trade for a LD is a waste of assets, OTT does not need a LD in any way,

Brother, that Tampa trade sure favours your favourite team a lot.

OTT isnt paying to add a 33yo making almost 7M for another 4 years.

Not only is it a declining and expensive asset locked in for long term, but its in a redundant positions.

declining play is complete BS McDonaghs play hasn't diminished at all

Are you joking?

If it hasn’t already started then it surely will before the end of the contract. Genuinely don’t even think he would play ahead of Sanderson this year but definitely wouldn’t next year. It’s a trade that doesn’t make sense for Ottawa.

Norris and Formenton get more, Mete gets considerably less.

ohhh ye mighty medium visionary of the future !!! i agree Ottawa isn't a good fit but to say he's declining or definately will be is kinda imagiative.

Yikes dude. You sound like my 14 year old cousin with the sarcasm. Read it again. I never said he was declining.

But given the fact that he was just traded for spare parts clearly management didn’t see it the way you did LOL

maybe I'm reading to much into Your words ,but my reading comprehension says you think he'll seriously decline by contract end.
If it hasn’t already started then it surely will before the end of the contract

We can’t agree that there will be some sort of decline in his play from where it was this past season to where it will be 4 years from now when he’ll be 37 years old…..?

Some guys just age really well. Should there be some probab;y, He's not a guy who has had a lot of injuries ,missed much time, and his play hasn't been declining much if at all. So, he may be one of those Chris Chellios types that play a hard physical game a long time

I don’t disagree, again my point was just that there will be some sort of decline between now and the end of his deal. It’s only natural, even for someone like Chelios.

To be fair, I didn’t think McDonagh would get traded for nothing. Just also was aware that Ottawa adding him and his cap hit wouldn’t have made sense.

Hopefully Myers can turn his game around on a better team in Tampa if they don’t try to flip him back out.