17 Jun 2019 14:39:36
Melnyk claims he's ready to spend this offseason and wants to be back in the playoff mix in next couple years and will have to spend to reach cap floor. He's got the means to make good on that back in playoff mix soon but whether or not he makes good on that statement is anyone's guess. Here's what I would do.

1st : Ottawa has roughly 36.2 million in projected cap space already in offseason and will hopefully use around 6 -6.5 million to bring back white and duclair for roughly 3-3.5 million each leaving around 30 million.

Next : Condon, Andy and smith are becoming liabilities so either trade them all for later round picks or buy two of them out freeing 8.25 million more for a total of 38.25 or 40.25 million in space roughly.

Then :

Ott : rights to Ceci, boadker, chlapic, SJS 2nd

Njd : hall

Hall has 1 more year and already on record that he won't be a devil as of next off season giving Ottawa a chance to get him again. Ottawa has plenty in the system now they can afford to give up a prospect and a 2nd as well as boadker. Devils get 1 year of boadker then can lock him in cheaper in next off season and get a top 4 Dman back to replace the 1 they lost for hall in the 1st place, along with a solid top 9 forward, a solid b+ prospect and a 2nd all for a guy the losing anyway next offseason. This then leaves Ottawa with 36.25 - 38.25 million this offseason.

Then :

Ott : CBJ 1st, teirney, davidsson, jaros, Ott 2nd in 2020

Lak : 5th overall.

1.) 17 Jun 2019
17 Jun 2019 14:58:36
lol it’d take Tkachuk or Chabot to land Hall he’s not going to be sold as a rental.

2.) 17 Jun 2019
17 Jun 2019 15:21:30
That Hall trademight get Halls stick lmao. A 5dman, a cap dump, a potential 3rd liner and a 2nd for a guy one year removed from league MVP. Go home, you’re drunk.

3.) 17 Jun 2019
17 Jun 2019 15:33:04
2nd part is coming.

Vbbvbb normally you would be right but not in this case. Halls value isn't as high as it normally could be as he is on record saying he's not signing back with Devils so no team will offer full value Guaranteed. A top 4 Dman, a solid 2nd3rd line speedy winger who's due for a pay cut at the right time, a b to b+ prospect, and a 2nd round pick should get the job done, if they have to add another b prospect to Ottawa side that's cool too, throw in Paul, or tychonic?

4.) 17 Jun 2019
17 Jun 2019 15:47:15
So you are saying since an all-star saying he doesn’t want to resign makes his value basically nothing? Boadker is not a 2nd/ 3rd line player he is a 3rd at best Ceci’s rights mean jack rubbish as he is a 5th D and he might not want to sign and you are only giving a B+ prospect and a 2nd. I’m sorry but you’ll need to give up a first to even get the conversation started.

5.) 17 Jun 2019
17 Jun 2019 15:56:06
Top 4 D-man? Where? Don’t see one in your original post.

6.) 17 Jun 2019
17 Jun 2019 17:56:44
It doesn't matter how you look at it guys, in the eyes of the league ceci is a number 4 Dman at absolute worst number 3 at best on any team, that's a fact despite how bad we all think in is he still eats big minutes and is considered a top 4 not a 5 not a 6 not a scratch, a top 4!

Boadker is a great 3rd liner who can handle 2nd line minutes too. On top of that he has just 1 year left on a bad contract which is more than managable!

Chlapick will be a solid 3rd possible 2nd line forward in time

A 2nd is a solid b to b+ possible prospect after the draft

For a guy who they could wait like every other team if price is too deep and go for him next offseason when he leaves njd yeah, that's a pretty good haul for hall.

Original hall trade that was mixed was straight up for Ceci, he is getting quite a bit more in this one.

7.) 17 Jun 2019
17 Jun 2019 19:18:50
1st of all Rambo he never said that nor is it an rumour he will most likely resign they just got a franchise changing piece in Hughes/ Kakko and have tons of cap space. He’ll resign I’ll promise.

8.) 17 Jun 2019
17 Jun 2019 19:27:50
Yeah it doesn’t matter how we look at it, but you, the guy who suggested Karlsson would get traded for Point, Sergachev, and 2 firsts, and whose predictions have been proven comically wrong countless other times on this site by history, you’re the voice of reason around here 😂.

9.) 17 Jun 2019
17 Jun 2019 19:43:39
Hall as a rental would still command a first and a great prospect.

And if he doesn't sign in new Jersey, why would he sign in Ottawa?