Good idea to keep Joseph

Yorkie is right. You need players like Joseph who are just specialists at rushing the opponent, getting into the dirty spaces and be solid on the penalty kill. His contract is not even that bad either as it expires around the time that core team members will need a raise. The window for Ottawa to make some noise in the playoffs and maybe win a Cup is in 2026-2028 with the current core. That is the window, as after that things will get harry with resigning Batherson, Tkachuk and Zub. Ottawa needs to sort out goaltending, as statistically when they got over .900S% they are a playoff team. Goalies are weird voodoo so who knows if bringing in a Markstrom or Ulmark will even work, or if Korpi can turn things around. I think before we worry about the forward core is deciding if we're trading Chychrun for a fix in net, or on the righthand side. I'd love to keep Chych too, but it all depends on how the cap goes if we can keep him, Chabot and Sanderson. Joseph is a 3rd liner on a playoff team and I don't see Ottawa as not a playoff team if they get above .900S% from their netminders. That should be the key focus right now is fixing goaltending.

Plays with speed and solid in the d-zone. Plus he's an affordable contract. Don't overthink it, this is an obvious "Keep".

I'd be happy to see Joseph return. I think classifying players as either top 6 or bottom 6 is misleading. He is definitely what you would call middle six. He can play on any line. Could be 2nd line if you want to move some weapons down to spread the offence, could be 3rd line if you want to load up the first couple lines. He kills penalties and can play on PP2. You need good utility players and I think Joseph can be a good utility player. If you need to include him as part of a package to get a key piece back you do it, but I wouldn't get rid of him just for the sake of it.

I agree with York here, great penalty killer, speed, he's a great mentor to rest of the players, they are so many positives around him,,Senators could go after another ventran in the free agency and trade for the goalie and sign another right side defenseman in the free agency Senators will have better chances for playoffs,

i love him but might as well trade. His speed would be effective if he was able to carry the puck with that speed. We need a goalie, that is all

He has speed and speed kills and Ottawa doesn’t have much. Keep him!! Previously to this past season, he was not worth having but this last season he played above his contract. He’s a 30-35 point player and is a great bottom 6Fs if he can again deliver. Last year, one guy that actually played above his contract.

I would like to see Staios sign Tyler Toffoli.

Good thing Brent has good co host cause he knows nothing about hockey. Wish it was Bobby and Yorkie podcast.

Have to stop having plugs on the bottom 6Fs. It doesn’t work. On the third line, guys should average $3M -$4M and your 4th you need to spend at least $6-$7M. That’s $15M - $20M and leaves you about $35M - $40M for your top 6Fs.

trade.

Trade for Nick Paul