Hey @Bobby Power. Ottawa's AGM here. We'll enter next season as the defending champions, which means most of our core has too much TPE to stay in the minors and are getting promoted to the VHL. We are aiming to be competitive, but still, we lost a lot of players. This means there are a lot of ice time to give to new players, especially on defense. If you sign this one-year, 1.5mil contract, with us, you'd start on the 2nd pair, with the opportunity to climb the depth chart up to the 1st pair if you are active enough. Guys above haven't logged in in a while, so it shouldn't be too hard to pass them if really try.
If you decide to sign elsewhere, no hard feelings. I'll wish you good luck and I hope you have fun during your first season, wherever you play it!