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Équipe: 2019-20 Sénateurs d'Ottawa

Date de création initiale: 19 janv. 2019

Publié: 20 janv. 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

This Sens team is realistically only going to be an average team at best, however this season is mostly to see how the prospect perform at the NHL level. The young guys will take the year to adjust and develop, while the organization tries to refrain from giving Colorado a lottery pick again.

Now for the trades. Duchene is dealt at the dealine for Haydn Fleury, who has fallen out of favor at Carolina and could use a center with Staal out. Fleury could still develop into a decent defenseman. In the offseason, I swapped TVR for Borowiecki and a pick. This gives the Canes a bit more balance between lefties and righties. A pick is used for value purposes. Nylander is somewhat risky given his performance so far this year, but could maybe return to his former self elsewhere. With the Leafs in cap trouble and Marner and Mathews getting major raises (plus Kapanen), someone has to go for them. Leafs get some cheap depth with Pageau at half salary and a young depth defenseman who gets pushed out the lineup due to Fleury and the development of Wolanin. The pick included is can be better or worse, depending on which version of Nylander arrives in Ottawa. Meanwhile Ceci's rights are shipped out to any team wanting a RHD capable of playing top 4 minutes, with the Sens picking up the cheaper Rutta to replace him. Lehner returns to split time with an aging Anderson (assuming he doesn't retire) and Hayes replaces Stone as the top 6 power forward. The team has the cap space to sign some depth players if the prospects show they are not ready for the NHL. I think Formenton will be able to contribute due to his ability to play in any situation. Brown and Batherson are considered to be capable of eventually playing in the middle 6 and have done well enough in lower leagues to at least warrant a look at the NHL. Balcers has played in the NHL already at this point and has put up 4th line numbers thus far. MacArthur is unlikely to play again due to concussons and Gaborik is struggling with a herniated disk. If Gaborik does play again, he'll likely be waived.

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