Methot? He's big, tough, and perhaps too expensive for the Sens @ $4.9M for 2 more years considering he does not provide any offense. Acquiring Methot would move Brodie back to the right side though, which the club has said they don't want to do.
Lazar? Once highly touted, and now only has 1 assist in 29 games. Right shooting C, RW. I don't think he'd cost very much... the way he's stalling and his age, it seems similar to what happened with Baertschi here.
Pageau? 24yo, right shooting C, and while he only has 19 points this season, he did have 43 points last year. He seems undersized for a C though @ 5'10''. Does anyone watch the Sens much? Does Pageau also play RW? Needs a new contract after this season.
I don't believe there is any circumstance where we acquire Ryan. He may not even reach 40 points this season, and is still under contract for 5 more years @ $7.25M.
All of this Sens scouting is actually quite confusing. They've got a good hold on a playoff spot, and so I think they'd rather trade any RFAs in summer. As for pending UFAs, they've really only got Neil and Wingels, and they would never move a player like Neil right before playoffs.
So I guess that leaves Wingels?
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