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Senators Shopping Mathieu Joseph

June 8, 2024 at 10:59 am CDT | by Brian La Rose 4 Comments

This time a year ago, there was some speculation about Mathieu Joseph’s future with the Senators.  The team had limited cap room and needed to make some additions to the roster while keeping enough money to re-sign Shane Pinto which made Joseph a potential candidate to be moved.  As it turns out, that didn’t need to happen and they managed to stay cap-compliant throughout the year.

Fast forward to today and not a lot has evidently changed.  The Sens have some cap flexibility but need to re-sign Pinto again to a considerably pricier deal and once that’s done, they might not have enough left to add a key piece to their roster.  Accordingly, Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch reports that Ottawa is trying to move Joseph before the draft begins on June 28th.

The 27-year-old is coming off a solid showing this season after struggling mightily in 2022-23, his first full season with the team.  Joseph notched 11 goals and 24 assists in 72 games, setting new career highs in assists and points along the way.  He was rewarded with a boost in playing time, going up to 16:28 per night while seeing action on both special teams units.

On the surface, this doesn’t seem like the type of player Ottawa should be trading.  However, Joseph has two years left on a contract that carries a $2.95MM AAV.  That is on the pricey end for a role player and if they could find a way to move him and have a lower-cost piece take his place, that might give GM Steve Staios enough extra flexibility to try to add an impact free agent.

Of course, the rest of the league knows that Joseph’s contract is a bit on the high side and with many other teams looking to try to make some splashes this summer, quite a few will be looking to save their cap room for those moves later in the offseason so the market for Joseph might not be particularly strong.  That said, Ottawa should have a better chance to move him now coming off a career year compared to the three-goal, 18-point performance he put up in 2022-23.  Will that be enough to find a trade fit by the draft this time around?  We’ll find out the answer to that within the next few weeks.

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  1. dano62

    1 year ago

    If he was Swedish I’d say Vancouver would be on him as a Dakota replacement but…

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  2. Nha Trang

    1 year ago

    $3 MM isn’t that pricey for a good middle-sixer. If he can be counted on for 35 points, well and good. (By contrast, 35 pts is Pinto’s career high as well.)

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    • cbrookhouzen

      1 year ago

      He can’t be counted on for 35 points as he has only hit that total once in his career and that’s due to increased ice time. Joseph is a phenomenal skater with stone hands.

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  3. tampadelphia

    1 year ago

    Joseph had a good season. He’s always been fast but this year he showed a bit more game. I like him but that contract is a little pricey unless he can duplicate what he did this year.

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