Senators for the Win

Created by: TCMonkey

Team: 2022-23 Ottawa Senators

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 21, 2022

Published: Jan. 23, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

OTT uses their 2022 1st to draft RW Joakim Kemell. If OTT decides to leave him in Liiga for another season we can just switch Giroux to RW and move Formenton up to the 2nd line.
I've noted the moves that happen at the March 2022 trade deadline.
(Guessing we'd also get a 7th round picks for the likes of Ennis, Gambrell and Forsberg but didn't list them because people would all be screaming NOT MY TEAM hahaha).
Giroux and Holden are signed to deals in the off-season.
Belleville is stacked with the likes of Greig, Boucher, Kleven, Ostapchuk, Melanson Lodin, and Latimer joining the team. And with three picks in the 2nd AND three picks in the 3rd round of 2022 the prospects keep coming!
I've waived Zaitsev and moved him to Belleville. Buying him out only saves Ottawa $1.7M. Maybe the added roster spot is worth it but I don't think so. We might be able to trade him but AGAIN the thought process was too many fans would scream that their team would never take him even with salary retained, so I didn't put it in here. Also, he'd be fine as a 3rd pairing guy if we need him. If we lose him on waivers... so be it.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Sanderson, Jake	3	$925,000
Melanson, Jacob	3	$830,000
Kleven, Tyler	3	$925,000
Latimer, Carson	3	$830,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Brännström, Erik	2	$1,950,000
Formenton, Alex	2	$1,010,100
Norris, Joshua	7	$7,250,000
Geekie, Morgan	2	$950,000
Gaudette, Adam	1	$950,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Paul, Nicholas	4	$2,250,000
Holden, Nick	1	$1,500,000
Giroux, Claude	2	$7,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kemell, Joakim		3	$925,000

Trades

OTT

Geekie, Morgan [RFA Rights]
Melanson, Jacob [Reserve List]

SEA

Kelly, Parker
White, Colin ($1,750,000 retained)
2022 3rd round pick (VAN)

Additional Details:

The retained salary costs Ottawa exactly the amount that buying him out would cost, and Colin White at $3M per season makes him far less of a gamble and an appealing additional to SEA.

OTT

2022 3rd round pick (WSH)

WSH

Zack Sanford and Victor Mete
Done at 2022 trade deadline

OTT

2022 2nd round pick (STL)

NYR

2022 7th round pick (NYI)

Additional Details:

Chris Tierney (half salary retained) and Nick Holden
Done at 2022 trade deadline.
* Ottawa then signs Holden as a UFA in the summer.

Buyouts

Bobby Ryan: $1,833,333
Dion Phaneuf: $354,167

Retained Salary Transactions

Colin White: $1,750,000 (145.83%)

Buried

Michael Del Zotto: $875,000 ($2,000,000)
Nikita Zaitsev: $3,375,000 ($4,500,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$82,500,000	$70,428,314	$0	$3,525,000	$12,071,686

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tkachuk, Brady $8,205,714$8,205,714 LW UFA - 6	Norris, Joshua $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 8	Batherson, Drake $4,975,000$4,975,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
Giroux, Claude $7,500,000$7,500,000 RW, C UFA - 3	Stützle, Tim $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 1	Kemell, Joakim $925,000$925,000
Formenton, Alex $1,010,100$1,010,100 LW RFA	Pinto, Shane $925,000$925,000 ($600,000$600K) C RFA - 1	Brown, Connor $3,600,000$3,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Paul, Nicholas $2,250,000$2,250,000 C, LW UFA - 7		Gaudette, Adam $950,000$950,000 C, RW UFA - 1
	Geekie, Morgan $950,000$950,000 C, RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chabot, Thomas $8,000,000$8,000,000 LD UFA - 6	Zub, Artem $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Murray, Matt $4,687,500$4,687,500 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Sanderson, Jake $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 2	Brännström, Erik $1,950,000$1,950,000 LD/RD, LW RFA - 1	Gustavsson, Filip $787,500$787,500 G UFA - 1
Holden, Nick $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 1	Bernard-Docker, Jacob $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Watson, Austin $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Batherson, D.		Tkachuk, B.		Norris, J.
	Chabot, T.		Giroux, C.

Power Play 2
Formenton, A.		Stützle, T.		Kemell, J.
	Sanderson, J.		Brännström, E.

Penalty Kill 1
	Brown, C.	Paul, N.
	Holden, N.	Zub, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	Formenton, A.	Pinto, S.
	Sanderson, J.	Bernard-Docker, J.

Top Comments

Jan. 23, 2022 at 11:10 a.m.

csick

KFTW

Joined: Jul. 2018

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Not sure Tierney will return more than a 3rd. Sanford maybe a 4th and Mete like a 6th. I think we should keep White for at least another year

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Jan. 23, 2022 at 11:19 a.m.

TCMonkey

Hockey 1st Sens 2nd

Joined: Aug. 2016

Posts: 3,562

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Quoting: csick

Not sure Tierney will return more than a 3rd. Sanford maybe a 4th and Mete like a 6th. I think we should keep White for at least another year

Tierney (50% retained) + HOLDEN... that's two LEGIT guys to help a team in the playoffs and totally worth a late 2nd round pick on a team that's stacked.

Keeping White is very dangerous. One more bad season, be it his stats or more injuries, and his value plummets. Right now, at $3M per season, I could see a few GMs making offers.

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Jan. 23, 2022 at 11:29 a.m.

AFox23

Your favorite Ranger

Joined: Feb. 2021

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Quoting: TCMonkey

Depends on what other LD's we are trying to obtain.

Quoting: csick

Not sure Tierney will return more than a 3rd. Sanford maybe a 4th and Mete like a 6th. I think we should keep White for at least another year

Rangers would take 3rd for Tierney at 50% easily.

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Jan. 23, 2022 at 12:58 p.m.

Xspyrit

Joined: Jul. 2016

Posts: 10,492

Likes: 3,718

- Forget Formenton for that price, he will be quite more expensive

- Why would the Sens move Colin White if his AAV is now 3.0??? He'd bring excellent value at that price, he's a good bottom-6 forward, good defensively, good possession stats. You keep Chabot's best friend so your best player is happy

- Also that 4th line is terrible defensively, which is the last thing you want from a 4th line. Top-9 looks fantastic though, and the D-squad optimal as well.

Quoting: TCMonkey

Keeping White is very dangerous. One more bad season, be it his stats or more injuries, and his value plummets. Right now, at $3M per season, I could see a few GMs making offers.

You're right, at 4.75 he doesn't have much value so that's why you keep him or buy him out, unless you targeted another overpaid player that you think would bring more to your team, sort of like a scenery change for both players

Retaining 1.75 x 3 years for Geekie and Melanson (minus Kelly + 3rd) is not very productive.

Jan. 23, 2022 at 4:24 p.m.

SquidNasty

Alex

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 51

Likes: 15

A Sens armchair GM with realistic moves that are explicitly explained, all make sense for both parties involved, and all make complete sense for the future of this team???? I can't believe my eyes. Congratulations on being well informed and not delusional like almost every single other person who makes these.

Only thing missing is a roster of that Calder Cup winning Belleville Senators roster in the taxi squad section.

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