Équipe: 2018-19 Sénateurs d'Ottawa

Date de création initiale: 11 juin 2018

Publié: 11 juin 2018

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Euge is probably putting pressure on Dorion to make some cap space to save him money and he want's to go that the easy way by moving Karlsson and Hoffman. The duo could cost ~17 million/season when they both get raises (E.Kane kind of set the bar for Hoffman). Karlsson 6.5 to 10 is 3.5 million. Duchene likely a 2million raise, Stone a 4 Million raise. (9.5 Million total). No one is going to help us by taking Ryan's contract as a favour. It would be like CHI asking us to take Seabrook and us not asking for their 8th overall selection. Smith, Pageau, Ceci (10-10.5Million) already cover it. We only need one of: Boro, Claesson, Harpur (1.2-0.8*-0.75 roughly 1.5-2million wasted) for the bottom pair on the left side. Pyatt and Burrows (3.6Million) expire this season and the only notable contracts that we need to extend next summer are Dzingle and White.

Quick Maths 9.5 Needed by next off season.
7 Contracts = 15.5 million roughly. Only 3 of these contracts really need to be replaced. 2 of them by ELC players and Ceci's spot is the only tricky one to replace. Pyatt, Burrows are the 13th forward players and we can walk away from Claesson and move Boro or Harpur because they don't have a roster spot. Ceci, Pageau and Smith are the only ones of the 7 that hold a spot. Yes, we need lots of RHD help beyond Karlsson, Yes, Pageau is a great centerman and fan favourite and yes Smith shows up and plays all 82 games hard but I'd walk from all three before Hoffman or Karlsson and replace them with the wave of youth we have coming up Smith - Chaplik/Formenton, JGP - White/Brown, Ceci - ...we are a little weak here. Wideman is a stretch in a top4 spot and Jaros isn't there yet either.

We have a little bit of time before we need to worry about Chabot, White, Dzingle, Brown.

I'm also moving Gaborik into Lupul's condo at the corner of LTIR dr and our doctors will never clear you trail. So the insurance pays the rest of his contract and there is no cap hit. Another 5Million opened.

We were promised by PD that youth will play a bigger part of this season and we have competent talent coming up.

I don't really know much about Sturtz but Brady Tkachuk is getting tons of praise for 8G31pts in 40GP in the NCAA as an 18yr old. Sturtz went 18G27pt / 22G37pt / 14G40pts in 37GP each season. I would have to imagine that at 23yrs old he would be able to (like wolanin) be able to step in an competently fill Burrow's 4th line RW spot. Or fight Gagne for that spot.

At 4th overall I like any of Zadina, Walhstrom, Boquist/Hughes. Personally, I would pass on Tkachuck not because I don't think he will be a great power forward but I feel like the ceiling of those other 4 is much higher and if you have a top 5 pick you should be reaching for a star.

Folin, Franson, Prout and Wideman are all options to fill a RHD spot on the cheap. Karlsson will have to continue playing 27mins a night but at least we will have a break out Chabot season to off set that horrible RHD depth if Ceci is moved.