Verbeek asks for Pinto in the deal or it's a no-go. Plus if Zegs was willing to sign for 5 he would have done so by now

You can't even afford Pinto.

Yeah crazy but seems fair in terms of value

It's like DeBrincat return as a base with Thomson and the 2nd being more quality than Sebrango + 4th, plus Batherson

The problem is Ottawa can't afford to move Batherson and replace him with a guy who will become quite more expensive. Drake's 4 years at 4.975 AAV are quite important to enter their window of contention

I think Ottawa is maxed in terms of big stars. I mean, Stutzle, Tkachuk, Norris, Batherson, Giroux, Tarasenko, Chabot, Sanderson and Chychrun is already a pretty nice collection, gotta solidify the depth and structure the cap optimally going forward

I wouldn’t mind some Dixie D’Amelio in Ottawa haha

I used to date 8's too

(sarcasm is for the 8)