Player Discussion Thomas Chabot (D) Extended 8 years 8M AAV

[Xspyrit]

I thought it was interesting last night in the GDT when everyone piled on Wolanin on what I think was the 4th goal. I haven't gone back to look back at it but there were some way bigger issues than Wolanin on how that play developed and I don't I saw even one person comment on it.

Most of the time when a goal is scored, it is the result of several things happening. This goal happened because :

- Leafs have their bench near the OZ for that period, they make a quick effective line change
- Wolanin doesn't realize Leafs are changing and a player gets behind him, which creates a 3-on-2
- Batherson and Gudbranson kinda cover the same player for some reason
- Gudbranson should have played the pass better so Hogberg could play the shot.

Wolanin certainly deserves some blame for not being more aware of his surroundings. He just seems a bit bad lucked though because every little mistake from him (or a teammate) ends up in the back of the net. I have seen him make a lot of good plays but he has been glorified negatively because of the goals against. Let's see if it balances out a bit more evenly through the season

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I thought it was interesting last night in the GDT when everyone piled on Wolanin on what I think was the 4th goal. I haven't gone back to look back at it but there were some way bigger issues than Wolanin on how that play developed and I don't I saw even one person comment on it.

3rd goal Engvall Kerfoot got behind Wolanin ; Brodie put a pass up the boards to Kerfoot; Wolanin tried to cut it off and missed .. pass went to Kerfoot who had a pretty clear path for a shot.. Gudbranson was kind of caught flat footed and let his man go to cut some of Kerfoots space; when he did that Kerfoot passed it to Engvall.
Have to wonder how much talking is going on out there.. In the GDTs the mistakes are microscoped we get 15 ... what are you doing Wolanin posts and then its concluded he had a bad game lol.. He needs the reps for the game to slow down for him again. He'll need to wait his turn now I guess.

 

[NyQuil]

Chabot is like, "Hey, I'm the MVP, and guess what, I'll prove it."

 

[Crosside]

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[RAFI BOMB]

This is probably what conversations looked like between D.J. Smith and Thomas Chabot every game last season.

 

[Back in Black]

Sens have 99 problems but Chabot ain't one.

Got that right!

Captain Chabot

 

[TheDebater]

Got that right!

Captain Chabot

Assistant to the Captain...

 

[Adrianopolous]

Next Captain (C)

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Give him the captaincy at this point; this is getting ridiculous.

 

[Answer]

I think after this year, maybe Batherson would be the best candidate for Captaincy

 

[Boud]

I think after this year, maybe Batherson would be the best candidate for Captaincy

Don't see how he would be a better candidate than Chabot.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Don't see how he would be a better candidate than Chabot.

Agreed; as it is its close between Chabot and Tkachuk.

I think this situation just pushes Chabot into the captaincy even if Brady signs soon.

 

[Adrianopolous]

Chabot has had a real rough go this year so far. Offensive numbers are totally down while being asked to do too much defensively. Is this Chabot's final form?

 

[Tuna99]

Chabot has had a real rough go this year so far. Offensive numbers are totally down while being asked to do too much defensively. Is this Chabot's final form?

heart of a lion. Love him. His intensity is Chara, Redden and EK like.

put him back with Zub

 

[BondraTime]

Chabot has had a real rough go this year so far. Offensive numbers are totally down while being asked to do too much defensively. Is this Chabot's final form?

Chabot's been fantastic, any team would be ecstatic to have this version of Chabot playing on their top pair

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Chabot has had a real rough go this year so far. Offensive numbers are totally down while being asked to do too much defensively. Is this Chabot's final form?

Man, shut up. Respectfully.

 

[aragorn]

Chabot has been fine & clearly plays better with a very good defensive partner. The offence will come, but more importantly is improving on the other 5 or 6 D. Wouldn't mind seeing JBD again or Thomson. Also nice to see them finally name Tkachuk captain.

 

[Emerica]

Chabot has had a real rough go this year so far. Offensive numbers are totally down while being asked to do too much defensively. Is this Chabot's final form?

Quick question: Do you watch the games with the TV closed?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Chabot has had a real rough go this year so far. Offensive numbers are totally down while being asked to do too much defensively. Is this Chabot's final form?

Bench him?

Not sure what you see when you have those guys chasing that little black thing around the ice on the tube

 

[Sweatred]

30 min a night Chabot doesn’t beat opposing dman off the rush … his PP goal scoring is virtually irrelevant…

Solution - Brann is the better distributor and shooter - give him 2/3’s of PP1 time and cut Chabot another 2-3 min a game.

 

[Adrianopolous]

Chabot has been fine & clearly plays better with a very good defensive partner. The offence will come, but more importantly is improving on the other 5 or 6 D. Wouldn't mind seeing JBD again or Thomson. Also nice to see them finally name Tkachuk captain.

His Team Canada spot is in question right now after being considered a lock all summer. Can't say that's good news at this time..

Pietrangelo, Makar, Doughty, Ekblad, Theodore, and Pelech.

Might squeak in as a 7th/8th, but that's pretty disappointing.

 

[aragorn]

IMO the solution, hopefully comes next yr with a 2nd pairing of Sanderson & JBD. This yr could be a write off, there are 16 players in this org right now injured or on Covid protocal. That would affect any team & it affects this team more because they are young & lacking in good depth at the AHL level which has also been decimated with injuries.

Ottawa has an entire line from Belleville & Belleville has about 6 to 8 ECHL players on their roster. It's a hard steep hill to climb with a young team in the NHL, it's nearly an impossible task to do it with 4 to 6 regulars out of the lineup on a nightly basis. And that doesn't account for the constant rotating of goalies & the defence this yr.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

Seriously? Chabot has been incredible, he’s the only reason we haven’t lost every game 10-0. He’s literally doing everything out there.

 

[aragorn]

His Team Canada spot is in question right now after being considered a lock all summer. Can't say that's good news at this time..

Pietrangelo, Makar, Doughty, Ekblad, Theodore, and Pelech.

Might squeak in as a 7th/8th, but that's pretty disappointing.

I don't think so. I think it's quite obvious what Chabot has been doing & playing so much due to the insurmountable circumstances surrounding the team & most NHL excutives know what is going on with other teams, they talk all the time.

First they are young & rebuilding so he has to make up for that by playing big minutes.

Second, this org has 16 players injured or on Covid protocal meaning they have a number of minor league players in the lineup or on the roster. No team can sustain that for very long especially a young inexperienced team, they are learning the hard way.

Third, they are constantly rotating goalies & defencemen in & out of the lineup disturbing any cohesiveness. Besides the top pairing on D & the top forward line the rest of the team has been constantly rearranged with guys going in & out of the lineup with a lot of new faces. And recently they just moved Chabot with Zaitsev & we all know people's opinion on Zaitsev this yr.

And fourth, most analysts have Ottawa as a bubble team this yr & not making the playoffs with a full NHL roster so I'm not sure how they could make the playoffs with a number of AHL players.

Fifth, Chabot has plenty of game film available & plays a lot of minutes & he's one of the best skaters on defence in the NHL. If they place him with a good two way defenceman not only will he be fine, but IMO he will excel on a great team of players. IMO he has Norris Trophy capabilities & skillset.

 

[Emerica]

His Team Canada spot is in question right now after being considered a lock all summer. Can't say that's good news at this time..

Pietrangelo, Makar, Doughty, Ekblad, Theodore, and Pelech.

Might squeak in as a 7th/8th, but that's pretty disappointing.

Chabot’s spot has never been a lock. He’s always been considered a guy that could make it but could always very well be left out due to Canada’s depth at LD. Nothing has changed since this summer and no one knows who is on the outside looking in at this point. At least do a little bit of research if you want your gaslighting to be somewhat credible.