Pre-Game Talk: Preds @ Sens

[TheNewEra]

its actually kind of funny that we are asking for line juggling when last year we were begging the line juggling to stop

 

[Icelevel]

Really disappointed we didn't trade up to get Forsberg once he fell out of the top 10.

why? we could have traded michalek (a washed up 3rd liner) for him

 

[Karlsson2Turris*]

why? we could have traded michalek (a washed up 3rd liner) for him

This Michalek for Forsberg thing has been thrown around quite a bit. Was there a legit offer from Washington for Michalek or is this pure speculation?

 

[BonkTastic]

This Michalek for Forsberg thing has been thrown around quite a bit. Was there a legit offer from Washington for Michalek or is this pure speculation?

Nothing about it is legit. It's nothing but wishful thinking and HF armchair GMing.

 

[Icelevel]

This Michalek for Forsberg thing has been thrown around quite a bit. Was there a legit offer from Washington for Michalek or is this pure speculation?

i just made it up as an idea assuming they would go for michalek and wiercioch over erat and latta. of course ottawa might not even have gone for that at the time. who knows. I can say that I would have done that back then. (not talking retrospect)

 

[pepty]

We have a tough stretch ahead and will be hard pressed to keep pace.Most difficult are the next 4 games playing the Blues twice,once in an afternoon game, the Preds of course next up, and the Wings..

http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hoc...-face-challenge-of-playing-leagues-best-teams

The Senators’ next 10 opponents have a combined record of 113-49-17. Six of the games are on the road. The stretch also includes three pairs of back-to-back games.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Gotta remember Milo was comming off a 35 goal season at the time, and it would be an in conference trade for an unproven player. would have been easier if we just flipped picks with Washington at the draft or something.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

We have a tough stretch ahead and will be hard pressed to keep pace.Most difficult are the next 4 games playing the Blues twice,once in an afternoon game, the Preds of course next up, and the Wings..

http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hoc...-face-challenge-of-playing-leagues-best-teams

The Senators’ next 10 opponents have a combined record of 113-49-17. Six of the games are on the road. The stretch also includes three pairs of back-to-back games.

It'll be a good measuring stick

Thankfully we absolutely own Hitchcock

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Nothing about it is legit. It's nothing but wishful thinking and HF armchair GMing.

It was for erat. Michalek and erat at the time. Very comparable.

 

[God Says No]

It was for erat. Michalek and erat at the time. Very comparable.

Yip, Michalek and Erat were very comparable. Unfortunately we were going for it last year, so we were adding instead of subtracting. But dang, Michalek for Filip would have been sweet.

 

[BonkTastic]

It was for erat. Michalek and erat at the time. Very comparable.

I'm talking about trade rumors, not player value.

It's not a legit rumor, regardless of how comparable the players are/were. You can add guys like Hemsky or Stafford to that list too, but it's not like Edmonton or Buffalo somehow dropped the ball. They probably didn't even know Forsberg was available.

Trades are often done in a vacuum. It's not a 29-team, league-wide auction for players sometimes... only a few teams know of player's availability, and often, the worst trades are just that: guys who weren't shopped to all teams, only a select few. The Joe Thornton trade comes to mind immediately as an example of this (league GMs were shocked when Boston traded him, they didn't even know he was on the block), but there are plenty of others out there too.

Very likely, the Caps only contacted a handful of teams when they made that trade.

 

[Cosmix]

We won't win with a good line being used vs low competition with little ice-time.

I love the kid line more than the next guy but what's the point of keeping them together if they're gonna get little ice-time anyway and they aren't facing tough competition? While other lines who need more help and are being leaned on more aren't working?

I would love to see other line combos work but keeping that line together means Michalek in the top 6 somewhere which is an immediate no-no.

Keeping the Kid Line together as a 4th line in regular rotation might work because they would face the other team's lesser lines and might be able to out score them due to their high/higher skill levels. However, if the other team uses line matching , particularly at home where it has last change, then the Kid Line might be vulnerable.

 

[Cosmix]

It'll be a good measuring stick

Thankfully we absolutely own Hitchcock

This info, if correct, looks ominous for the Senators chances to remain in playoff position during this 10 game run. The a Senators may be fortunate to get 50% of available points and remain in a playoff position.

 

[EK65IsAGod]

Easy loss. Go team!

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

My gut says we will either win this game or will lose this game

 

[Sun God Nika]

My gut says we will either win this game or will lose this game

wow, same here.

 

[God Says No]

I'm talking about trade rumors, not player value.

It's not a legit rumor, regardless of how comparable the players are/were. You can add guys like Hemsky or Stafford to that list too, but it's not like Edmonton or Buffalo somehow dropped the ball. They probably didn't even know Forsberg was available.

Trades are often done in a vacuum. It's not a 29-team, league-wide auction for players sometimes... only a few teams know of player's availability, and often, the worst trades are just that: guys who weren't shopped to all teams, only a select few. The Joe Thornton trade comes to mind immediately as an example of this (league GMs were shocked when Boston traded him, they didn't even know he was on the block), but there are plenty of others out there too.

Very likely, the Caps only contacted a handful of teams when they made that trade.

Sure, we're just saying that Sens equivalent in that trade was probably Michalek. We were buyers at that point last year, so it's purely a hypothetical situation anyways. You don't have to be a party pooper.

 

[BonkTastic]

You don't have to be a party pooper.

 

[God Says No]

We love you Bonk. Don't ever change.

 

[HavlatMach9]

didn't think the preds would do well this year and am wrong

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Ryan ain't gonna be doing much better playing with Legwand and Zibby.

How long will it take for MacLean to reunite him with Turris and Mac? Seems almost like trolling at this point. And please god let the Smith line get as little toi as possible.

 

[Six Assets]

We love you Bonk. Don't ever change.

good thing he's back

 

[OmniSens]

GDT's still available.

 

[BonkTastic]

good thing he's back

I can never tell if these sorts of comments are sarcastic or not, haha.

... I'll just assume it's a dig at me, and put you on my "Revenge list".

 

[HSF]

It was for erat. Michalek and erat at the time. Very comparable.

Na Washington wouldn't have trades forsberg to the east


I would have picked erat too for this reason