Modifié 27 sept. 2020 à 8 h 43
Quoting: Claesson4Norris
This team is a fringe playoff team at best, but is way worse off than they are right now. Those D additions are horrible, and trading the 3rd overall pick is inexcusable.
Fair points. For all the Senators fans who get on here and whine that Karlsson's gone, it's nice to hear one call out a couple of similar style players for focusing too much on offense. I kinda think on a team that lets defensemen rush the puck, rather than focus on defense, OEL and Leddy might outscore Karlsson this year, but I agree they give up too many breakaways sometimes.
Johnson quietly and unremarkably eats a few minutes, and makes a few hits. I definitely give him negative trade value because he is declining and has little idea how to play with the puck, which one now expects for $3M.
What would you think if it were the Ottawa pick?
My thought process here is that the Sens have publicly expressed a desire to keep to the salary floor, but the actual budget of the above team is just $65M. I think with something vaguely like this, they might win a few rounds, maybe even win a Cup, and then go right back to rebuilding next summer, before getting stuck with Marner's next July bonus. If they only give a 6th overall pick to rent Marner for a year, they can probably flip him next summer for a top ten pick and a prospect, and only end up paying him $700K.
https://www.capfriendly.com/players/mitchell-marner
Seems like a good fit for a budget-conscious team that likes to occasionally make a little noise.