edguy
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But when you say top 5, he was probably around #5 right? Honest question as I dont know where most people rank him in our org.
yes. Chabot/White/Brown and probably Chlapik have jumped over him
But when you say top 5, he was probably around #5 right? Honest question as I dont know where most people rank him in our org.
yes. Chabot/White/Brown and probably Chlapik have jumped over him
What a gem of a GM we have here in Ottawa.
Gives up a 2nd + a young player in Zibanejad for a 29y/o Brassard.
Gives up a promising prospect for an aging Burrows + a 2 year extension.
What's next?
And people forget perron, who had a filthy junior career and hasn't yet acclimatized to the pros.
I think it's likely Chlapik that made Dahlen expendable.
Anyone that believes a word this guy says is incredibly naive. If Melnyk wasnt so cheap he would have hired a real GM. Ultimately the reason the sens have this GM is Melnyks fault. Even though said GM is unqualified and has been destroyed in a value perspective in every deal he has made. His asset management has been horrid.
It's fine getting a rental like Burrows, but to give up Dahlen + the extension is a joke.
Don't need to have other gms fleece you, when you just fleece yourself
He's the one who drafted Dahlen though. Most people on here may have seen Dahlen play a few times in the world juniors, but dorion is the guy who drafted him.
Guess who knows oceans more about this prospect?
yes. Chabot/White/Brown and probably Chlapik have jumped over him
I love his work ethic and his ability to score timely goals but these are hardly unique qualities. As an older poster here who watched (and revered) players such as Jean Beliveau, Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe stuff like his "trash talking", his lying and embellishing are the absolute antithesis of the kind of hockey I love and grew up loving. Guys like Burrows, Cooke, Avery and, yes, Lapierre make me sick every time I watch them play and when one (or worse, two) of these parasites are playing for YOUR team you start to question why you are watching. As a Canuck fan I went into the 2011 final rooting for my team but watching game 6 (particularly Burrows' dive fest but more the knowledge that our 5 worst divers also included 4 of our 5 best players) made me think that the Bruins earned their Cup fair and square. You can bet I will be monitoring his future progress carefully. First Lapierre (a punk) then Kesler (selfish diva) and now Burrows (satan personified IMHO), talk about "draining the swamp". I'm a happy guy and we haven't even finished the season yet. My team just got a lot classier...
Agreed. cant believe im trying to be a voice of reason here
Does anyone have any past comparable's to Dahlen in the Swe-1 league? I can see a decent stat line, wondering what other players have come out of that league.
Would Swe-1 be comparable to the ECHL??
Does anyone have any past comparable's to Dahlen in the Swe-1 league? I can see a decent stat line, wondering what other players have come out of that league.
Would Swe-1 be comparable to the ECHL??
Forsberg, OEL, Backlund and Berglund (if im not mistaken) etc. Its better than the ECHL imo
Yes. Isn't stat watching fun
Burrows isnt a player that can take the Sens to a "next level". The mere potential of Dahlen out weighs years 36 & 37 of burrows.
But heck maybe the sens can still flip him at the TDL in a couple in 2 years.
Burrows isnt a player that can take the Sens to a "next level". The mere potential of Dahlen out weighs years 36 & 37 of burrows.
But heck maybe the sens can still flip him at the TDL in a couple in 2 years.
It will be hard with the NTC. Dorion will whine that his hands were tied and he had to include a 2nd round pick with Burrows to get a 4th rounder back.
And people forget perron, who had a filthy junior career and hasn't yet acclimatized to the pros.
I think it's likely Chlapik that made Dahlen expendable.
He's definitely behind the top 3 guys, and the Sens still have the other guy. So it is not a terrible deal when you have a stocked cupboard of prospects.