jason2020
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Actually watching real teams is what got me to understand just how pathetic the Senators are
How many real teams are there what maybe 8.
Actually watching real teams is what got me to understand just how pathetic the Senators are
How many real teams are there what maybe 8.
We are one of the worst teams in the NHL
There are way more than 8 teams that are a tier above us
The Senators are still the youngest group out there.
Instead of calling this team a joke, why don't you have some ****ing paitance and let the young kids mature?
Of course the top teams are going to make the Sens look pathetic. They are farther along in their development and what not.
It takes a long time to build a team. This **** does not happen over night.
The Senators are still the youngest group out there.
Instead of calling this team a joke, why don't you have some ****ing paitance and let the young kids mature?
Of course the top teams are going to make the Sens look pathetic. They are farther along in their development and what not.
It takes a long time to build a team. This **** does not happen over night.
Calling this team a joke or not a real team is just being negative for the sake of being negative.
I think it would be a lot easier to have patience if management either wasn't disillusioned or flat out lying to us. I'm willing to wait and be patient if management came out and straight shooter with us that we're back in a rebuild and we want to build from scratch instead of saying we're a playoff team.
I just want a plan from management is all. Are we rebuilding still? Are we supposed to be a good team and the last two years we've gone downhill?
Being open and honest with your fan base is always the best action in my opinion. Enough of the tire spinning already and pick a direction.
I think it would be a lot easier to have patience if management either wasn't disillusioned or flat out lying to us. I'm willing to wait and be patient if management came out and straight shooter with us that we're back in a rebuild and we want to build from scratch instead of saying we're a playoff team.
I just want a plan from management is all. Are we rebuilding still? Are we supposed to be a good team and the last two years we've gone downhill?
Being open and honest with your fan base is always the best action in my opinion. Enough of the tire spinning already and pick a direction.
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/teams/buffalo_sabres/
Attitude problems are so overrated and injuries are a crapshoot: sometimes they happen all the time and sometimes they stop.
Gaborik used to be a guy getting injured all the time who would vanish in the playoffs and he was a major piece of the Kings' Cup run last year with LA going to 7 game series in each of the first three rounds and he was clutch as hell.
Bogo is a downgrade on Myers but Kane is an upgrade on Stafford and then there's Lemieux and Armia who look like decent prospects
How about we wait and see how they do before saying it won't work?
I like the trade because it takes big balls to do something like that, I love big trades, everybody does. That in itself is worth celebrating.
It will take until well into next season to see how Kane rebounds but he's been given a new shot at an NHL career and he's going to a team that has a leadership core that will not allow Kane to get out of hand like he did in Winnipeg because that team had no identity for a while.
Basically I'm willing to see where it goes before saying if it was a good trade or not. I'm glad it happened because I'm always in favour of being proactive and Tim Murray is definitely proactive. Like I said, if Buffalo gets a lot better next year everyone will consider Tim Murray a genius; it's all about the payoff.
PRetty much
I want Murray or his replacement to come out and say
"We thought we could be competitive but we lost Alfie, Spezza and Methot (you know it's going to happen) but we were wrong, this team is nowhere near the level it needs to be to considered a playoff team. We are going into full rebuild"
Spezza said it when he was asked why he left: "at some point you want to win". You don't win when in Ottawa, it's that simple; we are a joke and until we accept that we're not going to shed the label.
Well it looks like no one wants the job so we're going to have to promote internally yet again
Actually watching real teams is what got me to understand just how pathetic the Senators are
It's true, things aren't that dire now; Edmonton and Toronto remain bigger jokes than Ottawa
I expect them to be that dire within the next 5 years though
Well it looks like no one wants the job so we're going to have to promote internally yet again
Bombarding the body with radiation in an attempt to kill cancerous cells. The side-effect of which is often weight loss and feeling ill.
This is why I'm sick of management. You fire Maclean because he lost the room but then you throw in the BS of "we believe this is a playoff team". Well, if those are the standards you've set, then you've got to fire Cameron too. Had you come out and said, "this team is young, and we need a coach right now who can work with the players to teach them the basics." then I'd have been cool with the Cameron promotion.
Then you constantly blow smoke up our behinds about how "we'll spend when we need to" and then you do nothing of note during free agency despite the owner sounding off about how if they get in at 8th, they could go all the way and a GM that uses a first round win over Montreal to promote that this team is ready to take the next step.
I am TOTALLY cool with the Senators saying: "We are young, our plan is to let our youth develop like we are a farm team and when the moment is right, we will add to the depth of our organization to make a real run. This will take 3-5 years."
Our fans are not stupid. They were all in in 2009 when the sell-off started with Fisher and Kelly and attendance was fine. Attendance will drop because the fans are starting to get fed up with a directionless franchise that doesn't know what it wants to be.
And for **** sakes, fix the defense already. It's sheer lunacy to let this many young D-men try to find their feet in the NHL. Ceci, Cowen, Wiercoch, and Boro should STILL be in the AHL until they are ready to play in the NHL or each are sheltered by an experience GOOD veteran (Phillips does NOT fit that mold).
I get the negativity. There is no direction. "Team is young" is not a direction, it's an excuse until management indicated that this is the plan.
Excuses, excuses
They suck because they are young
They suck because they don't have enough skill
They suck because the owner
They suck because the coach
They suck because the budget
All of this.
This is why I'm sick of management. You fire Maclean because he lost the room but then you throw in the BS of "we believe this is a playoff team". Well, if those are the standards you've set, then you've got to fire Cameron too. Had you come out and said, "this team is young, and we need a coach right now who can work with the players to teach them the basics." then I'd have been cool with the Cameron promotion.
Well, we spent to retain Ryan, MacArthur, Lehner and Anderson. Methot hasn't left yet, but opinions are split on whether he's worth what he's asking, and even if he does leave, we've yet to see what their backup plan is. I don't think it's unfair to say that we are currently in a development phase, so it makes sense to hold off on signing the more sought after UFAs.Then you constantly blow smoke up our behinds about how "we'll spend when we need to" and then you do nothing of note during free agency despite the owner sounding off about how if they get in at 8th, they could go all the way and a GM that uses a first round win over Montreal to promote that this team is ready to take the next step.
I am TOTALLY cool with the Senators saying: "We are young, our plan is to let our youth develop like we are a farm team and when the moment is right, we will add to the depth of our organization to make a real run. This will take 3-5 years."
Our fans are not stupid. They were all in in 2009 when the sell-off started with Fisher and Kelly and attendance was fine. Attendance will drop because the fans are starting to get fed up with a directionless franchise that doesn't know what it wants to be.
And for **** sakes, fix the defense already. It's sheer lunacy to let this many young D-men try to find their feet in the NHL. Ceci, Cowen, Wiercoch, and Boro should STILL be in the AHL until they are ready to play in the NHL or each are sheltered by an experience GOOD veteran (Phillips does NOT fit that mold).
I get the negativity. There is no direction. "Team is young" is not a direction, it's an excuse until management indicated that this is the plan.
PRetty much
I want Murray or his replacement to come out and say
"We thought we could be competitive but we lost Alfie, Spezza and Methot (you know it's going to happen) but we were wrong, this team is nowhere near the level it needs to be to considered a playoff team. We are going into full rebuild"
Spezza said it when he was asked why he left: "at some point you want to win". You don't win when in Ottawa, it's that simple; we are a joke and until we accept that we're not going to shed the label.
There were rumours that Shero was going to get the job, then rumours that he doesn't want it? We have no idea where else the franchise is looking, or if they did indeed make an offer to Shero.
Step away from the ledge, dude.
The only joke is when people can't accept reality and start to take everything said by management as guarantees.
Murray clearly believed this team was capable of a playoff spot prior to the start of the season.
However he didn't know Methot was going to miss 36 games, nor did he know Turris, Legwand & MacArthur were going to halve their production.
I assume you must have known or you are just another fairweather fan that probably doesn't attend games because its out in that wilderness called Kanata.
Fact is management always knew this team would be in a tough battle for a playoff spot and as of today sit 11 points out with a game in hand on the Bruins. Not at all the disaster you are making it out to be considering all the factors.
PS Regarding Spezza, last time I checked it wasn't apparent he was going to win anything in Dallas, yet he signed a long term extension there!!!!!
So winning might not be as important to Spezza as he would have you believe.
Reliable rumours that Shero was on the inside track for the job
A full blown article in the Citizen about Murray looking for a successor
Suddenly he isn't going anywhere and was misquoted?
That means no one wants the job and/or that the people who do want are not on ownership's good side. It isn't that complicated
Reliable rumours that Shero was on the inside track for the job
A full blown article in the Citizen about Murray looking for a successor
Suddenly he isn't going anywhere and was misquoted?
That means no one wants the job and/or that the people who do want are not on ownership's good side. It isn't that complicated
So basically we know that Murray is looking for a successor, and that he may have been looking at Shero. Thats all we know. Maybe Murray moved in a different direction, maybe Shero did. We have no idea who else the team is considering or talking to.