Melnyk keeps his promise and spends to the cap and Ott has 2 top 5 picks

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Created by: Tchuckycheese

Team: 2020-21 Ottawa Senators

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 1, 2019

Published: Nov. 1, 2019

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Let's say Melnyk scores big at the casino and takes that cash to keep his promise of unparalleled spending or success or whatever garbage he spewed earlier in the summer and actually spends to the cap the next season AND the sens have two top 5 picks, who do they take? I lean Lafreniere if they also plan on taking a guy like Holtz who is a pure goal scorer. We do need a #1 centre and as we've seen with White when he plays with a skilled guy like he did with Stone, he can be potentially that guy. Likewise with Brown I'm sure, though I see him being a #2 centre as he isn't a big points guy. At this point, I'm just living in as much delusion as old man Mel. Go easy on me lads.

Also, I just signed our own guys to whatever just to make it quicker and put little to no thought and this doesn't account for us being sellers at this years deadline.

What would you like to see the team look like next year? Either way, it should be quite different from this years team.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Brown, Connor	3	$3,500,000
Tierney, Chris	3	$4,000,000
Duclair, Anthony	2	$2,000,000
Paul, Nicholas	2	$2,000,000
Chlapik, Filip	1	$1,000,000
Balcers, Rūdolfs	3	$2,500,000
Daccord, Joey	3	$925,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Namestnikov, Vladislav	3	$4,000,000
Pageau, Jean-Gabriel	3	$4,000,000
DeMelo, Dylan	3	$4,000,000
Dadonov, Evgeni	3	$7,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lafreniere, Alexis		3	$1,000,000
Holtz, Alexander		3	$1,000,000

Buyouts

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
23	$81,500,000	$67,209,166	$0	$3,875,000	$14,290,834

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lafreniere, Alexis $1,000,000$1,000,000	White, Colin $4,750,000$4,750,000 C, RW UFA - 5	Dadonov, Evgeni $7,500,000$7,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Tkachuk, Brady $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) LW UFA - 1	Brown, Logan $863,333$863,333 ($710,000$710K) C, LW RFA - 1	Balcers, Rūdolfs $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Brown, Connor $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Tierney, Chris $4,000,000$4,000,000 C UFA - 2	Namestnikov, Vladislav $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 2
Duclair, Anthony $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Pageau, Jean-Gabriel $4,000,000$4,000,000 C UFA - 6	Formenton, Alex $747,500$747,500 ($132,500$132K) LW RFA - 2
	Paul, Nicholas $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chabot, Thomas $8,000,000$8,000,000 LD UFA - 8	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Nilsson, Anders $2,600,000$2,600,000 G UFA - 1
Brännström, Erik $863,333$863,333 ($450,000$450K) LD/RD, LW RFA - 2	DeMelo, Dylan $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA - 4	Gustavsson, Filip $761,666$761,666 ($82,500$82K) G UFA - 1
Wolanin, Christian $900,000$900,000 LD UFA - 1	Thomson, Lassi $894,167$894,167 RD RFA - 4

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Anisimov, Artem $4,550,000$4,550,000 C, LW UFA - 1		Gáborík, Marián $4,875,000$4,875,000 RW UFA - 1
Ryan, Bobby $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Nov. 1, 2019 at 9:10 a.m.

bigZ98

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It would be such an ottawa thing for them to have two lottery picks and neither of them is top 3. Although Melnyk will probably have lafreniere traded before he has to pay him like 11mill cuz hes a cheap ****.

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Nov. 1, 2019 at 9:14 a.m.

Chapee44

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No Josh Norris still next year?

Nov. 1, 2019 at 9:16 a.m.

Tchuckycheese

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Quoting: Chapee44

No Josh Norris still next year?

Sure, why not? I could see that almost having to happen because Mel sells Pager so he doesn't have to re-up his contract.

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Nov. 1, 2019 at 9:22 a.m.

hanson493

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I was THIS close to posting one of these yesterday. the senators are going to have 2 top 10 picks like one top 5 the other just outside unless the sharks somehow pull it together. but even their second rounders are going to be top of the round picks. i know absolutely nothing about the senators farm system but, they should grab one of the centers. how is their goalie situation? If im the senators my list goes: their own pick: laf, byfield, perfetti, stutzle, sharks pick: askarov. As i said idk their goalie prospects at all but askarov is going to be legit. they need to get him with that sharks pick.

Nov. 1, 2019 at 9:31 a.m.

palhal

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Didn't Melynk say he would start spending to the cap in 2021? Non playoff teams shouldn't be spending to the cap anyway. Save some money for when the good RFAs have to be resigned.
Though you lineup with those UFA signings would make the Sens closer to playoff contenders.

Nov. 1, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

palhal

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Quoting: bigZ98

Really, he's extended Chabot for 8m a season. It's kinda of a fallacy that Melynk is cheap.(on team salaries). He just refused to overpay outgoing UFAs. Of course he doesn't have any control over UFAs anyway. 12 picks in the top three rounds in the next two years. Ottawa's rebuild might be a going quite well. Now if doesn't retain RFA players by not paying them for the money they deserve, you have a point.

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Nov. 1, 2019 at 9:48 a.m.

Tchuckycheese

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Quoting: palhal

Ah thought he was referring to next year but ya that makes sense. Another long year ahead then...and then some

Nov. 1, 2019 at 10:16 a.m.

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Quoting: hanson493

Sens should absolutely be thinking centre with one of those 1st round picks. I would take Byfield 1st overall if I had the chance,

Nov. 1, 2019 at 10:18 a.m.

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Quoting: Claesson4Norris

Sens should absolutely be thinking centre with one of those 1st round picks. I would take Byfield 1st overall if I had the chance,

it just depends on where they end up picking. if they are at 4. byfield shouldnt be there. then you go with perfetti or stutzle. Im intrigued to find out where the sharks pick ends up being. they cant really be this bad can they?

Nov. 1, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

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bigZ98

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Quoting: palhal

Dude i was just messing around, wasnt super serious haha. Im sure he will pay lafrenierre and others.

Nov. 1, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

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Quoting: hanson493

I think if you're drafting 4th you may be able to drop back to 6-7 to get your Centre. I think if you get a couple more picks than scoop Stutzle or Lundell or Perfetti even. If Ottawa drafts top 15-18 with the SJS pick, I'd be hard pressed to say no to Marco Rossi.

I think the sharks should pull it back at some point, but when you watch them play, they look like a bunch of beaten dogs. There's no fire there. If I had to guess, they will rebound once they fire the coach, but if they keep waiting the hole they're In only gets deeper.

Nov. 1, 2019 at 10:54 a.m.

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Quoting: Claesson4Norris

I mean theres just no chemistry. they are just so top heavy all around theres essentially no depth. jones looks terrible too. but im thinking its a top 10 pick.

Nov. 1, 2019 at 11:02 a.m.

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Quoting: hanson493

I mean theres just no chemistry. they are just so top heavy all around theres essentially no depth. jones looks terrible too. but im thinking its a top 10 pick.

If they miss the playoffs, anything can happen. Didn't Philly finish just outside the wildcard the year they got Patrick 2nd overall? Low odds doesn't mean no odds.

The sooner Ottawa can get back to being good, the better. When was the last time Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Buffalo were all good at the same time? Those teams used to go to war against each other.

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Nov. 1, 2019 at 4:51 p.m.

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Quoting: Tchuckycheese

Ah thought he was referring to next year but ya that makes sense. Another long year ahead then...and then some

I'm a Leaf fan and the Leafs went many years as one of the top spenders but had poor teams due to terrible management/coaching. So while folks often criticize a team for "not spending", spending wisely its more important. If you're an Ottawa fan, and even I wish the fans of Ottawa well, you're really crossing the fingers and hoping the Sens now have good management/coaching and an willing owner.

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