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The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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bub spank posted:

Weird offseason for the Sens. They have their entire defense locked up already, after re-signing Brannstrom (1x$2m) and Bernard-Docker (2x$800k) this morning. Defence looks like this:
Chabot-Zub
Sanderson-Chychrun
Brannstrom-JBD

Top 9 forwards are mostly set, except for the DeBrincat issue:
Tkachuk-Stutzle-Giroux
???-Norris-Batherson
Greig-Pinto-???

If they're trading DeBrincat, then they need a second line winger to replace him.

I think the fourth line is going to include Mark Kastelic and Parker Kelly, who scored 11 and 4 points last year, respectively. They're both young "high-energy" guys, but I'm not sure that their energy ever turned into positive possession or scoring chances. Mathieu Joseph was garbage last year too, scoring 18 points on the third line, and no even-strength goals, after going PPG in his short debut with Ottawa the previous year.

Kind of funny how much better this team would be if Dorion had just kept Connor Brown and Nick Paul for the third line, instead of trading them for basically nothing. I think that would be the foundation of one of the better third lines in the league.

If Dorion does anything today, I hope it's just signing a goalie to tandem with Forsberg, signing a DBC replacement, and signing a useful 3rd-line forward to push Joseph down to the 4th line.

The defense has improved a ton by subtraction, and a full season of Chychrun (before he gets injured mid-October) and Norris should improve the team. Top-6 will arguably be worse next season without DeBrincat and the prospect cupboards are absolutely empty once Greig graduates.

Tough to say how the team will do next year but gently caress is it frustrating that Pierre and DJ Smith get to come back

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The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Mind boggling stuff, even when Florida was killing guys Wayne Simmonds never played one minute for them in the playoffs

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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ThinkTank posted:

Korpisalo 5 years $20m with the Sens.

I’m sure this goalie Pierre signs to a multi-year deal will be good this time, let him cook

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Like what a sick joke, how is Dorion still employed with his track record

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Marc Methot with a nice reminder that most ex-players who get talking head jobs don’t know poo poo

https://twitter.com/marcmethot3/status/1675172395315781632?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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$55mil spent on Mike Condon, Matt Murray and now Korpisalo

What’s it like cheering for teams with pro scouting departments?

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Matt Zerella posted:

Patches to Washington.

Feel like the Caps and Nashville should have decided what direction their franchise should go on before july 1st

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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WeaponX posted:

Wheeler for no money is kinda cool

Yeah he seems like a good character guy in the locker room too

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Giving a lame duck GM “a short leash” instead of just doing the obvious thing and firing him usually works out well, curious what else Pierre is cooking up to desperately save his job at the long-term expense of the franchise

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1674901157628739585?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

Wonder how much Blackwood was looking for lol

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/pierrevlebrun/status/1675211751606894592?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

Adding one more jerk to the roster

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/stefen_rosner/status/1675202209707900928?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

Please fire this man before he can hurt me anymore :smith: Isles are the worst trade partner they have 0 prospects worth a drat

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/mikemcintyrewpg/status/1675222046903611392?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

God Pierre Dorion is an rear end in a top hat

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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grack posted:

Wings signed JT Compher, 5x5.1M

That seems high

I’m sure Compher, Copp and Chiarots contracts will age extremely well, trust the Yzerplan

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Klingberg with a masterclass on how to fumble the bag, that extension Dallas offered will haunt him forever

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/pierrevlebrun/status/1675286943788138497?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

Ben Chiarot
Ghostbear
Justin Holl
Olli Maatta

Keep up the good work Stevie

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/kevinweekes/status/1675249924189872130?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

Another great scoop by Kevin Weekes

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Out: O’Reilly, Bunting, Kerfoot, Acciari, Schenn
In: Klingberg, Reaves

$500k cap space to sign 3 forwards and Samsonov, Now this is TreLiving

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/nhlsv/status/1675181470296551425?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

DJ ZBad is back

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/stefen_rosner/status/1675356266573492224?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

Lou was cooking yesterday

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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bub spank posted:

Pierre Dorion has managed to cap out Ottawa, so they no longer have room to sign DeBrincat for 1 year even at his lowest-possible arbitration amount ($7.6m) and fill out the rest of the roster.

It's also unclear why Bruce Garrioch has been saying he's "disgruntled" or that he's willing to sign long-term with another team. The more well-connected non-local journalists have consistently said "he likes the team, he likes the coach, he likes the city, but free agency only comes once and he wants to test it out."

The team wouldn't let him talk to other teams about contract until after the framework of a trade was in place, and now that they have let him talk contract, those other teams have also discovered that he isn't interested in signing long-term, because he wants to test free agency. Now nobody wants to trade anything significant for him for only one year, but the team doesn't have the cap space to sign him. Great work, Pierre!

Bottom 6 remains a train wreck as well with 7 forwards currently under contract.

Man is untouchable

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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eXXon posted:

Yes Erik Karlsson makes perfect sense for the team that just signed Klingberg. Maybe he can replace Nylander as RW2.

Trading Sandin because they don’t need another offensive defenseman and immediately replacing him with Klingberg and Karlsson

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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drat every insider was saying Bertuzzi was looking for term. 1x$5.5 is pretty great

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Aug 24, 2007

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Koopa Kid posted:

1 year $2.5M for Domi according to Kypreos (so grain of salt as it’s not done) but… alright. That’s a more credible top 9 than they started last year with, anyway.

Glad the Leafs are signing scumbags again, I missed hating those early 00’s Leafs teams with Darcy Tucker and Tie Domi. Mostly just felt pity for these teams since the Matthews Era began

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Bertuzzi-related question, has a UFA-aged NHL player ever “bet on themselves” on a one-year deal with a new team and had it pay off with a huge extension? I’m drawing a blank at the moment

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Between buying out Yamamoto and waiving Zadina I’m wondering how much of the Yzerplan is just losing assets for nothing?

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Yeah that press conference was brutal, they lobbed him absolute softballs and he still just avoided answering them

“What have you learned since your last NHL coaching job?”

Aw geez, my daughter recently told me that Dad it’s not about the message, it’s about your tone. I thought I was having good meetings with players and they came out of it telling my assistant coaches I was calling them dumb assholes, classic misunderstanding

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/thefourthperiod/status/1676028269299113984?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

This seems like it should be an easy choice, lets see how bad Vladdy fucks it up

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Eric the Mauve posted:

Gibson's 30 and was very good for a long time. I'm comfortable with betting that he's still good and the Ducks would make peak Hasek look bad.

It will never not be funny to me that Klingberg decided to sign his 1 year deal in Anaheim to prove to other teams he wasn’t a liability on defense. He might have the worst agent in the league

Speaking of funny things:

https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1676252324497354754?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

Hamonic 2x$1.1 with a NmC

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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ThinkTank posted:

Mediocre wingers haven't had any value in years. It amazes me when teams say "why won't anyone trade for our marginal top six winger?" It's because every team has a thousand marginal top six wingers so don't bother paying anything more than league min or just above. The Canucks may well have to waive one of Boeser or Garland and assign them to the AHL as they'll likely clear.

I would kill for some mediocre wingers in the Sens bottom 6, they were unplayable last season

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Furnaceface posted:

Hellebuyck is 30, there is no way he is taking a 1 year deal. He is probably looking for 6+.

He’s also looking for $9mil+ a season and all GMs know this, good luck Chevy

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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The Marty Party Continues!

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Knowing Pierres job is on the line this probably won’t be a trade for futures/prospects and we will once again witness the Sens legendary pro scouting at work

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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I’m curious how fuckin toxic the relationship between him and Yzerman was, he seemed pissed yesterday during that press conference which you never see from Steve.

https://twitter.com/helenestjames/status/1010340438329446400?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

lol

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Misanthrope posted:

Also it'd be great if Ron Maclean took a long walk off a short pier.

Who the hell else is gonna mournfully recite Tragically Hip lyrics every saturday night?

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1677059167335374856


So uhhh who's trading for Byfield?


Also are the Kings really gonna start Copley/Talbot/Rittich next year???

Have a feeling they’re going to regret that PLD contract sooner than later, $8.5mil for 8 years!!

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Gonz posted:

*looks sternly at Ken Holland*

You drafted Filip Zadina instead of Quinn Hughes, Kenny.

Why did you do that, Kenny?

He’s usually don’t miss in the first round, either

https://twitter.com/zackr1999/status/1676989945141948417?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/senstalk_/status/1677303037864411138?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

Pierre noooo

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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Chicago acquired Perry and went full Third Reich

https://twitter.com/chgo_blackhawks/status/1677352128438837248?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

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The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

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https://twitter.com/tlndc/status/1677707604498300928?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

crushing a kids skull is one way to stand out at development camp

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