Simple off-season

Team: 2021-22 Ottawa Senators

Initial Creation Date: May 14, 2021

Published: May 14, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

I'm assuming Gustavsson gets protected and Seattle takes Daccord. I realize that Dorion will likely make some trades and signings in the off-season to bring in some vets (like he did last season), but I'm hoping he's learned from past failures and keeps a roster similar to how this season ended. I would consider a veteran character F for the bottom 6 like Foligno.

People will disagree on how much and how long I have Brady signing for, but at this point I think he wants a bridge deal to maximize his next contract and unless he's signing an 8 year contract the Sens won't open up the pocket book. It will take a while but they will settle on a 3-4 year deal worth $5.5-6m per season.

The other FA signings can be debated. The big ones will be Batherson, Zub and to a lesser extent Mete. Batherson's contract will be interesting and we could see the impact of White's bad contract on the Sens' internal salary structure. Ideally, you wouldn't pay Batherson more than $3.5-4m on a short-term deal, but Batherson will absolutely be expecting a contract north of what White is making. Zub will be very interesting I think the Sens may give him a Zaitsev-esque contract, but I think it would be be better to sign him shorter term at a slightly lower cap hit. I love him, but I think 1 shortened season is too little sample to reward him with a bigger contract.