Flyers decline. We have already turned down a 2023 1st and 2023 2nd for Laughton. Lassi is for dumping Joseph’s awful contract so you want Laughton for what could be a 2025 1st when we already turned down the offer above? Yeah no shot.

How is Sanderson worth 8M+ already? Lol.

Right now he's not. But if you're getting him on an 8 year deal, you aren't paying him for what he is right now, you're paying for what he will become.

He had a relatively unheralded rookie season, but he was incredible. As a 20 year old with no pro experience he played 22min a night like he was a seasoned veteran defensive player, with elite skating and puck moving ability, he even had respectable offensive production for a rookie (32 pts). The fact that he was that good lugging Travis Hamonic up and down the ice is remarkable.

He's going to be a top pairing defenseman in his prime, and the way the cap is gonna go up, a top pairing defenseman might end up running you 10-12 mil on the open market in a few short years. If Ottawa has to pay Jake Sanderson 8mil this summer, I'd say you do it, because by the time the cap is hitting the 90+mil zone he's gonna be well below Market value.

Who reported that offer?