and it hasn't worked out.

We had Murray and Talbot thanks to Dorion.

 

[Boud]

Interesting that Korpisalo and Forsberg were teammates in Cleveland.

 

[NyQuil]

No thanks. We've been rolling with "nobody" for the past few seasons, and it hasn't worked out.

This guy isn't exactly a "somebody".

In any event, good teams don't need a "somebody".

 

[SPF6ty9]

God Pierre is dumb. The comparables from today alone make this deal look like crap.

 

[swiftwin]

Seriously. Outside of a few months of good play, there’s nothing Korpisalo has done in his career that inspires any more confidence than the guys we already have.

The opposite was true with Murray. Good career, but on the decline, and look where that got us.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

This guy isn't exactly a "somebody".

And we didnt roll with nobody, its just the guys Dorion brought in didnt really work out.

Here we are with another one.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Sometimes the best move is no move.

Adding you the crow-eaters list.

 

[starling]

Can't get over the fact that Dorion, knowing full well how terrible he is at evaluating goalie talent, would go and sign one for 5(!) years.
Bro overpay for 1-2 years, and extend if it works out. But 5 years?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

The opposite was true with Murray. Good career, but on the decline, and look where that got us.

Murray’s injuries and weak glove side were well knwon before we acquired him. His signing being a complete failure wasn’t a surprise at all. Another great signing by our boy Pierre.

 

[swiftwin]

And we didnt roll with nobody, its just the guys Dorion brought in didnt really work out.

Here we are with another one.

Ok, and how did things go when Talbot got hurt? Because that's what nobody looks like. It was horrendous.

 

[OttawaSenators11]

which other goaltenders wanted to come to Ottawa, as an UFA, cheaper and a shorted term?

Stop with this talk you don’t know either maybe all of them would have came if more money was offered.

It was reported like a week ago that Korpisalo was on top of Dorion’s wish list…

When you look at the goalies that were available before free agency started that’s extremely questionable choice how this management group decided that he was the guy to target right off the bat like he was so much better compared to everyone else.

 

[Sens Vader]

Ok, and how did things go when Talbot got hurt? Because that's what nobody looks like. It was horrendous.

Talbot looked horrendous

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

God Pierre is dumb. The comparables from today alone make this deal look like crap.

which of the ”Comparables” had the desire to Join the Senators?

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Ok, and how did things go when Talbot got hurt? Because that's what nobody looks like. It was horrendous.

It wasnt much better when he was healthy.

Look, Im not going to pretend this guy belongs in the NHL but I stil hate it. We hitched our wagon to a non answer for our contention window.

 

[RickyLafleur]

Betting on the smallest sample size possible.

An even smaller size than Murray who won 2 cups. This GM is literally braindead somebody get him to the morgue.