Sticksandsun
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Melnyk is terrible but they fight hard every night and actually win at a decent rate. DJ Smith is doing a good job getting blood from a stone.
As soon as Ottawa passes Toronto Babcock is fired.3 points behind Toronto with a game in hand
Melnyk is terrible but they fight hard every night and actually win at a decent rate. DJ Smith is doing a good job getting blood from a stone.
A lot of Ottawa's tank nation are fuming
3 points behind Toronto with a game in hand
Don't know why people thought they were 4-5 years away, only issue is whether they should be trading Pageau and others right now to tank a little more or use this as a transition year to find/build some chemistry while promoting their young core to bigger roles to get used to the extra work load.
Should be aiming for a WC spot in 1-2 years time. They have so many 2nd round picks this year and next (two 1sts this year as well) and good enough short term/UFA trade-able depth assets in Namestnikov, Pageau, Tierney, Ennis and Hainsey to get another 1st or two.
They can use these picks to draft more future or trade some of it for an impact player now and sign a decent free agent and chip a year off the build hopefully. Sens fans just need to ask Santa for new ownership, hoping Melnyk is at least somewhat truthful when he talked about being a cap team in 2021.
It all depends on if Pageau wants to stay or not (probably wants to leave just like Stone did because Melnyk & co decided to pull the plug on the team).
If Pageau wants to stay and sign a 4/5M contract for 5 years then I don't see why we don't keep him.
Ottawa has enough picks in the next three drafts; they need good veterans (not guys like Ennis, Hainsey...)
Don't know why people thought they were 4-5 years away, only issue is whether they should be trading Pageau and others right now to tank a little more or use this as a transition year to find/build some chemistry while promoting their young core to bigger roles to get used to the extra work load.
Should be aiming for a WC spot in 1-2 years time. They have so many 2nd round picks this year and next (two 1sts this year as well) and good enough short term/UFA trade-able depth assets in Namestnikov, Pageau, Tierney, Ennis and Hainsey to get another 1st or two.
They can use these picks to draft more future or trade some of it for an impact player now and sign a decent free agent and chip a year off the build hopefully. Sens fans just need to ask Santa for new ownership, hoping Melnyk is at least somewhat truthful when he talked about being a cap team in 2021.
Because they are 2 points out of last place?
What part are you referencing with this comment?
They are a few years away