What I still would have done differently

Équipe: 2023-24 Sénateurs d'Ottawa

Date de création initiale: 9 oct. 2023

Publié: 9 oct. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

These are NOT proposals

Formenton still disappeared, it's an off-ice reason, so the GM couldn't do anything about it

I don't think Pinto is worth 2.5 AAV on a bridge comparing to what other NHL forwards after their ELCs have signed but still signing him to that amount to avoid comments about it

Revert trade with Tampa Bay which would have kept Connor Brown happy so Ottawa would have re-signed him instead of trading him for a stupid 2nd. Then Tarasenko wouldn't have been signed

Not even sure what to do with Kubalik so maybe Dorion could have pushed for a pick instead in the DeBrincat trade (another thing that shouldn't even have happened, should have gone after a Top-4 D-man right away). We would have kept the 2023 12th OA pick and the 2nd (assuming we gave ABD package to get Chychrun)

Also, the Korpisalo-Forsberg bromance is cool but trading 24 y/o Gustavsson (for a 35 y/o) was infuriating... so I am reverting that one as well

Also, not a big fan of signing MacEwen so I make him disappear

Finally, not re-signing Hamonic as well

With the Top-5 D-men the Sens have and the goalies plus the 2-way forwards (Giroux, Brown, Paul, Greig, Pinto, etc), they should be able to help out JBD and Thomson getting more comfortable in the NHL. Sanderson would have been perfect for JBD who would have become a good defensive D-man in no time.

So this would have been my team, seems to fit under the cap too (even if we gave Brown a 4.0 AAV)

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