Just wait and see if Ottawa qualifies DeBrincat first.

Why would Winnipeg trade a player under contract for 2 more years at a reasonable cap hit for an RFA player with a too high QO who they probably won't be able to sign long term?

Also that 4th for Barulin is a waste of a pick. At his age Barulin won't be coming to North America unless Ottawa very significantly overpays him. Or maybe you though you were getting 26 year old RW Vladislav Barulin instead of 38 year old goalie Konstantin Barulin.

OTT jumps on this for obvious reasons.

Umm Blues say sure.

I think Ottawa fans will be surprised when they get less than they expected for Debrincat

Marner and his 99 points is overpaid, but Debrincat and his 66 points are worth a fortune..............

But he got 40 goals! (On a line with literally one of the best playmakers of all time).

As the Jets, I'm not even thinking about trading Ehlers right now...

And they will both be ufa in a year too.

2 years for Marner.

Maybe Ottawa should trade Debrincat for Marner. :P I doubt Toronto would be interested and even if they were Ottawa would need to add on that one. Marner may not be worth what Leafs fans think he is but Debrincat is worth even more less than Ottawa fans think.

LOL, it's funny because Flames fans think Lindholm, Mangiapane, Dube, Hannifin, Tanev, Markstrom, etc are all worth more than they are

The Senators cannot afford to spend big cap on another forward. They need to re-up their players internally and acquire a legitimate starting goalie. Part of the reason Debrincat is getting traded is because of the cap crunch in Ottawa. He was a luxury pickup for last season because the Senators had cap space due to ELCs and bridge deals. Dorion knew he was going to have to trade him (or one of the other forwards) this off season once Stutzle's ELC expired. He picked up Debrincat because his RFA status ensured that there would be a good chance Dorion could recoup a 1st for him and effectively rent him for the difference of the original trade package and whatever draft picks he would get back. The original pick going to Chicago was going to be Buffalo's 15th overall pick, so it wouldn't have been inconceivable that Dorion could have recouped a similar pick.

I suspect he had a similar plan with Duchene when he originally acquired him, since a Senators 2018 or 2019 rebuild was likely the long term plan regardless of what happened, the 2017 collapse only expedited it by a year.

Oh please you all think Marner would fetch more than Lindholm would when the fact is he wouldn't even fetch Linholm.