Pre-Game Talk: Sens @ Bruins Monday 1 pm

[Shruggs Peterson]

Watching the games on Saturday and today Colin White has been bounced up and down the line up and he's struggled more than I thought he would. Imo he's looked alright with Pyatt and MP making an energy line but when he's been playing with Duchene the play has died with him more than once.

If they give him some consistent linemates for a whole game maybe he can get some something going.

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

Cody Ceci is a f***ing bum.

 

[solidprospect]

Thought Condon made $2.4M not $3.0M.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

it's a ****ty contract and I hate condon....but when that deal was signed we were spending almost 70

Was that in actual dollars spent or cap hit? Definitely referring to actual salary since cap hit is irrelevant for us, but culd still be off.

Also, wasn't that number brought closer to 60 that summer because we lost Methot just before and Mac went on LTIR?

I thought we'd never exceeded 68 in actual spending and were typically closer to between 60 and 65, but its all fuzzy now tbh.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Thought Condon made $2.4M not $3.0M.

Backloaded deal, so actual salary is higher next year.

In Sens budget land, cap hits are irelevant and its all about what their actual salary is.

 

[solidprospect]

Backloaded deal, so actual salary is higher next year.

In Sens budget land, cap hits are irelevant and its all about what their actual salary is.

I see it now, was looking at AAV tab instead of Salary

 

[aragorn]

Condon sucked today & basically cost them the game, Boston is clearly a very experienced team & schooled them a bit but I thought if they would have gotten better goaltending they had a chance. This could be a problem all yr & with his contract nobody will want to take Condon off our hands, we are stuck with him.

 

[armani]

And san Jose and Karlsson are exploding at the moment. I know it's early but sens winning the deal at the moment. Wait till all prospects and draft picks kick in..

 

[JD1]

Was that in actual dollars spent or cap hit? Definitely referring to actual salary since cap hit is irrelevant for us, but culd still be off.

Also, wasn't that number brought closer to 60 that summer because we lost Methot just before and Mac went on LTIR?

I thought we'd never exceeded 68 in actual spending and were typically closer to between 60 and 65, but its all fuzzy now tbh.

at the time he was signed we were upper 60s in actual salary

 

[Micklebot]

It's what needs to be done.

We don't have the depth to be keeping our only legit consistent scoring threats on different lines, especially when one is being centered by a career 4th line center barring 1 season.

Though that 2nd line has very little creativity or scoring ability

Which one is the second line? I just threw together guys i thought had chemistry. Really liked boedker with formenton and think white and tkachuk could click.

 

[czechcanadian]

I'd like to see us load up the top line to get the offense going

Dzingel-Duchene-Stone

Formenton-Tierney-Boedker (speed kills)
Tkachuk-White-Ryan (American line?)
Paajarvi-Smith Pyatt (energy matchup 3rd)

Premise being have one really good line, and three 3rd lines.

That’s exactly what I was thinking. This could be quite lethal actually...

 

[The don godfather]

Why is it so laughable that the sens actually did well in that transaction? I don't understand the negativity. You guys got good amazing young pieces for a guy leaving in a year...

 

[BondraTime]

Why is it so laughable that the sens actually did well in that transaction? I don't understand the negativity. You guys got good amazing young pieces for a guy leaving in a year...

That's on you for not understanding, no on the countless people trying to explain it to you

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

I think they need to trade Ceci this year.

 

[HavlatMach9]

Why is it so laughable that the sens actually did well in that transaction? I don't understand the negativity. You guys got good amazing young pieces for a guy leaving in a year...

doing well in trading of Karlsson means we got a franchise player in return. We didn't.

Karlsson is not "a guy leaving in a year". That's what the management did.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Formenton duchene dzingel
Tkatchuk white stone
Boedker smith ryan
Pyatt tierney aajarvi.

That’s how I would go on forward.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I think they need to trade Ceci this year.

I'd just settle for leaving Boro in the press box. They seriously need to give someone else a shot over him. He's by far and away the worst player on the club.

 

[Micklebot]

Formenton duchene dzingel
Tkatchuk white stone
Boedker smith ryan
Pyatt tierney aajarvi.

That’s how I would go on forward.

I don't think Formenton is 1st line material at this point. Plus I really have liked his shifts with Boedker.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

I'd just settle for leaving Boro in the press box. They seriously need to give someone else a shot over him. He's by far and away the worst player on the club.

I think Ceci is worse than Boro and that's with Ceci having more offensive upside than Boro.

 

[aragorn]

I'd just settle for leaving Boro in the press box. They seriously need to give someone else a shot over him. He's by far and away the worst player on the club.

I think Condon is worse & if he continues to play this yr as he did last yr & in today's game, they are screwed. Anderson has at the least been better this yr than he was last yr but it's a long yr, IMO it will be goaltending that hurts this team all yr long.

 

[Cosmix]

I don't like that White is on the 4th line, I did like to see him centre Smith & Stone & thought they were pretty good together. Can't wait for them to trade or get rid of UFAs Pyatt, Paajarvi & Carey & replace them with our better prospects. My guess is that Formenton will eventually be returned to junior again this season to play in the WJC, to bulk up a little & improve his offensive game especially finishing on breakaways. I could also see Smith or Dzingel replaced by Chlapik a some point on LW but he needs to improve in taking faceoffs from what I have seen.

Dzingel - Duchene - Ryan
Smith - White - Stone
Tkachuk - Tierney - Boedker
Paul - Brown - Batherson

I agree with getting rid of Paajarvi, Carey and Pyatt in that order. Very unimpressed with Paajarvi who seems to be shying away from physical play. Formenton needs to develop his offensive game and mature his body, so agreed he should go back to junior. Smith has fallen and should be traded but I think we would get crap in return for crap. Dzingel can stay imo as I think he is a useful player with some offensive skills.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I think Ceci is worse than Boro and that's with Ceci having more offensive upside than Boro.

Nah. Ceci is generally at least in good position to to make a play. Ceci's hands just fail him. He bobbles too many pucks and fails to clear the zone or make the pass to transition. Boro can't get in the right position, runs around AND doesn't have the hands to make plays. There are very very few players I've seen at this level who have worse gap control than Boro. He's not a NHL player. Ceci is a NHL player, just not a good one.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

at the time he was signed we were upper 60s in actual salary

Even after Mac's ltir insurance? I thought we were right at 67 without Mac's ltir taken in to account, which then put us at more like 64 or so. Combine that with the deadline shedding, actual salary out the door would have been closer to 60 than high 60's.

Edit: i see you said, at the time of signing Condon, so what i said is mostly irrelevant unless they knew already Mac wasn't coming back.

 

[Alex1234]

I think they need to trade Ceci this year.

How to deflate a young team 30 sec into the game

But hey toughest minutes in pro sport lol

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I think they need to trade Ceci this year.

He's up for a new deal next summer and we're almost out of rfa runway. Good chance he's moved because of that whether they like him or not.