The kids are doing OK

[Tnuoc Alucard]

He could have been protected!

Yes, but he wasn't ..... so he didn't "Walk" as posted.

Who should have been unprotected instead?

 

[swiftwin]

He could have been protected!

By trading our 1st round pick

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

The last game of the season will have a lineup around this.

Dzingel - Duchene - White
Tkachuk - Tierney - Stone
Boedker - Pageau - Ryan
Balcers -Chlapik - Batherson

Chabot - DeMelo
Lajoie - Wideman
Wolanin - Jaros

Formenton in CHL after 9 game try out.

 

[maclean]

By trading our 1st round pick

Can you even imagine what this board would look like

 

[BatherSeason]

The last game of the season will have a lineup around this.

Dzingel - Duchene - White
Tkachuk - Tierney - Stone
Boedker - Pageau - Ryan
Balcers -Chlapik - Batherson

Chabot - DeMelo
Lajoie - Wideman
Wolanin - Jaros

Formenton in CHL after 9 game try out.

Hopefully that means an extension for Duchene/Stone cause not getting a thing for either of them would be another massive fail for this organization.

 

[Acidrain66]

By trading our 1st round pick

And look at the mess we had last year

 

[BatherSeason]

By trading our 1st round pick

We traded it anyways for a guy who will probably walk after this year.

 

[Acidrain66]

By trading our 1st round pick

Wait!? You prefer Ceci over Methot???

 

[BonkTastic]

Wait!? You prefer Ceci over Methot???

I prefer the Methot from 2-3 years ago over any version of Ceci.

Not too sure about the current version of Methot, though... His age and play style seem to be catching up to him. He's just a depth guy at this point, it seems.

 

[Acidrain66]

I prefer the Methot from 2-3 years ago over any version of Ceci.

Not too sure about the current version of Methot, though... His age and play style seem to be catching up to him. He's just a depth guy at this point, it seems.

I agree with your assessment, I'll still take him over Ceci.

 

[mianjo]

This topic is about the kids not Ceci or Methot or Ryan etc.

Ottawa

Chabot 5gp 2g 6a 8pts +1
Lajoie 5gp 3g 3a 6pts 0
Tkachuk 3gp 2g 3a 5pts +4
White 5gp 2g 1a 3pts -1

Belleville

Batherson 3gp 2g 3a 5pts +3
Chlapik 3gp 1g 4a 5pts +2
Balcers 3gp 3g 0a 3pts +3
Wolanin 3gp 0g 1a 1pts +2
Bergmann 3gp 0g 1a 1pts 0

 

[Lenny the Lynx]

Sorry to change subjects but why tf does Garrioch have his own segment during the intermission? So painful to listen to.

Face it - there's one reason he gets this segment: sex sells. If he wasn't so damn hot he'd just be on the radio

 

[swiftwin]

Wait!? You prefer Ceci over Methot???

I prefer Ceci + keeping our 1st round pick (that we used to get Duchene) over Methot.

Are you saying you prefer Methot over Duchene?

 

[swiftwin]

Can you even imagine what this board would look like

Yup. So many hypocrites around here.

 

[Acidrain66]

I prefer Ceci + keeping our 1st round pick (that we used to get Duchene) over Methot.

Are you saying you prefer Methot over Duchene?

Methot plus our first!

 

[swiftwin]

Methot plus our first!

So you would rather keep Methot over Ceci???

 

[Acidrain66]

So you would rather keep Methot over Ceci???

Yes, we dont have a decent shut down dman, seems like Englund is close to bust level

 

[Agent Zub]

Spezza was a 15 year old Junior exception.

Aren’t we setting the bar a bit high?

I mean just the constant lethargic play and injuries. Very reminiscent of Bobby.

 

[swiftwin]

Yes, we dont have a decent shut down dman, seems like Englund is close to bust level

But Methot isn't that anymore. He's old and breaking down. He has a history of back problems. He only played 36 games last year. 33yrs old is pretty old for a one dimensional defensive defenseman.

 

[coladin]

But Methot isn't that anymore. He's old and breaking down. He has a history of back problems. He only played 36 games last year. 33yrs old is pretty old for a one dimensional defensive defenseman.

But but but I read somewhere else today that 33 is still young?

 

[solidprospect]

In case you missed it, Sens GM Pierre Dorion joined Henry Burris on CTV Ottawa Morning Live

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1514373

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

It never should have come to losing a player of Methot's caliber for nothing. That situation was mishandled imo.

Once we knew it was coming to that point though, value wise, of course you protect Ceci over Methot. As far as play on the ice goes, of course Methot was better than Ceci, and probably still is when healthy, but based on age, injury history and all that, Ceci had more value.

 

[Engineer]

ok

 

[Xspyrit]

If he gets close to Ryans level id say thats an incredible success based on where he is right now.

Yeah, what a shame it would be if Brown ends up 455th in NHL All-Time Points Leaders or 44th among active players (still going)

Spezza was a 15 year old Junior exception.

Aren’t we setting the bar a bit high?

What's funny is that it would be a shame if Brown ends up like Ryan rather than Spezza (who declined quite young as well), but then "lethargic play" and "injuries" are mentioned, like if Spezza has never been guilty or victim of that lol

And if we look at the 2 less productive Ryan seasons and compare them with Spezza's

Spezza : 0.52 PPG (CH : 7.5)
Ryan : 0.47 PPG (CH 7.25)

84% of Ryan points came at ES, 60% for Spezza. Also, Spezza has been sheltered defensively most of his career.

Really, sometimes you just end up scratching your head or facepalming. It's good to alternate to not develop any problem.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Once it was transparent we were leaving Methot unprotected he should have been traded, our unprotected list after him was pretty crap.

Ya that was mishandled from the get go. To lose a player of that much importance to our team was inexcusable. I suspect they were a lot more okay with it than fans because they got to shed his salary and saw that as a positive even though it left a gaping hole they didn't attempt to fill.