bustaheims
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Hobbes said:
Their blueline is excellent, no doubt. Probably the best in the league now. I just don't think they have the firepower up front to make it out of the 2nd round.
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Their blueline is excellent, no doubt. Probably the best in the league now. I just don't think they have the firepower up front to make it out of the 2nd round.
Kin
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Wow. So, let's just sum up. The Sens:
- Didn't get a definite 1st round pick in 2019
- Didn't get a prospect taken in the top 15 or a pick that's likely to be
- Didn't dump the Ryan deal
- Probably won't get two 1sts
I mean, on the one hand, that's not very good. On the other hand I think we all predicted that Ottawa wouldn't do very well here. But on the third hand...if you're a Dallas fan aren't you a bit upset you couldn't beat that?
- Didn't get a definite 1st round pick in 2019
- Didn't get a prospect taken in the top 15 or a pick that's likely to be
- Didn't dump the Ryan deal
- Probably won't get two 1sts
I mean, on the one hand, that's not very good. On the other hand I think we all predicted that Ottawa wouldn't do very well here. But on the third hand...if you're a Dallas fan aren't you a bit upset you couldn't beat that?
Kin
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herman said:
Well, I think it's clear that Heiskanen was Ottawa being delusional about their position but even excluding those two I feel like it wouldn't have been too hard to put together a better package than what Ottawa got.
Which actually kind of leads me to my theory here. The fact that Heiskanen was such a well publicized sticking point between the two teams makes me think that Melnyk wouldn't have made this deal with Dallas, or a similar deal with Tampa absent Sergachev, so as not to look like they caved.
disco
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Sharks get a year of Karlsson and hope he has a bounce-back season. He'll certainly be motivated, playing for his next/last huge contract. Sens get what they can for his last year. What a difference a couple of years make (Leafs/Sens/Habs...) 
Assuming he has a good season this year, where does Erik sign for 2018-2019? Tampa Bay with Hedman and Karlsson would be a scary. We'd be crashing against them for the next decade. Would be terrific hockey 
Two teams fully in their Cup window in the same division.
Karlsson presser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIiIuWdt6Wc
Assuming he has a good season this year, where does Erik sign for 2018-2019? Tampa Bay with Hedman and Karlsson would be a scary. We'd be crashing against them for the next decade. Would be terrific hockey Two teams fully in their Cup window in the same division.Karlsson presser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIiIuWdt6Wc
bustaheims
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It's going to be so much fun when Ottawa wins the draft lottery after they trade Duchene for a pair of wooden nickels. Colorado must be so happy.
bustaheims said:
This almost certainly doesn't happen, but the only thing that would make all of this better is if Duchene admitted he was wrong about the Avs and returned to Colorado as a free agent. They were his boyhood team growing up.
https://twitter.com/Sens_Army_/status/1040347603559428096
My god...
My god...
Kin
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As fun as it is to declare Ottawa dead I'm not all that convinced. Sure, on paper it looks like they're at a dead-end but I've felt that way before only to see them draft HOFers in the middle of the first round and all-stars in the 5th round and get all-world performances out of nobodies.
I mean, I hope this forces them into a real rebuild but who knows with them.
I mean, I hope this forces them into a real rebuild but who knows with them.