I think you'll need to give up more to dump Gardiner in this market.

I know Niederreiter has a cap hit of $5.25MM, but he's still a good player at 28. He's a very solid middle6 winger, who should be making closer to $4.5MM, so a little overpaid. I get on people for offering their 30-something wingers making too much salary, too much signing bonuses, but I'd take Niederreiter at 28 for two years, and no signing bonus money in the contract.

Sens are going to get to the cap floor on or before Nov 8, the Tierney arbitration day, or when Tierney gets his contract signed, actually both Tierney and Connor Brown, so the cap floor is irrelevant.

I take this deal

ya we need NHL calibre RWers id take this easily

im just basing it off the marc staal deal, he was a second but he was a bigger cap hit

But Staal had 1 year remaining on his deal. Gardiner has 3.

fair