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Even when he lambasted the fans during the 2017 playoff run? Gee, didn’t seem like it back then?Sid is everyone of us. His Senators rants are always on point.
Even when he lambasted the fans during the 2017 playoff run? Gee, didn’t seem like it back then?Sid is everyone of us. His Senators rants are always on point.
If he wanted to leave, why did it fall apart Friday before the trade deadline? Why did he make up his mind after the Jersey game?Stone wanted to leave, you can list reasons why all day long. In the end he left because that is what he wanted.
Has Guy had an exit presser yet? Love to hear his thoughts.
If he wanted to leave, why did it fall apart Friday before the trade deadline? Why did he make up his mind after the Jersey game?
You have to remember this is a career for Mark Stone. He had to make a business decision. I've been in the situation before where you have to make a hard decision like that for the betterment of your career.
At the end of the day, it's the organization's fault for failing to create and environment where Stone thought he could succeed. Mark made the correct decision, and I will cheer him loudly wherever he goes from here.
Not the impression I got from his comments. Why was he still listening to offers if he wanted to win?I think Stone knew for quite a while he wasn't going to sign in Ottawa. He wants to win.
Not the impression I got from his comments. Why was he still listening to offers if he wanted to win?
In an ideal world, I honestly think Stone's preference would be to win in Ottawa. But by the end, he realized that odds were that wasn't going to happen any time soon.Not the impression I got from his comments. Why was he still listening to offers if he wanted to win?
In an ideal world, I honestly think Stone's preference would be to win in Ottawa. But by the end, he realized that odds were that wasn't going to happen any time soon.
I will say this though; based on Anderson and Boro's comments about the coaching, and my assumption that the rest of the locker room is on the same page as them, would it not have made far more sense to fire Boucher ahead of trying to sign Duchene, Stone, and Dzingel?
He wanted Jason to play some D and stop drop passing to the other team. Not unreasonable.Jacques Martin didn’t want to play Jason ****ing spezza. Logan brown will never get a shift.
Also Jacques Martin is well respected in the league. He will tall melnyk to shove it up his ass before he puts up with any of this Bs.
Taught him that by scratching him? All Martin did in regards to spezza was burn two years of him. That sens team had an offensive superstar right there and chose not to use himHe wanted Jason to play some D and stop drop passing to the other team. Not unreasonable.
Has anyone figured out Mendes' question? Was it playing Gibbons, and Lindberg less than 10 minutes, Was it playing batherson 12 minutes?
Playing the vets against the macdavid line?
vets killing penelties+harpur and jaros?
Taught him that by scratching him? All Martin did in regards to spezza was burn two years of him. That sens team had an offensive superstar right there and chose not to use him
Edit: in no way am I saying Logan brown is Jason spezza. Not even close
Even when he lambasted the fans during the 2017 playoff run? Gee, didn’t seem like it back then?
In an ideal world, I honestly think Stone's preference would be to win in Ottawa. But by the end, he realized that odds were that wasn't going to happen any time soon.
I will say this though; based on Anderson and Boro's comments about the coaching, and my assumption that the rest of the locker room is on the same page as them, would it not have made far more sense to fire Boucher ahead of trying to sign Duchene, Stone, and Dzingel?
In an ideal world, I honestly think Stone's preference would be to win in Ottawa. But by the end, he realized that odds were that wasn't going to happen any time soon.
I will say this though; based on Anderson and Boro's comments about the coaching, and my assumption that the rest of the locker room is on the same page as them, would it not have made far more sense to fire Boucher ahead of trying to sign Duchene, Stone, and Dzingel?
Ive been away for a few days. What did they say?
Ive been away for a few days. What did they say?
Two Ottawa players spoke to reporters, veteran goaltender Craig Anderson and hard-nosed defenceman Mark Borowiecki. Both expressed surprise at the timing of the move, if not the move itself.
“This is a results-driven business and we haven’t been getting results for a long time,” Borowiecki said.
“Players felt the brunt of that. We lost some guys in here that were important . . . and we lose a coach as well. I think that shows there’s blame to go around.”
Anderson was more blunt, saying the team was stuck in a “rut” and failed to adapt.
“We didn’t show the ability to change it or try something new,” Anderson said. “We also lost some key individuals who held us together. They weren’t here this year or last.”
Anderson feels the coaching staff wasn’t able to work with young players to smooth over errors.
“We were kind of status quo all year, we didn’t really improve,” Anderson said. “And that is one of the things that was frustrating, from a goalie standpoint — we make the same mistakes over and over and there’s no improvement.”
“Over time, the system gets exposed and then you have to adapt your system . . . as the years went on, we kind of got stuck in that rut and didn’t try to adapt,” Anderson said.
“We weren’t growing as a group, and we weren’t growing as individuals. This might be the change that is needed for our young guys to step up and start playing well, play the way that got them here.”
Rebuilding Senators' needs conflicted with Guy Boucher's style - Sportsnet.ca