DrEasy
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It would be ok if they played 4th line minutes. Spezza would get his additional minutes on the PP.The Spezza line above...so
It would be ok if they played 4th line minutes. Spezza would get his additional minutes on the PP.The Spezza line above...so
Greening - Spezza - Stone
MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Schneider - Zibanejad - Michalek
Z. Smith - Grant - Neil/Kassian
Cowen- Karlsson
Methot - Ceci
Wiercioch - Gryba/Boroweicki
Lehner - Anderson
Greening - Spezza - Stone
MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Schneider - Zibanejad - Michalek
Z. Smith - Grant - Neil/Kassian
Cowen- Karlsson
Methot - Ceci
Wiercioch - Gryba/Boroweicki
Lehner - Anderson
Greening - Spezza - Stone
MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Schneider - Zibanejad - Michalek
Z. Smith - Grant - Neil/Kassian
Cowen- Karlsson
Methot - Ceci
Wiercioch - Gryba/Boroweicki
Lehner - Anderson
What does it matter? Instant loss, even if Phillips gets a hat trick and Anderson gets a shutout.
Michalek gets all of Ryan's ice time?
Why bother figuring them out? They'll just change during the first game (and every subsequent game). Its kinda annoying but it is what it is.
But to play nice (what I'd like):
MacArthur-Turris-Ryan
Conacher-Zibby-Michalek
Hoffman-Spezza-Stone
Greening-Smith-Condra
What we'll get:
MacArthur-Turris-Ryan
Greening-Spezza-Michalek
Conacher-Zibby-Condra
Kassian-Smith-Stone
and for the love of god, get PW out there at #3LD each and every game!
You joke, but both still possible. Unless you meant together
Why bother figuring them out? They'll just change during the first game (and every subsequent game). Its kinda annoying but it is what it is.
But to play nice (what I'd like):
MacArthur-Turris-Ryan
Conacher-Zibby-Michalek
Hoffman-Spezza-Stone
Greening-Smith-Condra
What we'll get:
MacArthur-Turris-Ryan
Greening-Spezza-Michalek
Conacher-Zibby-Condra
Kassian-Smith-Stone
and for the love of god, get PW out there at #3LD each and every game!
Conacher vanished?
You re-signed Michalek even though you have an internal budget? Not sure how much he would cost but why not try to get a bigger fish?
Greening and Stone on the first line?
What's the obsession with Grant? I know he's tall but he doesn't provide much offense. I'd rather have JOB to be honest. And I have always been a Grant supporter for his BCHL days.
Personally, here's what I'd do (this is all for fun)
Trade Gryba, Greening and Condra. Maybe Da Costa and Hoffman too. Try to get picks or younger prospects. Sign a big UFA forward. Re-sign Phillips for veteran leadership depth on defense (use him on 3rd pairing and PK)
CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER (some of those cap hits are estimations)
Clarke MacArthur ($3.250m) / Kyle Turris ($3.500m) / Bobby Ryan ($5.100m)
Cory Conacher ($1.700m) / Mika Zibanejad ($0.894m) / UFA Forward ($6.000m)
Andre Petersson ($0.900m) / Jason Spezza ($7.000m) / Mark Stone ($0.603m)
Cole Schneider ($0.900m) / Zack Smith ($1.888m) / Chris Neil ($1.900m)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau ($0.613m) / Derek Grant ($0.900m)
Jared Cowen ($3.100m) / Erik Karlsson ($6.500m)
Marc Methot ($3.000m) / Cody Ceci ($0.894m)
Patrick Wiercioch ($2.000m) / Chris Phillips ($2.500m)
Mark Borowiecki ($0.575m) / Fredrik Claesson ($0.623m)
Craig Anderson ($3.188m)
Robin Lehner ($2.000m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $59,528,333; BONUSES: $1,626,667
CAP SPACE (24-man roster): $11,571,667
I have 1 extra man to show who my first call-ups would be. Stone, Pageau, Petersson, Schneider and Grant fight for ice-time. And there's many other guys that will compete for a spot too (Prince, Puempel, Lazar...)
On defense, we don't really need to re-sign Phillips cause we have depth to replace him but can we afford to lose his experience, leadership and meaning to the city after what happened with Alfie?
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So many good UFAs this year wow
http://www.capgeek.com/free-agents/?year_id=2014&team_id=-1&position_id=F&fa_type_id=2
We need to strike one
Vanek? Gaborik? Cammalleri? Marleau? Hemsky? Callahan? Moulson? Vrbata?
If BM was able to sign a better player than Michalek that would be great, if he could sign a better player than Michalek & still keep Michalek that would be better. I'm not like most on here who think Michalek is done, I think he still has a lot of very good hockey left in him, he is only 29 yrs old & plays a great two way game. I just don't know if Ottawa will be able to sign expensive free agents & what the budget will be.
Conacher isn't in my lineup because I think Schneider has the potential to be a better player. While Conacher is finally having some success now, he wasn't earlier in the season & we don't know if it will continue. And as you know I have a preference for a bigger, tougher team that is hard to play against & don't mind losing a little skill for more size & toughness. That's why I have Grant, Stone & Schneider in my lineup over Conacher, Pageau & Condra. I also think Ottawa would do well to add a big scoring LWer (Mantha), I would like to see how Stone does with Spezza before Ottawa signs another RWer. Just a preference, I'm not a fan of Petersson either.
If BM was able to sign a better player than Michalek that would be great, if he could sign a better player than Michalek & still keep Michalek that would be better. I'm not like most on here who think Michalek is done, I think he still has a lot of very good hockey left in him, he is only 29 yrs old & plays a great two way game. I just don't know if Ottawa will be able to sign expensive free agents & what the budget will be.
Conacher isn't in my lineup because I think Schneider has the potential to be a better player. While Conacher is finally having some success now, he wasn't earlier in the season & we don't know if it will continue. And as you know I have a preference for a bigger, tougher team that is hard to play against & don't mind losing a little skill for more size & toughness. That's why I have Grant, Stone & Schneider in my lineup over Conacher, Pageau & Condra. I also think Ottawa would do well to add a big scoring LWer (Mantha), I would like to see how Stone does with Spezza before Ottawa signs another RWer. Just a preference, I'm not a fan of Petersson either.
You really don't see how size clouds your judgement do you ? Obviously if all things are equal a bigger guy is better than a smaller guy, but man are you obsessed with size. I would never of guessed you wouldn't like small Petersson. Schneider has the potential to be a better player than Conacher. Seeing I have never seen any NHL executive say anything like this, what do you base this statement on if it is not size ?
If BM was able to sign a better player than Michalek that would be great, if he could sign a better player than Michalek & still keep Michalek that would be better. I'm not like most on here who think Michalek is done, I think he still has a lot of very good hockey left in him, he is only 29 yrs old & plays a great two way game. I just don't know if Ottawa will be able to sign expensive free agents & what the budget will be.
Conacher isn't in my lineup because I think Schneider has the potential to be a better player. While Conacher is finally having some success now, he wasn't earlier in the season & we don't know if it will continue. And as you know I have a preference for a bigger, tougher team that is hard to play against & don't mind losing a little skill for more size & toughness. That's why I have Grant, Stone & Schneider in my lineup over Conacher, Pageau & Condra. I also think Ottawa would do well to add a big scoring LWer (Mantha), I would like to see how Stone does with Spezza before Ottawa signs another RWer. Just a preference, I'm not a fan of Petersson either.
Doesn't look like a playoff team, especially with that D corps.
- In my scenario, I have signed a 6.0 forward and we are still over 12 millions in cap space... should be fine for the budget. Goal is to replace Greening and Michalek cap hit by a better offensive player. Vanek, Callahan or Moulson would be great
- You say Conacher isn't in your line-up because Schneider has potential to be better but they are both in my line-up! However, we need to see what Schneider can do at the NHL level first, but yea, he deserves a call-up
- I think my team is big and tough enough. Despite having Conacher, Pageau, Condra and Karlsson, Sens are top-3 in hits this year and shouldn't be scared of anyone if there is a line brawl with guys like Kassian, Neil, Cowen, Smith, Gryba, Methot...
- Currently, Sens are 7th in weight (Habs are heavier lol), 5th in height (Habs are smallest) despite being the 2nd youngest team (Habs are 2nd oldest)...
http://www.eliteprospects.com/league_home.php?leagueid=7&sort=ht
- I would like to see what Spezza could do with Petersson and Stone? Both guys have skill and Petersson's shot is tremendous. They would be insulated if we had 2 stronger 2-way lines. If we keep Spezza, might as well use him to develop young offensive talent.
- Check my lines, they all have enough size.
And you have no clue what you are talking about. Petersson is too fragile while he is a decent goal scorer he would be constantly injured in the NHL, I wonder why he hasn't been called back up & will soon be playing in Europe? Conacher is playing well now but he wasn't for the first 30 games or so. What do you base Conacher being a better player, his time in Tampa? BTW how many NHL execs do you know or follow? I base it on what I see & what I project from a certain player, I base it on my own analysis watching Bingo & Ottawa play, the development camp etc... I make up my own mind. Why should I agree with you when I don't most of the time?
Guessing Matt Puempel is too small for you? You know the kid that is already in our system, has very good goal scorer, can fight. The kid who has a full season in Bingo already.
healthy spezza almost got greening to 20 goals, and michalek to 35. I think he can get each stone and hoffmas greening+ numbers