Weekes: Senators willing to trade high pick or prospect to dump Nikita Zaitsev's contract

[Leonardo87]

 

[Mrfenn92]

Murphy has a NTC that would probably block the Sens

Maybe. No clue who he has on there and being on a shithole team might change that

 

[Schemp]

Kassian, AZ 3rd
4
Zaitsev, Ott 2nd

 

[Neiler]

Kassian, AZ 3rd
4
Zaitsev, Ott 2nd

I think I'd prefer to keep Zaitsev on this one.

 

[ole ole]

I hear Hughes is looking for another 1st
Edmundson, habs 3rd for Zaitsev and their 1st.

 

[Akrapovince]

I hear Hughes is looking for another 1st
Edmundson, habs 3rd for Zaitsev and their 1st.

You should be the one adding a first if you are looking for a tank commander for Bedard.

Play him 30 minutes a night and you will be guaranteed #1 odds.

(In all seriousness Zaitsev has been below average to okay, which is more than I expected).

 

[Schemp]

I think I'd prefer to keep Zaitsev on this one.

I don't see any other reasonable possibility of Zaitsev going to AZ. I can think of a bunch of unreasonable ones, but why bother...

 

[ole ole]

You should be the one adding a first if you are looking for a tank commander for Bedard.

Play him 30 minutes a night and you will be guaranteed #1 odds.

(In all seriousness Zaitsev has been below average to okay, which is more than I expected).

Not what Kevin Weeks seems to be saying.

 

[Mrfenn92]

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Forgot about pat

 

[Mr Positive]

Maybe. No clue who he has on there and being on a shithole team might change that

The issue is the length of Murphy's contract. If he's for sale, he'd rightly assume that there'd be other interested teams than Ottawa. Murphy has many years left on his deal. He's not going to committ all that time to Ottawa just because he'd like to move on from Chicago. Maybe he doesn't want to leave too

Plus most people who know the behind the scenes stuff say that Canadian teams are almost always all on no trade lists

 

[captainpaxil]

With so much tied up in ltir and the bedard sweepstakes in full pursuit I can see the flyers as a destination. Also could see zaitsev as empty cap attached to assets for provorov

 

[Antropovsky]

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Who wins the second round pick?

Just a second?

 

[Mrfenn92]

The issue is the length of Murphy's contract. If he's for sale, he'd rightly assume that there'd be other interested teams than Ottawa. Murphy has many years left on his deal. He's not going to committ all that time to Ottawa just because he'd like to move on from Chicago. Maybe he doesn't want to leave too

Plus most people who know the behind the scenes stuff say that Canadian teams are almost always all on no trade lists

He could not want to move

Just a second?

Seems both just love second round picks will probably be another pick/prospect attached

 

[Mr Positive]

With so much tied up in ltir and the bedard sweepstakes in full pursuit I can see the flyers as a destination. Also could see zaitsev as empty cap attached to assets for provorov

The Flyers are one of many teams who want to try to be competitive next season. They aren't adding Zeitsev

 

[Dr Quincy]

Kassian, AZ 3rd
4
Zaitsev, Ott 2nd

Not enough for the extra year for Zaitsev.

 

[SpezDispenser]

f*** off with the high pick or prospect.

 

[AKL]

It’s a good point in a vacuum, but he really doesn’t have a no-team trade list when his other options is going from chartered flights to riding buses across the country in a long grind.

Being anywhere in the NHL is much better than being waived to go to Belleville.

If this solved the problem for the Senators why wouldn't they just do this instead of exploring the possibility of trading a high pick or prospect to get rid of him?

 

[Schemp]

Not enough for the extra year for Zaitsev.

Kassian is also 2 years...

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

It cost a 1st to move 1 year of Monahan and a solid NHL ready young defenseman to move Paccioretty. If you a 2nd and a B/C prospect will ever cut it I want whatever you're on

6.375 mill and 7.6 mill might have something to do with it. Sure both can contribute technically unlike Zaitsev (And even then Monahan seemed dead), but cap space is just that valuable that even being able to contribute means little when it's for an additional 1.8+ mill more.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

It cost a 1st to move 1 year of Monahan and a solid NHL ready young defenseman to move Paccioretty. If you a 2nd and a B/C prospect will ever cut it I want whatever you're on

Those guys both had far greater cap hits, at a time when cap space is/was far less plentiful, with teams under a far more severe crunch, and there wasn't the opportunity of paying 40% of their salary like there is with Zaitsev. Not to mention, a 1st for Vegas and Calgary is more similar to a 2nd from Ottawa than it is to a 1st from Ottawa. Not to mention I never said just one of those prospects.

But yes, when you remove all those factors, I'm clearly hopped up on crazy pills.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Those guys both had far greater cap hits, at a time when cap space is/was far less plentiful, with teams under a far more severe crunch, and there wasn't the opportunity of paying 40% of their salary like there is with Zaitsev. Not to mention, a 1st for Vegas and Calgary is more similar to a 2nd from Ottawa than it is to a 1st from Ottawa. Not to mention I never said just one of those prospects.

But yes, when you remove all those factors, I'm clearly hopped up on crazy pills.

Not only that, both players went to Eastern Conf teams where there are less teams that can just easily take on big contracts, whereas all of Anaheim, Chicago, and Arizona can take on dead cap, and will probably accept less than if it was a in conference or in division trade. A 2nd can honestly move Zaitsev. That being said in the event Sens pick in the top 10, and it requires more than just a 2024 2nd to get rid of Zaitsev as opposed to only a 2023 2nd to get rid of him, you absolutely add prospects to the 2024 pick to get rid of Zaitsev. Sens have the ability to get some great prospects in the early stages of the 2nd round this year. Could even get a stud RHD prospect.

 

[violaswallet]

How bad has he been this season?

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

How bad has he been this season?

Really bad then when he was brought up from the AHL, he has been more than serviceable. His best run since he’s been here.

 

[Wondercarrot]

Friedman has hinted many times on 32 thoughts or Marek's radio show that Myers doesn't want to go to OTT and may have already blocked a trade using his NTC.

It’s actually the opposite.
Zaitsev is the one who blocked the trade using his NTC, and didn’t want to go to Vancouver.

Senators and Canucks Talked Trading Blueliners: Myers for Zaitsev

The Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators reportedly discussed the idea of a Tyler Myers for Nikita Zaitsev trade.

nhltradetalk.com

 

[Moose Head]

Zaitsev and a lottery protected 1st for Drouin with full retention (expiring contract).