Big Muddy
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A first line center who is only capable of ~30 points. Yes this is the type of player that we trade early-mid 2nd round picks for in the hope we can turn it into a 3rd from a cup contending team. Coulda easily signed Erik Haula, Craig Smith, Cody Eakin, Vlad Namesnikov, Mikku Koivu along with a boat load of other players who could provide that same type of "leadership".
Ya, here is a list of UFA centers that were available. No shortage really.
2020 NHL Free Agents Tracker
As for contracts, Haula signed for $1.75m x 1 year, Soderberg $1 m x 1 year, etc.
The deal with TBL was a good return for the Senators, but the Stepan deal seems like overpayment. The rumor that the Sens were considering Stepan popped up several weeks ago, so not sure if they got locked on to this target and considered the alternatives (e.g. cheaper & better free agents) or not. Hopefully they were very diligent in examining and talking to the alternatives.
Senators were one of most active teams in the market this year, but a lot of their acquisitions were for bottom of the roster players.
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