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Realistic Playoff Team Next Year

Created by: Cowling
Team: 2022-23 Ottawa Senators
Initial Creation Date: Apr. 6, 2022
Published: Apr. 6, 2022
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$1,500,000
5$2,500,000
4$2,900,000
2$6,700,000
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2$6,500,000
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  1. Zaitsev, Nikita
  2. 2023 2nd round pick (OTT)
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OTT
  1. 2023 4th round pick (LAK)
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2022
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2023
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22$82,500,000$69,244,880$0$4,450,000$13,255,120

Roster

Left WingCentreRight Wing
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LW
UFA - 6
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C
UFA - 1
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RW, C
UFA - 3
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LW, RW
UFA - 4
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$6,700,000$6,700,000
C
UFA - 8
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$4,975,000$4,975,000
RW, LW
UFA - 5
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$2,500,000$2,500,000
LW
RFA
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$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$600,000$600K)
C
RFA - 1
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RW, LW
UFA - 1
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C, RW
UFA - 1
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LW
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LW
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LD
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RD
UFA - 1
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G
UFA - 3
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RD
UFA - 1
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$4,687,500$4,687,500
G
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$925,000$925K)
LD
UFA - 2
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$1,300,000$1,300,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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LD/RD, LW
RFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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RW, LW
UFA - 1
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RD
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Apr. 6, 2022 at 1:59 p.m.
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The Spawn is back
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The top 9 forward group would be really nicely rounded out with Giroux. Looks like there will be a decent amount of pressure on Sanderson to perform well quickly in that top 4 D if this is to be a playoff pushing club though.
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Apr. 6, 2022 at 2:05 p.m.
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As a fan of a non-Canadian team that has zero stock in this, I really want to get back to the days of Ottawa vs. Toronto in the playoffs, but I don't know if the Sens are quite there yet. They pretty much need a 20ish point improvement just to become a wildcard team. Pretty much have to have a 100% healthy team all year, pray that the goaltending holds up (I'm not buying Forsberg/Murray as the answer...Forsberg has had a solid year for sure though, and Soggard could be reallllllly good in a bit), and hope that the d-core that, at this moment, looks like it'll need to rely heavily on Hamonic, plays above their heads.

Really, really good foundation, and could make some noise soon, but IMO everything would have to go right to get a wildcard spot.
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Apr. 6, 2022 at 2:14 p.m.
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Quoting: Lenny7
As a fan of a non-Canadian team that has zero stock in this, I really want to get back to the days of Ottawa vs. Toronto in the playoffs, but I don't know if the Sens are quite there yet. They pretty much need a 20ish point improvement just to become a wildcard team. Pretty much have to have a 100% healthy team all year, pray that the goaltending holds up (I'm not buying Forsberg/Murray as the answer...Forsberg has had a solid year for sure though, and Soggard could be reallllllly good in a bit), and hope that the d-core that, at this moment, looks like it'll need to rely heavily on Hamonic, plays above their heads.

Really, really good foundation, and could make some noise soon, but IMO everything would have to go right to get a wildcard spot.


Well said but this year everything has gone wrong with the team being hammered by covid and the league not postponing games. Every good player has missed many games (Chabot, Batherson, Pinto, Brown, Norris, etc.) with injuries and the team has made some great additions who look really good with Joseph, Hamonic and obviously Sanderson. If we had these players and better injury luck I think we would be in the hunt and Giroux should put us over we just need to not flop right as the season starts.
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Apr. 6, 2022 at 2:16 p.m.
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Quoting: Lenny7
As a fan of a non-Canadian team that has zero stock in this, I really want to get back to the days of Ottawa vs. Toronto in the playoffs, but I don't know if the Sens are quite there yet. They pretty much need a 20ish point improvement just to become a wildcard team. Pretty much have to have a 100% healthy team all year, pray that the goaltending holds up (I'm not buying Forsberg/Murray as the answer...Forsberg has had a solid year for sure though, and Soggard could be reallllllly good in a bit), and hope that the d-core that, at this moment, looks like it'll need to rely heavily on Hamonic, plays above their heads.

Really, really good foundation, and could make some noise soon, but IMO everything would have to go right to get a wildcard spot.


I agree with you, and being Leaf and Atlantic "fan", you could say the Sens, Wings and Sabres could be very good, very soon. All three probably aren't playoff teams till 24/25 but after that might be as good any teams in the league if they draft and develop their players wisely. Plus they are one of few teams that might have cap space to further help solidify their club
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Apr. 6, 2022 at 2:23 p.m.
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I think you lean a lot on that top pair, but I also think there's enough money leftover to pull out a decent veteran from UFA and mix and match the bottom two pairs - keep the young guys with a veteran and get 17-19 minutes a night out of each pair.

Giroux is a fun addition here, and from what other Sens fans have told me on here, you might need a different 1B than Murray next year - but I think if you get a solid guy to share starts (something like 45/35/give a couple to Sogard) you've got a much more solid team. The East is 8 playoff teams plus the Islanders(yes I'm biased, but they've played at a 97 point pace since their first COVID postponement, so shush), so you have to hope some of them fall back down from age/wearing down/injury/whatever - TBL/TOR/FLA/CAR/NYR are safe, so someone from the NYI/Boston/Washington/Pittsburgh quartet needs to stumble. I think this team pushes one of those 4 reallllly hard for that last playoff spot.
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Apr. 6, 2022 at 2:47 p.m.
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Well said but this year everything has gone wrong with the team being hammered by covid and the league not postponing games. Every good player has missed many games (Chabot, Batherson, Pinto, Brown, Norris, etc.) with injuries and the team has made some great additions who look really good with Joseph, Hamonic and obviously Sanderson. If we had these players and better injury luck I think we would be in the hunt and Giroux should put us over we just need to not flop right as the season starts.


Yeah, I don't know...I guess the question is, who do you think you're going to overtake? The likelihood of Florida, Tampa and Toronto seeing any sort of fall off is unlikely, which leaves a couple of wildcard spots.

I'm looking at it like this: To make the playoffs, you need to jump most of, if not all of Boston, Washington, the Islanders (Who I'd argue had an equally tough run this year, but still sit 15 points up on the Sens), Columbus (Who should continue to improve), Buffalo (who the heck knows...they seem to have an incredible run every year for 10 games then die again), Detroit (who will absolutely continue to improve), and hope that teams the rest of the teams don't also improve, like New Jersey (Who have an improving team with a few holes but also have had major health issues this year-Healthy Jack and decent goalteding probably bump them up), Philly (I wouldn't worry too much about them), and Montreal (I mean, I'm not betting on the Habs, but they've also had the worst run of injuries at the NHL level that is imaginable).

I don't know. I just don't see it happening next year. Again though, the future is very bright.
 
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