Ottawa Senators send down Drake Batherson and Filip Chlapik to Belleville

[HSF]

Jesse Puljujarvi

I wish

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Here comes Jack Rodewald to save the day.

Oh no.

 

[Six Assets]

lmao "the kids are alright" slogan is looking like a joke right now. Imagine if Bellevile misses the playoffs again, after being hyped up.

 

[operasen]

I wish

Cost draft picks or good prospects. No thanks.
We need another 1st, and a couple 2nds at TDL, not give one away.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Cost draft picks or good prospects. No thanks.
We need another 1st, and a couple 2nds at TDL, not give one away.

We need players who we can plug into the lineup who to play now and have some upside in the long term like Duclair. Ho-Sang is perfect for that. It won't cost much. I'd send them one of our lesser prospects or a 4th/5th round pick easily.

 

[supsens]

Perhaps they decided to party way to hard Friday and got sent down for not being ready Saturday.
Or they just are not ready.

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Here comes Jack Rodewald to save the day.

Probably. He is the "toughest to play against" and we "won't be pushed around this year."

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Perhaps they decided to party way to hard Friday and got sent down for not being ready Saturday.
Or they just are not ready.

Any basis for this or are you just starting a rumour for a kick?

 

[tardigrade81]

They call up Homer Simpson and Moe to the first line.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Hate to be THAT guy but this is just to save Melnyk money. Belleville doesn't even play until Friday.

I also find this incredibly funny from Chlapik's perspective. They keep escalating his punishment for producing in the opener. I guess they really didn't like the way he looked sitting in the press box last night so they had to find a way to show him what's what.

No need to apologize. You are that guy.

I would prefer them to get real minutes down below. I hope they stay down and bring the B-sens some stability.

 

[TheDebater]

Is this really a hockey decision or a money decision? Ottawa does not play until Thursday, Belleville Friday, so they could literally send them down to save some money and "officially" recall both players on Wednesday or Thursday morning both having never left the team.

Otherwise this is a bizarre decision that makes one question what this coaching staff actually learned from Training Camp? Is two games really the amount of rope a player will get after making the team out of camp? Did the one game in Belleville provide enough from those players to deserve a call-up now? This is some circus level management here.

 

[Deku]

If they're staying down it'll just prove how goofy it was to not even claim 1 guy off waivers

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

If they're staying down it'll just prove how goofy it was to not even claim 1 guy off waivers

I think that moreso it shows how badly Dorion is managing contracts on the club. I think the not claiming anyone on the waiver wire had to do with the 50 contract limit.

There's no reason to have guys like Englund, Klimchuk, Szwarz and Boedker here. If you don't sign a pair of those guys and buy out Boedker (which could have saved them cash), we could have picked up a couple upgrades on depth players with upside. Dorion should have left himself flexibility to exploit our priority in the waivers imo.

Then again, I don't know if the team has the resources to scout pro players to find these guys.

 

[bert]

Why send down Chlapik?... He actually had a good game I thought against the Leafs. So the years slogan is to watch 4~ kids now? This team is a disaster.

Chlapik played 6 total minutes. He had a great assist and was noticable. I really dont get it.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Chlapik played 6 total minutes. He had a great assist and was noticable. I really dont get it.

He's not a former disciple of DJ Smith. That's his biggest transgression.

 

[Cosmix]

We have a very vocal group of posters who love to spend their days just crapping over every single thing this team does.

Outrage culture knows no bounds.

In fairness, there is sufficient crap to crap about.

 

[Alex1234]

Chlapik goes from nice assist in G1 to healthy scratch in G2 to Belleville before G3

Go figure

 

[Cosmix]

Jesse Puljujarvi

You forgot the financial situation.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

This is really weird. In a bad way.

Chlapik did all he was asked and played great only to be scratched, then demoted without getting another shot.It's gotta be confusing for a younger player.

Batherson looks like he's lost some confidence, so he makes a bit more sense, especially given his importance to the future of the team.

Chlapik is an NHL player who is versatile and young. I see no reason for him not to be playing in the NHL right now.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

I don’t get it for Chlapik.

 

[DJB]

I don’t understand what the point of having them on your roster tonstart the season was if you are just sending them down after 2 games.

To me he never earned a spot in the first place it was given to him.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

To me he never earned a spot in the first place it was given to him.

Who do you think deserved it more?

 

[Korpse]

To me he never earned a spot in the first place it was given to him.

I dunno. I thought he showed some good things on both sides of the puck in preseason. Offense wasn’t there against Toronto but I thought he started making plays with the puck last night. Given the nature of the transaction though I’m starting to believe it’s a paper transaction. Which is infuriating.

 

[Sensung]

We have a very vocal group of posters who love to spend their days just crapping over every single thing this team does.

Outrage culture knows no bounds.

Perhaps instead of complaining about other posters you could explain why you like this move by management.

You know, debate the issue not the poster.

 

[DJB]

Who do you think deserved it more?

It doesn't matter if anyone else deserved it more. Batherson is a young player and those guys need to tske a spot and not given one like he was.

He did squat to deserve starting the year in the NHL.