Confirmed with Link: Senators acquire Mike Amadio from LA for Christian Wolanin

[Neiler]

I actually really like this move. These are the type of young guys the sens should be trying to pick up when possible to keep the team younger but having some NHL experience.

Other players like this I keep an eye on are Gauthier NYR, MacEwen VAN, Roy VGK, Bastian NJD. Most would be low cost acquisitions.

I'd rather watch those guys with our young guys than watch Dadonov and Anisimov try to fit.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Good trade for both teams.

Amadio could be a decent 4th liner for us. Outside chance at ending up a 3rd line guy.

 

[coladin]

Judging by his highlight reel, he looks like, at best , Chris Tierney with a better shot

 

[Sweatred]

Judging by his highlight reel, he looks like, at best , Chris Tierney with a better shot

Sounds more useful than Wolanin.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Logan Brown is next up on Pierre's needless chop block.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Maybe we can get something for Tierney at the deadline now.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Maybe we can get something for Tierney at the deadline now.

Don't get my hopes up.

 

[Liver King]

Did he play center for the kings?

 

[Korpse]

When reilly did play at the start of the year he was just as bad if not worse than wolanin. It was a nightmare. Out of reilly brann and Wolanin I think all could have games like reilly has had if played into the ground.


It wasn’t an argument? Oh you think the argument was Belleville *literally* has no Defesneman.?

As nightmarish as you may say, it was better than Wolanin. His play improved after the start as well. Wolanin's didn't. It's not because Reilly was handed something Wolanin wasn't.

I know you weren't saying they literally had no defensemen, I'm saying they literally had no forwards for a game.

 

[RAFI BOMB]

This gives us another forward to expose in the expansion draft I guess.

Seems like it. It also makes it easier to trade a forward and still meet the minimum requirements for exposed players.

 

[Xspyrit]

Yes! Very happy with this. Pretty good reclamation project for LA IMO, maybe Wolanin will be a good fit for them

Jut want to warn people, Amadio is like a poor man's Chris Tierney

But all good anyway, we need another high pick more than anything

Amadio is RFA, makes me nervous if he "gels" with the team and they re-sign him.

Well here it is folks, finally getting the franchise centre we've all been arguing about. We can put the Monahan/Eichel trade proposals to rest now.

But tbh not sure why we made this trade, Wolanin has more value to us. Whatever I guess

Maybe because we're not that good at identifying talent?

Very whatever. Not sure what reilly did at the start of the year/camp to be preferred over wolanin. I think Wolanin would have had just as many decent games if you played the shit out of him Like they did Reilly. Oh well

Don't think I ever saw a D-man struggle as much as Reilly did early in the season. That game where he was directly responsible for 3 GA was for the ages

But good for him as he setlled down. Probably means we're going to re-sign him though, which also makes me nervous

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Yes! Very happy with this. Pretty good reclamation project for LA IMO, maybe Wolanin will be a good fit for them

Jut want to warn people, Amadio is like a poor man's Chris Tierney

....

Jesus. I would have said that Tierney was the poor man's Chris Tierney.

 

[Clayonator]

White has to get ready for this as well very soon.

Literally insane, and @Sweatred dream on.

 

[trentmccleary]

My guess is that Amadio gets a chance to step into Watson's spot, as he's done for the season. Maybe he'll get an audition for the 4th line center spot this year or next.

When reilly did play at the start of the year he was just as bad if not worse than wolanin. It was a nightmare. Out of reilly brann and Wolanin I think all could have games like reilly has had if played into the ground.

Wolanin's play during the first 10 games was the worst of any defenseman who has played on the team this year. Nobody else ran around like an idiot the way that he did during that span.

 

[Canadian Game]

Gotta say, aside from his game play, Wolanin has one of the best personalities I’ve seen as a fan. Watched him almost every home game with the BSens and he consistently acknowledged the kids and chatted with them every game. One particular fan loved Wolanin, and Wolanin always made a point of making that fan’s day and giving him extra attention. They’d chat almost every game day, including during warmups. The fan would be near the gate at the BSens tunnel and Wolanin would skate over to the fan when he came for a drink at the bench. Just a genuinely good guy with a positive attitude all the time. I wish him nothing but the best in LA and for his future.

 

[FormentonTheFuture]

My guess is that Amadio gets a chance to step into Watson's spot, as he's done for the season. Maybe he'll get an audition for the 4th line center spot this year or next.



Wolanin's play during the first 10 games was the worst of any defenseman who has played on the team this year. Nobody else ran around like an idiot the way that he did during that span.

Yeah, he stunk this year. No two ways about it

 

[Burrowsaurus]

My guess is that Amadio gets a chance to step into Watson's spot, as he's done for the season. Maybe he'll get an audition for the 4th line center spot this year or next.



Wolanin's play during the first 10 games was the worst of any defenseman who has played on the team this year. Nobody else ran around like an idiot the way that he did during that span.

Well dj continuing to play reilly non stop has helped you forget then lol.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

If we had to trade Wolanin, I would've rather have gotten a draft pick. We have too many bottom 6 guys as it is.

Good for Wolanin though....he wasn't going to get a chance to improve sitting in the pressbox.

 

[trentmccleary]

Well dj continuing to play reilly non stop has helped you forget then lol.

No. Straight up, Wolanin was only damned fool who was chasing the puck around the defensive zone like he was playing pond hockey.

The opposition has gained position in the offensive zone. Wolanin is defending the right point. Puck sent to the corner boards. Wolanin is digging along the right corner boards. Puck sent behind the net. Wolanin skates towards the left corner swinging his stick to both sides. Puck passed back to the point. Wolanin chases and starts defending the point.

The last time I saw a defensemen play like that for an extended period of time was Joe Corvo's first month in Ottawa.

 

[GCK]

Other than Chabot every D man drafted and coached prior to the Mann brothers has been purged from the organization.

 

[topshelf15]

Other than Chabot every D man drafted and coached prior to the Mann brothers has been purged from the organization.

These guys have been very good for the Org...Need to keep them here

 

[SensFactor]

Dont really care. Wolanin was meh.

 

[mianjo]

Mike Amodio

G	A	Pts	PIM
2012-13	Brampton Battalion	OHL	63	6	13	19	8	-3	5	0	0	0	0
2013-14	North Bay Battalion	OHL	64	12	26	38	14	15	22	4	5	9	2
2014-15	North Bay Battalion	OHL	68	24	47	71	18	30	15	6	9	15	4
2015-16	North Bay Battalion	OHL	68	50	48	98	40	30	11	12	6	18	10
2015-16	Ontario Reign	AHL	--	--	--	--	--	--	11	1	4	5	0
2016-17	Ontario Reign	AHL	68	16	25	41	4	4	5	2	0	2	0
2017-18	Ontario Reign	AHL	32	11	24	35	12	15	4	1	3	4	2
2017-18	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	37	4	4	8	8	-2	1	0	1	1	0
2018-19	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	43	6	7	13	6	-1	--	--	--	--	--
2018-19	Ontario Reign	AHL	28	8	18	26	12	6	--	--	--	--	--
2019-20	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	68	6	10	16	10	-11	--	--	--	--	--
2020-21	Los Angeles Kings*	NHL	20	0	2	2	2	-5
2020-21	Ontario Reign	AHL	2	0	2	2	0	0
	NHL Totals		168	16	23	39	26		1	0	1	1	0

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Christian Wolanin

2012-13	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL	54	0	8	8	70	3	4	1	0	1	2
2013-14	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL	23	1	4	5	30	-5	--	--	--	--	--
2013-14	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	32	5	16	21	44	-1	--	--	--	--	--
2014-15	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	56	14	27	41	107	14	12	3	5	8	20
2015-16	U. of North Dakota	NCHC	32	4	11	15	20	16
2016-17	U. of North Dakota	NCHC	37	6	16	22	37	5
2017-18	U. of North Dakota	NCHC	40	12	23	35	50	12
2017-18	Ottawa Senators	NHL	10	1	2	3	0	-4
2018-19	Belleville Senators	AHL	40	7	24	31	24	7
2018-19	Ottawa Senators	NHL	30	4	8	12	6	3
2019-20	Ottawa Senators	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	1
2019-20	Belleville Senators	AHL	9	1	0	1	7	4
2020-21	Ottawa Senators*	NHL	15	0	3	3	6	-7
2020-21	Belleville Senators	AHL	1	0	0	0	0	-2
2020-21	Ontario Reign	AHL	Statistics Unavailable
	NHL Totals		58	5	13	18	12

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[JD1]

Wolanin is an interesting case study of the dynamics of this board

A guy that hadn't established himself as a NHL regular coming off major injury that caused him to miss a year being pencilled into a lineup in many instances in a top 4 position. Maybe my memory might be a bit off but i think i might have seen some posts pegging him as our 2nd best D.

That thinking was faulty. Full stop.

Watching this year play out, Wolanin wasn't good enough at what he was good at to make up for what he wasn't good at. At 26 years old, DJ said he couldn't stop the cycle, that's not good.

The play a couple of games ago where he flubbed the pass to Dzingle between the red line and the O zone blue line may well have cost him his spot. That was a bad mental mistake for a puck rushing D man to make

I hope things work out for him in LA. I really do. If not, he's probably destined for Europe to make a few hundred grand playing a kids game. Life could be worse

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Mike Amadio seems like the forward version of Wolanin, and i’m okay with that. Opens up a spot for JBD to play some games this year. Maybe even Jake Sanderson