News Article: What did the Senators get out of trading EK65
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Senscore
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Big thanks to the Sharks for ending up in the toilet last year.
Couldn't have done it without you.
Couldn't have done it without you.
TheDebater
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In retrospect it was a great trade. EK has 7 more years at $11.5 million and I am glad the Senators are not saddled with that type of contract.
Emerica
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I mean yeah.. thanks to them winning the lottery. Replace Stuetzle with Dylan Holloway and that return looks like a big mumbo-jumbo of average assets save Norris.
I do agree that the Karlsson contract is looking real bad for them.
I do agree that the Karlsson contract is looking real bad for them.
TheDebater
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Do you feel the same way about the Duchene trade (from Colorado)?
If if's and but's was candy and nuts....
Stuztle makes it worth it. Maybe even Norris. the rest are pretty blah. Demelo was probably the next best player and we couldn't keep him and I expect the same with Tierney at some point.
We got pretty lucky cause without Stuztle it probably turns out pretty bad (I believe karlsson will return to form)
We got pretty lucky cause without Stuztle it probably turns out pretty bad (I believe karlsson will return to form)
Senscore
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If the UFAs we keep recycling for picks are the replaceable kind I'm all for it.
Chris Tierney will probably return some assets at some point too and the 2021 2nd is still to be determined. Goes without saying, Stuetzle is a massive get for this team and Norris has the potential to be a big impact player. Hated losing EK but when I consider all aspects of the trade, including what we'd be paying him if he was still here, it's hard to say this isn't a big net positive for the Sens.
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Honestly there hasn't been a player who gave Ottawa more.
What a legend.
What a legend.
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For San Jose, they got a playoffs run and signed Karlsson who may or may not be still be a superstar.
For us, we got a treasure load for the last year of UFA Karsson.
For us, we got a treasure load for the last year of UFA Karsson.
BatherSeason
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It’s addition by subtraction. Not having Karlsson for 11.5mil a year is enough of a return let alone any player we received lol.
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If Stutzele and Norris turn out then its a win for sure, Karlsson's contract with the Sharks is looking horrible right now
If we get our top 2 centres for the next decade out of this trade what a deal.
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oof....
next time, don't tell other people they'll be eating crow when there's a chance you'll be the one eating crow.
Xspyrit
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Big Karlsson fan here but yeah that contract would be crippling for the Senators. That's why it's weird to read comments like the return would be garbage if it wasn't for Stutzle...
It's weird because the same posters would tell you that player X (producing just under what EK does but at a much lower salary) is overpaid and has negative value, you need to attach a 1st rounder with him to be able to get rid of the contract (even if less term than EK)
Reality is that EK is not worth anything close to 11.5 at his current level of play. He is as overpaid (more or less) as other overpaid players. I never really understood how the HF logic works anyway
That being said, I really hope that EK bounces back and regain his form, tired to see good players get diminished because of injuries. It's hardly in their control.
pointless to look at the trade in a vacuum. Can argue for or against the return, but its about the direction of the team and the organizations habit of treating star players like crap
Pierre from Orleans
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It's good that we aren't "handcuffed" by his contract but I didn't like how the trade transpired and all the drama around it
Hopefully management learns from their mistakes
Hopefully management learns from their mistakes
BonHoonLayneCornell
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Great trade in hindsight and I know I was wrong about it based on how it's turned out. Once Tierney is inevitably traded and we see how some of these guys like Stutzle and Norris turn out, the Karlsson trade will be complete.
Hopefully they keep this whole hoopla on their mind going forward. Ottawa can't sign star players with UFA leverage looming, it's just not in the cards, so just move them before it comes to that and rinse and repeat forever.
Time for a new bold strategy of a constantly recycling rebuild.
Hopefully they keep this whole hoopla on their mind going forward. Ottawa can't sign star players with UFA leverage looming, it's just not in the cards, so just move them before it comes to that and rinse and repeat forever.
Time for a new bold strategy of a constantly recycling rebuild.
Adele Dazeem
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This is way too premature guys. Yes, Stutzle has all the potential in the world but there's still slim to no (NHL) results from this trade.
Stutzle - potential 1st liner
Norris/Balcers - middle-6 players
Tierney - I want him off the team asap (just a "limp" player)
Sogaard/draft picks- magic bean/mystery
Karlsson - Ottawa's best ever player.
Stutzle - potential 1st liner
Norris/Balcers - middle-6 players
Tierney - I want him off the team asap (just a "limp" player)
Sogaard/draft picks- magic bean/mystery
Karlsson - Ottawa's best ever player.
