Tribute Who is your favorite non big name player in sens history?

[Matsens15]

A lot of non big name player come to my mind. But for me, it as to be Anton Volchenkov. I’ve always been a big fan of the A-Train. 428 games played in Ottawa, 487 hits , 560 blocked shots. He also received 2 Norris trophy vote while he was playing for the Sens. It just show how dominant he was defensively for the senators with his partner in crime Chris Phillips!

So, Who is your favorite non big name player in sens history?

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[BondraTime]

Peter Schaefer and Antoine Vermette

 

[GCK]

Volchenkov and Magnus “Machine” Arvidsson.

 

[armani]

If A-Train counts, I pick him, JGP, and Magnus Arvedsson (nominated once for the Selke). Dunno if JGP fits your criteria though, he is a pretty well known player in the league now.

 

[Bileur]

Toss up between Volchenkov and Neil.

 

[San128dis]

Kaspars Daugaviņš and Rūdolfs Balcers, just because they are Latvians and they played for Sens.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Marc Methot. Dude was a warrior, a hip-check master and had a really contagious personality. I also had a soft spot for Pascal Leclaire. Wish he'd been able to stay healthy.

 

[dumbdick]

Patty Eaves

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

From the modern era, Clark MacArthur (if he doesn’t count as a big name). To me he was pretty much the perfect hockey player.

A less obvious one is Chris Herperger. When I was very young he and his wife rented a house on my street, he saw me shooting pucks alone in my driveway and came out to play with me, then gave my whole family tickets to a few games. I hardly remember him on the ice but it was one of my best memories as a kid.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

Marc Methot. Dude was a warrior, a hip-check master and had a really contagious personality. I also had a soft spot for Pascal Leclaire. Wish he'd been able to stay healthy.

I was on the team Leclaire train for probably way too long, but I always believed he had the potential to be a franchise goaltender for us if he could just get over the injuries and fan/media scrutiny.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I had the biggest man crush on Peter Regin. I remain convinced that he could have been legit if not for his damn shoulder being made of paper maché.

On a more serious note, Vermette and Kelly were the supporting cast I cared about the most.

Honourable mention to Ray Emery: he had his warts but having a goalie with attitude was nice.

EDIT: this thread really hammers home the point that our depth players have mostly been bad this last decade.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Joe Corvo!!!

Martin Straka
Karel Rachunek
Antoine Vermette

 

[GoSenatorsGo]

I was always a fan of Magnus Arvedsson and Dean McAmmond.

 

[coladin]

I liked Zholtok

 

[JD1]

Todd White

Only 9 letters

 

[BoardsofCanada]

Todd White was one of my favorite support players. Arvedsson as well. Honourable mention to Dackell. Dackell had a 50 point season in 98-99.

 

[Flamingo]

The Weatherman... Nick Foligno. He's a long-serving captain of another team, so maybe he doesn't qualify as non-big-name.

 

[NyQuil]

I second the Dean McAmmond selection.

Could play on any line.

I also had a big crush on Andrej Meszaros' rookie season.

 

[Sensinitis]

Oleg freakin Saprykin

 

[dumbdick]

Comrie, Cullen, and Ruutu were also all awesome. Cullen in particular.

 

[TheDebater]

Came here to mention Magnus Arvedsson, very surprised that he has been mentioned so many times. He was a treat to watch for sure.

There are plenty more for me:

Brian McGrattan
Sean Donovan
Carkner
Vaclav Varada
Curtis Lesychysn

 

[Alf Silfversson]

I liked Janne Laukkanen back in the day along with Arvedsson. More recently I liked Michalek and McArthur.

 

[Xspyrit]

Big names : Alfie, Karlsson, Stone, Zibanejad, Spezza now Chabot and the Drake

Medium names : MacArthur, Vermette, Neil, Methot, Phillips, Michalek, Fisher, Pageau

Small names : Regin, Winchester

I could probably name more if I dig in my memory a bit

From the modern era, Clark MacArthur (if he doesn’t count as a big name). To me he was pretty much the perfect hockey player.

True, such a disappointment this guy couldn't have a longer hockey career. Really loved having him on the team

 

[Larionov]

Brian McGrattan for me - charismatic tough guy who was part of some of our better teams...

 

[TheDebater]

I liked Janne Laukkanen back in the day along with Arvedsson. More recently I liked Michalek and McArthur.

I almost threw Michalek in my list too but then came to the conclusion that he was more of a "quiet" player than he was a "non-big name" or "small name" player.

I mean he was drafted 6th overall and was the main component of the Dany Heatley trade so I would definitely put him in the big name category myself.