My Lines for Game 2 Plus Game 1 Thoughts

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Created by: Claesson4Norris

Team: 2022-23 Ottawa Senators

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 24, 2022

Published: Sep. 24, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Thoughts on game one:

-Sanderson was Ottawa's top skater. Tried to do too much with the puck a couple of times, but he looked great defensively. Hamonic looked pretty good as well. Guennette was the only other Dman I have good things to say about.

-Stützle-Debrincat-Giroux all shows touches of their great talent individually, but chemistry is still a work in progress. They weren't on the same page, and definitely looked like guys who played on three different teams last year. Still have high hopes.

-Brassard wasn't amazing or anything, but he looked solid. Thought he looked better than Gambrell. Would be more confident with him on the PK than Gambrell. Still rather Kastelic over either.

- team had no defensive structure at all. If they couldn't stop the entry it was utter chaos, they just collapse in like a house of cards. The same story we've seen to start throughout the DJ Smith era. I still don't think he's the guy. Sens have a fairly weak defensive personnel, and I don't think DJ brings the defensive structure to over come it tbh. They need another good Dman.

-Talbot let in all three goals, but he got no help on any of them. Thought he looked great. Mando also impressed me.

Buyouts

Bobby Ryan: $1,833,333
Colin White: $875,000
Michael Del Zotto: $500,000
Dion Phaneuf: $354,167
Claude Giroux: $1,666,667
Alex DeBrincat: -$1,100,000
Nikita Zaitsev: $2,833,333
Travis Hamonic: $1,666,667
Austin Watson: $500,000
Nick Holden: $433,334
Dylan Gambrell: $158,334
Tim Stützle: $231,250
Jake Sanderson: $231,250
Erik Brännström: $150,000
Parker Kelly: $139,583

Retained Salary Transactions

Matt Murray: $1,562,500 (25%)

Buried

Cam Talbot: $2,541,667 ($3,666,667)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
20	$82,500,000	$63,281,966	$0	$1,450,000	$19,218,034

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tkachuk, Brady $8,205,714$8,205,714 LW UFA - 6	Norris, Joshua $7,950,000$7,950,000 C UFA - 8	Batherson, Drake $4,975,000$4,975,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
Motte, Tyler $1,350,000$1,350,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Pinto, Shane $925,000$925,000 ($600,000$600K) C RFA - 1	Joseph, Mathieu $2,950,000$2,950,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Crookshank, Angus $838,333$838,333 LW RFA - 2	Kastelic, Mark $821,667$821,667 C, RW RFA - 1	Hawryluk, Jayce $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Sabourin, Scott $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1	Chartier, Rourke $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Boucher, Tyler $894,167$894,167 RW RFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chabot, Thomas $8,000,000$8,000,000 LD UFA - 6	Zub, Artem $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Forsberg, Anton $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 3
Larsson, Jacob $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1	Bernard-Docker, Jacob $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) RD RFA - 1	Søgaard, Mads $925,000$925,000 G RFA - 2
Donovan, Jorian $831,667$831,667 LD RFA - 4	Thomson, Lassi $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) RD RFA - 2

Sep. 24, 2022 at 5:10 p.m.

csick

KFTW

Joined: Jul. 2018

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This team needs to find a way to get something like:

Chabot-Severson
Sanderson-Zub
Soucy-Hamonic
Holden

Sep. 24, 2022 at 8:17 p.m.

BruinsCharlies

Joined: Jan. 2021

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D.J Smith was the defense coach in Windsor when the Spits won consecutive Memorial Cups. They had structure and were rock solid because they had good players with EXPERIENCE.

Another good defenseman or two along with one- or two more-years' experience for the good young ones already in place and this team will be Cup contenders. Right now be happy with being playoff contenders.

Sep. 24, 2022 at 8:49 p.m.

Claesson4Norris

Thread Starter

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Quoting: BruinsCharlies

I don't really care what kind of assistant coach he was in the OHL. I've watched every game he's coached as an NHL head coach, and so far his defensive systems seem to include a lot of puck watching and scrambling. It's not just a lack of quality personnel (though it certainly exaggerates the problem), you can play with structure without a great roster.

Sep. 25, 2022 at 12:08 p.m.

Xspyrit

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I like DJ and would like him to be an associated coach, Jacques Martin would be the other one.

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