Quoting: TrueCanuck
I think Ottawa’s gonna be the most overrated team next season and I’d be shocked to see them actually make playoffs. The group they have always seems to crumble when the games matter, then they start winning when they’re already out of the playoff picture. That doesn’t scream a playoff ready team. I’d give it another couple seasons before they’re in contention
It will be hard to make the playoffs next season as the Atlantic is going to be damn good again. Their best chance would be a wild card spot if a team like Pittsburgh, Washington and/or Boston finally decline.
And it's not that they "crumble" when games matters, it's just that they have by far the worst GM in hockey and it takes a while to repair his mistakes. The guy had Josh Brown, Chris Tierney and Nikita Zaitsev as regulars on his team. The team had poor depht to start the season and were done as soon as there was injuries, and then covid (before the NHL suspended games)
Have to see what is going to happen with ownership first. Things could change a lot in the near future
Quoting: Lambchopz
A first and Brannstrom very well could be the asking price to dump Murray and Brannstrom at this point in time. Murray costs at least a first to dump, and White certainly doesn’t have positive value at the moment. There is probably a bit positive value here going to the Hawks; but not much, and far from enough to get Kane
Matt Murray is not a dump at the moment though, he is most likely LTIR for the 2 years left. They don't need to move his contract
I'd be very surprised if doctors clear him for contact again. It happened to Anders Nilsson very recently