DrEasy
Out rumptackling
I'm not in love with either player, but I think there's ample room for both on our current roster, or even on next year's.
I guess he's a guy who will never be good enough for some people. He was brought in to provide offense, and when he does that, he's not good enough defensively. When he shows that he has great hockey sense and scoring instincts, he's a cherry picker.
He's only helped this team out since returning from the injury. How can we not at least consider re-signing him? Some people just have an irrational hate for certain players whatever they do. So what if he's slow if he provides offense? We absolutely need these types of players in Ottawa! The more the merrier.
Honestly, the way Lats has played the last few games, I think it would be a loss.
Of course, without him we'd make do. But he does offer some scoring, which is great.
He obviously has LOTS to work on, but I'd be willing to give him another low short term contract and see what he does. I wasn't going in thinking he was going to be our best player, or even close. Just a guy that can score sometimes. He's a guy that was going to have obvious rust, and think that another short term/cheap contract to see what he does isn't a bad thing.
That's what I was getting at. The way he has play recently is good but it needs to be a lot better if he is going to be a player we count on to stay in our line up. It really depends on how he looks come the end of the season if we give him an extension. If he shows improvement then okay but if he waddles his way at his current rate I would say no.
That's what I was getting at. The way he has play recently is good but it needs to be a lot better if he is going to be a player we count on to stay in our line up. It really depends on how he looks come the end of the season if we give him an extension. If he shows improvement then okay but if he waddles his way at his current rate I would say no.
If he was 30 years old then we would not have this craziness. You guys need to get over his stats. I'll admit he's looking better than he was, but he has no intensity! Remember the playoffs? Remember??
The thing is, is he HAS been contributing.
If he doesn't, sit him. His contract isn't big enough to care. Sign him a small contract for a small term and see if he gets that. If he doesn't its not a big loss, if he does its a HUGE gain.
some say irrational hate, some say obvious observations.
Nothing anyone has said here indicates they hate Latendresse. They are pointing out the deficiencies in his game that you overlook. If Latendresse was out of the line up right now would that be a huge loss?
Plus as long as he's here, we keep getting to make fat jokes. He's our own Dustin Penner.
Ottawa gave him a chance when other teams wouldn't.
He loves it here. He is close to his son and everyone is supportive.
Montreal is closer to his son, but I think he is developing some loyalty to Ottawa. Plus he is the go to guy for the French reporters in the Sens dressing room. That must be cool.
I don't necessarily think it's fair to say we gave him a chance when others didn't - he made it pretty clear he wanted to be close to his family, and that limited the teams he could go to to basically Ottawa and Montreal. I'm pretty sure Minny would've re-signed him if they had the chance.
Please Sens, just don't let the Habs benefit of Gui future regular input of + 25 goals/50 pts going forward
Latendresse-Spezza-Michalek
Zibanejad-Turris-Silfverberg
Should be our top-6 next year
I have been as critical as anyone of The Tender One since he was injured, but hearing on the radio how he took the time on IR to work with Chris Schwartz and get into better shape and improve his conditioning told me that this guy does care about being a contributing member of this team. He did this all while suffering from migraines and "whiplash". That kind of commitment won me over and I say sign him.
Plus as long as he's here, we keep getting to make fat jokes. He's our own Dustin Penner.