NHL Rumors: Ottawa Senators May Not Want to Pay Linus Ullmark’s Asking Price

Shawn Simpson: You’ve been told that the Boston Bruins have no hope that the Ottawa Senators will pay the asking price of goaltender Linus Ullmark.

I don’t know what the Bruins are asking the Senators for but it looks like Ullmark is open to the idea of ​​playing in Ottawa and possibly signing long term.

Shawn Simpson: The Senators’ first round pick, 25th overall, should be enough to get to Ullmark. The cost of getting goals has never been so profitable.

The Senators want a goaltender but who else?

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Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa Senators GM Steve Staois continues to work the phones by setting his first goals. They continue to talk to the Boston Bruins about Linus Ullmark.

Ullmark has a $5 million cap hit in the final year of his contract and any team that trades him could seek an extension.

The asking price remains high and league officials say the Bruins are looking for a center. The Bruins would like Shane Pinto but have been told by the Sens that they are not interested in trading him.

• Jimmy Murphy: Multiple sources said the Boston Bruins love Shane Pinto but the Ottawa Senators are reluctant to trade him.

Ullmark knows his days in Boston are numbered. On the Leafs Nation Podcast to Nick Alberga and Carter Hutton:

“If you’re part of that chess piece where they can use you as a trade piece to get better, they will. That’s the side of your business. There are no feelings attached or anything like that, it’s just business related. You have to take it as a business decision and not a personal decision.”

Ullmark is owed a $1 million bonus on July 1st.

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If the Senators can’t add a big-name goaltender, they could look to upgrade Anton Forsberg and shell out $2.75 billion of his salary (one year remaining).