Slow and Steady Wins the Cup

Created by: TCMonkey

Team: 2020-21 Ottawa Senators

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 2, 2020

Published: Oct. 3, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

On a team that is looking to be competitive but nowhere close to making the playoffs, Bozak can be a top 6 pivot. This allows him to play with talented wingers and get PP time. He will pad his stats nicely and, as a rental, will be moveable at the trade deadline. We easily get a 4th if not a 3rd.
Virtanen and Duclair are both on one-year deals as one OR BOTH will be moved as rentals at the deadline and will snag 2nd rounders at the very, VERY least.
I toyed with the idea of giving Tierney a 1 year deal but decided to give him some term.
I have no idea how our RHD will shake out after camp but given that all of them are probably bottom 4 does it really matter?
Our 1st round 2020 picks: SJS - Byfield/Stutzle, OTT - Raymond/Rossi, EDM - Quinn/Schneider/Askarov/Lapierre??

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bernard-Docker, Jacob	3	$925,000
Pinto, Shane	3	$825,000
Crookshank, Angus	3	$825,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Balcers, Rūdolfs	2	$800,000
Brown, Joshua	2	$1,200,000
Brown, Connor	4	$3,450,000
Chlapik, Filip	1	$800,000
Duclair, Anthony	1	$3,000,000
Hawryluk, Jayce	1	$900,000
Jaros, Christian	1	$800,000
Paul, Nicholas	3	$1,250,000
Tierney, Chris	3	$3,500,000
Virtanen, Jake	1	$2,500,000
Beaudin, J.C.	1	$800,000
Daccord, Joey	1	$925,000

Trades

OTT

Bozak, Tyler

STL

2021 4th round pick (COL)

OTT

Russell, Kris
2020 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

2020 1st round pick (NYI)
2020 2nd round pick (CBJ)

OTT

Sutter, Brandon
Virtanen, Jake [RFA Rights]

VAN

2020 5th round pick (TBL)

Buyouts

Bobby Ryan: $3,583,333
Dion Phaneuf: $1,354,167

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$65,020,833	$0	$3,370,000	$16,479,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tkachuk, Brady $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) LW UFA - 1	Bozak, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Brown, Connor $3,450,000$3,450,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Duclair, Anthony $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Tierney, Chris $3,500,000$3,500,000 C UFA - 2	Batherson, Drake $736,666$736,666 ($20,000$20K) RW, LW UFA - 1
Anisimov, Artem $4,550,000$4,550,000 C, LW UFA - 1	White, Colin $4,750,000$4,750,000 C, RW UFA - 5	Virtanen, Jake $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Hawryluk, Jayce $900,000$900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Paul, Nicholas $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Kastelic, Mark $821,667$821,667 C, RW RFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chabot, Thomas $8,000,000$8,000,000 LD UFA - 8	Zub, Artem $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 1	Nilsson, Anders $2,600,000$2,600,000 G UFA - 1
Wolanin, Christian $900,000$900,000 LD UFA - 1	Brown, Joshua $1,200,000$1,200,000 RD UFA - 2	Högberg, Marcus $700,000$700,000 G UFA - 1
Reilly, Mike $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 1	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Russell, Kris $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1		Gáborík, Marián $4,875,000$4,875,000 RW UFA - 1
Sutter, Brandon $4,375,000$4,375,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 1

Top Comments

Oct. 3, 2020 at 9:14 a.m.

TheOtherAuston

Joined: Dec. 2019

Posts: 2,015

Likes: 434

Bozak could be a good leader for the sens but I don't think he would waive his no trade to go there

Oct. 3, 2020 at 9:18 a.m.

KamloopsSens

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 170

Likes: 42

That Russel trade is one I look at happening but with Ottawa picking up,Josh Brown , I see that as a decreased chance happening now. Picking up cap space and forwards from Vancouver is still very much a possibility to me.

Oct. 3, 2020 at 9:23 a.m.

Timmah007

Joined: Jun. 2020

Posts: 8,634

Likes: 3,931

Nope oilers aren’t moving from 14 to the end of the first round just to move a solid depth defender that’s only owed less than half his cap hit. You might be able to get russell for next to nothing but oilers aren’t going to pay anything significant to move him.

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Oct. 3, 2020 at 9:24 a.m.

TCMonkey

Hockey 1st Sens 2nd

Joined: Aug. 2016

Posts: 3,571

Likes: 1,596

Quoting: TheOtherAuston

Bozak could be a good leader for the sens but I don't think he would waive his no trade to go there

I guess it depends on what he's thinking about AFTER this contract. If he wants to retire, I might agree with you - he could hold out to start the season with a contender. BUT, if he wants another contract, he should note what Ottawa did for Ennis and Namestnikov. Getting those extra minutes with better line mates and 1st unit PP... makes a BIG difference. Also, he'd know that Ottawa would move him at the deadline to playoff team anyway. So he still ends up with a contender. It's a bit of a win win for him.

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Oct. 3, 2020 at 9:27 a.m.

TheOtherAuston

Joined: Dec. 2019

Posts: 2,015

Likes: 434

Quoting: TCMonkey

It's a pretty good thought, I'm just not sure he leaves a lower tax state on his last year of big ticket money to lose more money in taxes to take that gamble, it's a good gamble that I would agree with you on but it's the " what if I can't get a new contract"

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