Player Discussion Scott Sabourin - signed to 1 yr 2-way contract - What's my name?

[Sens of Anarchy]

Scott Sabourin (27), from Orleans On. the hometown of none other than our beloved GM, Pierre Dorion played his junior hockey in the OHL with Oshawa and played for our current coach DJ Smith.

Sabourin has had quite a tryout with Ottawa

Game 1 vs Toronto he should have been yelling "What's my name" at Harpur

and then this


And in g1 in Vancouver we got


Jury is out but on this so far career minor leaguer
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[HSF]

Could fill a bottom line role

Rather have him there than wasting away a prospect .

 

[Senscore]

With the amount of young players we have now, I honestly think a guy like Sabourin looking out for them on the ice could be helpful.

Chabot in particular had a target on his back last year and Borowiecki wasn't enough to keep guys away from him.

I know Tkachuk likes to get into things but he really shouldn't always be the one to step up.

 

[BigHitter67]

Nice!! A 27 yrold career AHLer playing old school dump-and-bump in today’s hyper skilled NHL!!
Where do i buy my season tickets ?!!

 

[Ouroboros]

He has quickly displaced Julius Honka as my favourite speculative/potential Senator.

Sabu army. Ride or die.

 

[bert]

Sign him and give him a numby.

 

[Senscore]

He has quickly displaced Julius Honka as my favourite speculative/potential Senator.

Sabu army. Ride or die.

If he makes the team and does the taunt I'm buying a jersey

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I'm kinda down to sign him to be a 13th forward. Rather have him than one of the young guys sitting routinely. Maybe he's Matt Carkner 2.0.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Dude is a sub par AHLer who should have never been invited to training camp, and yet he's still here with 1 preseason game to go before the season starts.

Embarrasing how you can get ahead in this organization just by being born in Ottawa and being DJ's buddy.

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Dude is a sub par AHLer who should have never been invited to training camp, and yet he's still here with 1 preseason game to go before the season starts.

Embarrasing how you can get ahead in this organization just by being born in Ottawa and being DJ's buddy.

Pretty sure most teams have grinders in camp, no just Ottawa. Management and scouts also like to see guys play to the best of their role which Sabourin has been doing.

 

[Senscore]

It's true he's a scrub, and if there's someone who truly looks ready that gets cut because of him, I'll be complaining right there with you.


But honestly, through camp so far, I really haven't seen it.

 

[OD99]

He has played well and been noticeable in each game he has seen action.

I dont see the reason for the severe dislike at this point. He is not being added to a Cup team here.

 

[Hinterland]

After reading the Scherwey interview it was pretty clear that Smith was looking for some added grit. Not idea if they were trying to negotiate with Bern or why Sabourin wasn't in the Camp from the beginning but every team needs vets able and willing to do damage and defend kids if necessary.

Sabourin, won't play 82 games in the NHL so I don't see the problem here.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Let's be real here, this is a guy who has 77P in his combined 311 games at the AHL level. Works out to an average of about 17P over a full AHL season.

Guy has zero talent and should be stapled to the 4th line of an AHL team, not an NHL team. Only reason he's up is because of favouritism.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

He is not an NHL player. If he makes the team, I would hope it's because we know that despite our public statements about contending for the playoffs that internally we don't expect to win a lot. That we need a guy to be a face puncher and dissuade people power bombing a 120 pound Brannstrom when we're being blown out.

It's probably an out dated way of thinking, but at the same time if you go back and watch our games last year (one against St.Louis comes to mind) nobody stepped up and we got manhandled.

I don't know if it's the right idea. I'm just trying to see the logic behind it.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Not going to argue that Sabourin is a willing combatant .. IMO he should be signed to a 2 way to go play in Belleville. I would give Chlapik/Balcers the 4th line 12th forward. And have Boedker as my 13th forward to start. The kids don't sit more than 4 games or so if they are here for 82. Ryan will need a rest here and there. Injuries and rest days vs playing hurt .. will be available so no one sits too long.

The kids can stand up for themselves. I am not worried about that.. Its not like they are coming in from some fairy leagues. If they played junior, AHL .. they can stand up for themselves. 1 player is not going to make us run anyone out of the rink.

Keep Sabourin in Belleville , give him some games when we need to inject some toughness.

 

[HSF]

Hope he lays out mattthews first game

Let’s be real this season is gonna be hella boring after 15 games in

 

[DaveMatthew]

I don't understand this though of "who's going to stand up for the kids?"

Tkachuk can take care of himself. Hainsey has been in the league for 100 years. Batherson is 6'3, 200 lbs. Connor Brown will be fine. So will Jaros. I'm assuming Borowiecki will play every game.

This isn't 1999, and even if it was, it's not like Sabourin is some imposing tough guy. Did Smith or Harpur "deter" anyone the last two years? No? Well Sabourin will be no more effective.

I was hoping that with a new coaching staff, the days of dressing players who can't keep up and have no future was over... but maybe it isn't.

 

[DaveMatthew]

Hope he lays out mattthews first game

Let’s be real this season is gonna be hella boring after 15 games in

If Sabourin is on the ice against Matthews, on purpose, there is a much greater chance of Matthews scoring a goal than getting layed out.

Besides, Matthews has 20 lbs on Sabourin. If they made contact, my guess is Sabourin would be the one on the ice.

 

[Viletho]

If Sabourin is on the ice against Matthews, on purpose, there is a much greater chance of Matthews scoring a goal than getting layed out.

Besides, Matthews has 20 lbs on Sabourin. If they made contact, my guess is Sabourin would be the one on the ice.

Yeah, i don't want Sabourin with Matthews on the ice lol

Beside, if Sabourin was to do anything to Matthews, the pre season game was the time to do it.

The guy is a 13th forward at most, if he is kept. I believe i'm overly generous by saying 13th forward

 

[armani]

If Sabourin is on the ice against Matthews, on purpose, there is a much greater chance of Matthews scoring a goal than getting layed out.

Besides, Matthews has 20 lbs on Sabourin. If they made contact, my guess is Sabourin would be the one on the ice.

If Sabu is on the ice with BareAss Matthews, think one or the other is definitely getting laid.

 

[Sen sational]

IMO Sabourin is a situation specific player, and I accept he has a value this year:
1 Ottawa will not be contending for a playoff position so if he scores less than a more skilled player on the 4th line, I don't care;
2 I don't think there is any benefit to playing one of our good prospects on the 4th line for 6 minutes per game;
3 apart from Parker Kelly, what other player has shown his kind of heart and willingness to do the dirty work. Not referring to playing dirty, merely sacrificing for the team by making and taking hits and working hard;
4 if he is frequently scratched, it isn't going to hurt his development;
5 other than Boro, we don't have a tough guy to give or take a beating and I certainly wouldn't want Tkachuk to take on that job. If he is up as a 13th forward he can come into games they know will be physical or into the lineup when Boro is out or being sat to rotate in the 7th D;
6 a number of people have commented that we have several prospects that have had opportunities at this tryout but didn't look like they wanted it, this might send a message to the more skilled players that they have to elevate their compete levels;
7 there are a lot of marginal players on a lot of teams, Sabourin will be hard to play against and will bring the type of energy and grit the team is looking for. If he stops doing it, he is easily sent down to Belleville;
8 he is a stop gap player that will let our other prospects develop hockey skills and get stronger;
9 Ottawa seems committed to having our younger players spend at least 1 year in Belleville, save for Tkachuk, we are buying more time for them to develop and then come up at the TDL.

 

[DJB]

Dude is a sub par AHLer who should have never been invited to training camp, and yet he's still here with 1 preseason game to go before the season starts.

Embarrasing how you can get ahead in this organization just by being born in Ottawa and being DJ's buddy.

Pretty much this.

If we need toughness why not bring back Neil? Or get some other real tough guy.

Sabourin runs around burying people from behind. If anything that's going to invite our young guys getting buried into the boards themselves.

Hes absolutely atrocious with the puck, makes terrible decisions with it.

Oh but wait.

Local guy? Check!

Comes with a cheap contract? Check!

From Orleans? BONUS POINTS!!!!!!!

 

[Upgrayedd]

Im up for a bit of Scotty in what will assuredly be a spectacle of a season, get Brady and him out there playing reckless drive hard to the net hockey in a tank year and enjoy the show!

 

[BondraTime]

Who cares if he is here this year, we all want them to finish last, he's not going to take minutes away from any of our prospects, he doesn't have a future with the team,he will sit in the pressbox more often then not. Nothing about him making the team seems to have anything negative about what we hope happens for the Sens this year.