Player Discussion: Nick Paul

[DaBolts]

Whatever it takes, PAY THIS MAN. He can easily play on our second line.

 

[DarrylshutzSydor]

Whatever it takes, PAY THIS MAN. He can easily play on our second line.

3rd liner, maybe even 4th liner.....

 

[bov]

 

[Volodya Krutov]

Smokes, let's go

 

[Master P]

I really hope we can lock him up. Love the way he plays.

 

[armani]

Nick Paul is a f***ing warrior, built for the playoffs, wish we could keep him in Ottawa, pray Matthieu Joseph is as good as he initially looked in Sens jersey. Paul is gonna make some coins as a sought after UFA.

Rooting for him and the Sens’ expansion brothers in Tampa for the cup!

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[Sky04]

Gotta re-sign this guy.

 

[Stammertime91]

Gotta re-sign this guy.

This guy could score more with his 3rd leg than Killorn facing an empty net.

 

[Cigar City]

Ideally he stays on a nice contract.

Realistically he gets PAID by someone in UFA.

 

[Stammertime91]

Ideally he stays on a nice contract.

Realistically he gets PAID by someone in UFA.

Ideally you stop being so direct at us losing good players.

Realistically you probably wont.

 

[Meuracas]

This guy could score more with his 3rd leg than Killorn facing an empty net.

Is this where the nickname comes from?

 

[Stammertime91]

Is this where the nickname comes from?

Yes

 

[Hoek]

 

[DFC]

If we were to trade Killorn and sign Palat but with a small paycut, what could we actually offer Paul?

 

[Golden_Jet]

If we were to trade Killorn and sign Palat but with a small paycut, what could we actually offer Paul?

He turned down 4 x 2.6 or 2.7 from Ottawa, wanted supposedly 3 - 3.2 x 4.
Likely his agent is looking for more now, after playoffs.

 

[DFC]

He turned down 4 x 2.6 or 2.7 from Ottawa, wanted supposedly 3 - 3.2 x 4.
Likely his agent is looking for more now, after playoffs.

Yeah, whatever his value was in Ottawa, he's worth more now. He proved a lot here, both in the regular season and the playoffs.

I feel like 3.5 is a number we might be able to squeeze in (I could be wrong), but he might feel like he's worth 4, and I wouldn't argue that at all.

 

[Point21]

If we were to trade Killorn and sign Palat but with a small paycut, what could we actually offer Paul?

If we trade Killorn that opens our cap space to just under 10m, assuming Palat signs for something close to what he makes now, we would have around 4.75m to work with to bring Paul back. He also came out and said he will do whatever it takes to help the Lightning get a deal done. so have high hopes he signs for less than 3m, maybe something around 4 years at 2.75m per

 

[DFC]

If we trade Killorn that opens our cap space to just under 10m, assuming Palat signs for something close to what he makes now, we would have around 4.75m to work with to bring Paul back. He also came out and said he will do whatever it takes to help the Lightning get a deal done. so have high hopes he signs for less than 3m, maybe something around 4 years at 2.75m per

All eyes on draft day then, I guess. Seems like if we are making progress on Palat and Paul, we could see Killer moved. And I know everyone's down on him for the playoff run, but that will be a sad, sad day in its own right.

 

[Point21]

All eyes on draft day then, I guess. Seems like if we are making progress on Palat and Paul, we could see Killer moved. And I know everyone's down on him for the playoff run, but that will be a sad, sad day in its own right.

depending on the return, it could be a day 2 trade that comes out of left field to get us a couple of early picks if there is someone there we like.

 

[dbieon12]

Any chance FLA signs this guy (e.g., cap, need)? He's wearing a Florida hat, and 'going back to the playoffs' could be possible from the other side of the state. Hope he's not trying to bleed us dry here. He should get paid but we have some limits

 

[Point21]

Any chance FLA signs this guy (e.g., cap, need)? He's wearing a Florida hat, and 'going back to the playoffs' could be possible from the other side of the state. Hope he's not trying to bleed us dry here. He should get paid but we have some limits

think they are more worried in trying to move Bob and keep Giroux

 

[DFC]

depending on the return, it could be a day 2 trade that comes out of left field to get us a couple of early picks if there is someone there we like.

We tend to prefer quantity of picks over quality. Wouldn't be shocking to see Killorn go for, like, a pair of seconds and a 25 year-old prospect we think we can turn around.

 

[Sky04]

You pick one of Palat or Paul, if Palat signs at "discount" of 5m AND we trade Killorn we'd still only have 2.1m in capspace left and that's if we place on icing ABB and another forward at league minimum. I would rather keep Paul at around 3m~, keep Killorn at 4.45m and ride out his contract till expiry and then use the working cap to sign our RFA's next year.

Signing Palat and Paul is short sighted, you may end up losing 2 of Cernak, Serg and Cirelli, all of whom are under 25.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]