{"id":432242,"date":"2024-07-02T14:26:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T18:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=432242"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:36:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T18:36:50","slug":"ottawa-senators-trade-forward-mathieu-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/02\/ottawa-senators-trade-forward-mathieu-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators Trade Forward Mathieu Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trade of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/josepma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-09-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mathieu Joseph<\/a> is a major move by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> General Manager Steve Staios. Joseph has been traded to the St. Louis Blues. The reason this is such a big move, and perhaps one of Staios\u2019 biggest, and the trickle-down effect. The trade clears up cap space <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/05\/19\/deal-that-ottawa-senators-shane-pinto-signs-work-both-sides\/\" target=\"_self\">enabling the team to give<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pintosh01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-09-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shane Pinto<\/a> a chance at redemption and begin the search for veteran leadership. It is further being reported the Sens are including a 2025 third-round draft pick, with future considerations as return.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRADE:<\/p>\n<p>To St. Louis Blues:<br \/>F Mathieu Joseph<br \/>2025 3rd round pick (OTT)<\/p>\n<p>To Ottawa Senators:<br \/>Future Considerations<a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GHKyY9pewp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/GHKyY9pewp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapFriendly\/status\/1808207866559357232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The Ottawa Senators Have Traded Mathieu Joseph<\/h2>\n<p>For Joseph, this came down to a numbers game. The fact that he earns $2.95 million is ultimately the reason he was dealt. For the career 0.38 PPG scorer, Joseph has enjoyed a slight resurgence in 2023-24 with 35 points in 72 games. The year prior, in 56 games he managed just three goals and none at even strength. This year&#8217;s bump was a huge factor in having his trade stock increased and the reason it made sense to trade him.<\/p>\n<h3>How This Impacts The Blues<\/h3>\n<p>Joseph is \u00a0a solid depth piece for any team, and more so preferable for one with a bit of cap space. He is a speedy winger, who doesn\u2019t mind grinding. He can kill penalties effectively, and his energy is a boost to any lineup. Additionally, Joseph brings Stanley Cup experience to the fold. He didn\u2019t play much in the playoffs for the Lightning but played with the Lightning during their back-to-back cup wins. Perhaps he can find a spark, and become more consistent scoring. Besides his other attributes, adding some scoring would really round out his NHL reputation.<\/p>\n<h3>How This Impacts The Senators<\/h3>\n<p>Trades had become necessary, and Joseph just happened to be another one. One big reason was his extra bit of salary. As an example, another candidate to move on from was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/branner01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-09-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Brannstrom<\/a>, who just signed with the Colorado Avalanche. Also, he is more valuable as a top-six defenceman, and former Head Coach Jacques Martin had even briefly experimented with him as a forward. This little bit of extra cash helps sway a <a  href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\/ottawa-senators\/changes-will-be-difficult-for-staios-but-its-not-impossible\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">potential veteran piece<\/a>. Hopefully, with Joseph\u2019s contract off the books, the offseason can proceed smoothly and signing Pinto can happen sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trade of Mathieu Joseph is a major move by Ottawa Senators General Manager Steve Staios. Joseph has been traded to the St. Louis Blues. The reason this is such a big move, and perhaps one of Staios\u2019 biggest, and the trickle-down effect. The trade clears up cap space enabling the team to give Shane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":136124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4547,34,4548,32],"tags":[2293,4142,4452],"class_list":["post-432242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senators","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-blues","tag-mathieu-joseph","tag-shane-pinto","tag-steve-staios"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}