Ottawa's offseason has been very bad so far:
- Lose Methot to the expansion draft and watch as Dallas acquires him for a 2020 2nd round pick.
- sign a mediocre 4th line C for 1.65M/year
- 3 years @ 2.4 for Condon
- the optics of Alfredsson leaving the team again
I hate Eugene Melnyk.
Guys, last year the 14-man thing was only for the cut-down after unlimited farms in the offseason. There was a 12-man limit post-draft. That's not changing this year.
There would be no reason to force a team with 14 prospects to cut down to 12, just to draft two more to get back to 14. It's the same as last year: 12 through to the offseason, then unlimited rosters, then flexibility for the March cutdown.
Makes sense. I think I'll probably just keep him. I might be overly optimistic, but I think I can make the jump to contender for back-end playoff spot next year if I can find a couple of starters in the offseason.