Oct 19: Ottawa has officially announced the contract, signing Beaudin to a one-year, two-way contract worth $700K at the NHL level. Senators GM Pierre Dorion released a statement on the young forward:
J.C. has established himself as a good depth player within the organization. He made a great impression on the coaching staff both here and in Belleville and was deserving of the opportunities he received in Ottawa throughout last season. It’s a trend we hope to see continue.
Oct 18: The Senators have agreed to terms with one of their remaining free agents as CapFriendly reports (Twitter link) that they’ve signed forward J.C. Beaudin to a one-year, two-way deal. Instead of taking his qualifying offer, he opted for the league minimum salary at the NHL level to get a $10K raise on his AHL pay from $70K to $80K.
After spending the first two seasons of his entry-level deal, the 22-year-old split last season between Ottawa and their AHL affiliate in Belleville. At the top level, Beaudin got into 22 games, picking up one assist but had 51 hits while winning 52.5% of his faceoffs. He was more productive offensively in the minors though with four goals and two assists in 13 games.
Beaudin, who the Sens acquired from Colorado in 2019, is now eligible for waivers so he will have to pass through unclaimed to get back to Belleville although Ottawa could opt to keep him up as a 12th or 13th forward as well.
GM Pierre Dorion still has some work to do with his restricted free agents as winger Connor Brown, center Chris Tierney, and defenseman Christian Jaros remain unsigned. All have filed for arbitration with Brown’s hearing slated for Thursday.
Any word on if they’ll resign Anthony Duclair?
I hope at this point GMPD is solely focusing on getting Connor Brown locked up. They need to get him signed to a deal that’s longer than 1 year. Otherwise they just bailed Toronto out of the Zaitsev deal for no reason at all.