Was 4x1 if I'm not mistaking

Duclair is now on his 6th team in 7 seasons. There's something going on with this kid behind the scenes. I suspect he will be on his 7th team by the start of the 2021-22 season.

They didn't trade him at the deadline because at the deadline the world was a completely different place, and they probably had every intention of getting a deal done. Not acknowledging that feels like you're leaving out some significant context.

Also I don't know how you can say they botched the situation. They offered him a deal that would have been fair even pre COVID of 3×4.25, and Duke wanted like 5×5. The options for Ottawa were to cave and hand out a massive contract to a guy who had one goal after the All Star break, go through the ugly Arbitration process and still end up paying well above market value for one year, or to non tender him and circle back once the market sets a price on him. To their credit they did circle back, though I believe Duclair was upset that the original offer was no longer on the table. From the Sens perspective they did right by him, and when they couldn't get a deal done, they spent the money elsewhere, on a much more impactful star in Evgeny Dadonov. I'd rather Dadonov at 3×5 vs Duclair at 3×4.25

Personally I'd have rather they'd circled back harder on Duclair instead of signing Galchenyuk who is just a significantly worse version of Duclair, but things don't always work out. There's only one person "at fault" for how things turned for Duclair and its him. He misread his value substantially, fired his agent and went into the most chaotic free agency in recent memory unprepared.

Wish nothing but the best for Duclair though. He was so much fun when the Sens were just not fun to watch, and had some pretty awesome moments, especially when he dropped a hatty on Torts. Hope he finds a long term home in Florida though, and there’s a good chance he gets to play with Barkov which is definitely a step up from JGP and Chris Tierney lmao.

Phenomenal signing. I totally forgot about Duclair, and it looks like he turned down some enticing offers to try to join a contender. Great safety blanket if Owen Tippet falters

A contender? 😂 Florida missed the playoffs this year and they got even worse in the offseason. Duclair probably didn’t have much of a choice, and went to the place where he could get the most money/opportunity.

Why would he get big money? What am I missing here? How do we know that taking a one year deal was his decision?

I apologize for lack of clarity. Here's what I meant:

He turned down some enticing offers from some crappy teams like Ottawa to try to see if a contender like Tampa or Colorado would take an interest, but they don't have cap space. So here he is, having just missed out on a good contract with Ottawa. Florida offers him a one year deal, and at this point he's pretty desperate, so he takes it.

it was still mind boggling he was asking for 5m aav based on only one month of non sustainable goal production which he quickly feel down to earth after that. 12 goals in the month of December followed up with what, 2 or 3 until the league shut down....not shocking he had to settle for less