Two teams reportedly battling to acquire Alex DeBrincat

DeBrincat, who’s due a qualifying offer of $9M, has indicated he doesn’t want to resign with the Senators. If a team were to offer sheet DeBrincat, a two-time 40-goal scorer, they would have to give Ottawa two first-round picks, a second-round pick and a third-round pick. The Senators, of course, could match any offer sheet and retain him.

Although he doesn’t have any no-trade or no-movement protection, DeBrincat does have some says in where he’s shipped as any team acquiring him would certainly want to work out a contract extension before parting ways with the assets the Senators will want in return. 

“I’ve maintained that I don’t see a way that Alex DeBrincat doesn’t end up a member of the Detroit Red Wings, and I still kind of feel that way, even though at times it’s looked like he wasn’t going to end up a member of the Detroit Red Wings,” Marek added. “I still think that there’s still interest from the New York Islanders. That one would be a pretty sizeable deal considering the numbers involved and how up against the salary cap the Islanders are.”

Per CapFriendly, the Islanders have just $387,500 in cap space while the Red Wings have $9.89M.