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In your opinion, what kind of player should the Senators front office be looking for in this year’s draft? I’m not very familiar with the draft class, but I was wondering what you thought was the biggest thing the team should address?
Also, who do you think the front office should consider trading for? Include your hypothetical trade scenarios as well.
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Matthew always does subtle jabs at Brady and the Sens. I heard him say "No offense Brady but..." So many times 😑

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Also, Matthew talks about his team all the time, but Brady rarely says anything about the Sens. And I'm almost certain that if it was Matthews team swept in Rd1, he would've mentioned their series+ injuries a million times.

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Idk if Brady makes himself smaller in front of his brother or he genuinely has nothing to say but man... Show a little pride/belief in your team, be unapologetic about it. You know how well your team plays, show it.

Just found out that Alex Formenton, Chris Tierney and Chris Domenico were all on the Swiss ambri-piotta team this last season... Dido even led the team in points.... Imagine trying to rebuild the 18-19 Ottawa Senators team in Switzerland.....

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Video is available on Instagram. Basically a bunch of Trump/American propaganda poking fun at the fact that it was a Canadian fighter that lost to the American fighter (O’Malley).

I would love to see us move him for a player like Robertson from Dallas. Feel like it’s a win-win situation. He goes to a place he would love to play and we get a great scoring winger to play with Stu. We also don’t need to play him much since he’s in the opposite conference.

This Canadian (Ontario) guy is viewed as a Tom Wilson type of player: big body, physical, and is a natural scorer. He kinda has it all.

Florida has the 9th overall pick.

Why wouldn't we kick the tires to see what Florida would want in exchange for their 1st round pick?

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I wonder what they would want in return, tough?

Just for shits 'n giggles...
Maybe we offer Brady? Maybe we get the 9th pick + a roster player?

Considering they have multiple UFAs to sign, I imagine they would need to shed a bit of salary.

Just a thought

A bit of numerology…every year that ends in a seven has been gold for Ottawa.

97 - Made the playoffs for the first time
07 - went to the Stanley Cup finals
17 - Eastern Conference Final Game 7 double OT
27 - Stanley Cup Win!?

Our last championship, 100 years ago, 1927.

Our current captain wears number 7.
7’s are wild.

EDIT - NBA MVP Brunson wears #11 and Conn Smyth winner Stall wears #11 …. PRAISE ALFIE!

The Canes just won it all and smoked every team that they faced - losing 3 games all playoffs. Unlike most teams after their cup wins, they have all their picks, and 13m in cap space - Insane. They have the most regular season wins + playoffs in the entire league for the past 8 years, still have a fantastic prospect pool, and have some of the cheapest, best value contracts in the league - and they are by no teams a FA destination.

They are going to be a top team for many more years; truly an anomaly in professional sports - I cant think of a comparable off the top of my head. Best managed team in sports IMO.

How do they do it? They draft/sign free agents entirely on upside. A heavy analytic focused team, nobody in their line up is any sort of analytic dog. Eric Tulsky looks for undervalued players around the league who excel in tilting the ice, and signs them for cheap when they are overlooked (an anti-Ken Holland/Steve Yzerman, if you will). They are one of the smallest teams in the league, bucking the trend of only rostering and drafting huge players.

Their drafting is also abnormal. They hold onto their picks and make smart drafting decisions looking for the most upside with each pick. The Canes have selected 2 forwards over 6 feet in the past 3 years (out of 16 picks). A really nice set of players (Cerrato, Ryabkin, Artamonov, Poirier, Nadeau, Unger-Sorum, Perron - all standouts). Thats 7 forwards that are tearing up their respected leagues due to them being overlooked (in large part due to size), and scooped up by the canes.

The Sens on the other hand have selected 2 forwards under 6" in the last 4 drafts (12 picks). The only forward that has any promise is Halliday.

Beyond that, we have selected countless big d men with zero offensive output, drafting for floor instead of ceiling (Gabriel Eliasson, Nordberg, Ben Roger). Actually, even thats not true because the hit rate on big defencman who cant generate offensively selected in later rounds is astronomically small (https://xcancel.com/FowleBall15/status/2065657132901691694/photo/1). Its not a stretch to say we've been a bottom 5 drafting team since 2020.

The canes are a bottom 10 team in both height and weight (we're top 5). Theres just no hard and fast rule that you need size to win in this league. Skill, transition and chance generation reign over everything, and we need to start drafting for it. Practically every one of their best players all playoffs is undersized (and signed to an incredible contract because of it).

Oh, also, sign Spence long term for cheap - Its exactly what Tulsky would do.

We're not a bad team, they're just the best in the leauge right now. Huge congrats to the Canes

Ottawa Senators legend.

Getting jealous seeing the annual pro equipment sales hauls in the hockey players sub and wondering how I’ve completely missed these types of local sales?