As I'm sure most of you have noticed, the site has been a little in and out the last couple days.
After about twenty four hours of consecutive down time while we switched to a new server, things finally appear to be back up and running. A frustrating process but one that was required to ensure the long term stability of the site.
Couple things to catch up on from the past few days.
In an interview given yesterday, Sens GM Bryan Murray provided a few important pieces of information that give us an idea where the team is headed this off season.
Perhaps the most significant piece of news is the fact that UFA defenceman Filip Kuba is not expected to be back next year. After a year where he struggled badly, Kuba rebounded in a big way last season and was regularly partnered with Norris nominee Erik Karlsson.
The belief is the 35 year old was looking for something similar to what he made last season and on a retirement type deal, in the range of 3 years. While Kuba was an important piece on the Sens blueline last season, Murray is doing the right thing by moving in another direction
The decision all but guarantees the Senators will be shopping for a new partner for Erik Karlsson when the market opens on July 1. You can bet the club will at least explore the option of Predators defenceman Ryan Suter.
Murray also indicated that the team expects to begin formal contract talks with the RFA to be Erik Karlsson this week. Murray has talked with his staff and is expected to submit a formal offer in the next few days. Everything points to a fairly straightforward negotiation.
Karlsson wants to be here and the organization feels the same way.
Tim Murray spoke with the Team 1200 this afternoon and said the initial discussion was productive and that both parties basically agree on the ideal term. Only suspense in these negotiations will be declaring our contest winner.
- It has been rumoured for awhile now but the Sens made it official this afternoon, signing forward Jean Gabriel Pageau to an entry level deal. For me, Pageau is one of the more intriguing players in the Sens system. After the 2011 Draft, Dorion said Pageau was the guy he was most excited about. Should be interesting to watch how this guy develops the next couple years.
- I want to thank you all for your patience during this latest server switch. You may notice that a couple posts and the corresponding comments have gone missing. All part of the switch I guess. Frustrating but we should be running smoothly now. If you are having trouble accessing the site, try clearing your browser's cache. Should do the trick.
clearly we do not know for sure yet either way.
I am pulling for landing Suter until I hear different from the organization.
I think we are going to see some wow trades, there is going to be crying on who we give up for sure but what we get back I expect will be impressive.
We are in phenomenal shape, Gonchar is the only contract that one could say is overpaid or at least marginal.
in my opinion anyways, we are lean and mean on the contract side.
lots of options
quantity for quality stood out from TM conversation.
Happy about Pageau but he's at least 3 years away. Noesen-Zibby-Si lfverberg-and Stone will the first prospects who will be breaking through. After that we still have quite a few gems.
Forget it, brother, an' go it alone
London calling upon the zombies of death
Quit holding out-and draw another breath
London calling-and I don't wanna shout
But when we were talking-I saw you nodding out
London calling, see we ain't got no highs
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes
Please explain Amigo!
http://lastwordonsports.com/2012/05/31/last-word-nhl-draft-headquarters-directory/
Chirp, let's hope Karlsson signs 2 years at 13 mil! Then we are golfing pal...
Also, I see that Bacardi is the new sponsor, anyone else you wanna recognize?
Cowen - Karlsson
Phillips - Gonchar
Allen - Gilroy/Carkner
Haha Bacardi is a left over from theScore. Those ads will be pulled soon when the ad agreement ends. All Wisers. All the time!
Completely agree, that quantity for quality statement was very telling. Almost alludes to a Rick Nash type of trade. I'm looking forward to the fireworks over the next month!
Welcome back Chirp, it's great to have the site back up and running!
Hahaha oops...
As for the Nash suggestion... I'm open to exploring options on that front for sure. I don't want to part ways with Silfverberg, Lehner or Zibanejad, but other than those three, I'd be willing to part with just about anyone on the Bingo or Junior rosters.
Hey, can I ask what in your opinion has Codi Ceci dropping in rankings so fast recently? Up until the NHL regular season ended he seemed to be a guaranteed top 11-12, and as high as 7 or 8th in some rankings. It seems like all of a sudden people are dropping him to the Sens area at pick 15 and beyond. Is this wishful thinking or are there attributes/rumo rs that have led to this? I think it would be awesome if he falls to Ottawa, I just really expect he'll go in the top 12.
But is the chance to play with an all-star partner the same kind of draw for a d-man?
I wouldnt think its as big a draw as for a winger to play with an elite center.
I mean sure it does to a certain extent but we cant forget his partner is shea weber. I think a Dman is more interested in going to a team where he gets big ice time during key parts of the game, having a good team overall and a good coach. (things we obviously have)
its not like suter had to struggle with Dpartners like phaneuf.
Jets fans voting like crazy and Pavelec took the lead. cant let this go. one candidate schools the other. hands down winner is Spez
lets go boys VOTE SPEZZA!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!
Suter already played with a Norris finalist in Weber...and they got farther in the playoffs.
Stay the course Murray...if the guys they drafted are top tier we need no free agents. If they are not top tier then something is rotten somewhere...
http://www.tsn.ca/showdown/2012/
hit f5 to refresh the page faster after you vote
vote X 63626366
Dont let that weak ass save win play of the year
Kovalchuk is def injured man, guy cant even pivot. Not the same Kovalchuk from rounds 1-3.
VOTE FOR SPEZZA IN THE FINALS FOR PLAY OF THE YEAR
VOTE FOR SPEZZA IN THE FINALS FOR PLAY OF THE YEAR
VOTE FOR SPEZZA IN THE FINALS FOR PLAY OF THE YEAR
VOTE FOR SPEZZA IN THE FINALS FOR PLAY OF THE YEAR
VOTE FOR SPEZZA IN THE FINALS FOR PLAY OF THE YEAR
VOTE FOR SPEZZA IN THE FINALS FOR PLAY OF THE YEAR
VOTE FOR SPEZZA IN THE FINALS FOR PLAY OF THE YEAR
http://www.tsn.ca/showdown/2012/
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Go to page line up the mouse on the click to vote icon now keep it there the whole time.
Click on it then when the next page loaded hit F5 to refresh
Keep doing this over and over you can vote lots and do it very fast!!!
http://www.tsn.ca/showdown/2012/vote.aspx?id=2584&d=2&s=r
I hope this works.. I have 4 tabs open to that link all set to auto refresh every 2 seconds. Gonna leave em all night haha
Do we know if this one is legit? Looks like it would be much quicker but I worry that the votes aren't actually registering.
245 (85) Misaow
244 (87) Bradweiser
244 (86) Kratos71
243 (95) EH_Matt
243 (82) Glencho10
241 (94) acameron56
240 (84) PaskySensFan
239 (99) tcharger
239 (98) jdsens
I just got that link off of twitter - can't say if it works or not. Anyone geekier than me able to comment?
Why so the only thing he will win is the draft lottery. I think the way they are rebuilding is pathetic.
1) Do absolutely nothing. Don't even wear pants from September until April. Finish dead last.
2) Go to International Scouting Service website. Order NHL Draft Guide.
3) Receive NHL Draft Guide.
4) Put on pants. Go to TSN NHL Draft Lottery show to accept 1st overall pick.
5) Take off pants.
6) Print NHL Draft Guide.
7) Put on pants. Go to draft. Pick highest ranked player according to NHL draft guide. DON'T FORGET TO CROSS PLAYERS NAMES OFF WHEN THEY ARE DRAFTED THIS YEAR! (and with their second round selection, 31st overall, the Edmonton Oilers select Ryan Nugent Hopkins...What? We already picked him with our 1st round selection? Damn You Lowe! You were supposed to cross off the players that were already picked from this list!!!)
9) Get paid $1 million dollars
10) Repeat steps 1-9 next season
http://www.pagereboot.com/?url=http://www.tsn.ca/showdown/2012/vote.aspx?id=2584&refresh=1
refreshes that page every 1 second..tons of voting, and am sure the jets fans are doing it too..got this from the RSU off facebook.
A point that most seem to ignore....
He's up to 49.22 - a huge change in the past few hours. So I think he's still got a good shot.
Honestly, it is the better of the 2 plays...anyone but the most biased fan can see that. Lots of Sens haters that I know (leafs fans) even grudgingly admitted it (they still voted Jets and laughed at me, but they admitted that it is by far a better hockey play).
I know I've got 16 tabs refreshing every second (not sure how much of a difference that's making).
What was the gap earlier? I just logged on recently.
When I first checked this morning he was at 48.18%.
I would make a trade with Tampa (they have two 1st rounders and three 2nd rounders)
They desperately need a goalie and some D, they have Trouba picked at 10th, he could easily be picked at 15th (cuz of his stay at home style).
Bishop
15th overall
for
10th overall
2nd rounder 37th overall
Pick Ceci with the 10th and either Matt Murray (G) or Adam Pelech (D) with the 37th.
49.31....KEEP VOTING!!!
We can get more for Bishop than a 2nd an upgrade on our first if we wait for teams to start bidding on him.
But I do like the idea of trading up to get Ceci.
49.55..got 3 tabs going with the 1 sec auto refresh.
We wont be getting a huge improvement over a 2nd, perhaps a 2nd and middling prospect, but if a team really wanted Bishop and those teams that need goalies, knew at the deadline, would have offered more then
I wouldn't say he's dropping, hes a great prospect. We ranked him 14, but that wasn't a knock on him.
I see the draft in three tiers.
#1 Yakupov
#2-8
#9-16
Ceci is in that third tier with Reinhart and Maatta on the blue line. There are so many good defencemen in this draft that if the Sens want a defenceman one will be available.
We're not pro scouts, we don't claim to want to compete with McKeen's or Red Line or anything, they are better than us, you pay for them, we give our stuff away for free. We don't rank anyone we haven't seen at least twice, either a full game on film or in person. But still, two games isn't a lot for some of these guys (though many of them we've seen more than twice, two is just the minimum).
We had a hard time separating Maatta, Reinhart, Ceci, but we had to split hairs somewhere. While we have him at 14, we could easily see him drafted anywhere between 9 and 16, Its just so close in that range.
Hope that makes sense.
All it takes is a couple of days without you to realize how much I miss you... kind of like marriage :)
dont ever leave Sens fans lost with no where to go again... Kiddin I know it had to be done.
First offThank you BM and Good Ridence to Kuba, and I do feel bad for the team that ends up paying what he will not be worth over the next few years... heck they may as well negotiate the buyout after one year :)
As someone very well pointed out, we should attract a player that would want to play with Karlsson for the next few years... look what he has done with Kuba, turned a completely washed up player into another 12 million dollars, imagine what could be accomplished with a really good and up and coming player?
I really found Tim Murrays comments yesterday very interesting in that they take the time to rate all players in the NHL and AHL in the case that a phone call comes in wtih an offer.
Although I am sure this is done every year, it seems that he was very animated about it this year, telling me that we should expect some fireworks at the draft, July 1st and before training camp.
Although we looked good last year, it seems we are very much top heavy on the 3rd and 4th lines, which means that there will have to be some movements.
PHEW... that felt good, it was 2 full days of holding this all in!
Thats about right BenKerr, the draft is heavy in D and which ever one drops to 15th (if we havent moved up) we will get a good one with a 1-3 years dev.
Good to see, that Bryan Murray has decided to stick with
his rebuild, by not keeping Kuba.
Sens definitely need to sign a top 4 defencman to play next season, as both Gonchar and Phillips will probably play
their last season with the Sens.
I believe that Mark Borowiecki will crack the roster, and
this will leave Carkner in a tough position. Carkner might
be like Lee, and be out of lineup more than in the lineup .
Finally, I think the Sens will move up in the Standings, and be in top 4 of Eastern Conference.
I would like to know how you come up with that prediction?
We finished 7th last year, while being very inconsistant through out the year.
Spezza, Karlsson, Michalek had possibly they're best seasons to date with the Sens and young guys like Greening, Smith and Foligno had career years in goals.
They would have to duplicate that or be even better for the sens to finish 4th in the East. You have to remember we will be adding more rookies to the line up, possibly Zibanejad & Silfverberg, both of whom IMO wont make an immediate impact, especially not the impact it would take for us to finish 4th in the East.
I say we finish somewhere between 6th and 10th depending on injuries. I will never again not account for this team being coached by Paul Maclean.
I think we could get a first rounder for him. Maybe not a top 10. I think BM bought low and, given the recent contract to Vokoun, this would be a time to sell high. Tampa, Toronto and Chicago should all be looking for a goalie.
You want to make a wager on that?
LOL, I'm joking of course. It's still WAY too early to put predictions on final standings, draft, free agency, alfie retirement...ho w can one even try to put a value on our team right now.
Yeah I know, me too WTF!?
Chirp inadvertently was responsible for 10% increase in Government work productivity.
Don't let it happen again (jokes of course)
I don't think he'll fetch near as much now as he will at the deadline next season. Hopefully he plays great in a back up role - he gets a good chunk of games and his value increases. Then when a team at the deadline is desperate for a goalie and willing to overpay, make a deal. Ideally I'd rather some NHL players or prospects vs draft picks.
I don't care that someone is downvoting these posts, I've showed my love for Alfie all season long by supporting chants, and voting for him for All-star, etc... It's time to give Jason the love he deserves as well. That play was AMAZING!
Downvote all you want on this post, JUST START VOTING!!
Hehehehe
Lets place this wager, in hopes it happens agian :)
I would have to agree with tooks here, as long as we can squeak in, I think we can be a dangerous team but to finish 4th would be a bit far fetched and too optomistic.
But if Tookie takes the bet we know it will happen :)
why downvote? it is a good gesture... must be a anti sens fan
Um?
Absolutely, and I completely appreciate where you guys are coming from, was just interested in the reasoning behind it. I'm always interested in hearing other people's opinions on situations that affect this team so it was interesting to read your evaluation and ranking. Thank you for your additional response.
I guess personally I had him in that 2nd tier as his biggest weakness appears to be a lack of physical play, though he already has the size and most of his followers expect he will grow into that part. Beyond that he appears to have the complete 2way package and I have heard way too many comparisons to Doughty, which are probably a bit premature.
Anyways, thanks again and let's hope he falls to us!
7th, 8th...does it really matter, was just trying to make people feel better...right. ..
His value should go up the more he plays. He used to be considered "the best goalie not in the NHL" and he cost our 2nd. If he becomes "one of the best goalies not a #1" then his value HAS to be more.
I'm not expecting some sort of blockbuster or anything, but why rush to move him now?
Speaking of Doughty, he sure is earning his contract now isnt he. (he's making up for when he actually got paid during the season for being lacklustre)
Hehehehe....his name says it all ;)
No need to point it out.
People are still somewhat high on Bishop, he only went 3-2 I believe with the Sens with respectable #'s but what if he flops as a back up this year? instant value drop. Its impossible to say what will happen but the chance of bust is there (plus he has groin & back issues).
If they can upgrade our pick to top 10, its well worth it.
Yet you just did, shouldnt you be voting, OMG hurry up!
VOTE FOR SPEZZA OMGZ!!
I already am proudly voting for Spezza. But thank you for the reminder :)
(you may now downvote this comment as well) :)
I will have to agree with Hax on this one.
All indications point to his stock value increasing.
I can only see him playing very well as a back up and some team looking for a #1 at the deadline will pay to get him
I have to agree with you on this. I would easily trade our 15th plus Bishop for a high 1st round pick. I really feel like Bishop is overrated and once he gets regular playing time and players learn his style he will be victimized for what he is, just a big goalie. He's not overly athletic and not the greatest at angles and rebounds, imo. Sell high!
I could see him being in the Rick Nash package too ;)
I agree as well. Bishop seems good, but if we are trading one of either Bishop or Lehner...I hope it's not Lehner.
Ya the Rick Nash thing is more of a placeholder name for whoever this quantity for quality trade they're working on is targeting. I just know that Columbus is one team that needs a goalie.
I agree Lehner shouldn't be an option in a trade.
he has been a standout goalie prospect for years, was the best goalie in the AHL last year before the trade
St.Louis have been high on him for years, and will probably kick themselves next year when Elliott returns to form
Bishop may not be that athletic game changing goalie like lehner, but Bishop very much can become the positional stand out like a JS Giguere where he just "plays big" and stays in control of his crease
With all due respect, your opinion on Bishop is 100% based on your man crush for Lehner.
We pick up Bishop (granted Lehner won a few games as well) but Bishop was no slouch, and lets be honest our defence was not the storngest part of our game, just ask Auld.
So I think with Bishop coming in on spot duty, and winning it will get him noticed, and should only increase his value.
Whether Lehner likes it or not, he will have one LAST year in the minors where he needs to mature, and gain consistency.
Then we will have many good options come next years trade deadline, with 3 bonafide NHL Goalies
VOTE FOR SPEZZA
Martin Garbage... man that brings back BAD memories!
how on Gods earth does Bishop remind you of Garbage?
Garbage was 5'8 150lbs while Bishop is 6'7 and covers the entire net?
curious
It's the white mask I'm guessing - but yeah nothing similar that I can see.
Haha, not at all. I'm reviewing them independently. Bishop is not all that, there's a reason St Louis wasn't willing to go with him as Halak's backup. He's a good prospect, but his skill is size and that's not the type of goaltenders I rate highly.
Let's put it this way if we could trade Bishop for one of the top 3-4 goalie prospects in this year's draft I would do it in a heartbeat!
JS Giguere to me is the best similarity where they just are great at covering the net, and not giving up much room to shoot.
Nash
2nd round (45)
for
10th, 12th, 15th
How do we get those u ask...
Ottawa to Buffalo
Foligno.and A.Petersson for 12th overall
Ottawa to TB
Bishop, Puempel for 10th overall
Flame on!
considering CLb already said they want roster players and young prospects in return for nash
why wouldn't they just want:
Foligno/Puemple/Bishop/Petterson and our 15th pick for Nash and the 2nd(45)
Pure insanity.
Wow that took plenty of work, BTW how is Steve Y anyway? :)
15th to some how moved up or if possible still at 15
1. Matt Dumba
2. Cody Ceci
3. Matt Finn
or trade the 15th pick for JVR (PHI) at 22/23 years of age his a power forward type player we could use someone like that. or for a type 4 shut down defencemen younger then 25 to grow with the team.
p.s. is it just me or can i see eric condra easily becoming a red wing. maybe there's already a rew wing with the last name condra so it's easily me to picture. thoughts? haha
They'll take the best offer, which is the one I posted above, doesnt matter what they say they want.
And why wouldnt they just take those 4 guys instead, well Foligno/Puempel /Petterson is def a downgrade to lets say Forsberg/Murray , Ceci/Reinhart, Collberg/Faksa & Subban/Dansk...
Thats why.
LOl why on earth would philly trade JVR for a 15th overall pick when he was drafted 3rd overall and has had relative success already?
my god some sens fans are getting worse than leaf fans
So if it's a downgrade how are you going to talk Buff and TB into taking that downgrade?
Oh come on, its completely feasable!
all right calm down that sort of opinon makes you look like a leaf fan with that negative comment at the end. during the season there was talks about the leafs and phi about a possible trade for schen and JVR i'm not saying just a 15th and i did say wish list. obvioulsy it take more but i can't imagine a whole lot of scheen was apart of the picture. now relax
Well neither Buf nor TB would have four 1st round picks, so it shouldnt be compared in the same light.
For Buf, well they neeed more scoring, a hard nose foligno reunites with his brother and they get a decent prospect who apparently has a nose for the net in Peterssen. 2 rdy roster players instead of 1 non rdy draft pick. no brainer.
As for TB, well they need a goalie and unless they are in the Schneider or Luongo sweepstakes, Bishop is the best out there, add a gritty FW in Puempel who matches the TB style and again they have 2 players instead of one, good ratio for them. They might askf or a D instead of Puempel, then sign and trade Gilroy.
I don't think your offer is completely ridiculous, but it just seems like we're giving up a bit much for those extra 2 picks and the return Columbus would get on Nash, in this deal, is lower than what they seem to be asking for.
Puempel was 24th in a strong draft and is considered a steal at that pick by some, and Bishop, as some keep telling me, is considered one of the better goalie prospects. I know in a given year trading your 24th and 2nd rounder for a 10th overall makes complete sense, but at this point I think the players representing those picks on the Sens side are worth more than that because they are already along in their development compared to the brand new picks.
Plus I expect him to move out a forward prospect or two in return for D prospects or picks to use on D in the draft.
I doubt we'll see anything really exciting though (at the draft anyway).
15th overall.
Bishop
2013 1st round pick (should be mid to late pick)
One D of Boro, Wier, Gryba.
One FW of Greening, Condra, Foligno.
One Prospect of Peterssen, Puempel, Hoffman.
For
Nash
2nd round pick 45th overall.
I would do this in a heartbeat, we dont lose much in terms of prospects and the roster players we are giving up are easily replaced.
Yep here I am trying to make some fun scenarios and Hax comes down hard with the hammer of truth.
What Hax says is most likely whats going to happen...thx alot Hax...
LOL
Didn't mean to rain on your parade. I actually think your proposed trade is somewhat feasible, but your explanation seems to say that the picks are worth more than the players to CBJ and the picks are worth less than the players to TB and BUF. Don't think you can have it both ways.
I think we could get those picks with a little bit less going the other way (or maybe get the pick plus a later round pick or something). And while I can see CBJ considering having four first rounders, they would have to give up on their idea of roster players and commit to a few years of sucking even more than they do now while the four guys develop.
The fact that St. Louis moved him makes everyone think the club didn't have faith in his abilities, which is garbage. St. Louis received a lights out peformance by Elliot which forced a hand they never expected would have to be played. There was no way Bishop would sign a 2 way contract after this year. After a decision to go with Elliot they offered to do the best thing for Bishop, which is send him somewhere he will have the ability to play NHL hockey.
Good on BM for seeing the opportunity and jumping at it.
Come on, now you are showing your old Tookie self- negativity attitude once again.
You will be more than surprised to see, that if they over-achieved this past season, they will improve over last year, due to new players performing better than expected.
Hope your question has been addressed accordingly.
That's not exactly true. St Louis brought in Elliott before he rebounded, because they didn't trust Bishop's skills and lack of experience behind Halak. He was not their goalie of the future for good reason. Yes Elliott's great year made the decision easier to move him, but they already had a lack of faith in him prior to that.
They also have Jake Allen who was already sharing AHL duties with Bishop.
I'm not so sure it was lack of faith in so much as just wanting to add depth. I think they saw Elliott as a decent backup to Halak and someone that wouldn't be too hard to part with should Bishop be ready. I think they still saw him as a future part of their NHL team but a year away.
They came out and said they wanted a better goalie with NHL experience behind Halak and Bishop wasn't even getting the lions share of the AHL duty in 2010-11. They weren't even going to give him the games needed to retain his rights.
To me it's pretty clear he wasn't in their long term plans, what the reasons are is debatable I guess.
So when did he become "the best goalie not in the NHL"? Or was that just BS that the talking heads on TSN came up with?
Personally I think it was BS and more meant to mean he was the most experienced NHL ready goalie not in the NHL, not the best prospect goalie out of anyone still not in the NHL, because he definitely isn't.
Treat Auld in the same breath as Elliott
St. Louis struggled so much at the beginning of the year that Elliott got some starts and impressed. Then they continued sucking, and Hitch took over and Elliott forced the hand of a rotation.
I'm pretty sure when St. Louis signed Elliott on a one year deal, it was to be a stop gap for one more year until Bishop was completely ready
Now that they had the best tandem in the league in Halak/Elliott with like you said a younger Allen who is a few more years away, Bishop became expendable, since they could grab a 2nd for him, and then revert back to square one with Allen replacing Bishop as their "next goalie who is young"
seems to make sense to me
They would've lost Bishop at the end of this past season because they didn't play him and he wanted a chance. Not sure how that keeps him in their long term plan. They traded him so that they wouldn't lose him for nothing at the end of the year.
they barely show the first play he makes on the boards,
when he passes to himself behind his back.
The average fan probably wouldnt even know it happened since they didnt see the game at the time
I think it was a big part of the sequence. Maybe he'd have more non sen fan votes if they show it all
I hope the Sens concentrate on D in this draft.. They have a good group of young forward prospects and now lack defense.
Would Griffin Reinhardt be a better pick than Ceci or Maata?
What about Koekkoek? But of course to get Reinhardt -- the Sens would have to move up to the top 6 or so...
If all of those are gone.. and Murray decides to trade the pick instead of using it.. I hope it's for a young defenseman.. that's near NHL ready..
I expect Murray to do some trading at the draft.. but it had better not include one beginning with L and ending with R.. as I have a woman crush on Lehner...
By the way.. Lehner had as many wins in 5 games after the Anderson injury (3).. as Bishop had in 10 games. Lehner also got that shutout in Boston.. something that has not been done by a Sens goalie in a long time..
There are some reports that there will be a 2-month lockout/strike and the NHL won't start under around Dec 1st. I hope that's not the scenario. I don't like the fact that discussions won't even happen until after the draft. Should they not have had discussions starting in at least April to ensure they have enough time to get a deal done -- or then again.. did they not want to get players involved that were in the playoffs?
I don't know if I can wait until December.
Still don't know what would have happened had Anderson gotten hurt - there are those that have suggested Bishop was backup in name only and if we had to go another one (other than mop-up) it would have been Lehner over Bishop.
You would think, that they would resolve any and all issues,
in order to avoid a 2 month lockout !!!
Its the NHL and its crummy board of execs and the Union. I doubt we will see a lockout, maybe something similar to the NFL where only training camps were cancelled...
BM took a small gamble on Filatov, what are the chances he takes a gamble on Radulov?
I fully appreciate the issues that have surrounded him but when you have the chance to land an elite 1st line player in their prime for next to nothing, isn't it worth the gamble on a short term contract?
Spezza 9mm Radulov
Turris Alfie Silfverberg
Smith Foligno Zibanejad
Winchester Neil Greening
Not bad....
I'm sure you'll get "riddled" with anti-Russian responses here but depending on the cost I'd be okay with another roll of the dice.
However, Winnie is as good as gone I'm afraid. Unless Murray does a "quantity for quality" trade to free up some room at the NHL level for forwards that spot in your lineup likely goes to O'Brien. And don't forget Regin.
I wouldn't mind seeing that if the price is reasonable, but you should check out this article
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1111246-alexander-radulov-must-buy-out-of-khl-contract-next-season-to-stay-with-preds
Supposedly he is already under KHL contract for next year and the 5M salary he has there is probably more than BM would offer.
It better be. I'd be okay with him getting $5M per year AFTER he played a full season and scored 30 goals or more. Not after the short (and scandal-ridden) stint with Nashville.
http://www.pagereboot.com/?url=http://www.tsn.ca/showdown/2012/vote.aspx?id=2584&refresh=1
It's kinda hard to believe it's working when I'm doing 300 votes/minute and the % only changes in 0.01 increments
or it goes down
lets hope it works haha
CSKA (richest team in the KHL) and run by sergei federov are trying to sign radulov and semin. however CSKA apparently are still hesistant because his rights (belong to Salavat) are asking for 8m$
It's possible that Jets fans are doing the same thing for Pavs.
It's also possible that tsn only counts votes from unique IPs.
Who knows?
you are probably right about Winchester, especially with O'Brien waiting in the wings for the 4th line ctr. I'd love Regin to step in and have a fully productive year but I'm cautiously pessimistic.
took forever to jump up .01 %
and now we just dropped by .05 % in minutes
Dropping at a steady rate now
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO
**** yeah thumbs down all you want, Im doing my part
Going to assume the thumbs down was to the news that Spezza is slipping, not to the fact that you're trying to prevent it.
Or maybe someone still bitter over your hate-on for MM9.
1) Download the imacros add-on for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...os-for-firefox
2) Open up TSN's Play of the Year page: http://www.tsn.ca/showdown/2012/
3) Click on the Macros button next to the address bar.
4) Click the "Rec" tab and then the "Record" button.
5) Click on "Vote Now" under Spezza, then the X on the Live Chat pop up, then the refresh button.
6) Press the "Stop" button, located two buttons below "Record".
7) Click on the "Play" tab, set the "Max:" to 99999 and click "Play (Loop)"
i think the reason jets are catching up right now because it is rush hour in ottawa. most people are driving.
the only way we will win is if we use that method
spezz is dropping fast and steady
I'm not sure that macro works - not unless you put a pause in there. Otherwise it refreshes the page before your vote counts.
I like the reboot site method better (though not 100% sure that actual works either).
It will be hard now for him to win...keep at it.
Well he was over 50% shortly after 10am this morning - so assuming we have the same daily cycle (or close) it should be possible for him to be ahead when the voting closes.
there is still hope. if we some how beat huge fan favorite eberle. then we should be able to handle pav
People here seem to forget that Buffalo and TB have 2 first rounders and that these moves help them out alot. Buffalo is high on Foligno and it's his home town. Win/Win.
I don't know if TB would want Bishop or prefer to get their hands on Anderson. If so I'd still make that trade. Anderson wouldn't mind returning to Florida. Win/Win
Then we acquire Nash without giving up Stone, Zibby, Silfv. Noesen, Pageau or Prince .... seems like a genius move although alot of work on Bryan Murrays end. But if he acquires that 12th overall for Foligno then packages it with 15th and a goalie. Hard for Colombus to say no to having 5 picks in the first 2 rounds and competition for Mason.
With those picks we would have the ddepest prospect pool in the league and begin winning the cup in 2015.
Not sure if this works but if it does I just cast 500 votes for the good guy :)
We obviously need a defenceman to play with Karlsson. Bryan Murray was quite clear at his end of the year press conference when he said he wants a top tier d-man to take the pressure off of Karlsson. His reasoning was that the way our team is structured right now, the opposition has a pretty simple game plan against us...aka shut down Karlsson and you shut down our offense which i believe to be very accurate. Now the question is who are they targeting.
Everyone seems to be only looking at Suter as the "elite guy" that's available. Yes he clearly is the best UFA. But let's be honest...even if we over pay, our chances of getting him are slim to none. After hearing Tim Murray I really don't think we'll even make a pitch for Suter. I think we will be making a trade of some sort. And I feel like it will be a big one.
Everyone seems to be forgetting that Shea Webber has made it well known he doesn't want to stick around in Nashville if they don't get substantially better. Poile tried but failed. And now that Suter is almost certainly leaving, ther just isn't a chance Webber stays. Lets also consider he wants a long term contract and there just is no way he signs one with NSH. Even good old bob Mackenzie said he expects Webber to leave. Now...he is an RFA so he can't just walk. But if his captain is unhappy, Poile will definitely accommodate him just like Nash in CLB. I expect him to get traded soon after free agency gets under way. The thing that's different about Webber than Suter is that there won't be as many GM's after him because they simply don't have the assets to give up. We on the other have plenty!! The big thing to consider is in order to get the"best defeceman" in the league we'll have to give up some serious assets. It won't be our B prospects. It would probably take some players that none of us want to give up aka Zib, Silfv, Noeson, Stone, Cowen. Just like Rundblad it will hurt. But Webber is very much worth it!!
I like thst idea also but I have found that some Sens fans here seem to think that having the deepest crop of prospects = Guaranteed Stanley Cup !. Until Edmonton wins the cup I am going to continue to beleive that to win the cup you need a good mix of vets, young guys and a little bit of luck. No one knows for sure if ANY of our prospects will become ELITE NHL players. It might also take them 4-5 years to break into the league also. Our pool of talent is deep but it's no Yakupov, RNH, Eberle, MPS ETC ...
If he doesn't get traded he will end up going to arbitration again because he will again be low balled because he only wants long term. He will probably be again rewarded a record arbitration contract. Which means he will become a UFA the following year. Just like Parise did this year. If you're an elite player like Suter, Parise or Webber you'd be stupid not to take advantage of a once in a life time opportunity. That is being a UFA where 30 teams want you. It's literally a chance to guarantee yourself the Lotto 6/49 for the rest of your career. These guys aren't stupid and neither are their agents. Trust me these agents are good at selling and they will convince their clients to go after the biggest contract possible. It could easily mean an extra couple million in their pocket.
My point...
I really do believe we have a good chance at either getting Webber this year or at the very worse next year.
His response:
Greatly admire Daniel Alfredsson. Have a new-found respect/admirat ion for Matt Hendricks and Brandon Prust.
GOOGLE CHROME
http://www.iopus.com/imacros/chrome/
FIREFOX
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...os-for-firefox
1) Download the add-on
2) Open up TSN's Play of the Year page: http://www.tsn.ca/showdown/2012/
3) Click on the Macros button next to the address bar.
4) Click the "Rec" tab and then the "Record" button.
5) Click on "Vote Now" under Spezza, then the X on the Live Chat pop up, then the refresh button.
6) Press the "Stop" button, located two buttons below "Record".
7) Click on the "Play" tab, set the "Max:" to 99999 and click "Play (Loop)"
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I tried making an account but they need to review accounts before posting
seems like they dont have the same tempo as the jets forum
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Listening to this talk of hacking TSN's site to switch votes, or Firefox add-ons that automatically keep casting ballots just kinda scared me, I envisioned a future internet filled with petty amateur hackers just mangling the world wide web for the hell of it.
Can't wait to see who Karlsson gets as partner!