Dzingel turns down a five-year offer … Suitors for Stone
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion is asking fans to be patient.
Forward Ryan Dzingel has turned down a five-year contract extension worth more than $20 million.
The Senators have been listening to trade offers on Mark Stone for the past 10 days and more so after Stone rejected their eight-year offer on Thursday. The doors are not completely shut on him though, but highly unlikely.
There are probably seven or eight teams that would be serious contenders.
The Winnipeg Jets, Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning are among the teams that have called the Senators.
The asking price is higher than Matt Duchene‘s first-round pick, conditional pick for re-signing, and two prospects – a high-end prospect likely needed.
The Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks are looking at Dzingel.
League executives are saying the Senators want a high-end prospect or first-round pick for Dzingel. If the Senators can’t get the first, they could look for two assets.
Bob McKenzie: “It is, at best, a long shot — in order for it to happen Eugene Melnyk would have to step up the club offer and Mark Stone would have to be fully prepared to do what he hasn’t done so far (commit) — but it’s worth noting the door to re-signing him in OTT has not been locked shut.”
Bob McKenzie: Dorion’s primary focus is trading Stone. Serious suitors include the Jets, Predators, Flames, and Bruins. Teams complaining prices too high.
Bob McKenzie: Some who may feel they’ve been priced out of Stone could act quickly on the secondary market of Mats Zuccarello or Marcus Johansson.
Top 50 NHL trade candidates
TSN: TSN trade bait board
1. Mark Stone – right wing
2. Artemi Panarin – left wing
3. Wayne Simmonds – right wing
4. Winnipeg Jets 1st round pick
5. Kevin Hayes – center
6. Mats Zuccarello – right wing
7. Ryan Dzingel – left wing
8. Gustav Nyquist – right wing
9. Marcus Johansson – left wing
10. Jimmy Howard – goaltender
11. Jack Roslovic – center/right wing
12. Adam McQuaid – right defense
13. Micheal Ferland – left wing
14. Dougie Hamilton – right wing
15. Sergei Bobrovsky – goaltender
16. Josh Ho-Sang – right wing
17. Mike Hoffman – right wing
18. Adam Henrique – center
19. Alexander Wennberg – center
20. Jonathan Huberdeau – left wing
21. Eeli Tolvanen – right wing
22. Artem Anisimov – center
23. Derick Brassard – center
24. Cody Ceci – right defense
25. Alec Martinez – right defense
26. Jason Zucker – left wing
27. Jeff Carter – center
28. Brett Pesce – right defense
29. Luke Glendening – center
30. Alex Chiasson – right wing
31. Andre Burakovsky – left wing
32. Eric Staal – center
33. Justin Faulk – right defense
34. Ryan Callahan – right wing
35. Chris Kreider – left wing
36. Alex Steen – left wing
37. Markus Granlund – center
38. Patrik Nemeth – left defense
39. Michael Del Zotto – left defense
40. Vladimir Namestnikov – left defense
41. Nikolay Goldobin – left wing
42. Jesse Puljujarvi – right wing
43. Mikkel Boedker – left wing
44. Tobias Rieder – left wing
45. Alex Petrovic – right wing
46. Nathan Beaulieu – left defense
47. Bogdan Kiselevich – left defense
48. Andreas Johnsson – left wing
49. Kasperi Kapanen – right wing
50. Jeff Skinner – left wing