Modifié 14 oct. 2021 à 9 h 49
Quoting: sensonfire
1. McDonagh has a NTC and he won't be waiving it to go from Tampa to Ottawa.
2. McDonagh has negative value because he is a cap dump and last night's game against Pittsburgh proves that.
3. It was a bad contract when McDonagh signed it in 2018 and it is even worse nowadays.
4. We are really clogged on the left side of our defence and McDonagh worsens that predicament.
5. The only good piece that Ottawa is getting from this is Cernak.
6. The 2024 1st is not lottery protected and it's possible Uncle Euge runs our team as bad as the Pegulas do in Buffalo, meaning no playoffs until at least 2027.
7. If you're currently a non-playoff team and you want to trade a 1st round pick, you need to get back some amount of certainty and this isn't it.
8. This trade makes even less sense for Tampa than it does for Ottawa and so, this trade never gets off the ground to begin with.
1. yeah but since these proposals are purely hypothetical, I don't systematically block over these NTCs/NMCs. This is assuming McDo would accept
2. I don't agree he's a cap dump and personally think he would be a great mentor for the young guys. He's still very solid defensively
https://puckprose.com/2021/07/07/tampa-bay-lightning-ryan-mcdonagh-most-underrated-defenseman/
3. It's true that 5 years is a bit too long for my liking. If it was 3 years, then it would be perfect but who knows then? He could be traded/bought out, I don't know. We are paying Zaitsev 4.5 so I don't see that McDo deal as very outrageous. I'd rather get rid of Zaitsev and make that deal so we acquire Erik Cernak in the process.
4. Ryan McDonagh can play RD effectively too. Once Sanderson gets comfortable, Ryan would actually be a great partner for him :
Chabot-Cernak
Sanderson-McDonagh
Mete-Zub
Now that's a defense you could contend with. Mete and Zub are placeholders while JBD and Kleven continue to develop.
5. Cernak is also one hell of a piece. McDonagh is IMO still a very good piece for the next few years (Tampa Bay would NEVER make that deal)
6. If the 2024 1st is still potentially lottery then it's time to fold or move the team to another city. What would even be the point to have a NHL team in that market? We most likely have the best U-25 pool in the whole league AINEC. If we can't do anything with that, BURN THE CTC!
7. same as #6
8. This I agree, as I said in #5, they would never do that. They need these 2 D-men to keep contending