Quoting: vr1995
chabot aside, whens the last time theyve signed one of their stars? im talking resigning their stars
???? Not signing the stars isn't necessarily a bad thing, and certainly doesn't signify cheapness.
Apparently Karlsson was offered 10m. EK probably wanted to leave Ottawa anyway, so the Sens got a great haul in that trade with San Jose. Don't you think San Jose regrets signing Karlsson?
Duschene is getting paid too much for too much term by Nashville. Great move by Sens moving away from him.
Sure the Sens probably wish they had signed Stone. But Stone was going to be a UFA, so really the Sens had no choice whether he stayed or went.
Fact is rebuilding teams shouldn't be spending to the cap. It just hurts future cap flexbility. Canucks, Sabres, San Jose, Philly, are a lot close to the cap than Ottawa, and not much better if at all right now, and certainly the Sens seems to have many more good assets in cost controlled players.