Quoting: Radu47
Didn't even offer them a senators 2nd rounder
Why would NYR sell that low on the Kravmeister
Quoting: HOCKEYBOY448
I think we’d rather take the chance we could salvage things before doing this, just my opinion.
This is literally nearly identical to the Andersson trade.
Quoting: TCMonkey
We could fix our bottom 6 with pieces we already have in Belleville and by punting guys like Logan Shaw and Sanford to the AHL.
BUT OUT DEFENCE, outside of the Chabot-Zub pairing, is a total garbage fire.
I get that Sanderson will be here soon but we'll be miles out of playoff spot by then.
Not sure why OTT didn't claim Cholowski and immediately put MDZ on waivers. ZERO RISK MOVE.
Either way, two games in, it's our D that needs fixing more than anything.
I think the guys in the AHL should stay there so they develop properly and don't get ruined. They all need at least 1 more year of ripening down there, maybe 2 (thinking of Sokolov, Crookshank, Jarventie, Kastelic, Reinhardt, etc.). This sacrifices a bit of draft capital that we don't really need (our prospect pool is great) to get a couple of projects that at worst are short term fixes to our NHL depth (with team control) and at best turn into useful middle six pieces that can either fill a role or be sold for profit down the line. I'd like better D but top pair defensive RHD are hard to come by and for some reason the organization hates Brannstrom and loves Zaitsev. There's no point trading for middle of the lineup D because the Sens are atrocious at evaluating that (see: J. Brown, Gudbranson, Coburn, MDZ, all guys signed or traded for to be 2nd or 3rd pair guys, and all of whom are at best a secondary spare calibre of player). If we had DeMelo still or a guy like that, and played Brannstrom, I wouldn't hate our D tbh. Chabot-DeMelo / Brannstrom-Zub / Holden-Mete / Zaitsev (or even Mete-Zaitsev as the 3rd pair, I probably wouldn't hate him too much there) would be solid for now, until Sanderson and JBD step in. Maybe we go for a guy like Manson via trade if we can extend him for a couple years?
Quoting: Claesson4Norris
The solution is not in Belleville rn. Outside of Brannstrom who is very clearly an NHL player everyone in Belleville NEEDS more AHL time. For starters I don't think they have a C to call up who is better than Shaw right now. Maybe Agozzino is better idk, but I don't think Kastelic is ready yet. As far as wingers, I liked Reinhardt's camp, but I'm not sure he's ready, and you probably don't want two raw rookies like Kelly and Reinhardt on your 4th line, and Sharkolov is just not ready yet.
I agree about the D. Specifically the non Zub RHD is gonna sink this team. Zaitsev is off to the worst start in his tenure in Ottawa, and J.Brown is really dragging Holden down. They need Brannstrom up, so they can push J.Brown out and Zaitsev down.
Pretty much agree with all of this. Not a fan of Agozzino in the NHL, he's better off in Belleville as a veteran with some NHL experience acting as a mentor to guys like Jarventie and Sokolov who I'd hope will at least challenge for a spot next year (especially Sokolov).