Agree with you. The longer he goes without getting injured again the more his value goes up. Then you are looking at a guy that's 20% overpaid, v.s a guy that is 100% overpaid because he can't even suit up. No clue how long it will take to prove his shoulder is OK. At least a full season I'd think.
Should the Senators trade Norris to get a replacement for Zub?
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Agree with you. The longer he goes without getting injured again the more his value goes up. Then you are looking at a guy that's 20% overpaid, v.s a guy that is 100% overpaid because he can't even suit up. No clue how long it will take to prove his shoulder is OK. At least a full season I'd think.
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And what is this chatter about Josh Norris not being a goal scorer? Before he ran into injury problems, he scored 47 goals in a 91 games stretch (second half of 2020-21 to the end of the 2021-22 season). That was like Top-12 in the NHL during that long stretch , tied with Mikko Rantanen IIRC. He was only 21 and 22 y/o at that time too. Norris was extremely promising. Now it remains to be seen what kind of level he can get back to, but he has been a "goal scorer" for years.
It depends... $8M for 6 more years in 2017-18? Absolutely not
In 2025-26 with a cap trending towards 100 M$? Maybe
Also 6 years is including this season so he'll have 5 years left and if he goes through the season without injury, and scores 34 goals and 56 points (his actual pace), then why not?
No one said he'd have value like a Tkachuk
Yeah but as of right now, there's more in the Top-9 F than the Top-4 D
We have 3 very good productive forwards (Stutzle, Tkachuk, Batherson) but after that, we lack depth big time. Giroux is 36 y/o, in the last year of his contract and is pacing for 63 pts. Norris is pacing for 56 pts.
Are we going to go into next season with only Stutzle, Tkachuk and Batherson? Pinto has ONE half season where he paced for 54 pts. Is it enough to be confident in our offense? Are we going to sign more Perrons and Amadios? I mean...
With Yakemchuk coming, I started talking about last summer, the future/depth problem is really on offense now.
It depends... $8M for 6 more years in 2017-18? Absolutely not
In 2025-26 with a cap trending towards 100 M$? Maybe
Also 6 years is including this season so he'll have 5 years left and if he goes through the season without injury, and scores 34 goals and 56 points (his actual pace), then why not?
No one said he'd have value like a Tkachuk
Yeah but as of right now, there's more in the Top-9 F than the Top-4 D
We have 3 very good productive forwards (Stutzle, Tkachuk, Batherson) but after that, we lack depth big time. Giroux is 36 y/o, in the last year of his contract and is pacing for 63 pts. Norris is pacing for 56 pts.
Are we going to go into next season with only Stutzle, Tkachuk and Batherson? Pinto has ONE half season where he paced for 54 pts. Is it enough to be confident in our offense? Are we going to sign more Perrons and Amadios? I mean...
With Yakemchuk coming, I started talking about last summer, the future/depth problem is really on offense now.
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Absolutely not. He’s a good 2c who can score and his 200 foot game is getting back to where he was headed pre injury. It would be foolish to trade him, or Pinto for that matter.
If we want a Jiricek type player trade, it has to be Greg that goes at this point.
If we want a Jiricek type player trade, it has to be Greg that goes at this point.
