Even with Miller in the net, the Sabres have allowed more goals than any team in the National Hockey League. Through 13 games they’ve allowed the opposition to score 46 times for an average of 3.54 per game. That number should be encouraging for an Ottawa team that has scored just 7 times in their last 5 games.
Paul MacLean put his team through a fairly tough practice yesterday, emphasizing the importance of getting to the net. That will be a priority for Ottawa in this one. MacLean has also done a little more line juggling with Mika Zibanejad finding his way on to what appears to be the number one line.
Andre Benoit will be the healthy scratch. Here is how the Sens are expected to line up.
Greening-Turris-Silfverberg
Michalek-Zibanejad-Alfredsson
Condra-Smith-Neil
O'Brien-Da Costa-Daugavins
Methot-Karlsson
Lundin-Gonchar
Phillips-Wiercioch
Craig Anderson makes the start in the Ottawa goal. Puck drop is scheduled for just after 7:30 PM with all the action available on Sportsnet and on the radio at Team 1200.
- Guillaume Latendresse continues to be sidelined with what the team is calling whiplash. He has not been on the ice at practice for a little over a week and the team doesn't really have a timetable for his return. Certainly not the way Latendresse wanted to start his career in a Senators uniform. Peter Regin is also injured and will be out for at least a week.
- Last night we heard that a Senators scout was in Columbus to watch the Sharks take on the Blue Jackets. No word on what brought the scout to town but there are a couple names that jump out on the Jackets roster. Veteran centre Vinny Prospal is on a one year deal and would fit the bill as a cheap, short-term fix at the centre ice position. Derrick Brassard’s name has also come up in the rumour mill and we know he’s a player Ottawa has looked at in the past. Something to keep an eye on.
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If Brassard can be had for a reasonable price I'd be intrigued to see what he could do. He does however make 3.2mil, which is steep for what he's shown in Columbus and he only has 1 more year left on his contract after this year, though he'll be RFA.
Not big on bringing back Prospal, would rather let the kids play out the year if that's the alternative.
Of course, in reality Foligno's true value to the Senators was that CBJ was prepared to give up Methot to get him.
Zack Smith and Matt Puempel ?
HA
I thought Brassard was a great option before Turris arrived, but bringing him in now is just overkill in the C Dept. If you just want offensive help, I'd say go the direction of Prospal on a short term. He could add some scoring help and teach the young kids a thing or two, while playing just about any line you ask him too. I'm all for letting the young kids play, but there is also something to be said about adding a little veteran presence.
Completely agree. Giving young kids experience while losing is not the same as Young kids playing on winning team
We need help to score and compete mind you I dont think Prospal is what we need
What we do need is a bonafide winger, especially since Alfie days are numbered
This is where I dont think we can afford to be patient
Use a Greening, Bishop + 1st to try and lure a Bobby Ryan type player if possible. We need a true 1st line winger, something our lineup is missing
Give Turris a real 1st line winger and our scoring will improve, and then when Spezza comes back its all gravy
Totally agree, on once again trying to lure Bobby Ryan to our team.
Ryan - Spezza - Michalek
We would be a serious contender and be
able to go deeper in the playoffs .
I remember Couture's name coming up during the Heatley discussions, but I agree he isn't leaving SJ anytime soon. Vlasic was another but we aren't spending 4.25 million on a dman at the moment.
Maybe James Sheppard?
Or is Feaster finally ready to admit it's time to blow that thing up?
Sheppard was linked to the sens some time ago - i think after the heatley trade - when he was still with Minnesota. He was slated to be a 1st line centreman then, but obviously hasnt panned out.
Pavelski wont get traded either. Just signed last season. there to stay. Now, Martin Havlat...dunno if the sharks really have long designs on him. Ryan Clowe has been subject to some trade rumors too last season -quiet murmurs though.
A major issue for Calgary is their drafting over the past decade has been awful. Blowing it up does not work if you cannot draft effectively deep. Look at the oilers, 4-5 years of dead last and they still may not make the playoffs.
A little too much, no?
On Brassard - Don't want him, don't need him. Murray is a genius at trolling. Regin and Latendresse injured was going to happen sooner or later. Murray simply signed them both to 1 year contracts to let our prospects develop obviously. A couple years down the road with the stack of 1st rounders in Spezza, Zibanejad, Turris, Karlsson, Phillips, Noesen, Puempel, Cowen & Ceci, there's no telling how fuckin far we will end up.
In Murray we fuckin trust.
And if you don't think he is the shit at trolling...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNyInvg_TM
Bishop + Weircoch + petersson for Jaybo sign me up lol
Jaybo contract is done after next year
But a d core of:
Karlsson-Methot
Jaybo-Cowen
Phillips-Boro
Would be awesome with ceci waiting in the wings
Jaybo would only be 1.1 more than Gonchar
And this trade would give calgary a good young dman a solid goalie to compete with irving and a throwaway prospect haha
Ownership refuses to acknowledge that their time has passed. The best thing to happen would be to tank with Kipper out and blow it up now. Iggy looks terrible, and needs a fresh start. I wish we had signed Hudler though, he's been their best player.
Bringing Havalt back would make a lot of people happy and he would be a good replacemnt for Regin as our injury prone forward.
With Sheppard, I was thinking, we give up something Murray isn't keen on to get him, trial him for the rest of this season whilst Spezza is out and if we like it we negotiate a deal (he''s RFA). If we don't, we let him walk. No harm, no foul.
Similar to the audition we gave Gilroy at the back end of last year.
If I'm a Flames fan I am *praying* they finally decide to blow that shit up.
It's been slowly becoming more decrepit for years now, IMO they are the laughing stock of the league, at least for CDN franchises. Yes that is right, even the Leafs at least have acknowledged and tried to address that change is required over the past several seasons. Flames management it's like they all have their heads stuck in the sand...
Chirp, a natural reaction on this site is to take your word at more than face value because well it's your site and shit like that.
What would be useful (although I don't want you going the Eklund route) would be to let us know whether this is just your opinion as a hockey fan or whether you had heard something in your shady, back alley, nefarious discussions.
Kind of like you did when you dropped the fact that we had been discussing "things" with the ducks.
Pavelski wont get traded either. Just signed last season. there to stay. quote]
On Capgeek Pavelski shows as a UFA after next year.
Come on Chirp... They just picked up Joey MacDonald!!! Vezina!
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Sheppard btw doesnt have a bad recurring injury history - just an ATV accident that made him miss 2010-2011. According to the hockey news he can play both center and wing....for whatever its worth. he would be a real reclamation project. low risk - probably no reward lol.
It sucks with Regin, he was starting to get some jump in the Buffalo game and bam injured again.
Clowe
Sheppard
Havlat
Murray (boo ya!) (UFA year end)
I would offer up Greening + 1st for Clowe and murray. Honestly would, only if an extensions are agreed upon with Murray and Clowe
Murray would be the most ideal fit for Cowen on the 2nd pairing (and is swede haha) But Murray would lock us down defensively for a long time
Clowe would be a top line winger we are looking for who is big and can get dirty
Both of those players are UFA and San jose could potentially look to move them, although it would hurt their playoff chances, which is why i'm including NHL ready greening into the mix
my bad signed in 2010 - still unlikely he goes - part of their future core with couture. if it happens - that would be a sharks' blow-up move.
except if Greening plays like he can, he could be Ottawa's Ryan Clowe. Same size, better skater i think - just need the finish.
Too much ifs with greening, and he really has only proven he can score with Spezza
Greening is 26 and Clowe is 30, its not like Greening is this really young prospect
Also it won't be long before Noesen is ahead of Greening as our "power forward of the future" anyways
I would offer up Greening + 1st for Clowe and murray. Honestly would, only if an extensions are agreed upon with Murray and Clowe
most of the trades we come up with on here are an absolute crock of shit - but I like this one and that pisses me off.
tru dat. i like your suggestion actually - it sounds palatable to an extent. but this year's draft is deep so that first rounder may hurt.
True, and its tough giving up a 1st but I think we can afford to, also if we do get Murray, I would then try and flip Gonchar and a 3rd for a 1st haha
Fair enough.
This is very much my own speculation. I mean, I know for a fact they are exploring options to deal Bishop but including Calgary as a trade partner is speculation.
I try to emphasize the difference with "According to people I've spoken with" or "Contacts tell me.." but perhaps I need to be a little more clear.
Suggestion noted!
agreed, i just think our default is if it's chirp saying it, it must be true.
You know like the pope, but the complete opposite.
In this scenario I would wait until we have a better idea of whether we are making the playoffs or not. If we are then this deal becomes a lot better I think..
I would hate to do this deal and finish outside the playoffs, With our luck, the pick we gave up would win the lottery.
It's ALL good - you are allowed to e a fan too
Again fair point, especially with the new lottery system
I wonder with the new lottery system if you will see NHL teams take the NBA approach of trading first round picks that are top 5 or top 10 lotteyr protected meaning if the pick falls in top 5 or top 10 then the pick goes to the following year (no longer protected)
Hoping the team gets back to playing their game tonight. Simple hockey... no fancy stuff. You have a chance to shoot on net.. then do it.. stop passing when you can shoot. Get to the net for deflections.. other teams do it..
Won't be an easy game tonight with Buffalo almost at a full lineup..
I wonder if Scott will try to run Karlsson.. he would have to catch him first.
Kaleta is back as well.. he causes trouble.
Next up Pitts & Tor. How can the Leafs be playing as well as they are? They have no #1 centre and I don't believe their forwards are better than the Sens.
They have quite a few hard hitters... calling for BoroCop or Gryba up by Saturday.
Speed, speed and more speed. Their top six is pretty fast and young. Count it: Bozak, Kessel, JVR, Grabo, MacArthur, Frattin, Kulemin. McClement was a nice pickup for them too. Credit due where its deserved - outside of the Kessel trade, Burke did make the Leafs front end pretty strong. If he only never traded Kessel i think he would have kept his job still and probably better. consider this - when he joined they had Stajan, Blake, Stempniak, Ponikarovsky, Antropov and so on.
but to be realistic, when the leafs face a real defense in this league they shit the bed. philly, mtl and the game against the penguis were not good defensive efforts by those teams.
i think the sens need a few more starting goalies to filibuster around the league and then Bishop's value would be unrealistic.
btw do you guys think Dave Nonis calls Bryan Murray for Bishop????
They picked up Joey MacDonald on waivers from the Detroit Red Wings, so they are all set ;)
All I know is Edmonton is young and have sucked the past few years. They have beek OK this yea rbut not great, so if they can't crack that lineup that is injury riddled and need veteran presence, then I dont want them on my team
09-10: 11pts in 19gms
10-11: 27pts in 35gms
11-12: 20 pts in 51gms
Again, he'd be a pure rental, cause I think he'll go back to the US.
Sorry if this comes out harsh sounding, but I honestly expected more out of this guy based on his game last year.
I really love the effort from all our players so far this year...but Im sorry, Smith for me has really stood out for all his faults.
I believe in the Sens drafting, they can draft better than most. But you can't be trading away your 1st round pick this year, not in a true rebuild. And it's been mentioned, we don't have a 2nd rounder.
So BM either trades his 1st for someone that he expects to be better than anyone in the 1st round, who jumps in now and will stay long term, thus not requiring the 1st. Or he does what he did two years ago, stay the course the rest of the way and move a few players at the deadline for picks. Obviously these will be players who have made somewhat of a name for themselves, or the picks won't be worth much.
2nd option makes sense. We have many players coming through the system looking to play eventually who we just won't have space for.
Some people may not agree because of the contract and what he's done in Calgary, but I would be willing to try and pry Jay Bouwmeester from them. His contract may be big, but it's only for the rest of this season and next. Plus, I think he might thrive in a puck possession system playing with Karlsson or Cowen (when he returns next year). The points and steller play in Florida weren't a fluke for him. It's Calgary's defense first system that is limiting him.
I think Smith is the most overrated player on this team. He had a decent month of December last year but had only 5 points in his last 40 games. Saturday was the type of game that needed someone like a Smith to get some emotion in the game but he was invisible like usual. Jim O'Brien makes more happen then Smith. I'm surprised Smith gets such a free pass with the media and fans.
Read post 15!
As for any of the coveted Ducks players, it would be best to wait until the Summer. The Ducks are doing well this year, why in the hell would they get rid of Perry or Ryan? If still no talks by after trade deadline and speculations are that Perry and Getzlaf testing the market, that's when we hunt down Perry. This year's draft is also going to be a good one with the 2011 similar feeling.
and he has looked good this season - the game against Chicago he was everywhere on the ice. 5 pts in 10 games. I think edmonton would make a big play for him considering he is from edm.
Michalek Spezza Silfverberg
Cammalleri Turris Alfredsson
Greening Smith Neil
Condra JOB Zibanejad
He's a career 3rd line C, hard to hate him for not producing like a 2nd line C. Yes he could use a bit more emotion in his game, but the team asked him to curb some of those fights a couple years ago. I still like what he brings as a bottom 6 pairing, but not opposed to trading him either.
Next...they actually put Phil Kessel vs Tyler Seguin's stats on the screen, to show that Kessel had now passed Sequin in points by 1 (at the time).
I was fairly speechless at the time as to what these idiots were trying to spoon feed and actually suggest to its viewers.
Pathetic...and sad, if you ask me.
This just proves that Apple uses Wikipedia in their algarathims lol
Wikipedia listing of hockey nicknames: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ice_hockey_nicknames
Use the same question function as the God, as any other nickname here
Example: Ask siri to show a picture of ned flanders
was never drafted. BM signed him out of college.
i think the trade to edmonton kick started his downward sprial. he was pretty useful for LA in the playoffs - dont understand his bad rap. i guess pancakes can get you that.
Never traded to Edmonton, he signed through offer sheet
Good god please stop, I was sick of the Pancakes Penner idea two or three years ago!
And don't forget the Sens are a 200 ft skating, puck moving team. It would be like having 2 Latrendresses out there. One prone to head injuries and the other breakfast injuries.
I was SO hoping Ottawa would snag Cammalleri as an FA the year Montreal signed him. He has diminished somewhat since his bigger scoring days, a lot since being in Montreal, but he is still a very capable player. He's the true type of guy who would benefit from a change of scenery.
If BM managed to get Cam, I don't think we'd be able to keep Michalek. And even if we did keep both, I think I'd rather see Cammalleri on Spezza's wing over 9MM.
Cammalleri has a good nose for the net and has faired well in the playoffs, when he's made it.
http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2013/02/12/if-you-ask-siri-for-a-picture-of-god-you-get-daniel-alfredsson/
Went by today and their was a sign saying closed due to unforeseen circumstances on the door.
Scroll up a few posts, or scroll to yesterdays thread lol
As for Kessel's 1st goal this season.. that was more or less front page news by the Toronto centric media (TSN & Sportsnet). If he wasn't playing for the Leafs it would be a non-story.
Cammalleri is hurt and on IR..
We all expect Bishop to be dealt sometime this season. What the return would be.. who knows.
If the Sens are not in a playoff spot and look to be completely out by the trade deadline.. then Gonchar will be gone.
Don't see them trading anyone else at this point. Most of the team is young or a fixture in Ottawa...
As for Lundin.. he has played a grand total of 2 games for the Sens. I say we give him a little more time to adjust to a new partner and a team system before we throw him under the bus.
If BM managed to get Cam, I don't think we'd be able to keep Michalek. And even if we did keep both, I think I'd rather see Cammalleri on Spezza's wing over 9MM.
Cammalleri has a good nose for the net and has faired well in the playoffs, when he's made it.
Cam on Spezza's wing would work too having him on the 2nd just too show depth by adding a legit top 6 player thats versatile and a sniper
As much as I agree, but had Spezza gone the first 10 games without scoring also, Most Sens fans would already be looking for ways to trade him and its all we would talk about also
Better yet, could you imagine if Karlsson didn't score in his first 10 games?
can't wait for game tonight. hopefully these guys put in a good performance to quiet the doubters.
What equal salary would Calgary take back?
no idea....i dont suggest a trade for him btw - i think its overkill and his salary demands may be high once he becomes UFA. i think he is a better fit in edmonton.
Sometimes, there are must-win regular season games. This is one of those games.
Sens need a win tonight.
GSG
I would love to see him back in Ottawa though as one of my all time favourite Senators to watch.
I'd also be ok with bringing back prospal to finish out the year as an inexpensive stop gap.
I'm a big fan of putting young players in a position to be succesful while developing and that's going to be tough to do scoring 1-2 goals a game.
We have been struggling without one of the top Centre's in the NHL, and most teams would feel this pain as well.
However we are in a bit of a dilemna... are we the team that made the playoffs last year and almost knocked off a cup favorite in the NYR? or are we really the team that is in the second year of a rebuild?
The past few games some of the horses that got us that far last year; Greening, Smith, MM9, have proven that maybe they are not capable of producing without the help of a Spezza.
Add to that a couple of hopefuls, we were counting on to help produce this year, are turning out to worst case scenario, in Lats, and Regin.
you do realize that last year was an anomoly where everybody stayed healthy right? injuries are a fact of life which is why depth wins the cup...I'm not advocating blowing up the rebuild but having zibby, turris and silf play exagerated roles is highly debatable for their development.
If this slide should continue, our discussions on this forum should go back to playing our youth to see what potoenial they have, and what value they will be in our rebuild.
Lets keep playing Benoit, put DaCosta on a first/Second line, lets get Gyrba up here.
But if we win, then its back to playoffs and the finals :)
belief, the 2013 draft isn ’ t nearly as
deep as scouts initially projected the
past couple of seasons.
So for teams really struggling through
the first two weeks of play – are you
listening fans of Calgary , Columbus ,
Phoenix, Florida and Washington (for
now) – it means you have the highest
odds of selecting a really high - end talent
that can become a franchise cornerstone
for 15- plus years . But for the 7 / 11
teams out there ( those just missing the
playoffs and destined to draft in the No .
10-14 slots) , a mid - first round pick this
year isn ’ t any more special than any
other year .
Would we all like a top end winger? Yes
Would we all like a top 4 dman? Yes
What we need the most is for Michalek, Greening, Smith to return to last year's form
What we desire is for Silf, Zib and Turris to continue developing into what we hope are stars
Those should be our 2 biggest wishes, the above 2 would be gravy
The biggest change however, is that all teams who miss the playoffs get in on the lottery. So really none of the teams that miss the playoffs will know where they stand until well past the trade deadline.
Like many fans, I fully expected to see the Peter Regin of 3 years ago that we saw against the Pens in the playoffs.
I don't think we will ever see that Regin again, at least with this team.
It's still "early" in the season, but has been nothing short of utter disappointment. He has had one good memorable play all season.
He was expected to help the secondary scoring this year, and hasn't. Glad to see JOB back in the lineup. He had no business sitting last game, don't know what Paul was thinking there.
GSG
last year was not an anomaly because none of us expect spezza to be out for two months every season. this year is the anomaly. last year set the lower bar for the sens normal performance range, it set the minimum expectation - which has always been there anyways: make the playoffs.
exagerrated roles: it would look like that but not true. Maclean rolls four lines and expects all his lines to pitch in offensively. obviously with guys like spezza around, the ones who dont score consistently get sheltered, but the expectation is still there. therefore its not exagerrated, its just more accountable.
Mark Stone
Mike Hoffman ( he almost beat out Greening for the roster spot at training camp)
Andre Petersson ( Had a great rookie season but got injured this season)
last year was not an anomaly because none of us expect spezza to be out for two months every season. this year is the anomaly. last year set the lower bar for the sens normal performance range, it set the minimum expectation - which has always been there anyways: make the playoffs.
exagerrated roles: it would look like that but not true. Maclean rolls four lines and expects all his lines to pitch in offensively. obviously with guys like spezza around, the ones who dont score consistently get sheltered, but the expectation is still there. therefore its not exagerrated, its just more accountable.
Obviously you don't expect Spezza to be out for two months every year but he frequently misses 10-20 games a year. Further to that, 24 teams lost more man games to injury than the sens last year and 124 out of 192 man games were Regin and Winchester..tha t my friend is anomoly.
Wing or Center?
I ask because it has been a LONG time since our depth at wing has been so suspect. Silfverberg is a good player, but if he doesn't end up being a significant scoring threat and IF Stone doesn't pan out that way either and IF Zibanejad is in fact more of a defensively responsible centre....well, there's not a lot of high-ceiling talent in the system.
Please not Cogliano, that's all I have to say
http://88.80.11.29/60080/watch-buffalo-sabres-vs-ottawa-senators
I fear Zibanejad is being showcased. He was never really their guy in that draft and his name popped up in trade rumours last year.
Yeah interesting that scouts from Anaheim/Ottawa checking out each other games...
Also didn't someone mention awhile ago that Methot & Corey Perry are former teammates with the London Knights and are also friends?
Wouldn't sell the farm for Perry unless he agrees to a contract extension with Ottawa.
each shift on ice they have pooped every where - literally.
Phillips and PW46 have looked out of sorts too.
literally the worst passes. his pass is what caused that lousy slash on alfie...sabres D is not in this game either, but they are more in than the sens bottom two pairings.
Who would be next? Old Burkie?
Why has this team stopped playing 'their game'? They are just wait too tight...
Need a goal to loosen up.
lol thats not good for the sens. he was one of the few GMs bryan murray stole from easily. didnt he trade lehner's 2nd rounder and leclaire for vermette? and also methot for foligno?
I went there to see B-Sens but the game is not on.
BSens lead WBS 3-0 on goals by Grant, Prince & Dziursnyski. Seems like Nathan Lawson started but replaced by Lehner. A WBS player was given a 5 Min penalty + a game for charging the goalie. Lawson must be hurt.. His time in net coincides with the penalty..
Shit that happened like minutes ago...
As well he should've been. Your chances of survival becomes limited when you send Couturier and Voracek to another team to acquire Jeff Carter, only to ship off Carter and get close to nothing from that trade and then ship off your captain and get left over crap the Rangers didn't need anymore. Not to mention, years of being a shitty franchise with their captain being their only claim to fame. Phuck. Now Murray can't fleece him anymore!
I was thinking the same thing, as otherwise wouldn't DaCosta who is more experienced be on one of the top two lines?
They also scored another SH goal tonight... they lead the AHL with 13 of those. That's incredible.
Luke Richardson is doing a tremendous job with the BSens this year...
Make the 5-0 now... they are rolling...
da costa has looked good they need to give him the time
sens needed to score on the PP.....soon the refs will give buffalo the PPs....
i think trading zibby will come back to haunt us. Him, Noesen and Ceci are our true blue chip prospects. The rest are all hopefuls or third liners (Silf may be a fringe blue-chipper)
i think Anaheim is after Gonchar - they don't have any big name offensive d-man. Fowler is still too young. other than that there is Sbisa, Mara and Lydman. Lydman is more of a steady d-man but good at it.
It doesn't matter if the Sabres are the team with most goals against if we can't even get ONE goal.
I have a feeling that Murray will be making a trade very very soon.
nothing happened to him
lawson started game, some pens forward adam payerl collided with him. lawson went off and is now back in.
payerl got game misconduct for charging lawson. kostopoulos for pens also got game misconduct for spearing someone.
Errrr....no. Lawson started and was run hard. Dude got a game misconduct for running Lawson over. Lehner came on in relief.
Hopefully Murray calls Murray and they get a deal going for a kid named Bobby or another named Corry
Thank the little baby jesus I read the scoresheet and I shat myself a little bit
Karlsson -Karlsson - Karlsson
Karlsson -Karlsson - Karlsson
Karlsson -Karlsson - Karlsson
Karlsson -Karlsson - Karlsson
Karlsson - Orr
Karlsson - Karlsson
Karlsson - Karlsson
Anderson
Karlsson
As for Ryan, I doubt he wants a career outside of the U.S.
For Perry- its going to cost Silf or Zibby or Noesen, Ceci or Wier and one of our grinders (Smith, Obrien, Greening or Condra) and maybe more. Better make sure Perry is the piece we think we need (and I think he is, if he is happy and wants to be here)
It doesn't matter if the Sabres are the team with most goals against if we can't even get ONE goal.
I have a feeling that Murray will be making a trade very very soon.
Hopefully Murray calls Murray and they get a deal going for a kid named Bobby or another named Corry
You have that backwards... Something happened to Lawson -- Lehner in...
I agree... kind of.
Karl will be viewed as a phenomenal generational talent, so long as he wins a few Cups or Norris trophies. Heck, even a gold medal at the Olympics would be great. I do think he's hungry enough to carry this team to a Cup... I just have a feeling that his time is now, and he knows it. Winning the Norris is nothing for this kid. He wants to win the Cup, the Olympic Gold, the World Championships, everything. And the scary thing is, he could probably finish his career with all that...
However, as a Canadian kid, I think Doughty is a pretty special player. Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold Medal. and he just turned 23.
Greening honestly needs to start playing like a top 6 player when he is placed there. i think he plays like a 3rd or 4th liner even when put in top 6
Again, why are we gonna use Noesen, Ceci and Smith or any other prospects to get Perry in which he will be unrestricted at the end of the year? Phuck, we can have all those guys plus Perry, assuming he would agree to terms to want to play here.
IMO Doughty is amazing, but we're talking about Karlsson here..
alot has to happen for this team to become a contender, the cupboard is full but something has to be done to take the team to the next level. We dont have a "perry and getzlaf" or a "crosby and malkin" or a "kopitar, doughty, richards and carter" you either draft two mega stars or trade for them!
as it stands now, we will be respectable bordering on good for 5 years but that's it
They haven't exactly been playing great so far man.. If it wasn't for Andy we could have been in a hole. For a team in a rebuild though, very happy with them.
Spezza and Michalek?
Staying the course with this roster will pan out (although Zack Smith is pretty frusterating to watch)
Kramer already making his presence felt in bingo. this kid is going to make the sens a whole lotta nasty when he finally comes up.
3 game misconducts have been handed out to WBS players. One for running Lawson, one for spearing and the last one for abuse of officials...
44 penalty minutes for Bingo... 96 penalty minutes for WBS.
Have a question...
44 min/11 inf
96 min/18 inf
What does the 'inf' stand for?
I believe it's infractions. ex 11 penalties totalling 44 min.
Makes sense.. thanks..
Anyways a win is a win.
Bring on dem pens!
and man......the bruins are something
trailed all game long and boom in 10 minutes 3 goals to even up.
For the record, about 95% of the rumors and chatter all take place here on SensChirp before anyone else gets the scoop. Respect.
The only thing I dislike about all this chatter about Perry is that eventually the media and everyone else will make a big thing about how he is set to become a UFA and that Murray drafted him, etc. and will turn off any rumors of Perry wanting to sign here. The less coverage about this will prosper the chances of even trying to sign Perry.
Lundin won't mind changing his number, will he!!?
I just hope it's not at the expense of Silfverberg/Zib anjead.
I like his grit, HOWEVER, he does have a long ways to go in becoming a player that would benefit an NHL team. He is rough around the edges and will need to improve his overall game.
Zibanejad + Benoit for ROR should get it done...give him the contract and money he's asking for. This team would see a HUGE boost.
Michalek - Spezza - Turris
Silfverberg - O'Reilly - Alfredsson
I like that top 6 for the playoffs.
I really wish people would stop doing this.
http://www.senschirp.ca/blog/item/895-latest-from-the-rumour-mill
;)
On a sidenote, congratulations to Lundin and his wife who now have Canadian relatives.
@SunGarrioch
Ducks scouts weren't here because there r discussions between Sens and ANA. Bob Murray intends to try to keep Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf.
LMAO, "try to keep." He can all he wants. At the end of the day, we can bet Murray will change religions to try and obtain the services of the Ducks duo.
BTW, wtf is Garrioch talking about? They weren't there because there are discussions between the 2 teams. Well then why the phuck are they there then?
Souray, Sbisa, Lovejoy, Beauchemin, Lydman and Bryan Allen with Paul Mara as 7th. they got lovejoy recently from the pens for a 5th rounder. I think they are looking at Gonchar.
therefore sens scouts are looking at players from SJS, ANA and Chicago.
And Gryba is a friggen +28? Come on, someone take notice.
BigRig had a great game tonight, watching him skate I would have swore he was in his 20's.
And what can I say about Anderson, guy is on a mission. Please don't come back to earth anytime soon. You are so ON!!
lawson got crashed into early in the first. The Lehner filled in for him the rest of the game.
Oh really, not happy Lawson went down, but I am happy Lehner is ok.
Anderson = Vezina
All we need to get on a long winning streak is to get some rebound luck as Anderson and Karlsson are for real.
What a bomb from Zibby when he hit the post last night on a one timer. This kid will be good for us, hope Murray don't trade him. You can't trow away our future for a UFA to be player. Murray is smarter than that.
Also, I understand moving Gonchar to Anaheim to bring insome scoring, but so far this year i would actually be pretty sad to see the Gonch leave. Againt popular belief, I have really been liking his game.
Would really love to see him and Karlsson start clicking on the PP. That would be deadly!
Oh ... and eff you Pens, let's do THIS!
GO SENS GO
I would love to see Gryba get traded. He has put in his time and hasn't got a shot. I may be of the minority but I watch Gryba a lot and he is not slow. Open ice hit last night left the players horizontal. Friggn everybody on the other team wanted to kill him. He just chirped at them and they speared him(5 and a game)(check from behind 2 min etc). My main criticism is that he plays the safe game and doesn't take risks which sometimes leaves his gaps too open. Boro played a tighter game but his partner has to often cover for him. Boro +4 Gryba +3.
I will bet money that Gryba ,next year, gets plucked of waivers when he is sent down from the training camp(which he obviously will).