Sanderson top 4 right off the bat. Thomson or JBD will make it if they win a spot in camp and play really good

Hey boys, I LOVED FORSBERG last year. He wasn’t lucky or riding a wave. He’s genuinely solid. He was a pleasure to watch in the Sens net - with a great story. Solid deal too.

But goalies are crazy. I mean two easy examples - Martin Jones -> Vezina contender -> anchor buyout. Hart -> Calder potential? -> team Canada future? -> no clear future now.

I’m not saying their equivalent examples but I am saying we can expect Forsberg - Talbot to sustain the Sens net. But if one of them fails to live up to expectations.. Sens are in a similar situation to last year in net. It’s not unreasonable to foresee that. If both of them flounder than obviously there’s trouble.

I’m not a major fan of the Sens d depth but I agree with mostly the point of the Sens being overrated by fans and underrated by rivals.

Chabot - Zub/ JBD/ Thomson
Sanderson - JBD/ Thomson/ Zub
Brannstrom/ Holden

Scratch Zaitsev

Is much better than people expect. Zaitsev was not bad, he was brutal. He is not an NHL player, man Jaycob Megna AHL lifer (now 6th man) is a better NHLer than Zaitsev. The Sens shouldn’t be a top D core team but they should see a noticeable improvement or at the very least a more stable roster that’s going to be learning a lot and gaining valuable reps and chemistry development with hopefully an upgrade within a year. The Sens top 6 is not a issue.

If one thing breaks the camels back for me it’s the goalies. But hey; if the Sens miss the WC by a few wins and instead of losing games constantly we got fun games and 6-5 OT crazy shooting games. Debrincat shooting 40g and Stutzle evolving; Ottawa will be worth paying to watch and a joy to view on TV. But again; I see more questions in net then answers.

Are the rookies expected to make the lineup? I really am excited for the Sens future but is yhis the year that they turn over the defense to them?

Hey boys, I LOVED FORSBERG last year. He wasn’t lucky or riding a wave. He’s genuinely solid. He was a pleasure to watch in the Sens net - with a great story. Solid deal too.

But goalies are crazy. I mean two easy examples - Martin Jones -> Vezina contender -> anchor buyout. Hart -> Calder potential? -> team Canada future? -> no clear future now.

I’m not saying their equivalent examples but I am saying we can expect Forsberg - Talbot to sustain the Sens net. But if one of them fails to live up to expectations.. Sens are in a similar situation to last year in net. It’s not unreasonable to foresee that. If both of them flounder than obviously there’s trouble.

I’m not a major fan of the Sens d depth but I agree with mostly the point of the Sens being overrated by fans and underrated by rivals.

Chabot - Zub/ JBD/ Thomson
Sanderson - JBD/ Thomson/ Zub
Brannstrom/ Holden

Scratch Zaitsev

Is much better than people expect. Zaitsev was not bad, he was brutal. He is not an NHL player, man Jaycob Megna AHL lifer (now 6th man) is a better NHLer than Zaitsev. The Sens shouldn’t be a top D core team but they should see a noticeable improvement or at the very least a more stable roster that’s going to be learning a lot and gaining valuable reps and chemistry development with hopefully an upgrade within a year. The Sens top 6 is not a issue.

If one thing breaks the camels back for me it’s the goalies. But hey; if the Sens miss the WC by a few wins and instead of losing games constantly we got fun games and 6-5 OT crazy shooting games. Debrincat shooting 40g and Stutzle evolving; Ottawa will be worth paying to watch and a joy to view on TV. But again; I see more questions in net then answers.

The Atlantic doesn’t have good D. It’s an offence division. Tampa, Boston and Toronto have good D. Detroit , Ottawa and Buffalo have a lot of youngsters, D corps will be great in 1-2 years. Montreal has no top pairing D. Florida has nothing after Ekblad and maybe Forsling. Florida lost Weegar and Tampa lost McDonagh , both out of divisions

This is already the worst contract in NHL history. 7 mill for a bottom 6 forward

Via DFO Rundown, @frank_seravalli:“I think (the #isles) put an offer on the table for Kadri. Other teams have told me they believe it’s in the 7x7 range.”

— James Nichols (@JamesNicholsNYI) August 9, 2022

Bottom 6? He's kinda overhyped but he's a solid top six guy

Bottom 6? He's kinda overhyped but he's a solid top six guy

This is already the worst contract in NHL history. 7 mill for a bottom 6 forward

Via DFO Rundown, @frank_seravalli:“I think (the #isles) put an offer on the table for Kadri. Other teams have told me they believe it’s in the 7x7 range.”

— James Nichols (@JamesNicholsNYI) August 9, 2022

Just wait till they meet in the middle at 8m x 7 🫣

Even better lol - if the isles are going to do something stupid like this, I’d rather the AAV be higher.

Say if Kadri were to receive an 8x7. How would the Isles move money to retain Noah Dobson?

Beauvillier for a 3rd round pick similar to Bjorkstrand

Say if Kadri were to receive an 8x7. How would the Isles move money to retain Noah Dobson?

Say somebody were to Offersheet Dobson for 8 mil. How would the Isles match then?

Pay to move Bailey, trade Varlamov I guess. Dobson’s contract is already done

Probably less than they want to pay Kadri. Crazy that they will pay more for a 32 year old who already peaked than their 22 d man

I think his years of being a top 6 F are over. He’s going to fall off a cliff next season. I give it 3 years at most before he’s sent to the AHL

Say somebody were to Offersheet Dobson for 8 mil. How would the Isles match then?

Avs have about $2-3 million this year in cap space with a full roster (CapFriendly is not a fully accurate roster). It is NOT expected that we resign Kadri; that is clickbait media fodder for people who don't understand the cap.

It is expected that they use most of the to accrue towards deadline cap space to fix any issues that arise:
1) goalie experiment doesn't work out
2) #2 center doesn't work out
3) any major injuries occur

The Avs do not need to move Girard either this year or next.

MacKinnon's extension will be paid for by some of that cap buffer, Compher $3.5 million and the cap increase of $1 million on top of his current $6.3 million for a total budget of around $10.8 to $12.8 million AAV that the Avs can commit to him.

Byram and Newhook's extensions will be paid by Eric Johnson's $6 million coming off the books and whatever is left-over from MacKinnon.

Next year we will need to replace Compher and that is it (as it stands today) and we have enough bottom 6 talent coming up that it should be done internally on an ELC deal.

I don't know, after 102 points in 87 games I think he has at least 3 years of being a very good top 6 guy, and then age poorly.

I don't know, after 102 points in 87 games I think he has at least 3 years of being a very good top 6 guy, and then age poorly.

Im hearing two different reports

Did Kadri sign with the Islanders (and the contract isn't annouced yet) or did they just offer the contract to Kadri?

Im hearing two different reports

Did Kadri sign with the Islanders (and the contract isn't annouced yet) or did they just offer the contract to Kadri?