Player Discussion At 47 the Senators Select Alex Formenton

[Sensung]

Formenton Duchene Batherson next year

Sens aren't trading Formenton and Batherson.

 

[Xspyrit]

Sens aren't trading Formenton and Batherson.

I think people know already that Sensung thinks that both Duchene and Stone are gone. You don’t really need to repeat it in every thread, particularly not in a prospect thread like this. If the poster want to envision this line, why not? Hope is a great thing in life, most people on the planet live that way instead of the Armageddon way.

IMO you should leave a little door that they are in fact re-signed because if they do you will look like an absolute fool.

 

[Crosside]

Sens aren't trading Formenton and Batherson.

no not trading. In the same line

 

[Sensung]

I think people know already that Sensung thinks that both Duchene and Stone are gone. You don’t really need to repeat it in every thread, particularly not in a prospect thread like this. If the poster want to envision this line, why not? Hope is a great thing in life, most people on the planet live that way instead of the Armageddon way.

IMO you should leave a little door that they are in fact re-signed because if they do you will look like an absolute fool.

The Sens have been able to re-sign Duchene since they acquired him. He's still not signed.

Assuming Duchene will be traded has more merit than assuming he'll be re-signed

 

[Xspyrit]

The Sens have been able to re-sign Duchene since they acquired him. He's still not signed.

Assuming Duchene will be traded has more merit than assuming he'll be re-signed

Ok? But do you need to repeat it everywhere a thousand times?

Even if the chances are 95% that both Duchene and Stone are gone, you should leave a little door that they are extended. If they do, people might stop taking you seriously because you have been harping on it so much and ended up being wrong.

 

[Sensung]

Ok? But do you need to repeat it everywhere a thousand times?

Even if the chances are 95% that both Duchene and Stone are gone, you should leave a little door that they are extended. If they do, people might stop taking you seriously because you have been harping on it so much and ended up being wrong.

Will the people that assume Duchene and Stone be re-signed need to be ashamed for being wrong if/when they are traded?

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

The Sens have been able to re-sign Duchene since they acquired him. He's still not signed.

Assuming Duchene will be traded has more merit than assuming he'll be re-signed

I thought the Senators could only sign an impending UFA, to an extension, in the last year of his current contract, which began July 1st, this year.

Is there a different rule if an impending UFA is acquired through a trade, that allows him to be signed at anytime after acquiring him, as you're suggesting?

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

Will the people that assume Duchene and Stone be re-signed need to be ashamed for being wrong if/when they are traded?

Do the people that assume both Duchene and Stone will be re-signed, state as much, in each and every post they make?

 

[DrEasy]

If both Stone and Duchene are gone, we could put Pageau in the middle of Formenton and Batherson. Someone who can skate but can also have a bit of a defensive mentality.

 

[coladin]

Did anyone see the goals? What kind of goals?

 

[BondraTime]

Did anyone see the goals? What kind of goals?

SH gift where they had a breakaway and the goalie bit on the carrier before he ditched it off to Formenton for an empty net
PP where he walked in for a snapshot from the point
EN goal

 

[Six Assets]

Did anyone see the goals? What kind of goals?

 

[LeProspector]

Injured last night in a pre tournament game for Canada. Doesn't look good. Was in ALOT of pain.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Injured last night in a pre tournament game for Canada. Doesn't look good. Was in ALOT of pain.

Looked like a potential MCL injury to me.

 

[HSF]

Leads the ohl in playoff scoring so far . Pretty good

 

[coladin]

Largely forgotten, glad he looks healthy and expecting big things from him next year

 

[stempniaksen]

I really hope he at least starts in the AHL next year. Really not expecting it given he's broken camp with the team two years running. I just think he may be better served playing top-six minutes in Belleville on a (hopeful) playoff team, than playing bottom-six minutes on a team that is likely looking at a bottom-five finish.

I still think he needs to learn the offensive side of the game at the pro level, letting him develop alongside Brown/Norris/Chlapik for a year could do wonders.

 

[ottawah]

I really hope he at least starts in the AHL next year. Really not expecting it given he's broken camp with the team two years running. I just think he may be better served playing top-six minutes in Belleville on a (hopeful) playoff team, than playing bottom-six minutes on a team that is likely looking at a bottom-five finish.

I still think he needs to learn the offensive side of the game at the pro level, letting him develop alongside Brown/Norris/Chlapik for a year could do wonders.

Agreed, and I am hoping he gets the Dzingel/Hoffman treatment. Formentons offensive output in junior is quite a bit lower than players who project towards the top lines, and I just believe he should not be rushed and be given time to develop that game. If he is in the minors for another 3 or 4 years and is able to develop like those two did, its worth it compared to rushing him to become a 4th liner ....

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Get to know your Ottawa Senators prospects: Alex Formenton

"At 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds he has the size to play in the NHL and he definitely has the speed but there are a few areas of his game where he will have to improve. such as his shot and hockey IQ, which he will surely do in the summer and his hopefully short stint in Belleville.

Being a left-wing is going to make it hard for Formenton to make it into the NHL on a full-time basis because the Senators are loaded on the left side with Brady Tkachuk, Anthony Duclair, Mikkel Boedker and Vitaly Abramov. "

 

[Larionov]

I generally don't put Boedker and loaded in the same sentence. If Formenton really shines in camp, it's entirely possible that Boedker just gets waived and sent to Belleville at some point to simply finish the year.

 

[Peptic Balcers]

I generally don't put Boedker and loaded in the same sentence. If Formenton really shines in camp, it's entirely possible that Boedker just gets waived and sent to Belleville at some point to simply finish the year.

I’m fully in favour of the pump and dump. Put him on the top power play unit, inflate his points, brand him as a vet/good pro and some playoff team would toss a puck for him at the deadline

 

[Sweatred]

I’m fully in favour of the pump and dump. Put him on the top power play unit, inflate his points, brand him as a vet/good pro and some playoff team would toss a puck for him at the deadline

Is a puck worth him blocking developmental opportunities for 3/4 of the season?

PD tends to burn picks to move up a spot in the draft to go off there board.

 

[Masked]

Is a puck worth him blocking developmental opportunities for 3/4 of the season?

PD tends to burn picks to move up a spot in the draft to go off there board.

Logan Brown wasn't off the board.

 

[Sweatred]

Logan Brown wasn't off the board.

That’s why I used the word “tends” instead of “always”. BTW I doubt a 5th (or what ever Boedker is worth) moves you very far in the first round.

 

[Peptic Balcers]

Is a puck worth him blocking developmental opportunities for 3/4 of the season?

There are many wing spots up for grabs on this year’s roster, that and I don’t think there’s any winger prospect that is SO ready that they’ll stunt their development by having reps in the AHL.

Sorry for throwing this off topic, go Alex