Sens Shot Predicting the Opening Day Lineup

[Sweatred]

I'm just curious, have any Senators prospects within the past 10 years actually went on to do better things after not being able to crack the roster in Ottawa?

Noosen and guys like Lehner, foligno , silfverberg and eaves come to mind.

 

[God Flower]

This is the part that bugs me. We shouldn't be expecting playffs even if thats the seasons goal, so getting the young guys some reps till the AHL starts should be a priority. This is why waiving guys like Balcers and Chlapik instead of lower risk for claims like Coburn, Galchenyuk and such makes no sense. We could get guys like Chlapik and Balcers in a game or two each of the 11 we have before the AHL season starts and if we still see them as not up to snuff waive them then. With no preseason games, it seems like the obvious answer to get a true feel of where everyone stands because intrasquad simply isn't the same thing as real games. Heck intrasquad isn't even as good as preseason games.

Respectively, maybe they just didn't earn it? Every player knew coming in that there were no exhibition games to showcase their talents, so they should have left it ALL on the ice during training camp practices and scrimmages. No "participation" awards here. What a horrible message to send, gifting ice time b/c of a delayed AHL start. If you want to make the opening day lineup, then play like a madman during training camp? Seems pretty simple to me. Matt Peca showed me more in those 3 clips from the intrasquad game than Logan Brown did in the 3 previous camps (and I desperately want Brownie to be our #1 center).

 

[cudi]

Noosen and guys like Lehner, foligno , silfverberg and eaves come to mind.

Eaves and Foligno were regulars. They'd made the team.

Noesen and Silfverberg were still seen as good prospects when they were moved too. They didnt get enough chances to say they couldnt crack our roster.

 

[HSF]

don't count guys out yet

I wouldn't look too deeply in to the opening roster. A couple good games by White and he can move up

 

[Sweatred]

Eaves and Foligno were regulars. They'd made the team.

Noesen and Silfverberg were still seen as good prospects when they were moved too. They didnt get enough chances to say they couldnt crack our roster.

They were all sorta emerging prospects who hadn’t got their peak who we traded.

 

[cudi]

They were all sorta emerging prospects who hadn’t got their peak who we traded.

Exactly, some were. But the question was who ended up being good that couldnt crack the roster. None of the names you used are correct.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

They were all sorta emerging prospects who hadn’t got their peak who we traded.

Foligno had played 5 seasons with Ottawa when he was traded, I hardly say he was a prospect.

 

[Sweatred]

Exactly, some were. But the question was who ended up being good that couldnt crack the roster. None of the names you used are correct.

Sure - you will have a really short list of players “who never cracked a roster”. Balcers and co all cracked the roster -

You would basically be looking for we traded as pure prospects - like brooks Laich.

 

[swiftwin]

Foligno had played 5 seasons with Ottawa when he was traded, I hardly say he was a prospect.

No kidding.... If 5 seasons is the bar, then we might as well add Mark Stone to that list.

 

[cudi]

Sure - you will have a really short list of players “who never cracked a roster”. Balcers and co all cracked the roster -

You would basically be looking for we traded as pure prospects - like brooks Laich.

Cracking the roster as in full time NHLer. Balcers didnt crack the roster.

And Laich doesnt work either...he was a teenager. Barely got a chance to make the team..