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Forum: NHL TradesNov. 30, 2022 at 12:25 p.m.
Thread: (OTT / NYR) - Brassard for Zibanejad
The Senators were bridging all their players at this time. I suspect they were trying to win before 2018-19 when many of their key RFA deals would expire. If they did not make this trade, Zibanejad leaves as a UFA. He didn't breakout as a superstar until what would have been his final season under contract with the Senators. That same season, the Senators received a 1st round pick and two B/C type prospects for Matt Duchene. Matt Duchene was on pace for nearly 100 points. It is unlikely that Zibanejad would have returned much more than that.

Ultimately, it is astounding that the Senators were in such a bad spot due to Melnyk's budget that trading away Zibanejad before he broke out wouldn't have changed things one bit. The odds of the Senators signing him to the same mid-term extension the Rangers did was pretty low. He would have been gone as a UFA anyways. The same as Stone, Karlsson, Hoffman, Duchene, etc.
Forum: NHL TradesNov. 26, 2022 at 10:31 a.m.
Thread: (OTT / NYR) - Brassard for Zibanejad
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>carbonxe</b></div><div>I love coming back to this trade and wondering who the 9 people are who not only thought this wasn't one of the worst trades of all time, but thought Ottawa won the trade.</div></div>

I don’t think this ever looked like a good trade for Ottawa, especially with the draft picks included (I had forgotten about that – I remembered it as one-for-one), but if you look at what the two players had done up to that point, and the fact that Ottawa’s management still thought they had a chance to be a contender (apparently they were right about that, for one year), it doesn’t look as lopsided as it does today. Even so, when you consider his age and the upward trajectory that Zibanejad was on, it didn’t seem to make sense to let him go for a guy six years older. The only motivation I could think of for Ottawa was that Brassard was signed for 3 more years, but even if Zibanejad wanted out, they could have got two more years out of him before he could walk.
Forum: NHL SigningsMay 7 at 8:55 p.m.
Thread: Carolina Hurricanes signed Joel Nyström (2 Years / $925,000 AAV)
Very smooth skating defenseman, and has such a elite shot, and is yet another right-handed dman to get signed. He has a euro clause, which isn't surprising since he already signed a 2 year extension (through 25-26), with Farjestad BK, and he should come over to NA in the 25-26 season. He's not the biggest dmen at 5'11", but he skates so well, and got first pairing RD minutes most of the season in the SHL. Improved his point totals, and did good in the Champions league, not bad for a 7th round pick that was an overager. Should be in NA for the 25-26 as a 23 year old, and might not take him long to reach the NHL, we'll have to see. Also his rights were set to expire in June 2025, so despite us burning a year of his contract (pretty much), good to have him signed already before then.
Forum: NHL SigningsApr. 25 at 1:08 p.m.
Thread: Chicago Blackhawks signed Alex Vlasic (6 Years / $4,600,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ste_Catherine_Street</b></div><div>Be my guest, by all means 😊
At 100 games played dmen are still developing. We'll see.</div></div>

You do realize that he played the #1LD role the entire season and ended with playing 25 min a game and had the highest DPS on the team including veterans like Seth Jones and Connor Murphy. They eye test proved it too. Went up against the hardest opponent's night in night out and he played well.

Let's rephrase this from the MTL perspective. How pissed off were you when Caufield got his contract? He had what...120 games under his belt vs 97. They're both 2019 draftees. Being a defensive Dman is effort based, where scoring can be hit or miss. $4.6M per when the cap is increasing the way it will be is amazing.
Forum: NHL SigningsApr. 25 at 1:05 p.m.
Thread: Chicago Blackhawks signed Alex Vlasic (6 Years / $4,600,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ste_Catherine_Street</b></div><div>I respectfully disagree with everyone saying this is a good contract. He's played less than 100 games. 6 years 4.5M is crazy risky.
What was the rush to sign him long-term???? Sorry but this guy is a 3rd pairing dman. Hate the risk to this.</div></div>

I mean, look at players like John Marino, Mikey Anderson, Rasmus Andersson, Jakob Chychrun, Brett Pesce, Mattias Samuelsson, etc all have gotten this type of deal and excelled, Nikita Zaitsev is about the only player who has gotten this type of contract and not done well. Vlasic had a really good year and Chicago has all the cap space in the world, when they'll be competing, they'll be glad to have a solid top 4D under 5mil