Draft day trade sets the table for the future

Sens don't have much use for any of those guys, and we need the contract spots. Easy pass for Ottawa.

I get it from your perspective . Forsling has allot of upside and is worth a third . FORTIN and FORSBERG are depth players with upside . I am just dumping them of of hawks roster . FORTIN is french and is nhl ready player by the way a cheap 4th liner local boy for a cheapskate owner . Bring in the GATINEAU and HULL crowd and fill in some empty seats

These are decent points, but it just doesn't make sense. Sens currently have five goalies under contract, and they still have to sign Marcus Hogberg. They simply do not have room for another Goalie.

Fortin could be a useful 4th line option for Ottawa, but with Balcers, Brown, Chlapik, Paul and Formenton all likely to push for full time spots, its going to be really crowded up front. If Ottawa moves out guys like Smith and Boedker, I'd be willing to take a flier on Fortin, but not for a 3rd. Also nobody in Gatineau is schlepping out to Kanata to see Alex Fortin.

Forsling is probably the most appealing option for Ottawa, but I'd be willing to bet on the Sens scouting department to be able to find prospects like that with a 3rd.

Skinner just signed for $9M x 8....you can bet Duchene gets every bit of that and maybe more and that kills the cap space you need next year. You can't count on Kieth waving either to free up cap; while it's possible, it's still unlikely. Maybe if Delia and Lankinen prove themselves as a #1 and #2 then you let Crow walk and free up $5M of cap space but that's a tough position. For this reason if the Hawks bring in Dzingel, I'd forget Duchene or Panarin and focus on someone like Hoffman who could get moved as a 1 year rental if Florida gets Panarin and Bob.

Murphy is gone after this season if Jokiharju plays well as Boqvist and Mitchell are pretty much locks the following season to step up. Bringing me to the point...signing Murray for 6 years is a mistake. He will not command more then 3 to 4 years given his injury history and he would almost certainly get traded next off season along with Murphy. Sure that frees up cap space, but both him and Nash are useless with Byram and Turcotte after 1 season so have to plan on Murphy, Murray, Nash all get traded. Teams will know the Hawks will need to do that too as they will be up against the cap so the return won't be as much as what you're paying for them now likely (assuming none of them have a huge breakout year)....something to be mindful of.

Brings me to the point of Byram. He should not step right into the NHL. Dahlin, who's was hands down rated higher then Byram, struggled this year with the grind of the NHL. Colorado with Maker is a better comparison; it would be wise to give him a year in the juniors or college and then bring him up if the Hawks make the playoffs. Also, you wouldn't start Byram on his wrong side either, he would be on the Left.

To that point, I get trading Gus in attempt to get the picks necessary for Byram and Turcotte but you can count on the PowerPlay going back to being one of the worst in the league. If you had to point to one player who made the biggest difference on the PP this past season going from last place in the league the year prior to #12 was Gus. Murray certainly isn't filling those shoes and like I said on Byram, even if he played a full season which would be bad for his development, there is no way he jumps into the league with major struggles seeing as Dahlin who's better struggled quite a bit. That said, I understand why you did the move as long term Bryam should be better then Gus, but bird in hand now IMO is worth pursuing.

That all said, I think Dzingel would be a perfect fit for Strome and Cat, really good move and agree the contract is going to be $4.5M maybe $4.75M for a hometown guy.

Like i said even one third and a bag of pucks coming back is ok