lol think about it guys... The amount of talking on this board about Boro is insane. He's just a freaking physical 7th D-man who gets more playing time than he should because of injuries and lack of depth. Now that the team has a lot of D depth developing, the need for him should disappear (hopefully they don't really re-sign him and PD just said that to motivate him).
He is not good enough or interesting enough to talk about him as much, SO CAN WE PLEASE STOP? We have a lot of very good players and we don't talk much about them in comparison... that's freaking SAD.
SOLUTION : They should start him on the 4th line Wing this season since we have several injuries up front. Then he becomes a rover and covers for injuries and get some pressbox time too.
NOTE : Everytime someones say Boro or Borocop or Boroweicki, etc. he should have a 0.25$ infraction. We collect that money (virtually) so later in the season we purchase a ticket to a Sens game for everyone here.
I know he scored, but how did Oduya look? Do we think he's going to be a legit top 4 option for the entire year?
Oduya looks to be somewhat back to his Chicago peak days (just a few years ago). Being healthy makes all the difference for hockey players. I believe he can be close to as good as a Marc Methot this season. This signing might be one of my favorite Dorion moves because Ottawa was one of the teams most hit by the ED so it helps swallow the pill a bit until Chabot/Jaros/Harpur/Claesson gain more experience
It's easy to see Chabot's offensive instincts are only surpassed by Karlsson right now. However, he might have been too weak with the puck and during battles in the d-zone. We could use him on the PP until Karlsson gets here and he could learn good D on the job.
Yeah my only worry right now with Chabot is that he can be overwhelmed physically in the defensive zone, along the walls. I think he's best partner would be Phaneuf who is as solid as a rock. Our defense this season should be :
Claesson-Karlsson
Oduya-Ceci
Phaneuf-Chabot
Wideman, Boro
Phaneuf TOI will rise with PP and PK. Claesson and Oduya won't play much PP so TOI/GP should be :
Karlsson
Ceci
Phaneuf
Claesson/Oduya
Chabot
Wideman
Borowiecki
Let Jaros, Harpur, Lajoie and Englund develop in Belleville.
Man, insane depth. Trade Wideman and Borowiecki eventually for assets (even if later picks)