Miss Callaneous' Senatorial Grabuge 2

Germz · Post #3801 by **Germz** » Sun Dec 27, 2020 8:54 pm

Paquette too now. I guess we're loading up on veteran depth players after all.

Shame about Nilsson, but the writing was on the wall for him. Hope he gets healthy again.

Shawnathan Horcoff · Post #3802 by **Shawnathan Horcoff** » Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:02 pm

Paquette could prove to be a big deadline piece, too. : )

senate · Post #3803 by **senate** » Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:06 pm

Sadly, Martin Gaborik never achieved the same success in Ottawa as fellow Slovak Peter Bondra.

mayoradamwest · Post #3804 by **mayoradamwest** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:36 pm

I like it, swap a second to a better year, move out LTIR stuff, and add some content that can be flipped out if successful.

mayoradamwest · Post #3805 by **mayoradamwest** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:37 pm

Sens seem to be poised to take advantage of the taxi squad, and will be utter dicks. I expect a lot of PIMs

Murphy · Post #3806 by **Murphy** » Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:34 pm

Rico, your sweater daddy has passed away.

mayoradamwest · Post #3807 by **mayoradamwest** » Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:05 pm

he took some great swings. someone on twitter mentioned there'd be a statue of him had hasek's groin held up....

fucking hasek.

mayoradamwest · Post #3808 by **mayoradamwest** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:28 am

Chabot is not practicing, unclear if he was murdered by logan brown.

that's also a lot of money for Colin White on the uh... 5th line/taxi squad? Then again, playing with Galchenyuk? I dunno. :shrug.

Surprised (pleasantly) at that top 6, way better than it has been in ages.

Germz · Post #3809 by **Germz** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:46 pm

I have been wondering where the seeming glut of centres would leave Colin White, since they went all in on that contract and presumably want a bounce back year from him.

In other news, the Sens are trailblazers once again:

https://www.tsn.ca/ottawa-senators-subm ... -1.1576163

Germz · Post #3810 by **Germz** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:27 pm

Adios Max Lajoie, you overachieved until you didn't. It was a nice little streak.

Logan Brown is now the only asset remaining from that 2016 draft.

Germz · Post #3811 by **Germz** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:45 pm

No Logan Brown, no Formenton, no Brannstrom on the starting roster. I haven't been following camp at all, except to hear that Brannstrom had to quarantine. I assume we'll see them all at some point. I guess we loaded up on veterans to make them earn their spots?

senate · Post #3812 by **senate** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:24 pm

Rudolphs Balcers, one of the legendary "Five Assets", was lost to waivers back to San Jose.

Murphy · Post #3813 by **Murphy** » Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:29 am

Gotta make room for Watson, Gudbranson and Coburn.

mayoradamwest · Post #3814 by **mayoradamwest** » Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:35 am

logan brown to the AHL

Germz · Post #3815 by **Germz** » Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:38 pm

Frankie Seravalli is on board the Josh Norris hype train. Either that or he was desperate to find something 'bold' and positive to say about our team's upcoming season.

Josh Norris will lead the Ottawa Senators in scoring. The reigning AHL Rookie of the Year will take a serious run at the Calder Trophy for NHL rookie of the year on a line with Brady Tkachuk and Drake Batherson.

https://www.tsn.ca/frank-seravalli-s-31 ... -1.1576713

mayoradamwest · Post #3816 by **mayoradamwest** » Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:17 pm

if norris is on a line with batherson all year, they would split calder votes and have not shot at it. :positivity:

MP · Post #3817 by MP » Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:23 pm

I thinking we should move L. Brown+White+_____ for Dubois

King Clancy · Post #3818 by **King Clancy** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:55 pm

mayoradamwest wrote:
King Clancy wrote:I guess we're not seeing the prospects this year. Good thing we wasted picks on plugs like Watson.

there was talk of expanded rosters, keeping a couple guys around who can be benched doesn't bother me.

And then what happened? :creeper2:

mayoradamwest · Post #3819 by **mayoradamwest** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:29 pm

King Clancy wrote:
mayoradamwest wrote:
King Clancy wrote:I guess we're not seeing the prospects this year. Good thing we wasted picks on plugs like Watson.

there was talk of expanded rosters, keeping a couple guys around who can be benched doesn't bother me.

And then what happened?

they put together a roster for covid times with some extra bodies, and gave Norris, Batherson, Stutzle, Paul roster spots. I think Brannstrom would have made it had he been able to practice, and then they sent the rest to the AHL. Dunno, just not upset about balcers?

King Clancy · Post #3820 by **King Clancy** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:26 am

I guess we'll see if they actually bench the Redundant Squad, especially after last night's debacle.

senate · Post #3821 by **senate** » Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:12 pm

Brent Wallace was caught in the Bell layoffs.

No wonder Mendes jumped ship to The Athletic last month.

Shawnathan Horcoff · Post #3822 by **Shawnathan Horcoff** » Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:52 pm

Reminder that #BellLet’sTalk was last week.

Ricard_Persson · Post #3823 by **Ricard_Persson** » Wed Feb 03, 2021 7:06 pm

Thats crazy. Hard not to like Brent Wallace. He did his job well i thought, and I really liked when he stepped up to melnyk during that outdoor game debacle. So many ass kisses in the Ottawa media, I always felt Brent was down the middle and fair.

Kind of strange, I can't remember when he wasn't TSNs senators guy.

mayoradamwest · Post #3824 by **mayoradamwest** » Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:50 am

CAnadian telecommunications policy is garbage.

ColinM · Post #3825 by **ColinM** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:09 pm

So Pittsburgh can have a president of hockey ops and have 9 people in to interview for a GM position and our front office is devoid of change. Surprise Surprise

senate · Post #3826 by **senate** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:32 pm

Why have a President of Hockey Operations if the franchise doesn't have a hockey operations department?

senate · Post #3827 by **senate** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 6:12 pm

The Brampton Beast, the Senators' ECHL affiliate, have gone out of business.

senate · Post #3828 by **senate** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:22 pm

The ~~autistics~~ statistics enthusiasts on twitter are furious. But he is 26 years old and has played 58 games over 4 seasons so he can't be considered a raw prospect anymore.

mayoradamwest · Post #3829 by **mayoradamwest** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 6:20 pm

he's a guaranteed UFA at this point due to lack of games played i believe

senate · Post #3830 by **senate** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:17 pm

Bernard-Docker and Pinto have signed and both are expected to play some games in Ottawa this season.

mayoradamwest · Post #3831 by **mayoradamwest** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:54 pm

that is good news!

senate · Post #3832 by **senate** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:45 pm

Pierre Groulx, the goaltending coach, has been moved to scouting and development. Which I assume is cheaper than firing him.

Zac Bierk, the goaltending development coach for the Coyotes and the goaltending coach for DJ Smith's 2015 Oshawa Generals, has been hired as the new goaltending coach.

So, the bad goaltending was the result of bad coaching not bad management. Everything is fixed now.

ColinM · Post #3833 by **ColinM** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:21 pm

senate wrote:Pierre Groulx, the goaltending coach, has been moved to scouting and development. Which I assume is cheaper than firing him.

Zac Bierk, the goaltending development coach for the Coyotes and the goaltending coach for DJ Smith's 2015 Oshawa Generals, has been hired as the new goaltending coach.

So, the bad goaltending was the result of bad coaching not bad management. Everything is fixed now.

Well you never can have too many scouts.

mayoradamwest · Post #3834 by **mayoradamwest** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:33 pm

positive angle: they added a body to the organization.

mayoradamwest · Post #3835 by **mayoradamwest** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 6:02 pm

Is Josh Norris good?

FH2002 · Post #3836 by **FH2002** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:31 pm

Prediction: Dorion gets fired at the end of the season.

mayoradamwest · Post #3837 by **mayoradamwest** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:02 pm

FH2002 wrote:Prediction: Dorion gets fired at the end of the season.

seems that way, but.... :dunno:

MP · Post #3838 by MP » Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:13 pm

FH2002 wrote:Prediction: Dorion gets fired at the end of the season.

Pfft. Fired?! More like demoted back to scout.

Germz · Post #3839 by **Germz** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:58 pm

mayoradamwest wrote:Is Josh Norris good?

This is a million dollar question. I cannot figure it out. First I had him marked as a tweener better suited for the minors. Then he showed some improvement a bit and I was intrigued. But I'm still not convinced that he's a top-6 NHL centre.

God we're weak at the centre position. Colin White will probably max out as another Chris Tierney. Clark Bishop is simply awful. Anisimov has just enough hands to provide hints of what Dadonov might be able to do with a decent playmaking centre.

Our poor wingers. The analysts keep talking about Brady's high shot count. It's because Brady is forced to create most of these chances on his own. With the team's overall lack of offensive creativity, they are mostly predictable, stoppable chances. But he just keeps shooting because that's what he knows how to do. There's a reason Connor Brown is now tied for the team lead in goals. He's a simple north-south player who doesn't need a skilled centreman to score goals when he gets hot. Same reason Dzingel got hot after coming over. I bet they slap an 'A' on Brown's chest after this season.

If Stützle can switch back to centre in the future that should help a lot. For now he reminds me a lot of rookie Spezza. But DJ doesn't have the luxury that Martin had with Spez - i.e. scratching or benching him for weak defensive play. He needs his skill logging regular minutes.

Germz · Post #3840 by **Germz** » Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:38 pm

Norris had another awful game tonight. The guy is skilled but so soft, especially along the boards.

Do we have an equipment manager anymore? Seemed like our guys were blowing tires all over the ice tonight.

Ricard_Persson · Post #3841 by **Ricard_Persson** » Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:29 pm

I've been impressed with Norris only because he's basically been the 1st line center all year.

I thought it would last 3 games. Its tough to play those #1 minutes at such a young age and on a weak team, and I have to say I wouldn't have bet a dollar he'd still be there in April. He has warts yes, but he certainly can score. Ottawa has had so many skilled guys that couldn't naturally score. I will say he does have that scoring ability which I'll take.

Long term, he'll play more depth I'd guess on this soon to be very deep team, but he's fared better than I thought game in game out with no NHL experience.

Connor Brown setting the franchise record in consecutive games with a goal has to be the most insane thing I've seen in hockey in a long time. Right up there with a zamboni driver beating the leafs. I just can't believe it.

He's a miss an open net guy in the franchise form of the legends of missing goals, Chris Kelly and Erik Condra. Zero scoring touch on all three of them and Connor Brown goes and buries 7 straight.

Honestly, it's shocking.

Germz · Post #3842 by **Germz** » Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:41 pm

When Kyle Turris came over from Phoenix he was only a little older than Norris is now. And he slotted in nicely in a sheltered #2 spot behind Spezza.

Norris reminds me a bit of him.

mayoradamwest · Post #3843 by **mayoradamwest** » Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:18 pm

Germz wrote:When Kyle Turris came over from Phoenix he was only a little older than Norris is now. And he slotted in nicely in a sheltered #2 spot behind Spezza.

Norris reminds me a bit of him.

That seems fair.

I wonder what it would take to just get someone solid like Dvorak out of Arizona....

Germz · Post #3844 by **Germz** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:55 am

Reilly gone for a 3rd, which is more than the 5th we gave up for him.

Not really an NHLer on a good team, but he wasn't quite so bad once they paired him with Zub, who really seems like a keeper if he can be persuaded to re-sign.

Brannstrom has looked green this year, but the kid's gotta play, so this will be good for him too.

Probably means more action for Josh Brown over the next couple weeks, and they also brought in Goloubef as another warm body. But is there a chance we see JBD get a taste of NHL action as well?

MP · Post #3845 by MP » Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:30 pm

Victor Métis.

mayoradamwest · Post #3846 by **mayoradamwest** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:46 pm

B-Sens signed someone who is 6'8.

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