Player Discussion Linus Ullmark (G)

[Sens of Anarchy]

according to puckpedia we will have 12.5million cap space for next year with 13/23 players interesting hopfully couple prospects break in next year.

with the cap staying at 88 ... should go to 92.5 for next year so that will help

 

[Slippy]

I love that the Sens let the Bruins do all the heavy lifting on this. Bruins go through contentious negotiation with Swayman, but finally get a deal, and Staios just turns to Ulmark and asks

Staios: "How 'bout that for 4 years?"

Ulmark" "Sure"

 

[Wallet Inspector]

What's nice is that this ultimately makes up for trading the 2022 1st rounder.

 

[SpezDispenser]

I'm not convinced someone wasn't pulling Weeks' leg on that Shesterkin scoop. Can't see him turning down 11m for 8 years.

Thought the same. The same way swaymans projected numbers got madly inflated

 

[hockey20000]

makes me more excited opener tomorrow this team has potential to be really good the next 5 years .

 

[SpezDispenser]

What's nice is that this ultimately makes up for trading the 2022 1st rounder.

We can thank debrincat for ullmark iirc.

 

[senswon]

That's cold, hard fear you're seeing there.

But he hasn't even played a game yet!

His numbers aside from Boston are not really a starter's workload!

Ok, thanks for the opinions. We now have a vezina winning, real goaltender for the first time in years. Go away

100% sour grapes

 

[Wondercarrot]

Woohoo!!
All the crying for us on the main board from teams with shit goalies lol

 

[SpezDispenser]

100% sour grapes

It's with every Ottawa signing. It's fun to see the same names every time.

Like when they criticized the Sanderson extension or Stutzle. It's adorable

 

[Butchy Dakkar]

In before Igor shifts the market further

 

[senswon]

It's with every Ottawa signing. It's fun to see the same names every time.

Like when they criticized the Sanderson extension or Stutzle. It's adorable

First it was ooh he's going to free agency he'd never resign with the ottawa poverty franchise.

Now it's actually that he stinks and couldn't possibly sustain his numbers for 4 years and it was allll a mirage and Boston that made his numbers and he's never really been good.
Also he's forgotten everything goalie bob taught him because.... ottawa


Who they got in nets again?
They can all eat it

 

[hockey20000]

In before Igor shifts the market further

goodluck to newyork if they pay him 12million they are screwed better win cup before that kicks in

 

[Tuna99]

Ullmark is the most Ottawa on brand player we’ve had since Alfie

I love Ullmark, the city of Ottawa is family paradise and lots of guys who are grown up and settled down now really love the Ullmark vibes of “family first, my kids happiness above all else and let’s enjoy this hockey and take is seriously and win a Cup, but let’s remember what’s important”

After the pandemic, coming out of the Melnyck nightmare and just being an Ottawan born and bread - this to be is the on brand message that Ottawa loves. It worked with Alfie and us watching us cheer his family growing, Redden and Neil nights with their Moms, Chris Phillips and what he went though as a kid - it’s engrained in this franchise to feel small and family first and that’s hat will lead us to winning and a happy fanbase.

 

[senswon]

Let's not forget in all this that he's bringing that mythical Boston culture here as well.

Best news so far this season

 

[Carl Karlsson]

Very well said, best news of the season so far and what a surprise this morning ! We are set in net for the foreseeable future with a real leader. So pumped about this, tomorrow can't come soon enough, let's get this started ! Go Sens Go !!

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844015660243787978

 

[DueDiligence]

This is a fine contract for a top goalie that is in the prime of his career. Salary not an issue with the cap going up next year and Giroux either taking a $2-3 million reduction or off the books entirely.

 

[SensBrawler]

That's cold, hard fear you're seeing there.

But he hasn't even played a game yet!

His numbers aside from Boston are not really a starter's workload!

Ok, thanks for the opinions. We now have a vezina winning, real goaltender for the first time in years. Go away

It's funny. Some of those same posters were the same ones that were laughing when we didn't automatically sign him to an extension. Now that we have him extended - it's apparently a mistake lol.

I'm not sure what people expect. It's not easy to find a good NHL starter. That's why the teams that have one tend to work hard to keep them. And the Sens have struggled to find one in the post-Anderson era.

We've tried to bring in a former star that was on the downturn in hopes that he could regain his form (Murray), but that didn't work out.

We tried to bring in a goalie that put up poor numbers throughout most of his career, but finally had a breakout season (Korpisalo). That didn't work out.

We've hoped that a backup could transition into a starter (Forsberg), but that hasn't worked out.

We could wait to see if one of our prospects could pan out, but that might not work out either.

Ullmark is a proven starter that recently won a Vezina and has put up consistently solid numbers throughout his career. He was available because Boston could only keep one of him/Swayman long-term and we acquired him for a pretty decent price. Obviously there are no guarantees, but this extension seems pretty reasonable to me.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

According to the main board this is a disaster because it's possible within the last few days he could have been Fred Flintstone bonked on the head and forgotten he's a goalie.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844010936866353627

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

We're so friggin' back. Build from the net out and good things happen. Unless your building bricks are already cracked. Looking at you, Korpi. And Murray.

 

[hockey20000]

According to the main board this is a disaster because it's possible within the last few days he could have been Fred Flintstone bonked on the head and forgotten he's a goalie.

mainboard makes fun insults every top player that ever signs here saying it will be bad so im not surprised.

 

[Relapsing]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844015660243787978

What a f***ing legend

 

[Senscore]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844010936866353627

 

[Rals]

*Let's out pleasurable old man noise*

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Pinto bridge looks a bit better now. We'd probably be a bit squeezed for next year if he was getting 5+ mil right now.