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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
That Senators deal is pretty terrible for Calgary, especially if that piece coming back is Norris. He just had his 3rd surgery on the same shoulder, and he certainly hasn't proven to be an 8M dollar player when healthy either.
It's amazing just how much people overrate draft picks.
Alex Debrincat returned the 7th overall pick, a 2nd, and a 3rd as a undersized one dimensional goal scorer. Yes, he was an RFA, but really only had two years of team control. Rasmus Andersson alone is worth a top 10 pick by himself with potential adds depending on where that pick is slotted.
Additionally Blake Coleman at under 3M is a vastly valuable piece that many teams would pay through the nose for.
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Ottawa is under unbelievable pressure to win next year. They are the team that moved the 7th overall pick. That 5th overall pick has almost no value for them because by the time that pick contributes Tkachuk will be getting traded for futures. The right side of their defence is horrific, might be the worst in the league, definitely bottom five. They will be upgrading that positon this offseason.
Current UFA right handed shot dmen options for them are
Tanev
Barrie
Myers
Montour
Demalo
Walker
Pesce
The rest are absolute garbage. The only names on that list that really move the needle for them are probably Tanev and Montour.
The Sens have 12 million dollars to sign the following players before they try to fix the right side via UFA or trade market
Pinto
Brannstrom
Parker Kelly
If they want to sign those 3 players that takes up 7 million of the space. So that leaves them about 5 million bucks to sign 3-4 more players including hopefully Tanev or Montour.
Strongly suspect the Sens try to trade for a right shot RD this summer. Also suspect they do not want to move any of their forwards outside of Greig and Pinto. They also need to create salary room or move a guy that would cost salary room in the trade. Only other logical option they have is to find a team that would trade Chychrun straight up for a right shot RD or trade Chychrun for a bunch of prospects/futures and hope that those are good enough to get a right shot RD.
I would be surprised if the Sens place a huge value on the 5th overall pick at this point in time if it allows them to get a top 4 RD. They have traded their last two first round picks and are definitely on the verge of having a significant drop in attendance. People cannot give away Sens tickets these days, just got offered two to see the Oilers but said no because I had other plans for Sunday and had no desire to see the Oilers pound them 5-2.
Long rant to basically agree with you, I think the Sens would consider Rasmus straight up for the 5th overall pick and then try to move Chychrun for cost controlled pieces.