The "
Chabot is overpaid" crusade is so ridiculous (not talking about what the OP said)... just another example that many hockey fans don't understand the game enough
He's 17th in PPG among D-men since 2018-19, his 21 y/o season, 2nd in TOI/GP among all NHL players (only behind Doughty). Yes he turns the puck over but Doughty also does (even if not as much) and he's one of the best 2-way D-men of his generation. That's what happens when a D-man plays a lot of minutes and possesses the puck a lot
If the last 3 games are not the perfect example of what Chabot brings to a hockey team, then nothing is. Team's advanced stats have been horrible since Chabot (and Brannstrom) are injured. Today's NHL is a lot about transition, denials and recoveries.
Quoting: Claesson4Norris
The worst part of it is that he'd have signed for so much less if they'd signed him long term that summer. He still wanted to be our captain, and his contract number heading into Arbitration was 9mil, which means he didn't think he'd get even close to 9mil. They probably could have given him like 8.5×8 and he'd have been a Sen for life.
Edit: also Hamonic shouldn't play another second with Sanderson. He's like a pair of cement shoes for Sanderson
Yep, trading Chabot (and Brannstrom) brings us back to not having a solid enough defense and forces us to have Hamonic hold back Sanderson or Chychrun. Really not what the Sens need to do
Not having Stone is the result of the Melnyk/Dorion era, we are finally getting out of it, still recovering