Rangers pass, no chance they trade a 1st round pick to move Goodrow. Keep dreaming.

I think that Steve Staios would rather have pick #5 - #7 and $10.6 million in cash plus the cap space than three seasons of Erik Karlsson.

Yeah, especially because Karlsson doesn't fit what Ottawa needs at all.

MTL would much rather have a great guy in the locker room who is younger than Rakell

Smith ship has sailed

I disagree in terms of what Ottawa needs... No team wins the cup without an elite puck moving defenseman. Chabot is the closest thing we have to a 2-way defenseman and I don't think he's quite good enough.

These teams do not win the cup without these players;

VEGAS; Pietrangelo & Theodore
TB; Hedman & Sergachev
COL; Makar, Toews
Blues; Pietrangelo...

Ottawa doesn't have a defenseman with this type of Pedigree. Chabot is decent but not quite there. Sanderson is solid defensively but offense doesn't come naturally to him. Karlsson gives the team that element, but would depend on the cost and the cap hit. Ottawa won't be giving up any 1st rounders, especially a top 10 pick in this draft... Plus likely doesn't take on the $10M left on his 3 years. But if Pittsburgh eats $3M? The cost was a 2nd rounder - and a solid prospect? (Boucher, Guenette, Ostapchuk)... I could see Ottawa chancing this. Personally I wouldn't.... But I can see Ottawa going that route especially with Alfy becoming more entrenched in the franchise again.

That's a hard no from Edmonton.

Well, to make it work the Sens would have to trade Chychrun at the very least.

you are dead wrong , OTT has extreme trouble keeping the puck out of their net, EK will only add for fuel to that fire. adding EK at any cap hit than isnt 950k, as in death 3rd pair dman, makes this team WORST

This is a guy who has been to the Stanley Cup Conference Finals twice, and produced both years. Ottawa's issues defensively isn't as much personnel as it is coaching. We do need to bring in 1-2 guys solid on the PK. We don't have enough grit on defense, I agree there, but Kleven comes in for Brannstrom, and bring a guy like Tanev

Chabot - Karlsson
Sanderson - Tanev
Kleven - Zub

That would be a solid a defense corpse if you have a coach that knows how to institute structure. Ottawa doesn't need a coach that is full on defense, because Ottawa is a team that isn't built to win that way. We need to be a puck control team that has structure, and strong special teams. Gallant, Quennville, Boudreau, McLellan would be solid coaching selections.