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Senators Roundtable - Pinto's New Contract, Chychrun, Ullmark, Joseph, Perron, Amadio, Gregor & More
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Jul 7, 2024
In this episode of The Hockey Writers Senators Roundtable, Ottawa Senators writers Jacob Billington, Dayton Reimer, and Paul Quinney get together to discuss Shane Pinto's two-year extension, the Jakob Chychrun, Linus Ullmark, and Mathieu Joseph trades, the Senators' additions of David Perron, Michael Amadio, Adam Gaudette and Noah Gregor in free agency, and more. 0:00 Intro 1:05 Shane Pinto Signs 2-Year Extension 7:07 Linus Ullmark Trade 11:41 Jakob Chychrun Trade 15:57 Mathieu Joseph Trade 18:15 Brannstrom, Kelly, Katchouk & Kubalik Not Re-Signed 22:10 David Perron Signing 25:57 Michael Amadio Signing 28:36 Noah Gregor & Adam Gaudette Signings 33:26 Sign Another Veteran or Give an Opportunity to the Prospects? The Senators Roundtable crew are great writers too - Jacob Billington - https://thehockeywriters.com/author/jbillington/ Paul Quinney - https://thehockeywriters.com/author/pquinney/ Dayton Reimer - https://thehockeywriters.com/author/dreimer/ Subscribe to The Hockey Writers Ottawa Senators Substack for all the best Sens content - https://thehockeywriters.substack.com/subscribe
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Hey everybody, welcome back to the Senators Roundtable
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I'm your host Jacob Billington, joined by Paul Quinney and Dayton Rimer, as usual. It's actually, I feel like it's been a long time since the three of us have been together
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So I guess it's not as usual this time. But Dayton, how are you doing
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Good, yeah. It's nice to be back with the big group, I guess. Good
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Paul, how are you? Hey, great, I'm cleaning out my basement. You'll never guess what I discovered
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See that? Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, that's going back, the original Peace Tower logo
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And that's actually an away sweater there because it's black. But I Google it
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I did not know this. It was never worn during an NHL game
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And apparently the rumor is when the league saw it, they said, now, not approved
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So I love that. You never know what you get in your basement. Awesome
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So it's been a fantastic day for Ottawa Senators News. in the past couple days really have been a whirlwind of emotions for senators fans
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But the biggest thing without question is Shane Pinto signing a two-year deal at 3.75 million
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He's going to stick around until he's 25 years old. Then he's got one year left of RFA rights
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And then he'll have arbitration rights as well. What are your thoughts on the deal
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What are your thoughts on everything that happened leading up to the deal
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There was rumors of a trade request that were shut down almost immediately
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there were rumors of the Islanders maybe pitching a trade at them
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I don't know. It was a bit of a mess for a couple days. And I feel like Shane Pinto just got to the point and said
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let's just get this done. I'm tired of all this noise. That's how it feels to me
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But Dayton, what are your thoughts? I think it's a great deal. I think I saw it was 2.5 for this year and then $5 million for next year
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I think that's a very fair kind of meat in the middle ground type of thing
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I can see his next contract being upwards of that $5 million per season
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So, yeah, that's fine. The trade request was strange. I don't deny that there might have been something around
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Mainly just kind of comparing that to the Jacob Chikrin situation where it was
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oh, no, he doesn't want to leave. He's great here. Everything's fine
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And then all of a sudden it's like, yeah, I think he's tired of it
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because it just never went away. And I think that probably was being felt by Shane's camp
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So to hear that maybe they were thinking of like, yeah, we don't want this anymore
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I don't doubt that. But Staeos, I think, did the right thing
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Watch that really quickly. It's like, all right, let's put pen to paper. Let's get this over with. Yeah, it was a very chaotic couple days in terms of Shane Pinta rumors
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Paul, what are your thoughts on the whole, the signing the rumors, everything
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Well, if there's Steve Stato's, I think you're happy that you ended up here. You know, essentially what you have is a two-year bridge deal
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And in contrast to what I think here, Dori on would have done, specifically hand out another eight by eight
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He used to hand those things out like candy. You know what? 2.5 million this year, 5 million next
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That gives the organization a chance to size this kid up. Is the real deal
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So I, from that standpoint, sure, I thought it was a good one
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As for Lewis Gross, his agent, I don't know what planet this got from
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If you look at, like, come on, Lewis, what options did Tinto have here
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He's not eligible for any arbitration whatsoever. And I laughed when I saw he was trying, his agent
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rather, was trying to go out and get other teams to make an offer. That is just not going to happen in this league
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I can't recall a situation where another team, you know, with a restricted free agent, the likes of Pinto
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actually made an offer. And if they did, I think what would they have to give up their first and third round pick
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Well, I mean, come on, Steyos didn't fall off a turnip truck
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I don't know what he thought. He must have seen that coming a mile away. I don't know why Lewis Gross, you know, the agent even bothered with it
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Made him look amateurs. Yeah, it was a common case of negotiating through the media from the agent
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And you saw that. So, Lewis Gross has a number of big ticket players in the NHL
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He doesn't have a ton. He doesn't have a ton of NHL regular players
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But just a couple of his biggest clients William Nealander A ton of media negotiations with him
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That's probably the most infamous case really Johnny Godreau Near the end of his contract
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A lot of media negotiating Tori Krug That's a good deal for Krug
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He got him Got him to the bag there He got Rasmus Sandin 4.6 million dollars
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For four years was it I believe I think that Louis Gross gets his players the money that they feel they deserve
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Brandon Sods in there too. Ross Colton, who just signed a big deal. There's a lot of contracts that Lewis Gross is part of
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And in most cases, he is negotiating through the media. Not surprised this is where it went at all
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Yeah. Didn't know that. So what do you think he's, you know, in two years from now, what do you think Pinto is going to be worth
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What's he going to be signing? They're going to want to go long term because he'll only have one RFA year left
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They'll want to get as much term as possible. I could see like a five or six year deal at six and a half million
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That's kind of where my prediction is right now, a year from two years from today. Obviously, that could go way up
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That could go way down. But if I'm to make a prediction today, that's what it is. Yeah
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Well, you know, congrats to Staisos. He's got a deal here that is probably where he should be two years
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your bridge deal and then we'll see uh do you have any last thoughts on that date and before we move on
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no i think you guys kind of nailed it uh the only thing i uncovered when i was writing a piece about
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steyos and some hirings was uh that he went to the uh steve ezerman's school of gming so i don't
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think he's wanted to get pushed around he's uh yeah he seems like he's a smart guy i don't think
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he's made a ton of really substantial moves. There's been a couple
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They've been great. Nothing really negative yet. I think he, I think he's willing to either deal or you don't
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And that's kind of how Eisenman does it. It worked well for Eisenman. I think Steyos is following in that suit
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So yeah, happy with it. So we didn't get a chance to really talk about the Linus
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Allmark trade on the show. Dayton, you and I covered it a little bit just when talking about the mock draft
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But we didn't get to really talk about the trade as a whole. Do you have any quick thoughts on that
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I feel like that's extremely old news, but it happened four days ago. I feel like that's in the distant past
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But, Paul, do you have any thoughts on the Linus Olmark trade? Because it was Linus Olmark for the 25th overall pick, who the Bruins used to select Dean Littorneau
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It was a third round pick, and it was Mark Castellick. Sorry, not a third round pick
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You want to score Psalow. I third round pick on my mind that we're going to talk to talk about later
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What are your thoughts on the deal? Is it a good deal for Ottawa? Is it a home run
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Is it just me? What are your thoughts? Well, a question I have is where's the term
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You know, I hope they're not in a situation that they were in with De Brincad and Teresanko
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I can't really blame Allmark. If I'm him, okay, I'll come to a
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a team that's not really a playoff and tender, and I'll bide my time and see how they
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they pan out for me. And if I don't like what I see, if they're not going in the right
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direction, then I'm gone. So the terms, you know, with Corpus Sal going and the senators
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retain, what a quarter of his salary? And what was the other? Mark Castellic, yeah, Castellic, yeah. I can't really quarrel with that
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I thought they were on Corpusel You know that about as good as you going to do I thought he was just untradable So on balance had it not been for the questionable term the questions associated with that
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I'd say, yeah, good deal. Dayton, what are your thoughts? I think it was as good of a deal as you could have done for Elmar
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You got rid of Corpusallo, who was sort of weighing down the team with a really nasty contract and even worse numbers
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it cost them a first round pick. Thankfully, the Bruins used it on Dean Laeterno
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who is maybe the riskiest pick of the first round. Yeah. That was a swing, and I hope he turns out, I have my doubts
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He's a Bruin, though. Like, you look at Dean LaTourneau, and you look at him and you say he is a Bruin
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Oh, 100%. If anyone was going to take him, it was going to be Boston
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because that's what it was going to do, right? I don't know
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it made a lot of sense, but I still think it was a big, big swing. I'm sad to see Casillick go
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I liked him as a senator, but he's a bottom six guy
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He's replaceable. And I think he did well, but I think others will do just as well filling in
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Yeah, and Allmark should come in and stabilize a few things. But, you know, I'll beat my drum again
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It's not the goalie's fault that the senators were so bad. I think it's a whole structure
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And thankfully there's a whole bunch of new coaches there, which should turn things around
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And there's some new defensemen, which also should help turn things around. Yeah
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my quick thoughts on the Linus Olmerc trade is even if this is just a one-year thing
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and Olmerk goes to unrestricted free agency next year, this trade is still a win for the senators
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Like a first round pick in Castellick to move on from Yonis Corpusallo
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and get a year of a goaltender that won the Vezna a year ago
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I think that that's a great deal even without an extension. At this point with what they gave up
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obviously I would be a little bit upset to see him just walk because you have a fantastic goaltender coming into the organization
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You don't want to just let him walk away. But if him walking away does happen
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I don't think this trade ages very poorly. Go ahead, Paul. No, I would think if he does walk away at the trade deadline
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And there's going to be substantial returns for him. Yeah, and that's another great point
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But I just think, like, what's the value of one year of Linus Omerk
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Well, you would think we were talking about first round pick and Jacob Chikrin. And then you look at Jonas Corpusala, what's the cost to dump him
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Is it just Mara Kastelik? Absolutely not. So you're paying less than a first round pick worth of value for Linus Omer
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So even if it's for one year, I'm totally fine with that. So moving on to another trade that the Ottawa Senators made
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This one was Jacob Chikrin, who I just mentioned. So Jacob Chikrin goes to the Washington Capitals for Nick Jensen and a third round draft pick
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Not the value that Steve Stales was hoping he was going to get. I don't hate the trade at all
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The value is not there. But I think the fit and the player type makes the trade make more sense than if you're just looking at
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like if you go in NHL 24 and plug in the players and look at the trade value bar
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It's going to be very lopsided, I think. But I don't hate this trade as much as the value may present it to be a bad trade
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What do you think, Dayton? No, I like it. I think as much as Chikrin was good offensively
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he was really struggling defensively with this team. And he just couldn't
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Not sure if you guys heard that, but we've got a thunderstorm going on over in Saskatoon here
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Just shook my entire upper floor here. Yeah, wow. Apologies. Yeah, so Chikrin hasn't been doing fantastic. He put up good points, but when he was paired with almost anyone else, he struggled. He didn't have that person that he could rely on to play that more defensive role. So to get a really solid defenseman from the capitals in Nick Jensen and also a third round pick, I think is a pretty good win
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also they save money, right? Nick Jensen's only making $4.05 million until 25-26
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So they have them locked up longer than they do Chikrin, I think. Yeah
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Yeah, okay. Chikrin has one year left and Jensen has this year or next
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Okay, that's what I thought, but I started questioning myself. I've been a little iffy on some of my stats lately
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But no, I think it's a great deal. I really like Jensen. I think he's underrated
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he can be a 30 point guy. He's only done it like once
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but it's in his wheelhouse, so maybe he can do that with Ottawa too
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Yeah, he's a physical. So he doesn't get credited with a ton of hits
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but he is physical. He's going to knock you off the puck. He might not blow you up and get registered for a hit
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but he is not afraid to play a physical game. And he blocks a ton of shots
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He's going to be great for Jake Sanderson or Thomas Shabbat, whoever's side he plays on, probably going to be Shabbat
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And he blocks a ton of shots too and he kills penalties. So I really like the deal as well
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What do you think, Paul? Yeah, I can't quarrel with it. I have to admit, it wasn't on my radar
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I don't think it was on very many people's radar. It tells me that Stalos lost the sweepstakes for Chris Tanna and Matt Roy out of Los Angeles
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us. So, you know, the market is what the market is. You know, he can't go out and make these dream
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picks that everybody wants them to do. But, you know, he brings a lot of experience. He's 33. I think
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he's been in the league for eight seasons. And as Dayton was pointing out, you know, he can score 30
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points and you know stay at home defenseman he'll mind the barn and let uh shabbat and i'm assuming he
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i agree with you he'll play with shabbat let shabbat work his offensive magic
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yeah and shabat really needs somebody like that he's played a lot with zubb he played with de mello
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that's about it and he hasn't even been consistently with zoom so um it'll be really interesting to see
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how his game readapt to playing less minutes playing with somebody that isn't nikita zyts of
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playing just his game of hockey again. And again, like not playing 26, 27 minutes a night
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There's a lot of hard miles on that body already. I think that there's more than enough reason to believe that he can go back to a really good two-way player and make his pairing more balanced
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Because obviously he was trying to do everything for the last number of years by himself
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One other player, or sorry, one other trade that happened was Matthew Johnson
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Joseph to the St. Louis Blues, along with a third round pick for future considerations
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We thought this would happen at this time last year. I wasn't ready for that to be the deal this year
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What do you think, Paul? Is that, I don't know, just what are your thoughts on the trade
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Well, you know, it's a salary dump. They needed to do it to sign a Pinto
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I always chuckle when I hear future considerations. it means nothing is coming back
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So, but, you know, look, he was a disappointment. He was the basis of that Nick Paul trade
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Tampa Bay got the better of that trade. And he never lived up the expectations
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Time to go. Dayton, what do you think? Pretty much the same as Paul
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He was a cap casualty. And the senators had to take a loss on for someone eating his cap
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and that cost them a third round pick, which was okay because they got one from Washington
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So I think it kind of balances. You ship them out. You get some future considerations
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Well, you know, the other thing, too, is they were trying to move him going back into midwinter
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Didn't get any takers. So, you know, they're lucky they got rid of him at that price
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Yeah, it's really interesting because people are saying, oh, Steve Stato's, you had, you did a terrible job
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the chicken trade you did a terrible job like paying assets to get rid of Matthew Joseph he just cleaning up here Dorian disastrous mess that he left the organization And that all he doing right now So we are 184 days since Steve Stios has been named General Manager
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So just six months and three days. There are only 13 players that played in Ottawa last year still on the roster
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That's a lot of turnover. Like that's seven, eight guys that are already moved on
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And there's probably going to be a few more as well. You look at the roster, the ones that are still here are the key guys
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like Stutzel, Kachuk, and Giroux and Batherson. Like, you're not getting rid of them
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There's been a lot of turnover on this roster. So a couple of the players that were shipped out or not signed at least
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Eric Brandstrom, Parker Kelly, Boris Kachuk, whatever, Dominic Kubelik, and I believe that's it
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Those are NHL players. Most of them are NHL players. But what are your thoughts on just some of these guys that get shipped out
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Sorry, not shipped out. I have trades on the mind. Weren't qualified or just let go as UFAs
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What do you think, Dayton, out of those names? I always liked Brandstrom
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I'm sad to see him go, but I also wrote a piece that he needed to go
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and that was a while back. He wasn't going to work in Ottawa
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and even if everything changed and they got a brand new system for a plan
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they kind of already screwed that up. That's not going to fix
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how Brandstrom is going to work in Ottawa. It was a failed experiment
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and unfortunately it was a massive experiment to take on because it cost them Mark Stone
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and that's always going to be one of Dorian's biggest legacies is he shipped out a fan favorite for Eric Brantstrom
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and you got nothing from it. On his proudest day as a general manager
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Proudest day as a GM. Like, I think that's my second favorite Dorian quaint behind word
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or quote behind we're a team. Yeah. Yeah, a guy for quotes, that's for sure
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Yeah. man um some of the other ones i like parker kelly i like boris kachuk uh again like a castle like they're
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replaceable um they played bottom six minutes they filled out well but it's not like you can't find
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those guys who would be even better fits or potentially cheaper prices um tuba leak was always destined
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to leave he just did not work in ottawa and that was kind of dorion's last ditch effort to get
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something back from another horrendous trade. The dude could not trade guys
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Someone should have stopped him years ago. Yeah, I think Dayton touches on it being there
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fit in Ottawa, and the guys that left, there arguably wasn't a fit
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I mean, Brantstrom, look, he's already got another job, right? He's signed with the Colorado Amalanche
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So that tells you something. he just didn't fit in Ottawa. Another guy would be Kugelik
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You know, he certainly didn't jail in Ottawa at all. But then when you look at his performance in that world hockey championship in the spring
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I mean, the guy led Chetchep, right? So it's, you know, people to excel have to be, there has to be a fit
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And, you know, that was a. problem with Brant Starram, Kubelik, and arguably Joseph as well
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You know, he was a good player in Tampa. Didn't Jadil here? Matthew Joseph really hurts because how much would this team, how much better would this
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team be with Nick Paul? Like, I think that Nick Paul would be, I mean, how much better would they be
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Maybe not much better, but much better than what Matthew Joseph brought
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That trait hurts. what really hurts too is I do not as I recall there wasn't that much salary separating the Ottawa senators and Nick Paul right
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No it was like 500,000. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. Oh, yeah. Gross
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Yeah. So a couple names that came in. We already talked about Linus Olmerk and Nick Jensen
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David Perron. So in the free agency recap that we did on the hockey writer's YouTube channel, I said that
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the most surprising deal of the day was David Perron, not signing with Ottawa, but signing with Ottawa
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Like the fit makes sense. The deal makes sense. David Peron in Ottawa does not make sense in my head after receiving a six-game
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suspension for cross-checking Artem Zub in the side of the head last year. It was him
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Yeah. I just, the most surprising thing to me was of the 31 teams
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I wouldn't have been surprised with any team. Any team can use a David Peron. but there was only one team I was crossing off the list for potential suitors
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and that was the Ottawa Senators, just for that. So I expect that David Perron is going to buy Zuba Rolex in the coming months
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What do you think of the signing outside of that, Dayton? So I keep thinking that David Perron is done, and like, okay, he's getting older
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He's like he's 36 right now. He can't keep going at the same pace
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And then he does. he keeps doing like he's consistent consistent as I'll get out
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he goes to St. Louis puts up 60 points in 2019-20 and then he goes to Detroit in 22-23
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and puts up 56 points like he doesn't seem to age so I think it could be actually
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a fantastic fit for the senators who need a guy who can
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slot into that top six and kind of solidify things make things a little bit stronger, especially in that third line
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You can bump some guys down, make that a really strong line. Yeah, I think it's maybe not the sexiest of signings
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but I think it could have some really big results. Yeah, he took a little bit of a step back this year
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but it's only 17 goals and 47 points. But for $4 million, you take that absolutely
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What did you say? So did the Red Wings. Yeah, exactly. And they had a ton of moving pieces
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They had a ton of young players. They were trying to get into the top six. And you see a lot of Red Wings fans saying that his game fell off at the end of the season
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He wasn't even in their top six spot at the end of the year. Yeah, that's because they were just elevating the young guys that they had once the season was
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like, especially at the tail end when they were losing a lot. They just put some young guys up there
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So, yeah, I like it. One really cool fact. So this is going to be the one, two, three
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four, five, the seventh, eighth team that David Perron plays for. Ottawa is only the third team, second team outside of St. Louis, that he has signed a contract with
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which is insane to me. Like Detroit last year was the second team he's ever signed a contract with
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And that blows my mind because he's played for Edmonton, Pittsburgh, Anaheim, Vegas, and the blues, of course
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And last year was the first time he signed a contract, not in St. Louis. but yeah that was just kind of a fun tidbit i i learned paul what are your thoughts on the signing
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well just really quick i think steos is doing what he said he would do and that is bringing
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vet for an experience which the club desperately needs and here you've got a 17 year vet in the
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n hl who has by the way won a stanley cup in 2019 with st louis so i think some of that
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DNA could insert itself into the Ottawa senators. Good move. Are there any cup champions on Ottawa except for Peron
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I don't think so. Another one will be Amadio, right? Oh, yes, Michael Amadio
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Yes. So they got two, which is, you know, what Steyo is going to do, bring in some quality
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veteran experience. I think he's done it. Yeah, what are your thoughts on the Amadio signing
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You know he can score 30 points a year right Looking at his history nothing flashy won a cup with Vegas
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Uh, if I've got this right, I think he scored, uh, 10 points in 16 games
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That's not too bad for a journeyman and, uh, left winger. Uh, so I think, you know, he's a solid bottom six guy
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And, um, that's what's required here. Um, you know, solidify that bottom six
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and try to get their scoring up. If I recall the stat correctly, I did
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I calculated it. I think the bottom six only scored about 5% of the Senator's points last season
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So you've got to have more than that to winning this league
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That doesn't surprise me at all. And I will add Nick Jensen won the Stanley Cup in 2018 as well
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So they added three Stanley Cup champions yesterday. Dayton, what are your thoughts on Amadio
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Yeah, I like him. I think, you know, I was mentioning that Caslick, Kelly, those guys, you know, are sad to see leave
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but you can find better replacements for them. I think that's Amadio. He is a better replacement than both of those guys, and he's essentially taking over for them
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in the third or fourth line. So no complaints, contracts may be a little bit higher than I would have liked, but I think
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it's worth what he brings to the team. he had in case anyone forgot 10 points in 16 playoff games in 2023 which is wild for a bottom 6 forward
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yeah yeah and i mean i remember him playing a lot more than just five games with ottawa but i i guess
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i'm wrong he only has five games with ottawa that year that he was um claimed off waivers but
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i don't know i remember like a 25 game stint or something i remember being really impressed by him but
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I don't know. But yeah, he's a really good defensive bottom six winger
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He's great in his own end, and obviously he can chip in the 25, 30 points
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Again, like you said, Dayton, 2.6 is a bit high for my taste. I would have been happier around like 1.7, 1.8
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But you know what? I have nothing to complain about that deal. We can just throw these two in together
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Noah Greger and Adam Guddett. The hockey god is back. what are your thoughts on those two signings
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I mean, they're both going to be 13th forwards, maybe see some AHL time
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I hope is the expectation, not to fill in the second line left wing spot
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I sure hope. But what are your thoughts on the signings, Dayton
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Great. Noah Greger was a strong bottom six forward with the Leafs
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He's, you know, he's won at least a WHL title, back with the Prince Albert Raiders in 2019
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Yeah, he's good. I like him. Adam Gaudette, yep, great. Is this a second stint
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Yep, second stint with the senators. We know he kind of fits, and he's been a great HL producer
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I'd imagine he kind of returns to that, maybe pairing up with Garrett Pilon
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I don't know, yeah, they're good. Great. Love to have him. I will add, just you mentioned Garry Pilon and the Belleville Senators
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They made a ton of really nice signings today. And I really, or the last two days, I guess
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Philip Ruse, I like that edition. Again, Adam Gadette, probably going to be in the H.L
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But I like, they just made a ton of signings that I'm a huge fan of. Michael Simpson said was a good signing a little earlier
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Yes. He's the goaltender. Yeah. Yeah. from the London Knights. Yes. I'm confused where they think he's going to play
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because outside of the NHL, they have Sogarde, Mandelese, Mirlein, and maybe that's it
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Maybe they only have three. So yeah, that is a good signing. I was just concerned about the room
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but the four goalies to play between the ECHL and the HL is fine with me
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Godette did score 71 points and 4. 34 goals in 67 games in the AHA this year
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Fantastic. I love the signing. What are your thoughts on Gregor and Guddett, Paul
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Just two quick points with Gregor, neither the San Jose Sharks nor the Toronto
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Maple Leafs made a qualifying offer. Is that a point of concern
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Like, I don't know the guy, but wow, two teams he played for
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and has substantial seasons with them. I think 221 games, they couldn't see their way through
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to offer him, making them qualify an offer. And then with Godette, yeah
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that guy, if I've got this right, I mean, you mentioned his points totally in the HL
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Did he lead, did he not lead the HL in points last year, last season
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I'm not sure I can look it up, though. He's got a, he's racked up a lot
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of points. And, you know, Belville, they needed to do something with Schmeekal gone, Larson gone
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Lassie Thompson gone. They kind of had to do something with that roster to
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He was third. Sorry, he was third in points behind Maverick Fork and Rocco Grimaldi
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I don't know how Rocco Grimaldi is second in league scoring in the HL
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But yeah, he likes it up in the minors. He's great. He does. But yeah, is there any last thoughts that you had on Goddette, Gregor
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You know, Gaudet, don't want to read too much into it, but in Vancouver, he did play for Travis Green
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Does that give him an edge? You know, could he fight his way onto the roster
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Well, that's something bearing some scrutiny in the upcoming training camp. That's a good pull
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He did play for him. So it will be really interesting to watch
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if he gets some favoritism or not. And then as for Noah Greger, I'll just add a final comment here
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I think that he has the opportunity to become a bottom six forward in Ottawa
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I mean, he even spent time on the top line in Toronto last year when they were kind of
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shuffling some lines. He's extremely speedy. He has a lot of skill
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He just hasn't been able to start producing. And again, like, he's not a top line player
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He's not a top six player. But he is versatile and he can fill in when need
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like let's say Claude Jureau is out for the rest of the game
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You're probably going to put Noah Greger up there just because he's one of the few, one of the few depth players that Ottawa has that can keep up with Tim Stutzel and Brady
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Hitchock and just help develop offense, right? Like he's not going to be on the score sheet, but he can be impactful
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You just don't want him up there consistently. Well, one thing I'm going to be paying attention to as a summer unfolds is I think the
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senators have got about 1.9 million in remaining capital. space. So do you go out and sign another veteran or do you make it so that at training camp
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there's an opportunity for maybe one or two guys to play their way onto the roster
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Because there are six forwards there that have a shot. I'm thinking here of Kirkshank
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a Stap, Chuck, Sokolov, you know, they've given him a qualifying offer
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So I don't know. What do you do for your stales? Do you give some hope
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to your prospects down in Delveau? I think so, but Sokolov's going to be gone
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He's getting traded. And Bruce Garriock reported that as well, that he's not going to be in Ottawa come to training camp
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But yeah, and even on defense, like do you give Matt and Palo a look
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Do you give Stephen Halliday a look? Maxence Gunnet? You need to leave a couple bucks to bring players up
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And right now, if Ottawa signs one more player, and they have to keep Travis Hammondick on the roster
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they're not going to have room to call up players. So, yeah, the Ottawa senators should be done
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unless they're making trades because they just don't have the money to keep going
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Yeah, the senators don't need to put themselves in that position again. That was a nightmare last season
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Yeah. All right, well, thanks everybody for checking us out this week
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A lot of free agency talks, a lot of trade talks. Hopefully a lot more to come
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see you next week. Thanks for watching
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