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re: Matt O'Connor:
"First of all, he's going to bring depth. He's an intelligent goaltender, a big guy. He has a chance to develop into a top-notch guy. He had a great year at BU, got to the finals... so his background is very strong. The fact that he didn't get drafted was probably very beneficial to him, in that he got a chance to go to university, play full term, get a lot of games under his belt, and now he's ready to turn pro. He did have a number of teams interested in him, and chose us, thankfully. He's going to get a chance to play a lot of hockey this coming year, and development is a big part of what we try to do here with our young people, and he'll be working real hard to get better.
"He'll be in Binghamton to start with for sure. We hope & believe he'll be the number 1 guy there, but that will be a competition, there's been no promises made, he's got to go there and earn that right. But I believe he has that ability to step in and be a real solid American League goaltender. "
re: The Other Sens Goalies Under NHL Contracts (Hammond, Lehner, Anderson)
"They're all goaltenders who are going to play in the National Hockey League, I can tell you that. Whether they are all in Ottawa at that time to play or not, I'm not sure, but the one thing I know in hockey is that you have to have a good goaltender, and we have we think 3 or 4 now, and the depth in the organization is only going to benefit us. I think long term we have to make a decision, you can't play 3 in the NHL, or 3 in the AHL really, you can have two guys and give them games. We'll have to make a decision, and we will, probably before training camp, we'll have two NHLers to start with."
re: League Interest in Sens Goalies
"I've had quite a number of calls actually, there's some real interest by a number of teams that don't have the depth we have, that are looking for an NHL goaltender. We'll just have to filter through them as we do, and try to get a deal that fits for the organization."
re: Will Offers Pick Up Closer To the Draft?
"I don't know. I think that we've identified and know the teams now who are serious about looking. I think that over the next week or two I'll probably get as good an offer as I'm going to get for it, and I'll have to make a call at some point here, hopefully before the draft, but it doesn't have to be then. It could be around training camp if that's what it leads to."
re: Would You Rather Keep Craig Anderson Here?
" ... if I tell you that, Dan, then I have to do something about it, so I don't want to tell you that."
re: Weighing the Pros and Cons Between Anderson vs Lehner
"That's everything we do in our business. In every situation we have to evaluate, and hopefully make at some occasions the right decision who is going to help us. We want to win now too. There's no question we have to determine "do we have the material to win now". That's the whole process we're going through now. We have the pro scouts coming in Monday, we'll spend the whole week talking about our team, as well as other players & teams around the league, but very definitely about our team first and foremost, and determine where our needs are, and who are the players we should keep around here."
re: Goalie Markets/ Can You Get Your Top-6 Forward?
"That's a good question, that's part of what we're negotiating right now. We have to make that determination if we have to sweeten the pot or not, if there's anybody in fact willing to give up a top-6 forward, top 4 defenceman... those commodities are so hard to get. Usually you have to draft them, unless it's a cap situation, or a veteran player you go make a deal for. At this point, we're going to look to get the best deal. If it's something other than a top-6 forward, then we'll have to do it."
re: Lehner's Health
"Oh, he's better. He's been cleared now. He's starting to work out. He's like every other player who gets hurt - they get better. The human body is a miraculous thing that allows you to recover. He had a tough go because of the hit to the head, but when he left here a week and a half ago he felt much better and actually had started to work out."
re: Cameron's extension
"It's agreed to, we're waiting on some language on one paragraph to make it firm. It has to do with some tax savings for Dave.. I shouldn't say that publicly... but it has to do with some method of helping him out in his income."
re: Cameron Hiring an Assistant
"That's not done at this point. I think he's talked a couple of times, but there's nothing done at this point."
re: Murray being named to the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame
"Well obviously I'm very proud of that. I'm a Valley Boy from Shawville. Coming to Ottawa when I was young was a big event, we didn't come that often, we were the "country bumpkins" at that point, but when we came we usually beat them at hockey. When I started playing Senior, I remember playing at the old Auditorium, I was just a 15 year old playing Senior A hockey against some awfully good players at that time. Great memories when I played college hockey, I played against Ottawa and Carleton U in the league at that time and had some great success. I was away for a long time, 25 years in the United States, so to be able to come back to Ottawa, and over a period of 10 years here to get this recognition is very outstanding. Very nice for my family, and my brothers and sisters, and guys I played hockey with and against over the years."
re: Matt O'Connor:
"First of all, he's going to bring depth. He's an intelligent goaltender, a big guy. He has a chance to develop into a top-notch guy. He had a great year at BU, got to the finals... so his background is very strong. The fact that he didn't get drafted was probably very beneficial to him, in that he got a chance to go to university, play full term, get a lot of games under his belt, and now he's ready to turn pro. He did have a number of teams interested in him, and chose us, thankfully. He's going to get a chance to play a lot of hockey this coming year, and development is a big part of what we try to do here with our young people, and he'll be working real hard to get better.
"He'll be in Binghamton to start with for sure. We hope & believe he'll be the number 1 guy there, but that will be a competition, there's been no promises made, he's got to go there and earn that right. But I believe he has that ability to step in and be a real solid American League goaltender. "
re: The Other Sens Goalies Under NHL Contracts (Hammond, Lehner, Anderson)
"They're all goaltenders who are going to play in the National Hockey League, I can tell you that. Whether they are all in Ottawa at that time to play or not, I'm not sure, but the one thing I know in hockey is that you have to have a good goaltender, and we have we think 3 or 4 now, and the depth in the organization is only going to benefit us. I think long term we have to make a decision, you can't play 3 in the NHL, or 3 in the AHL really, you can have two guys and give them games. We'll have to make a decision, and we will, probably before training camp, we'll have two NHLers to start with."
re: League Interest in Sens Goalies
"I've had quite a number of calls actually, there's some real interest by a number of teams that don't have the depth we have, that are looking for an NHL goaltender. We'll just have to filter through them as we do, and try to get a deal that fits for the organization."
re: Will Offers Pick Up Closer To the Draft?
"I don't know. I think that we've identified and know the teams now who are serious about looking. I think that over the next week or two I'll probably get as good an offer as I'm going to get for it, and I'll have to make a call at some point here, hopefully before the draft, but it doesn't have to be then. It could be around training camp if that's what it leads to."
re: Would You Rather Keep Craig Anderson Here?
" ... if I tell you that, Dan, then I have to do something about it, so I don't want to tell you that."
re: Weighing the Pros and Cons Between Anderson vs Lehner
"That's everything we do in our business. In every situation we have to evaluate, and hopefully make at some occasions the right decision who is going to help us. We want to win now too. There's no question we have to determine "do we have the material to win now". That's the whole process we're going through now. We have the pro scouts coming in Monday, we'll spend the whole week talking about our team, as well as other players & teams around the league, but very definitely about our team first and foremost, and determine where our needs are, and who are the players we should keep around here."
re: Goalie Markets/ Can You Get Your Top-6 Forward?
"That's a good question, that's part of what we're negotiating right now. We have to make that determination if we have to sweeten the pot or not, if there's anybody in fact willing to give up a top-6 forward, top 4 defenceman... those commodities are so hard to get. Usually you have to draft them, unless it's a cap situation, or a veteran player you go make a deal for. At this point, we're going to look to get the best deal. If it's something other than a top-6 forward, then we'll have to do it."
re: Lehner's Health
"Oh, he's better. He's been cleared now. He's starting to work out. He's like every other player who gets hurt - they get better. The human body is a miraculous thing that allows you to recover. He had a tough go because of the hit to the head, but when he left here a week and a half ago he felt much better and actually had started to work out."
re: Cameron's extension
"It's agreed to, we're waiting on some language on one paragraph to make it firm. It has to do with some tax savings for Dave.. I shouldn't say that publicly... but it has to do with some method of helping him out in his income."
re: Cameron Hiring an Assistant
"That's not done at this point. I think he's talked a couple of times, but there's nothing done at this point."
re: Murray being named to the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame
"Well obviously I'm very proud of that. I'm a Valley Boy from Shawville. Coming to Ottawa when I was young was a big event, we didn't come that often, we were the "country bumpkins" at that point, but when we came we usually beat them at hockey. When I started playing Senior, I remember playing at the old Auditorium, I was just a 15 year old playing Senior A hockey against some awfully good players at that time. Great memories when I played college hockey, I played against Ottawa and Carleton U in the league at that time and had some great success. I was away for a long time, 25 years in the United States, so to be able to come back to Ottawa, and over a period of 10 years here to get this recognition is very outstanding. Very nice for my family, and my brothers and sisters, and guys I played hockey with and against over the years."
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