Quoting: Knuckl3s
Okay, I like to think I recognize that Artem Zub is obviously Ottawa's no. 2 defenseman behind Chabot, but you can't deny that his contract literally walks him straight to free agency, so that doesn't help his value, plus he hasn't been in the NHL that long anyway. And no, Poolman isn't a Cap dump, he's a decent third pairing defenseman who could maybe use a change of scenery. Since Ottawa doesn't seem to be ready to contend, I'm simply proposing that maybe Zub is expendable if he can't be extended
You know who else has an expiring contract in the same off-season as Zub? Nathan MacKinnon, David Pastrnak, Dylan Larkin, Matt Dumba, Jonathan Huberdeau, Bo Horvat...
Yes, the GM Pierre Dorion has no idea what he is doing but that is another subject, we are talking about wehat should be the value here in the real NHL market. He rushed to give Zub that2 years extension and called the future on RD "set" because both JBD and Thomson will be ready by then and they also have elite defender Nikita Zaitsev (like I said, he has no idea what is going on)
Zub shouldn't be expendable in any way, shape or form but with Dorion, here we are. Hopefully, changes happen asap but if not, hopefully Dorion is able to extend him. Zub is only 26 y/o and what this team misses the most is QUALITY veterans. It's a few good young players and a bunch of below average/depth veterans. Of course the team struggles, who would have thought?
All that being said, if it comes down to trading Zub, that return is laughable and would just go on Dorion's terrible resume as a GM
Quoting: Knuckl3s
Yeah, I admit I was too cheap with the Zub trade, but I hope I fixed it somewhat now
No.