Elie grew up about an hour and 15 minutes from Ottawa and an hour and a half from Montreal. Maybe he just grew up hating Buffalo and has no desire to play here. He's probably hoping to get awarded a deal that the team doesn't like and they buy him out.

Paul Fenton fired as Wild GM. Interesting timing.....

Trade was made because insurance will pay most of Callahan’s contract.

Will/Can Ottawa not put him on LTIR and just use the cap hit to get to the floor and he is just the “13th forward”

Wonder how that would affect insurance payouts.
- ImThatGuy

You don't use LTIR unless you absolutely have to. There are serious downsides to using it. Ottawa will just put him on IR, and like you said, 'enjoy' the (nearly?) cost free cap hit.

The only part I do not like in the sens Tampa deal is that the sens didn’t get anything in return. No value at all.

Atleast the hurricanes got value for Marleau. So it felt like the leafs paid to get the cap relief

The sens got nothing
- Sabretooth9

Sens add $3.4m in cap space, however with insurance picking up 80% of Callahan's salary they will actually only be on the hook for $940k. Condon was due to make $3m in salary. So adding cap but saving $2m in actual salary does have a significant value for a cheapskate like Melnyk.

All numbers from Steve Lloyd at TSN

Sens add $3.4m in cap space, however with insurance picking up 80% of Callahan's salary they will actually only be on the hook for $940k. Condon was due to make $3m in salary. So adding cap but saving $2m in actual salary does have a significant value for a cheapskate like Melnyk.

All numbers from Steve Lloyd at TSN
- adambuffalo

what the hell is Condon making $3mil for?

Paul Fenton fired as Wild GM. Interesting timing.....
- Lilroot9

I follow the wild somewhat closely as my favorite WC team. I thought at the time that it was a mistake to fire Fletcher. Yes, he botched the expansion draft, but he was a pretty solid GM for them overall. You could even argue that keeping Staal was more important to them than keeping Tuch/Haula. Yes, that is a bit of a stretch.

Fenton has been a disaster

Absolutely no vision there

My speculation as to "why now" would be that either he wants to trade Parise and they won't let him, or he doesn't want to trade Parise and ownership does. Or his terrible trade history just sunk in with the owner

I follow the wild somewhat closely as my favorite WC team. I thought at the time that it was a mistake to fire Fletcher. Yes, he botched the expansion draft, but he was a pretty solid GM for them overall. You could even argue that keeping Staal was more important to them than keeping Tuch/Haula. Yes, that is a bit of a stretch.

Fenton has been a disaster

Absolutely no vision there

My speculation as to "why now" would be that either he wants to trade Parise and they won't let him, or he doesn't want to trade Parise and ownership does. Or his terrible trade history just sunk in with the owner
- jcragcrumple

Theres an interview with Parise in the athletic where he talks about how his time is running out and the wild simply not being that good. Wonder if that had anything to do with it?

I follow the wild somewhat closely as my favorite WC team. I thought at the time that it was a mistake to fire Fletcher. Yes, he botched the expansion draft, but he was a pretty solid GM for them overall. You could even argue that keeping Staal was more important to them than keeping Tuch/Haula. Yes, that is a bit of a stretch.

Fenton has been a disaster

Absolutely no vision there

My speculation as to "why now" would be that either he wants to trade Parise and they won't let him, or he doesn't want to trade Parise and ownership does. Or his terrible trade history just sunk in with the owner
- jcragcrumple

Would have to be something major to earn getting fired in 14 months lol.

I follow the wild somewhat closely as my favorite WC team. I thought at the time that it was a mistake to fire Fletcher. Yes, he botched the expansion draft, but he was a pretty solid GM for them overall. You could even argue that keeping Staal was more important to them than keeping Tuch/Haula. Yes, that is a bit of a stretch.

Fenton has been a disaster

Absolutely no vision there

My speculation as to "why now" would be that either he wants to trade Parise and they won't let him, or he doesn't want to trade Parise and ownership does. Or his terrible trade history just sunk in with the owner
- jcragcrumple

Good thoughts. Parise is probably the most untradeable contract in the league right now. My guess is he wants to rebuild and ownership does not. That should have been ironed out when they hired him - that was a team going nowhere.

Theres an interview with Parise in the athletic where he talks about how his time is running out and the wild simply not being that good. Wonder if that had anything to do with it?
- seedy

Yeah, as the owner, when the guy you paid $100 million says "we suck and I wouldn't mind moving on," something is going to happen

I follow the wild somewhat closely as my favorite WC team. I thought at the time that it was a mistake to fire Fletcher. Yes, he botched the expansion draft, but he was a pretty solid GM for them overall. You could even argue that keeping Staal was more important to them than keeping Tuch/Haula. Yes, that is a bit of a stretch.

Fenton has been a disaster

Absolutely no vision there

My speculation as to "why now" would be that either he wants to trade Parise and they won't let him, or he doesn't want to trade Parise and ownership does. Or his terrible trade history just sunk in with the owner
- jcragcrumple

55 + 3 = 28 + 85

Then

Add 51 for 4/24

55 + 3 = 28 + 85

Then

Add 51 for 4/24
- Beezer33

68=you do me and I owe you 1

Yeah, as the owner, when the guy you paid $100 million says "we suck and I wouldn't mind moving on," something is going to happen
- jcragcrumple

Okposo for Sutter

55 + 3 = 28 + 85

Then

Add 51 for 4/24
- Beezer33

On two, Break!

Some picks were involved also.
- jochfr

Callahan’s real $$$ owed this year is 4.7mil
Condon’s is 3.0mil

So for paying the extra 1.7mil,
Ottawa basically trades up from early in the 6th round to late in the 5th

For a team like Ottawa that doesn’t wanna spend $$$, that’s a pretty crappy deal

Botts should be on the phone about Sobatka

Callahan’s real $$$ owed this year is 4.7mil
Condon’s is 3.0mil

So for paying the extra 1.7mil,
Ottawa basically trades up from early in the 6th round to late in the 5th

For a team like Ottawa that doesn’t wanna spend $$$, that’s a pretty crappy deal

Botts should be on the phone about Sobatka
- jdfitz77

"insurance will pick up 80% of that, which means the Sens will be on the hook for around $940,000."

Callahan’s real $$$ owed this year is 4.7mil
Condon’s is 3.0mil

So for paying the extra 1.7mil,
Ottawa basically trades up from early in the 6th round to late in the 5th

For a team like Ottawa that doesn’t wanna spend $$$, that’s a pretty crappy deal

Botts should be on the phone about Sobatka
- jdfitz77

80% of Callahan’s deal is paid by insurance so Ottawa is paying like 940k and taking on a big cap number to hit the floor.

Ottawa did Tampa a huge solid.

Douche move.
- buffalofan19

In all circumstances.

Sens add $3.4m in cap space, however with insurance picking up 80% of Callahan's salary they will actually only be on the hook for $940k. Condon was due to make $3m in salary. So adding cap but saving $2m in actual salary does have a significant value for a cheapskate like Melnyk.

All numbers from Steve Lloyd at TSN
- adambuffalo

Ok... this makes much more sense now

Totally understandable trade from Ottawa’s POV to save the actual dollars paid out
And Tampa can bury most of Condon’s Cap hit

80% of Callahan’s deal is paid by insurance so Ottawa is paying like 940k and taking on a big cap number to hit the floor.

Ottawa did Tampa a huge solid.
- dadeadhead

And they're not paying Condon's $3m, so they save $2.06m

Ok... this makes much more sense now

Totally understandable trade from Ottawa’s POV to save the actual dollars paid out
And Tampa can bury most of Condon’s Cap hit
- jdfitz77

Looks like they’re burring 1.3ish.

80% of Callahan’s deal is paid by insurance so Ottawa is paying like 940k and taking on a big cap number to hit the floor.

Ottawa did Tampa a huge solid.
- dadeadhead

I didn’t realize at first about Insurance coving his salary

Makes way more sense now

Still feel like Ottawa could’ve done better than just moving up 5-10spots late in the draft though

55 + 3 = 28 + 85

Then

Add 51 for 4/24
- Beezer33

In English .... where you going with this?

And they're not paying Condon's $3m, so they save $2.06m
- turbo044

Unless Ottawa retained salary Tampa is on the hook for the full 3 mil in actual dollars.

Per cap friendly they are burring 1.075 mil of his 2.4 cap hit.