Confirmed with Link: Sens sign Chris Kelly (1 yr $900,000)

[Benjamin]

 

[Boud]

This is going to be Kelly's first season since the leg being broken right? Going to be interesting to see how it goes.

I think this will definitely help the PK.

Indeed.

Apparently he's back to 100% now ... A 25-30 point guy on the 4rth line, good defensively and great on faceoffs.

Safe to say Smith will play with Pageau.

Kelly can play LW too...

 

[Senateurs]

Pageau and Kelly on the same PK unit has potential to be outstanding.

That and he's now our one and only SC winner in that dressing room. Which is the one thing missing to this team. Winners.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Nice depth signing. Shores up our bottom 6 a bit, which was an area of weakness. This is way better than rolling the dice on our prospects all working out when we throw them into the lineup.

Lazar to wing is the unfortunate part of this, but it would suck for him to be a perennial 4th liner anyway. At least he has a shot to succeed in the middle 6 now.

Also, injuries happen. Gotta be prepared and get depth. Depth at C is not a bad thing, folks.

And it quenches my thirst for a Condra-type player in the lineup again. Dat PK..

 

[UnHappyDude]

meh. hopefully this means Lazar and Paul get big minutes in Bingo

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Extremely low risk move. The team has to have 21 skaters. At worst, they pay Kelly 900k to sit in the press box instead of paying a younger player 700k to do the same thing. At best they get a veteran 4th line C who is an upgrade on whoever else they would have had there.

This also gives Ottawa a left handed centre to deploy. Turris, Zib, Pageau are all righties. The Senators only other one was Smith who despite now being a LWer would take draws if needed.

Lastly, this gives Ottawa some flexibility to start Lazar in the AHL if they think that is the best move for his development. Turris-Zib-Pageau-Kelly-Pyatt could be the centres at the NHL level with Lazar getting top minutes in the AHL.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

His face-off expertise alone makes this signing worth it.

And I get tingly thinking about him and Pageau killing penalties.

 

[jules6565]

Like this one

 

[yoplait]

Indeed.

Apparently he's back to 100% now ... A 25-30 point guy on the 4rth line, good defensively and great on faceoffs.

Safe to say Smith will play with Pageau.

Kelly can play LW too...

Wish the face off thing was true. Hasn't had above 50% face off since 2012-2013.

 

[edguy]

Hoffman-Turris-Stone
MacArthur-Zibanejad-Ryan
Smith-Pageau-Lazar
Dzingel-Kelly-Neil
Pyatt

Is a forward group id be very satisfied with if they can stay healthy

 

[IranCondraAffair]

The more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

1. Kelly is the definition of "positive influence". He won't complain about ice-time or warming the bench. He won't rock the boat. He knows every nuance about the defensive game there is. He provides leadership, experience, and mentoring to a lot of our young bottom-6 guys.

2. Pirri or Versteeg or one of those other offensive guys would have been nice but we won't really need Pirri's offense at 4th C or Vertseeg's offense if it means putting Lazar on the 4th line. Out PK sucks, not our 5v5. Lazar at 3rd RW is a better opportunity for him than 4th line detail. He'll never develop down there.

3. He's dirt cheap, leaving more money for a potential LHD or a pickup. He can also play LW if needed in case of injury issues.

4. I think he'll be our only left handed face-off guy.

Sigh

 

[Viletho]

Extremely low risk move. The team has to have 21 skaters. At worst, they pay Kelly 900k to sit in the press box instead of paying a younger player 700k to do the same thing. At best they get a veteran 4th line C who is an upgrade on whoever else they would have had there.

This also gives Ottawa a left handed centre to deploy. Turris, Zib, Pageau are all righties. The Senators only other one was Smith who despite now being a LWer would take draws if needed.

Lastly, this gives Ottawa some flexibility to start Lazar in the AHL if they think that is the best move for his development. Turris-Zib-Pageau-Kelly-Pyatt could be the centres at the NHL level with Lazar getting top minutes in the AHL.

It give us 2 left handed. Pageau and Smith switch depending on the side the faceoff is taken. Which is a good thing, since they are both good at faceoff.

 

[Shanny]

Hoffman-Zibby-Ryan
MacArthur-Turris-Lazar/Dzingel
Smith-Pageau-Stone
Pyatt-Kelly-Neil
Puempel

One of Dzingel/Lazar and Paul start in Bingo.



.....looks good to me.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Hoffman-Turris-Stone
MacArthur-Zibanejad-Ryan
Smith-Pageau-Lazar
Dzingel-Kelly-Neil
Pyatt

Is a forward group id be very satisfied with if they can stay healthy

I think you're close, but I think Dzingel will play RW while Puempel will make the NHL. No way they waive Puempel. Like a lot of posters, I wouldn't be surprised if Lazar starts in the AHL.

Maybe McCormick gets the 14th spot if they only roll with 7 defensemen.

 

[Sensinitis]

What if we get Versteeg too?

Smith-Pageau-Versteeg
Kelly-Lazar-Dzingel

(I know it won't happen)

 

[Flamingo]

One Turret, one Battleship. It's all coming together.

 

[Boud]

Wish the face off thing was true. Hasn't had above 50% face off since 2012-2013.

Remember he was great on faceoffs here, maybe Boston faded him

 

[BonkTastic]

Our major failing last season was special teams.

Kelly excels on the PK + tiny cap hit + tiny term.

Hard to find a problem with this signing.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

It give us 2 left handed. Pageau and Smith switch depending on the side the faceoff is taken. Which is a good thing, since they are both good at faceoff.

Read the rest of that paragraph

 

[Samsquanch]

HA!

Battleship Kelly! Thats some nostalgia right there

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Our major failing last season was special teams.

Kelly excels on the PK + tiny cap hit + tiny term.

Hard to find a problem with this signing.

Only problem is that they didn't acquire Jim Slater. Smith-Kelly-Slater could have been called the "Saved By The Bell" line.

 

[Viletho]

Read the rest of that paragraph

oops. i did the whole post.

But forgot about that part. My bad

 

[Senscore]

One of the few nostalgia signings that actually makes sense. This will improve the team.

 

[starling]

Kelly was pretty terrible last year before his injury and didn't get any younger since then.
And as mentioned, he is not good at faceoffs, at all. 45% in the last 2 years.

 

[IranCondraAffair]

I've been reading the Kelly thread on Boston forum.

I'm worried boys.

900K probably doesn't matter, but if his wheels are gone and the coach just keeps playing him despite his mediocre faceoffs and uninspired PKing it will get very frustrating.

Hope for the best I guess. Who knows, maybe a year off let his body heal a bit.