I don't disagree with you here, I just don't see him as a good fit for our needs, but sometimes you got to work with what's available instead of just hoping that something that isn't available will fall in your lap.
Yes and that is a pretty good argument, its a bit of a square peg with our lineup/salary construction. That's probably why the Chabot idea was floated.
I am sure Dorion knows better than anyone what is what here and he has a bit of a history with big, convoluted deals with lots of salary being considered. I think he had interest in keeping 65 around in the first place more so than his boss.
If Dorion is striking out with re-signing both Zub and Cat and feeling like that won't happen, that could be a reason he would like into it. He's spoken openly now about the difficulty of bring players to a Canadian team, so maybe he's trying to get creative to replace two possible high end players leaving. Those will be huge losses if they come to pass.
I think certain posters are peddling that as the main reason as to why so many dont think its a good idea. When in reality its the players age specifically relative to the core of this team its best players are 20 years old, Karlsson is 32. The term of the contract and what they are going to have to pay younger players on this roster to retain them. When you really look at it, its a bad idea if the teams really trying to win a Stanley Cup. It will cost them atleast one of Zub, Sanderson, Debrincat or Pinto from a contract perspective. When this team is ready to compete will Karlsson still be a prime performer? Those players will be.
I think the main point I disagree with is if its purely the age part. These things are not always linear and lots of old guys play in to their twilight years while many young guys don't meet their potential. Yes, odds favor the youth, but there are variables, and it can be just as much of a failure to move on from an aging player that continues performing in favor of a young players that doesn't develop as expected. A 40 year old Gonchar was better than any youngster we threw out there other than 65 and all those other young guys went nowhere. If it affects contracts too much, that makes sense, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with, and in a lot of cases it is actually ideal, to have age gaps like that on your team. You need veterans on a team and it is common practice. We just added Giroux and everyone, including myself, heralded it as a no brainer.
If we're still considered a budget team, that heavily skews the idea in favor of the Sens, but at this point, I'm assuming those days are gone and the actual salary is less relevant than the cap hit. Or at least I hope thats where we're headed with new ownership.
It can make a whole lot of sense in the right situations and it obviously worked out well for them with both of those guys playing big roles.
ALWAYS injured. Doesn't play mean. Is fast though, but maybe that's what is starting to go?
A right side of Zub, Carlo, Hamonic/JBD, that's seems pretty good imo, but I haven't been watching Carlo this year.
