Training camp 2023-2024

[Korpse]

I wonder what Smejkal has done to deserve a spot on the PP.

Big body but also shown he can make plays from that goal line spot.

 

[Dionysus]

The Pierre Dorion "Get Off to a Fast Start" line up

Nothing is more annoying as an employee than having to perform in spite of your management. Instead of putting the players in a position to succeed and supporting them, may have to play a player down, Deserving player in Smejkal in the minors, and Pinto on the sidelines.

Annoying that this is the story. It should be about this great young team looking poised to finally have a strong start.

I think they can still do it. Certainly some self-inflicted adversity though. Doesn't seem best in class that is for sure.

 

[Cosmix]

Yes, sounds OK IF all this happens relatively soon i.e., a few weeks before American Thanksgiving.

What Staois & Andlauer have said is that there's still a lot of work to do. It will be interesting to see what that actually entails. A lot of the existing roster are young with long term contracts, so perhaps the focus will be on other aspects (i.e., not players).

To get to "best in class", there is a heck of a lot of work to do!

Big body but also shown he can make plays from that goal line spot.

He has not been a great scorer during his career. He looks like a 4th liner.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Dorion not being able to get out his own way is truly incredible

Nothing is more annoying as an employee than having to perform in spite of your management. Instead of putting the players in a position to succeed and supporting them, may have to play a player down, Deserving player in Smejkal in the minors, and Pinto on the sidelines.

Annoying that this is the story. It should be about this great young team looking poised to finally have a strong start.

I think they can still do it. Certainly some self-inflicted adversity though. Doesn't seem best in class that is for sure.

Zero cap space and Greig and Chartier as 2 and 3c. That’s some roster construction

 

[Korpse]

He has not been a great scorer during his career. He looks like a 4th liner.

Don’t believe I said he was a great scorer. They have a role they want to fill and he is probably the best fit.

 

[Cosmix]

Big body but also shown he can make plays from that goal line spot.

He has not been a great scorer during his career. He looks like a 4th liner.

They can't even call anyone up if McEwans injured...

They're gunna play with 19 skaters potentially ... what a mess by PD

Playing 19 players for one game and then bringing up an emergency callup player is not optimal and could have been avoided by the GM; however, it can be viewed as a minor issue and temporary measure that will last only as long as the roster player is injured.

Don’t believe I said he was a great scorer. They have a role they want to fill and he is probably the best fit.

I know you did not say that.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Dorion not being able to get out his own way is truly incredible


Zero cap space and Greig and Chartier as 2 and 3c. That’s some roster construction

 

[DrEasy]

Not a great situation, but of all player if it's MacEwen the one who can't play Wednesday making us play short-handed it's not the end of the world. How many minutes do we expect him to play when he's healthy anyway?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Not a great situation, but of all player if it's MacEwen the one who can't play Wednesday making us play short-handed it's not the end of the world. How many minutes do we expect him to play when he's healthy anyway?

11 - 6 ... Won't be the 1st time 11 forwards are used. I personally am not a fan of it

 

[DrEasy]

11 - 6 ... Won't be the 1st time 11 forwards are used. I personally am not a fan of it

Yeah, usually at least it's 11-7, but we're an innovative franchise!

 

[Cosmix]

I hope having Tarasenko on the roster is worth this cap space conundrum!

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

He has not been a great scorer during his career. He looks like a 4th liner.

???

He was 2nd in goals in the SHL last year, 3rd in Liiga the year before. No telling how it translates to NA pro but he has scored goals everywhere he's gone.

 

[DrEasy]

???

He was 2nd in goals in the SHL last year, 3rd in Liiga the year before. No telling how it translates to NA pro but he has scored goals everywhere he's gone.

That sent me to the SHL stats page, and so indeed there are 4 players tied for second in goals with 23, way behind the leader (Antti Suomela) who had 37.

Now this was interesting: Smejkal also ranked 6th in points (43 points), and was by far the youngest among the the top 6. Right behind him with 42 points, an even younger... Jonathan Dahlen, tied with another Senator draftee, Andre Petersson (now 32 years old!).

 

[JD1]

That sent me to the SHL stats page, and so indeed there are 4 players tied for second in goals with 23, way behind the leader (Antti Suomela) who had 37.

Now this was interesting: Smejkal also ranked 6th in points (43 points), and was by far the youngest among the the top 6. Right behind him with 42 points, an even younger... Jonathan Dahlen, tied with another Senator draftee, Andre Petersson (now 32 years old!).

Anyone know anything about this Dahlen guy? Maybe he could be a player

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Anyone know anything about this Dahlen guy? Maybe he could be a player

We don’t have the space.

 

[GCK]

???

He was 2nd in goals in the SHL last year, 3rd in Liiga the year before. No telling how it translates to NA pro but he has scored goals everywhere he's gone.

Smejkal calls himself a bottom 6 player. From what we’ve seen so far he has enough skill to complement a 3rd line of Pinto - Batherson/Tarasenko once the roster is full.

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

Anyone know anything about this Dahlen guy? Maybe he could be a player

Would have had a Cup if he had not been traded away…. along with that second rounder that would have been the lynchpin for playoff success

 

[Ghost of Jody Hull]

I love the optimism surrounding the change, with more to obviously come, but underneath all of that it really feels like expectations for a new arena, and playoff hockey is being tempered by the new owner and POHO.

You know when you buy a house that you think needs just a little bit of cosmetic work, and you're all excited to do the renos, but when you get the keys and take down the first wall, you realize there's mold everywhere? And then when you take a closer look at the foundation, you see a massive crack?

All of a sudden, you have to tell the kids that the pool is no longer in the budget?

I think that's what's happened here.

 

[BondraTime]

Norris is filling in a RW for the morning skate because there is no MacEwen.

There will be no LTIR for Norris by all accounts, otherwise he wouldn't be on the ice.

Any short term injury is going to result in the Sens playing without a full gameday roster.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Norris is filling in a RW for the morning skate because there is no MacEwen.

There will be no LTIR for Norris by all accounts, otherwise he wouldn't be on the ice.

Any short term injury is going to result in the Sens playing without a full gameday roster.

Would play 1 game short, then emergency recall.

 

[BondraTime]

Would play 1 game short, then emergency recall.

Yup, would exclude Smjekal, Jarventie, Kleven, Mantipalo, Thomson, Boucher and Soogard from being emergency recalls.

 

[Senator Stanley]

Yup, would exclude Smjekal, Jarventie, Kleven, Mantipalo, Thomson, Boucher and Soogard from being emergency recalls.

Can you explain this? Why can't they be emergency recalls?

 

[BondraTime]

Can you explain this? Why can't they be emergency recalls?

They make over 850k, emergency recalls are league minimum + 100k, 850k or less

 

[bert]

Anyone know anything about this Dahlen guy? Maybe he could be a player

What about that Gustavsson guy?

 

[Senator Stanley]

They make over 850k, emergency recalls are league minimum + 100k, 850k or less

Good to know. Brutal.