[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Out of our players rumoured on the market here is who i have heard has interest.
I have listed them as serious interest as there is a lot of smoke there, and have inquired which means I have heard those teams have touched base but I don't know how serious they are.

Markstrom:

Serious interest: New Jersey, Los Angeles, Carolina

Have inquired: Colorado, Toronto

Vladar:

Have inquired: Flyers

Hanifin:

Serious Interest: Arizona, Boston, Tampa Bay

Have Inquired: Buffalo, Dallas, Detroit, Florida, New Jersey, NYR, Toronto, Vancouver, Vegas

Tanev:

Serious Interest: Dallas, Ottawa (wtf), Toronto, Vancouver, Vegas

Have Inquired: Colorado, Edmonton (haha!), Florida, LA, New Jersey, NYR, Pitts.


Make of it what you will.

Ottawa never ever gets the top free agent signings. Them targeting Tanev makes total sense to me. They need a quality veteran dman to teach their young studs on the backend the ropes. I could see them trading for Tanev and then trading one of Chabot or Chychrun for help in other areas they feel they need help in. They have almost nothing on the right side so it is a positional weakness as well.

Living out here, that is all they talk about on sports radio, that they have the pieces but something is not connecting. I think the conclusion is the backend and the imbalance. If they could do a sign and trade I don’t think they would have a problem giving up a Ridley Greig. Given how well Pinto has played since he has returned I doubt he is on the table. Not sure if they would want to do Greig straight up but right now he is slotted in to be a 3rd line center for a long time in Ottawa and is one of their trade pieces that could get them a decent dman.