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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 6, 2020 at 11:22 a.m.
Thread: By February maybe
I was just saying the same thing to a friend of mine, i genuinely think going after Fleury wouldnt be a bad idea because it is a double bonus, his $ allows us to hit the cap floor which we need to do but also gives a great mentor for Hogberg and on top of that by putting the money there it allows Management to do what they keep saying which is play the young kids, because otherwise the only other thing i could see us doing is Overpaying C. Brown, Duclair and Tierney to hit the floor because if we go into Free Agency to spend money that takes spots away from the young guys which again they keep saying they dont want to do. So Fleury is logical OR Matt Murray but my concern there is term... Fleury is 2 years and he's gone Matt Murray can get you the $ to hit the floor but do you want to sign him to 4+ years?
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 25, 2020 at 1:35 p.m.
Thread: Cap space galore
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>too much for Melker. And the reason they bought out Ryan was to open up cap space for guys like Chlapik, Abramov, Balcers, etc. They wont sign veterans</div></div>

As much as i want to believe that it still doesn't really add up because they had 18million in cap space BEFORE buying out Ryan, with the cap adjustments thats going to put us at 22million just to hit the floor. I mean if we assume the C. Brown, Duclair and Tierney fetch 10-12mil total between the 3 of them, I feel like Chlapik, Abramov, Balcers and even Paul for that matter aren't going to total 6+ Million i just don't see it and even if it did NOW we still need another 4mil just to hit the floor which then means we do need to either trade picks for players or sign veterans and potentially over pay some people to come here for 1year.

I think it's a weird move personally.
Forum: NHLJun. 25, 2020 at 12:05 p.m.
Thread: Return to play - Question about the Ottawa Senators
A co-worker and I got discussing the Return to play and how it will play out as the draft lottery looms it got us thinking we know the bottom 7 teams for sure but with the return to play you have 8 additional teams who will fall out of contention for the playoffs and be re-slotted (If i understand it correctly). This means that the NYI pick (Currently 21st i believe) under a worst case scenario should they be swept by Florida could this potentially give Ottawa with a 3rd Top 10 pick or would they just fall back to their original spot once eliminated? I know the NYI is lottery protected so it cant be in the top 3 but if they did get eliminated right away how does this play out.

We weren't sure and there is a lot of conflicting information that I've found.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 1, 2020 at 11:28 a.m.
Thread: Byfield and Stutzle
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Zbaddest</b></div><div>Dorion said the Sens will be taking the best players, regardless of their position, with those two picks. And the Sens already have good D-prospects, so I don't see them going for Drysdale, though if they do, I'm not complaining. Ottawa has Jacob Bernard-Docker and Lassi Thomson, hopefully they'll be in the top 4, and they can draft other d-men later in the draft. If Byfield and Stützle are as good as scouts are saying they are, I don't see how Ottawa can miss their chance. Drysdale is really good but I don't think it's smart for Ottawa to draft a d-man so high in their draft when the forwards are too good to miss.

If anything, Ottawa might draft Rossi because he plays with the 67's and because he's more consistent. But I don't think Drysdale.</div></div>

I agree with this, the one thing lacking in Ottawa right now is top end Forward talent. We have solid D and now that they have officially signed Zub going for a D man that early just doesn't seem logical, pick two forwards in the top 5 (Wherever we land) and then if we really want a D man use the NYI pick for that. Although i could see us packaging that pick with a 2nd to move up if there is someone still on the board we like. There is no way we draft all 13 picks we have.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 12, 2020 at 1:44 p.m.
Thread: If Season Cancels
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Smithcd995</b></div><div>The season is being cancelled per a few inside sources of mine, but you didn't hear that here. Regardless you don't think the other teams would complain if they take away the lottery and just give it to the worst team? That makes no sense to me tbh.</div></div>

Now that it's official and its only suspended at this time it's safe to say everything once it gets back to business will be status quo. However a fair discussion would be the removal of the lottery and how people would complain. In the end everyone would complain. Because lets say they keep the lottery and we take any bubble team right now. They are in the playoffs today so not eligible for lottery but what if they fell out of the playoffs in those last 9-11 games then they would be eligible for the draft lottery. so If we keep the lottery Bubble teams will find it unfair because of the what ifs, so do you increase the size of the lottery to include said bubble teams? or do you just say screw it and have all 31 teams in the lottery? but then now you have 15 Teams mad because 16 Teams who were eligible now are. So thats where the thought process of simply old school format is the simplest and "fairest" and i put that in quotation because realistically no option will ever be fair to any set of teams.

BUT since the current statement is simply postponed meaning they will resume it's safe to say it's status quo and none of this matters.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 12, 2020 at 11:28 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 28, 2020 at 5:04 p.m.
Thread: Ottawa 2021 - With Lottery Luck
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ThatGuy</b></div><div>You'd trade away L. Brown to move up 20ish spots in the draft??</div></div>

As previously mentioned by Csick realistically you'd probably have to trade up to 9-12 to get Quinn but i was using the ranks on tankathon and as such it would be 20ish spots but could be upwards of 30+ spots. As it stands Logan Brown has only proven to be able to play in the AHL and seems lost in the NHL. I hope he gets another chance before the end of the year to prove us wrong but he's had ample opportunity and hasn't been able to deliver and if we pick up a Stutzle or even a Rossi/Perfetti/Byfield etc. they quite possibly all end up slotting above him and Logan brown i dont see in a bottom 6 Role and we are light on Top 6 wingers. We could move him to the wing maybe but even this seems unlikely. As said this is a less is more and moving up into a deep first round could be worth the gamble and I dont see any other players valuable enough to move up with.