Trade Chabot while you can

With the cap going up, only notable player needing to be signed is Sanderson. They are ok in future years, it’s really this year that the cap hurts mainly with all the dead cap they have. Plus, Chabot seems injury prone because he’s been one manning this D corp since 2019 lol he’ll be fine with reduced minutes

So what are your thoughts on what to do with Pinto and Sokolov? Just give them a qualifying offer and hope they don't sit out a whole year? What are your thoughts on what to do with Joseph? Keep him or trade him, and what would you give up to trade him?

Columbus traded for Provorov because he’s a horse who never misses games and because he has two years left, which lines up with when Mateychuk and Svozil will be ready. Chabot is good, but he’s fragile and signed to much more term.

Sokolov is probably looking at an 800k ish deal, maybe a 2 year with the 2nd being a 1 way. Pinto is probably short term, 2/3 years at around 2-3m. I’d move Joseph and you can package a prospect and pick to a team. Something like Joseph + Sokolov/Thomson/Jarventie (depends on what the other team wants really) + a 3rd or something. Joseph isn’t a terrible player, he’s real good on the PK and he’s still young enough that I’m sure some teams would love to pick up the assets for taking him. Helps both the now and future and worst case, he sucks this year for them too but 2 years (past this year) at 3m isn’t the worst contract to have. Ottawa would just use the money saved from Joseph to give to Pinto and roll a 21 man roster. Top 9 consists of Tkachuk, Stutzle, Giroux, Norris, Tarasenko, Batherson, Pinto, Kubalik and Greig.

Hawks accept!