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I think they wanted to give a show of confidence and get the discussion out of the way. We did it with Miller, Toronto did with Matthews. And we did not do it with Pettersson. Now we're all freaking out because of it. Sanderson probably would've been signed to an ugly bridge deal. They don't need bridge deals when they are still in a rebuild stage (although I think that stage is officially over).

I believe our repeated Suter proposals manifested into reality.

Suspected? Kapanen and GM Armstrong have already made separate statements talking about it.

One year in and he already seems like a pretty complete player. By season's end, he didn't seem to have any glaring weaknesses. He passes the numbers test and he definitely passes the eye test.

I would also like to go to Bali to get fit

Thrashers legend. Number.... 24(??) needs to be put up in the rafters of the MTS Centre.

The only people thinking this are people who don't watch Ottawa games. It's very easy to tell.

Hey at least we're not Anaheim

Chabot had a very difficult year this season - although I think he was put in difficult circumstances. I actually think his minutes dropped as the year progressed and DJ Smith began to trust Sanderson more. But for the first half of the season, Chabot was playing over half the game with Nikita Zaitsev as his primary partner. The whole situation was not conducive to his success. As for a more direct comparison, obviously Chabot is a more offensively gifted defenceman - probably one of the most underrated offensive D-men in the league, hampered by a team with weak possession. But when he went down due to injury, Sanderson took over the #1 job with excellent results. He seemed to play better with the heavier workload, putting in work on both special teams units. This is an early bet from a team trying to lock its players down early and make a legitimate rebuild in the post-Melnyk era. Technically this upcoming year is still the last year of his contract (not unlike JT Miller last year). We'll see what happens, but I think he will do great.

From what I have seen, Sanderson is a very quick decision maker with excellent vision and stickwork. It's not often you watch a rookie and be impressed by his incredible defensive skills. He will body you off into the corner. He will tie your stick up. He will be in the right place to intercept a pass. And when he re-takes possession, he can move the puck up under pressure. An incredibly sound defender who has just begun to develop his offensive game? He has already surpassed Chabot and Chychrun to become their #1 defenceman. Nobody on the Sens controls the pace of the game better than Sanderson. I believe he is only a couple years away from emerging as a Norris candidate. The deal will probably look like a steal by then.

What? No... I'm saying whoever we bring on as a PTO will make Dzingel look like a superstar... because we haven't signed anyone yet...?

You are correct. Until we find out who we bring in. Then Dzingel will look like a stud. Cory Schneider used to be Vezina calibre. If he couldn’t find a team despite putting up good numbers in Bridgeport, I feel like there's better options out there. But we could use another goalie - I'll tell you that for free.

It should be concerning that the Canucks doctors allowed multiple skaters to play most of the year with injuries requiring surgery. I am no medical professional but letting these guys play through a broken foot or a torn ACL seems pretty freakin' stupid to me.

Sanderson is a two-way defenceman. Seriously. Just watch clips of him. Point production isn't why they paid him 8M.

This is exactly what I mean about folks here - they don't watch Sens games and have no clue what they're talking about. Chychrun has played the bulk of his minutes on the right side with Chabot.

A lot of folks here suggesting he's overpaid because of his production simply haven't watched enough of him. He's an insanely good defender, always preventing high-danger scoring chances and always backchecking whenever he makes mistakes. Even if he doesn't improve and simply plateaus, Ottawa will still be okay with it. Obviously everyone expects him to do much better - a reasonable expectation. Just watch any part of this massive highlight video. He makes the right play a lot more often than not.

A gamble is a gamble. At least they have money.

1% chance Wiggins plays

Hey we need warm bodies I never mentioned signing them

We're gonna bring absolute scrubs to our training camp aren't we

Oh just wait. He actually scored a hat-trick last year which will only add to the hype. Of a tryout player.

*Veterans Crosby, Giordano, Josi, and Rantanen report to training camp scrimmages* Pittsburgh Penguins projected lineup: Unsigned prospects: Riley Heidt, Koehn Ziemmer, Cam Allen, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Scott Ratslaff, Ilya Safonov, Alex Rykov, Nikita Yevseyev, Jake Richard, Patrik Hamrla #LetsGoPens

Unless a player is absolutely mailing it in and has obviously given up on the team, I'll never fault the individual for taking the bag. I don't even resent Eriksson over that. But I think it's fair to expect more out of a $6M player. That kind of key role demands a lot more good than bad. But with Myers we get a lot more bad than good. And that's the problem - being paid $6M demands he plays a more important role on the team (ie. second pairing, special teams, just more ice-time in general), and he struggles to keep up. His contract was a red flag, where Jets fans seemed totally content losing him in free agency. It's an odd career track where he completely peaked in his first two years and has since regressed. His WAR chart is a roller coaster - ups and downs but definitely going down. He has been paid off that early promise he showed but has never lived up to it. So let me alter your statement: he has parlayed a good salary and term off what's been a pretty below-average career.

His reach gets him into penalty trouble, though. As a comparison, Zdeno Chára was always good at avoiding penalties despite being extremely slow. Even when he was in New York, a good chunk of his PIMs came from fights, and not minors.

If we put him in a PK1 role we will give up a lot of PP goals. It will be painful watching him versus an Oilers powerplay. He is an extremely weak penalty killer. More importantly, he usually spends PK time in the penalty box anyways. But as you said, it's not like we can move him easily. I would just rather limit his playing time in all situations. The more you play him, the more he will struggle.