Noodles is the only one on OverDrive who actually watches Sens games (he does the colour commentary for broadcasts), and not surprisingly, is the only one who actually knows how crazy good Sanderson is. On a Sens team with both Chabot and Chychrun, Sanderson (as a ROOKIE) was arguably the teams best dman by the end of last season. The hate from Hayes is literally just jealousy that the Sens don't have to pay double digit AAV's to keep their star players happy. Even O-DOG is trying to hate ("what if your core doesn't do anything" 🤣 oh the irony!), but as a former player, even he acknowledges that Sanderson is the real deal. Hayes is unironically sitting there complaining about a big pay day for player saying he hasn't earned it because he hasn't been in the playoffs, but spent all summer saying Matthews deserved ~14m x 8 years despite disappearing in the playoffs every damn year 😂😂

I really enjoy the Noodles show featuring a couple leafs fans. Great work Jamie.

Bro hayes hates the sens so much it’s so funny

What if the core doesn’t win anything…says Toronto media who’s core has done absolutely nothing and stroked off Mathews 13.5 million as it forces nylander to walk 😂

Hayes just salty his beloved Leafs stars don't take team friendly deals.. I bet he said the Stutzle extension was too much too soon last year too

classic Toronto fans...Ottawa doesn't need more "high end" players. They have incredible players that they can build around. A well balanced roster is so much more reliable than paying over $50 million to 5 players. I personally think Carolina is looking super scary this year and take a look at their roster and payroll and their culture. They clearly have players that prioritize winning and the team over an extra million bucks here and there.... Sincerely - Devils fan

I'm going to thoroughly enjoy watching both the Sabres and Sens destroy the Leafs for years to come.

Hayes is a plug… sens already have cap issues

The ones who shit on this contract have never seen him play

When someone says Sanderson hasn't proven anything you can tell they haven't seen him play at all and Hayes straight up admits it lmao, I'm so glad there's better Sens content on KZfaq cause his knowledge level about Ottawa shows every time he speaks about them

What do you mean sens wont spend to the cap they already are a cap team lol

To not acknowledge Claude Giroux is criminal huge part of team when it comes to confidence and a veteran mindset. One of the their best players despite age

Watching hayes get visibly frustrated when Noodles and O didnt take his leading question to dump on the sens. Instead actually praised the move and player was hilarious. Up yours Hayes buddy the leafs will never have a core this good. Keep pushing that blue and white propaganda machine!

In O-Dog’s defence he said more than once Jake was the real deal. I think when he said “what if your core doesn’t do it for you” he was implying the Leafs doing absolutely nothing with there so called contract rich core. Not one of the Sens make over 9 million and they are locked up for many years.

What a tire pump from the fellas. Here we goooo

This could be huge for Ottawa. If all these guys live up to their hype and promise they’ll have an amazing core with no one making $9+

3 seconds in… Hayes brings up the fact he’s only played 77 games. That is true but players nowadays get payed based off projection, and if you analyze it he would be projected as a Heiskanen type defenseman. + Hayes has probably never seen the kid play lol.

Hayes called out for sounding dumb at the very start so he had to puff his little chest and double dowm 😂

Sanderson is rhe most poised and confident first year d man iv ever seen. He is a shur down dude with offensive upside and he can do anything

My son loves the deal he’s a Sens fan

Foundational pieces to an organization's future are worth it and I'm sure Buffalo and Detroit will do the same with Owen Power and Moritz Seider respectively.

not going to the cap .. . the Senators are 800 000 under it. Theyre tighter against the cap than most teams in the league.

Team not going to the cap Hayes?

How many 20 year olds have sleep coaches? The guy is dialed in every aspect of life, he is a machine programmed to play hockey. So glad they got this done now.

2:57 sounds like a team I know but I can’t put my finger on it

How can an employee of TSN be on air and admit that he's only seen Sanderson play a handful of times. The kid played almost a full season last year. Typical Toronto Sports Network.

I like how Hayes admits he's barely watched sanderson yet is the most insistent that this probably won't work out.

It is crazy in a vacuum but it's genius knowing how good he is

This guy on the left is pure cringe and so pro leaf 😂 this club will blow your leafs out the water 1.5 years. Guaranteed to do more than your current 1 round leafs

Senators did it right! Too bad the Panthers couldn’t get him!

2/3 have it right.

O-dog knows what’s up

Sorry buddy but what has your core done? Made it out of round one? And how much are they paid again? Lmao. Our core's age is young as hell and no one is making above 9. Matthews is making 13.5 and hasnt won shit using your logic.

OMG Hayes doesn’t know anything about Ottawa…

Clearly Hayes has no clue what he's talking about. Sanderson was playing like an NHL vet in his first season ever. This contract is going to look amazing in a year or 2. He will be a top 10 defenseman in the league in 3 years.

Hayes doesn’t have a clue about the Sens organization. New Jersey, Ottawa and Buffalo are fast skating teams with a young core that are going to surprise a lot of people. Toronto is going to have to show up every game in order to make the playoffs.

Locking up Sanderson was brilliant

"What if your core doesn't do anything" says a leaf fan hahaha that's gold.

Hayesy, they're already spending to the cap, so yeah they're a cap team. Sanderson's advanced metrics already have him hovering around the $7M mark, and he should improve. His floor is not a $5M 2nd pairing defenceman.

Hayes must get paid by the word.

Based on what the reaction has been, I was worried these guys were going to shit on the contract. They didn't at all, it was a very balanced discussion admitting the risk while acknowledging it could also be a home run. Noodles and O-Dog are well informed, their analysis was good when talking about how teams like Buf and Ott need to operate differently

some payment for teammates play well together?

Hayes just jealous. He k kws the sabres and lttawa are coming with their soon to be bargain signings. Ottawa with thwir core all under 9. Sabres have their top two cwntreman locked up long term flr 7.1 each and the cap is only going up.

longer term contracts get higher amounts

So glad noodles and o-dog are back. Just listening to hayes, has me wondering if he's being paid like AHL player....

Funny they talk about playoffs didn’t the leafs core get bigger money in then sens before winning a round

Worth it...especially later down the road

Hey O'Dog.. Sens just coming out of the rebuild.. Your team has 1 playoff win since 2004..

I think he’s going to be worth it once he develops.

"Noodles" "O-Dog" lmao

He will be worth every penny of that contract. Wait until next season to do that contract starts with a 9 at minimum. What other fans bases or so called experts think about or trash the player or the contract.. doesn't really matter..

Thomas chabot sitting there like 😐😐😐😐😐 "who the fuck am i then"

good term for team, good amount for player

What if their core doesn’t do anything? What the leafs core? At a way higher cap hit?

Yes that’s the answer

Good thing no defenseman in the history of the NHL has ever regressed after a good rookie year... Not saying he won't develop into a stud, but it is a gamble, for the Sens sake, I hope he becomes *that* guy, then the contract will look great.

Leaf fans talking hockey is hilarious bc just a week ago they were pumped a out paying a player 13 million lmao

"What if your core doesn't do anything..." Repeat that line to yourselves, Leafs fans. Can you hear the echoes?

Everyone needs to calm down. It’s a good contract but let’s not forget. It’s the Sens.

Anyone who thinks this is a bad contract hasn't seen Sanderson play. Full stop. Never seen, in 30 years of steadily watching lots of hockey, a rookie D come in who was that steady, smart. Sky's the limit. The ONLY thing I don't know is if he'll ever bring great offense, but he's a stud already. Hayes is a such a clown. You can tell he's only looked at a stat sheet with his "deserve" comments. Then says at the end it's a smart play by the Sens. Pick a lane doofus

I think it’s smart they locked him up for 8 years before he prices him self out of Ottawa

O-dog😂🤣😂🤣😂 if it was Toronto Who had made deal .... he would loved it. And was not in Toronto that they overpaid their players??? No one in Ottawa is paid over 9 millions.... . in Toronto....... 😉😉😉 all their best players ...welllllll over 9 millions Anyway Odog Never have anything good to Say on the sens ...so🤷🤷

This makes Sanheim looks reasonable

Tell me you only watch leaf games without telling me you only watch leaf games.

Does Hayes ever watch or know about hockey? A lot of what he says is either factually wrong or just a bad take.

It’s insane. He ain’t much better than Jamie Drysdale and he’s making $60M more. Ridiculous!

They're trying to do a Tage Thompson thing...

Lmao

“What if the core cant do anything?” The core of the sens is the best part of this team. What is the alternative? Sell off every decent young player you get like Arizona?

O-Dog is clueless

Chabot is not a defensive liability lol do you watch these games or are we just talking shit now?

No

These two on both sides of noodles should just disappear and find something else to do. Nothing meaty ever comes out of their mouth.😂

Norris is the "bad" Contract in my mind.

WILL he become an $8m d-man? Probably. IS HE an $8m D-man after 77 games? Eff no. NO player coming out of his ELC deserves $8m. NONE of them. But hey, if NHL teams want to continue to shoot themselves in the foot by handing out $8m contracts like candy then have to trade good players for a third round draft pick ti get under the cap then I will simply sit back and laugh at them.

Used to be that you got paid base on what you did and now you are paid on what you might do, personally I think it's going the wrong way.

Hayes doesn't have a clue about anything Ottawa. First of all they're at the cap! With Pinto and Sokolov still to sign, embarrassing amount of ignorance when you're on a platform like this. It's like he hasn't watched a Ottawa since 2017 and is just trained to regurgitate narratives from then

Who the fuck is this Hayes guys lmao

This panel is so brutal lol. Sportsnet shits all over this network