09 Apr 2019 19:15:17
Ottawa Senators -
• (LW) Mikkel Boedker (4M x 1YR)
Los Angeles Kings -
• (LHD) Dion Phaneauf (5.25M x 2YR)
• (RW) Dustin Brown (5.875M x 3YR)
• (C) Gabriel Vilardi
• (2019) 1st-Round Pick
(LA dumps 2 contracts and gets breathing room and are able to pursue free agents signings while adding some scoring touch and ottawa gets a good prospect and a high first)
Ottawa Senators -
• (RW) Bobby Ryan (7.25M x 3YR)
Chicago Blackhawks -
• (RHD) Brent Seabrook (6.875M x 5YR)
• (2019) 1st-Round Pick
• (C) Philipp Kurashev
(Ottawa take on a contract for 2 more years than Bobby Ryan for a 1st round pick and a prospect, chicago dumps term and bobby ryan could start to look like his hold self alongside Toews)
Brady Tkachuk - Colin White - Drake Batherson
Alex Formenton - Jean Pageau - Max Veronneau
Rudolf Balcers - Chris Tierney - Dustin Brown
Zack Smith - Oscar Lindberg - Vitaly Abramov
Thomas Chabot - Dylan Demelo
Dion Phaneuf - Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki - Brent Seabrook
1.) 09 Apr 2019
09 Apr 2019 20:44:30
😂 Did Melnyk win the powerball or something?
2.) 09 Apr 2019
09 Apr 2019 21:24:49
So. your a sens fan?
3.) 09 Apr 2019
09 Apr 2019 22:05:02
Seabrook is not so bad too give a 1st with taking a more expensive cap dump. Maybe if Ottawa took a good chunk of Ryan's contract.
4.) 10 Apr 2019
10 Apr 2019 01:44:30
Top 3 pick to dump Seabrook for Bobby Ryan.
5.) 10 Apr 2019
10 Apr 2019 07:11:44
This was obviously before the lottery *headshake
6.) 11 Apr 2019
11 Apr 2019 15:27:31
Ottawa would not have to eat any contract on Ryan lol his contract is nearly done why eat contract and take term on another that's just dumb.
As for those deals no to both by Ottawa unless Bowen Byram is still available at the time of the pick. The rest of this year's draft is not worth handicapping the team with term and contract to the point that the young guys they want to sign can't be afforded or fit under the cap.
7.) 12 Apr 2019
12 Apr 2019 04:57:46
Byram plays WHL. Is no good league. So many players play oh so good in WHL but cannot play nhl. Brooks and Steel is example, yes.
Ottawa does not want old overpaid players like Seabrook, Pfaneuf, Brown. No team wants players like that. Ottawa wants young and cheap. Is good way to make rebuild.
8.) 13 Apr 2019
13 Apr 2019 01:39:08
Regardless of before/ after the lottery — Melnyk is the cheapest owner in the league and while it would be beneficial to the Sens for them to eat bad contracts in exchange for picks/ prospects during their rebuild, he’s too much of a penny pincher to do it.
Owning sports teams is really a pursuit for the super wealthy (people who do not do it to try and make money but for a hobby/ bragging rights) and corporations who can gain from an advertisement/ marketing angle. Melnyk is neither.