Another Free Agency video this time focusing on the Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals and the New Jersey Devils. Oh, and little bit about the Rangers..
Sens fan here, if you watched sens throughout the year you know that chychrun was very inconsistent, took tons of minor penalties, had a horrendous +/-, and didn’t get along with tkachuk well. Would have been better playing forward for sens. Bad return still but at least Jensen is defensive and more experienced
its kind of hard to believe that Eck is truly an Oilers fan. Sam Carrick was picked up by the Oilers at the deadline with Henrique and was a major depth guy/tough guy for the latter part of the year and played in 10 playoff games. Making me feel more salty for you lumping yourself in with grieving oil fans after game 7 and not knowing nuanced stuff like that.
The Caps look great? I mean, with them being 4mil+ over the cap (not including Backstrom's LTIR money of 9.2mil) they should look good on paper… at least for now. They've got to do some major shedding of salary this off-season.
Usually enjoy your videos Eck, but I have to disagree on this one. I think Staois did the best he could and the Sens are finally making decisions that check some boxes, instead of making big splashy signings that don't fit.
We've got some sick players, but we need more veterans to show them the way and provide stability. We needed a solid top 4 RHD, and realistically non of the FAs were going to sign with us unless we overpaid, so I'm ok with Jensen.
I liked Joseph, but he kinda disappeared for the last half of the season with like 5 points in 30 games or something. Yeah not cool to see him shipped out for nothing and a 3rd, but I guess nobody wanted that contract. Now boom we signed Pinto and I think they have room to add a 6th, affordable defensman.
Like others have said, Staois is just cleaning up after Dorian.
Tired of the Sens being shit on, so hopefully they bounce back this year – LFG!!!
They had chabot, sanderson, and brannstrom on the left side when they traded for him, they never should've got him to begin with. Jensen fills a role we need rhd, veteran stay at home D. Sucks to see Joseph go but their hands were tied if they wanted to keep Pinto. I think Norris would've been the better piece to trade away but since he injured his shoulder (again) he's got zero trade value and a big cap hit. All seem like good moves to me.
I guess the question for you eck: how do you deal with having 3, top 4 LHD, and a dire need for a top 4 RHD? Staios is out here doing what he can to fix a poorly constructed team. Jensen will be a good partner for chabot, sanderson and zub were analytically one of the best D pairs in the league already. With kleven likely coming in for the last LHD spot with brannstrom gone, likely gonna need 1 more veteran, bottom pair RHD who can show him the ropes, though they also have hamonic for that(though i hope he doesnt play many games, hammer is well liked in the room and has plenty to teach a young, physical D man with a booming shot). The moves out front added more vetrans who know how to compete and add to the leadership of the group, as will ullmark, who was good even before being with boston on a bad buffalo team. I think theres genuine room for optimism here. If they can figure out how to play on the road in the western conference, this is a playoff team, and i think the moves make that a better possibility than people are giving credit for here. Now we even have a spot or two on the lineup that can be won by crookshank or ostapchuk, and a little room to sign anither vetran if need be
I think the expectation in Ottawa was that the team would magically turn around just with the change in ownership. Unfortunately, there were a few landmines left by the old and care taker ownership. And there's still cleaning up to do.
Good thing flames fans out there got sdpn and flames nation doing depth dives on their free agents snags cuz nobody else will including eck kinda disappointing and proly why im not subscribed
Eck I'm not gonna say you're wrong about the sens because obviously the season hasn't started yet and a lot of sens fans agree with you, but after two off-seasons called the summer of Pierre I'm not mad about these trades and signings by Staios. If we've learned anything from Dorion's reign its that flashy trades and signings does not equal team success. That doesn't mean the opposite is true but man I could not give a shit what popular opinion says about these moves at this point. Also personally I am not gonna miss any of the players that are gone now.
Plus maybe with expectations tempered they can go out there just play some fucking hockey. GSG
Have you ever watched Chychrun play? He's garbage defensively, and okay offensively. They are clearing cap space and needed a RHD. With Sanderson and Chabot, they have no need for a 3rd LHD. And, they would have lost him for nothing at the end of next year. The Sens had no intention of signing him to a big multi-year deal, and I guarantee anyone paying him over $6-7M will regret it. Steve is cleaning up Pierre's messes, not hard to see that. It is so obvious, yet you don't even mention it at all. What is Steve supposed to do? What moves would you recommend? I bet you also didn't like the Ullmark trade, which was a fantastic move for the Sens. Get rid of Korpi's contract (mostly!), a pick, and you get Linus for at least one year. If he doesn't resign, you are still ahead.
I got to say. As a former Ottawa fan, their lack of competence even after Melnyk's death is quite astonishing. It was nice to have them here in Binghamton as their minor league team, but after they left I stopped being a fan after realizing just how poorly run of an organization they really are. Absolutely depressing that hasn't changed.
Staios is simply cleaning up Dorion's mistakes. He had no leverage with Chychrun, who wasn't a good fit for Ottawa. Chychrun was bad defensively with a 30 rating (+/ is a pretty useless stat, but it still says something) and didn't get along well with his teammates. Ottawa gets Nick Jensen, a veteran right-shot defenseman, which is exactly what they need.
Chychrun have been a curse for the Sens. When he joined, they lost for like 8 consecutive games. It was the Mike Hoffman of 2018, they had to trade him. Steve Staios just cleaning all the issues in the team.
Lol 😂 you must be salty we got ullmark. So far we have made great decisions to improve our major issues. Also think about it this way – we got what we needed a stay at home defenseman on the right side. Chykrun was spare parts as he is a left side puck moving defenseman (we already have two in Sanderson and Chabot). Now we have 2 legit first pairs. If you don't see this as an improvement, you obviously don't know much about hockey.
You clearly don’t watch the Sens. We needed a right shot defensemen to fill the gaping whole on our right side. Secondly we have 3 left shot defensemen already so would it worth it be paying chychrun 8 million to play 3rd D pairing?
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What happens to teams like Arizona that's been bad for a long time? I think we all know. If that's not a wakeup call for Ottawa idk what will be.
L Take on the Sens. Do some research next time, Eck.
Rags are done. Let's Go Devils 😈🏒
LA IS HAVING A ASTRONOMICALLY BAD FREE AGENCY
PLEASE make a video about Philippe Myers career!! Canadian from the maritimes going to Toronto, hes a great guy very humble.
Edit: Love your channel and hope you make a video about Phil Myers career and now going to Toronto! I will show all my friends and family 😊
Sens fan here, if you watched sens throughout the year you know that chychrun was very inconsistent, took tons of minor penalties, had a horrendous +/-, and didn’t get along with tkachuk well. Would have been better playing forward for sens. Bad return still but at least Jensen is defensive and more experienced
devils for the cup 2025 with that roster, goddamn!
"Expect a video on the Trouba situation tonight or tomorrow; expect a video on the Stars free agency moves fucking never."
its kind of hard to believe that Eck is truly an Oilers fan. Sam Carrick was picked up by the Oilers at the deadline with Henrique and was a major depth guy/tough guy for the latter part of the year and played in 10 playoff games. Making me feel more salty for you lumping yourself in with grieving oil fans after game 7 and not knowing nuanced stuff like that.
The Caps look great? I mean, with them being 4mil+ over the cap (not including Backstrom's LTIR money of 9.2mil) they should look good on paper… at least for now. They've got to do some major shedding of salary this off-season.
Capitals had a really under rated free agency.
Chychrun is a trainwreck in his own end, the numbers and the eye test made that very obvious 🤷♂️
Usually enjoy your videos Eck, but I have to disagree on this one. I think Staois did the best he could and the Sens are finally making decisions that check some boxes, instead of making big splashy signings that don't fit.
We've got some sick players, but we need more veterans to show them the way and provide stability. We needed a solid top 4 RHD, and realistically non of the FAs were going to sign with us unless we overpaid, so I'm ok with Jensen.
I liked Joseph, but he kinda disappeared for the last half of the season with like 5 points in 30 games or something. Yeah not cool to see him shipped out for nothing and a 3rd, but I guess nobody wanted that contract. Now boom we signed Pinto and I think they have room to add a 6th, affordable defensman.
Like others have said, Staois is just cleaning up after Dorian.
Tired of the Sens being shit on, so hopefully they bounce back this year – LFG!!!
3:14 those are not the devils lol
All Canadian NHL Fans > Sens Fans
Everyone blames the Americans ! Well its the Canadian management.is the real reason no Canadian team has won the cup .
They had chabot, sanderson, and brannstrom on the left side when they traded for him, they never should've got him to begin with. Jensen fills a role we need rhd, veteran stay at home D. Sucks to see Joseph go but their hands were tied if they wanted to keep Pinto. I think Norris would've been the better piece to trade away but since he injured his shoulder (again) he's got zero trade value and a big cap hit. All seem like good moves to me.
Nothing about Duclair? Absolute steal of a contract
Me patiently waiting for Montour contract analysis
Suprised you didn’t talked about the 200 players that just randomly signed at Chicago like they were aiming for the playoffs
I guess the question for you eck: how do you deal with having 3, top 4 LHD, and a dire need for a top 4 RHD? Staios is out here doing what he can to fix a poorly constructed team. Jensen will be a good partner for chabot, sanderson and zub were analytically one of the best D pairs in the league already. With kleven likely coming in for the last LHD spot with brannstrom gone, likely gonna need 1 more veteran, bottom pair RHD who can show him the ropes, though they also have hamonic for that(though i hope he doesnt play many games, hammer is well liked in the room and has plenty to teach a young, physical D man with a booming shot). The moves out front added more vetrans who know how to compete and add to the leadership of the group, as will ullmark, who was good even before being with boston on a bad buffalo team. I think theres genuine room for optimism here. If they can figure out how to play on the road in the western conference, this is a playoff team, and i think the moves make that a better possibility than people are giving credit for here. Now we even have a spot or two on the lineup that can be won by crookshank or ostapchuk, and a little room to sign anither vetran if need be
This guy doesnt know what hes talking about. Staois is cleaning up a mess and adding vet presence. Sounds like a Leafs homer.
Eck did you even notice the Brent Pesci pun/ They got their big fish in Pesci…Pesci means Fish in Italian
At least do some research before making the vid. Everything was just not right about Sens
Could you bring up the nick smachtz arizona to Chicago
Ecks clearly doesn't follow the sens.. your ignorance is really starting to annoy me.
Kraken?
I think the expectation in Ottawa was that the team would magically turn around just with the change in ownership. Unfortunately, there were a few landmines left by the old and care taker ownership. And there's still cleaning up to do.
Hey I would love a video on ur thoughts on wether the flames are going into a rebuild or are trying to go into one without publicly announcing it
Chychrun had a -30 +/- for the Sens. They need a much more defensive minded team than Chychrun
Good thing flames fans out there got sdpn and flames nation doing depth dives on their free agents snags cuz nobody else will including eck kinda disappointing and proly why im not subscribed
Can we get more look and dive in to the moves Utah has made??
Eck I'm not gonna say you're wrong about the sens because obviously the season hasn't started yet and a lot of sens fans agree with you, but after two off-seasons called the summer of Pierre I'm not mad about these trades and signings by Staios. If we've learned anything from Dorion's reign its that flashy trades and signings does not equal team success. That doesn't mean the opposite is true but man I could not give a shit what popular opinion says about these moves at this point. Also personally I am not gonna miss any of the players that are gone now.
Plus maybe with expectations tempered they can go out there just play some fucking hockey. GSG
No all-star goalie available to the devils? Did they not trade for Markstorm? They already have an all-star goalie
Thoughts on duclair to isles
Have you ever watched Chychrun play? He's garbage defensively, and okay offensively. They are clearing cap space and needed a RHD. With Sanderson and Chabot, they have no need for a 3rd LHD. And, they would have lost him for nothing at the end of next year. The Sens had no intention of signing him to a big multi-year deal, and I guarantee anyone paying him over $6-7M will regret it. Steve is cleaning up Pierre's messes, not hard to see that. It is so obvious, yet you don't even mention it at all. What is Steve supposed to do? What moves would you recommend? I bet you also didn't like the Ullmark trade, which was a fantastic move for the Sens. Get rid of Korpi's contract (mostly!), a pick, and you get Linus for at least one year. If he doesn't resign, you are still ahead.
Sens will never succeed….cripes
It nuts
Glad you can finally use tap water again man
the craziest part of free agency this year is that Jeremy Swayman still hasn't signed a contract
if the Bruins lose him I'm ordering a hit on Don Sweeney
I got to say. As a former Ottawa fan, their lack of competence even after Melnyk's death is quite astonishing. It was nice to have them here in Binghamton as their minor league team, but after they left I stopped being a fan after realizing just how poorly run of an organization they really are. Absolutely depressing that hasn't changed.
Staios is simply cleaning up Dorion's mistakes. He had no leverage with Chychrun, who wasn't a good fit for Ottawa. Chychrun was bad defensively with a
30 rating (+/is a pretty useless stat, but it still says something) and didn't get along well with his teammates. Ottawa gets Nick Jensen, a veteran right-shot defenseman, which is exactly what they need.Chychrun have been a curse for the Sens. When he joined, they lost for like 8 consecutive games. It was the Mike Hoffman of 2018, they had to trade him. Steve Staios just cleaning all the issues in the team.
I honestly can’t remember if u talked abt ullmark yet
Lol 😂 you must be salty we got ullmark. So far we have made great decisions to improve our major issues. Also think about it this way – we got what we needed a stay at home defenseman on the right side. Chykrun was spare parts as he is a left side puck moving defenseman (we already have two in Sanderson and Chabot). Now we have 2 legit first pairs. If you don't see this as an improvement, you obviously don't know much about hockey.
You clearly don’t watch the Sens. We needed a right shot defensemen to fill the gaping whole on our right side. Secondly we have 3 left shot defensemen already so would it worth it be paying chychrun 8 million to play 3rd D pairing?
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