Team: 2021-22 Ottawa Senators

Initial Creation Date: May 13, 2021

Published: May 13, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

1. Use your 1st rounder to acquire RH top pairing D-men: I'm looking at Seth jones or Parayko

2. Expansion draft: Get Seattle to bite on white. His contract might be a burden in 2-5 years when we must sign Stutzle, Pinto, Sanderson, Branntrom, Formenton, JBD etc

In this scenario:

Protected:
Tkachuk
Batherson
Brown
Paul
Chabot
Parayko
Zub
Mete

Unprotected:
-White
-Dadonov
-Tierney

I expect Seattle to defintely take white over dadonov and tierney. But they might take Mete, L.Brown, Abramov or Daccord over White if they are available

3. UFA: I think the Sens have a 2x5 Million budget for a Free Agent. I would try to nab a centermen that can play middle 6. I think Krejci or Granlund can fit the bill. In this scenario I am taking granlund. In two years granlund and Dadonov (10M) are off the books to sign Pinto and Stutzle.

4. RFA:
Sign Tkachuk to an 8 year. He has been billed as the face of the rebuild. Time to show commitment to your fans and change the lingering narrative about letting your star players walk in their prime. Like it or not, he will command 8M ++. I don't have an ounce of doubt in my mind that he is worth it.

Bridge Batherson. 3 x 4 seems reasonable. In 3 years time, Murray 6.25 is off the books, drizzy can get a peice of that as a raise.

Zub: I think it is worth to sign him to a longer term contract. I'd try to offer him 2.5 x 4. But I think he will want more, and has a good case. 5 x 3 seems like a good signing for both sides.

Mete: Has defintely impressed and has earned a contract extension but Ottawa will not want to buy any UFA years. 3 x 1.2 might be a reasonable expectation for the contract.

5. Extension:

Parayko: 8 x 6.25 = 50M. Comparable is Ryan Ellis.

Paul: 5x3m. His comparable is Scott Laughton.

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