Ouroboros
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- Feb 3, 2008
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Bruce Almighty with a Pageau update...
On DeMelo...
The sense is the Senators will make a run at trying to sign Pageau this week before making a decision on whether to keep him or not. People think the club should be able to get a first-round pick in exchange but it’s doubtful that will be the case. Ottawa already has three second round picks in June.
The Senators could always keep Pageau and make a decision in the off-season without the pressure of the deadline because he’s a good fit here but Hawryluk’s arrival puts that possibility in doubt.
On DeMelo...
It doesn’t feel like DeMelo will be in an Ottawa uniform much longer. Several teams are looking for help on defence – including Calgary, Tampa, Winnipeg and Vegas – and there’s a sense the two sides aren’t in the same ball park in contract discussions. The second-round pick the Devils received for captain Andy Greene from the New York Islanders may set the marketplace in these trade talks.
DeMelo to Vegas makes sense because he’d be reunited with former San Jose coach Peter DeBoer but we’ll see where this goes.