Why spell it Tarasneko?
I am with you up until the last sentence, I'm not sure what you wanted from Dorion on this one, he signed a guy most didn't think we realistically would have landed, it probably was give him the NMC or don't sign him, after all is said and done we added a 3rd and a 4th and had the benefit of him helping bring along the kids, huge improvement over the days of giving up a 2nd round pick for 20 games of Stepan or turning a 5th round pick into a 7th and 36 games of Gudbranson.
You took the bait, will you do it again
Sorry, I meant hamstrung the team as far as trading him as an asset at the deadline. Dorion took a risk. I do think that there was value in the contract. I think Tarasenko's presence did a lot of good for the younger players and he contributed well. I blamed Dorion for giving out the full NTC. Maybe he had planned all along to flip Tarasenko at the deadline if the team was not in the playoffs and had already discussed this with MGMT that it would be difficult and would result in a diminished return? Who knows?
We gave him a no-move clause with full understanding of this as a potential outcome considering it unfolds for a team every single year. If the Sens were that concerned they wouldn’t have done a full NMC and rather insisted on a NTC of some sort where he can choose between teams and refused to sign him otherwise. Then we have no Tarasenko and no draft picks at all.
He never bent anyone over? He used his NTC, as intended.
Did Dubois have a full NTC?June 27, 2023 - 4:35 pm ET
Winnipeg Jets
Acquire
- Second-round pick (2024)
- Rasmus Kupari
- Alex Iafallo
- Gabriel Vilardi
Los Angeles Kings
Acquire
Now that's how you make a trade! Winnipeg unloaded a loafer like PL Dubois and his lackluster 27 points and his $8.25 million contract until 2031. And you get two players who have put up 50 points and throw in the second round draft pick in 2024.
I know this was done in the summer but Winnipeg's GM is pretty clever.
You call Staios an idiot for getting some value out of trade where the player has a full NTC and really only wants to go to one team. Tell me how the heck he can get a better deal when there is no biding war???
You don't retain salary when you're getting such a weak return. Also, he has the option of holding out until crunch time.. maybe florida offers a 2nd rounder instead or betters the offer somehow. Mantha got a better return lol.
the salary retention is nothing. The Sens have room. If the Sens don't trade maybe Florida goes elsewhere and the Sens get nothing, And Mantha had no conditions on his contract so comparing that to a full NTC is pretty irrelevant.
For all we know, he told them this before signing. I don’t think it was any big secret.
He also would have honored the year in Ottawa had the team not cratered. Hard to blame him. The 1 year deal made it obvious he was a mercenary and then the team sucked, while he still held up his end of the bargain, so what can you do.
spell check, I need to set the keyboard to Canada English.. I am too lazy. I may also need to set the spelling, etc. to Canadian English.
