Super Cake
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Don't you just love when fans from other teams (especially a leafs fan) comes into your forum and talks **** about your team? Thank god for the ignore feature.
You must not have seen him play for Atlanta.
I see a reluctant shooter in Turris on the second line with a complimentary MacArthur. I think Michalek on that line goes a long way to making it more complete- as opposed to somewhat redundant on the 1st line.
But whatever.
Don't you just love when fans from other teams (especially a leafs fan) comes into your forum and talks **** about your team? Thank god for the ignore feature.
Atlanta? That was a lot of baconators ago Shouldn't we at the very least be going by how he was during the majority of his time with the Sens?
But, everyone has the right to their own opinion. None of it will impact on how the season plays out.
100% agree. The argument against them is that there is only one puck, but Milan is better without it then when he's forced to carry it.
This line has everything you need. It's just whether they develop the chemistry and stay healthy which determines their status.
Rofl. You are forgetting we have the most dynamic offensive player in the game in Erik Karlsson.
He was on the ice for most goals for than any player 2 year ago even the guy who had 30 more points than him in Malkin.
A breakout passer in Karlsson a playmaker in Spezza should give Ryan at least 30 goals.
Anaheim had no one close to Karlsson's ability to transition the puck. Ryan is most effective on the breakout if you watch his goals.
The year Ryan got 34 goals and 71 points - his best year ever - Anaheim had 68 point Lubomir Visnovsky on the backend, feeding everyone the puck. They also had 50 goal/98 point Corey Perry and 80 point Teemu Selanne and 76 point Ryan Getzlaf.
Bobby Ryan played on a far superior team in Anaheim then, loaded with elite talent, firing on all cylinders,
He simply won't have that in Ottawa.
Agree. This is what I was hoping to see. I'd have put a complimentary player on that top line (many, many, possibilities - Greening/Stone/Hoffman/Conacher) and assemble what could be a very dangerous second line to go with a great top line.MacArthur-Turris-Michalek can be a deadly second line
How about we let them play the games and see what happens? I have trouble thinking of a sillier waste of time then trying to come up with all the reasons why a player won't be successful. Unless you're just trolling, of course.
I never said he won't be successful. I predicted he'll score 25-30 goals and 55-60 points.
To which I received more than a few "ROFL's", which is why I began discussing WHY I think he'll be hard-pressed to do as well as he did in Anaheim.
I'm not attacking. I like Bobby Ryan.
But I also have an opinion about how he'll do in Ottawa this year, and "RAH RAH RAH" has nothing to do with it.
The year Ryan got 34 goals and 71 points - his best year ever - Anaheim had 68 point Lubomir Visnovsky on the backend, feeding everyone the puck. They also had 50 goal/98 point Corey Perry and 80 point Teemu Selanne and 76 point Ryan Getzlaf.
Bobby Ryan played on a far superior team in Anaheim then, loaded with elite talent, firing on all cylinders,
He simply won't have that in Ottawa.
That's a really strange point to make when we have Karlsson.
Spezza is better than Getzlaf, and Karlsson is way better than Visnovsky. The team's depth is much better than that Anaheim team, too, and they play a more offensive system.
Ryan will set a career high this year if he's healthy.
Check the PP time he averaged in Anaheim. And then compare it to the time he'll likely get in Ottawa.I never said he won't be successful. I predicted he'll score 25-30 goals and 55-60 points.
To which I received more than a few "ROFL's", which is why I began discussing WHY I think he'll be hard-pressed to do as well as he did in Anaheim.
I'm not attacking. I like Bobby Ryan.
But I also have an opinion about how he'll do in Ottawa this year, and "RAH RAH RAH" has nothing to do with it.
Meh ... I hope PM puts a stop to the constant give aways (Spezza) & gets that top line to mange the puck better as well as Karlsson. It's only game one of the preseason but it's best to put a stop to that nonsense early. If the Sens can play as well defensively as they did last season given the potential offence this team now has they will be very hard to beat. So let's not give the other team any more opportunities than they deserve by giving them the puck more often. I'm more excited about the other three lines.
Actually it all makes a lot of sense...
Greening-Spezza-Michalek
Macarthur-Turris-Ryan
Conacher-Zibanejad-Stone
Condra-Smith-Neil
Kassian
Freaking solid
But a powerful top line could great too, and we could still make an interesting top-9
Ryan-Spezza-Michalek
MacArthur-Turris-Conacher
Greening-Zibanejad-Stone
Condra-Smith-Neil
Kassian