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Claude Giroux To Sign With Ottawa Senators

July 13, 2022 at 12:53 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson 10 Comments

12:53 pm: The team has indeed signed Giroux to a three-year deal worth $19.5MM in total. Giroux will earn $7MM in the first two years of the deal and $5.5MM in year 3.

11:03 am: TSN’s Pierre LeBrun is reporting that the Ottawa Senators have signed veteran forward Claude Giroux to a three-year contract carrying a cap hit of $6.5MM.

Giroux, 34, had never played for an NHL team other than the Philadelphia Flyers before this season. A deadline deal, one that was highly influenced by his no-movement clause, took him to the Florida Panthers, where he managed to show he can still be a top-end offensive player. With the goal-happy Panthers, he scored 23 points in 18 games down the stretch and then was still effective in the playoffs, even if Florida’s offense dried up in other areas.

Now, as he enters free agency, it isn’t a return to Philadelphia but a homecoming of another sort. Though originally from Hearst, Giroux and his family moved to Ottawa when he was still just a teenager, giving him the chance to go to high school in the area and play high-level minor hockey. Originally passed over in the OHL draft, he would eventually find himself joining the QMJHL’s Gatineau Olympiques, just across the river. In three seasons for Gatineau, he recorded 399 points, including a franchise-record 51 in 19 playoff games during the 2007-08 season.

His No. 28 is now retired by the Olympiques, and if the deal with Ottawa is completed, he’ll get a chance to wear it in front of the home crowd once again (if Connor Brown will give it up, at least).

Though he isn’t the MVP-caliber player of his youth, Giroux’s addition to the Senators lineup would be substantial. He and DeBrincat instantly legitimize a forward group that was previously considered young, talented, but unproven, and make them a force to be reckoned with. While there are still holes on the roster, Ottawa is making a case as a real contender in the Atlantic Division.

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  1. MoneyBallJustWorks

    3 years ago

    geez 6.5 million. ses like a lot for a guy on the downside

    Reply
  2. ChadO

    3 years ago

    Cup baby!!!! I thought he wanted to win a Stanley Cup? I guess money is more important.

    Reply
  3. MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

    3 years ago

    Veteran leadership deal. I hope “G” likes accumulating losses like an elephant goes through peanuts. It’s a bit of a shame he has to go for a $-grab, instead of getting a respectable offer from a potential contender.

    Reply
  4. imindless

    3 years ago

    All this to miss playoffs and send off all these contracts for salary relief next offseason lol

    Reply
  5. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    Well I hope he’s happy back home. :(

    Reply
  6. Bucky76

    3 years ago

    Brady will be happy could be 90 pt guy playing with Giroux…

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    • Grocery stick

      3 years ago

      Should be intersting to see him playing alongside Giroux and maybe even ADB on right wing. Was always wondering how he might fare with elite teammates.

      Not too sure about the lines, though. Would make sense to play Giroux and Stutzle together, switching wing and center when necessary.

      Reply
    • jdgoat

      3 years ago

      Obviously a lot could change in camp but i’d be surprised if they broke up the current top line which was very good last season.

      Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson
      Debrincat-Stutzle-Giroux
      Formenton-Pinto-Jospeh

      Add a true top four defenceman to pair with Sanderson and the playoffs might not only be in reach, but actually expected.

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    • CluHaywood

      3 years ago

      It’s just Cat. And he could play with a pylon (and did) and will put in 30 easy.

      Reply
  7. 66TheNumberOfTheBest

    3 years ago

    Not the biggest Klingberg fan, but if the Sens can grab him, I think they might be a playoff team next year.

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