Quoting: Mergus80
They definitely talk about Girard lol. Kamenev has been a little unfortunate with back-to-back season ending injuries. Hammond was a cap dump that they got the 19 3rd rounder for, and then he ended up winning a playoff game.
The Ottawa/Colorado portion of the deal essentially breaks down to Duchene for Turris, Bowers, and a 1st rounder (what is now 4th overall). Even at the time, it was a pretty obvious overpayment to upgrade from Turris to Duchene. But there are two key points to keep in mind. 1 - Turris was a pending UFA and was struggling to agree on a contract extension with the Sens. 2 - Colorado's ask was for Chabot. The Senators had to overpay to get Duchene and keep Colorado away from Chabot
In retrospective, yes, Ottawa overpaid for Duchene. But when the deal happened, people from Ottawa were fired up, especially after coming off that long playoff run the year before.
Turris - He was starting to slow down when the deal was made. And now, you can really see how much he's dropped off since the trade. He's been a healthy scratch in NSH. That 6 years - 6 million contracts isn't looking so good I was a big Turris fan in his prime but I agree and understand why Ottawa wanted to move on with him. And Duchene >>>>>>>>>>> Turris and it wasn't even close.
Bowers was never a well sought out prospect in Ottawa. Maybe 9th on the prospect depth chart in 2017. Not sure how much he's progressed since. But he's always been an OK skater which doesn't really fit the "New NHL".
1st pick - Was expected to be in the 15-30th range. A 4OA is an absolute steal from Sakic. But, as a fan, we're just happy it's not 1-2 OA.
And yeah, I would have been devasted if the sens gave up Chabot.