ChristopherReevesLegs

We can be worse than this COME ON BOIS

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Imagine if Matthews bolted to go play for the Rangers or something in a few years. Toronto would probably act exactly the same way I imagine. Like everyone's been saying, I enjoy when fans get involved and are passionate about their team. It's some good drama. At the end of the day we're the ones paying all the bills, we are allowed to not like stuff and ***** about it.

What are Byram's strengths/weaknesses? I really don't know anything on him

Question, is Bob Evans the greatest restaurant of all time?

Anybody got an opinion on Byram v. Broberg?

Was bored, so decided to check up on some of our prospects. We might have a diamond in the rough with this kid. He's 6'3" 195 lbs, plays both wing and C, just turned 20 in January, and was selected with our last pick in the 7th (197th overall) After the draft Hakan described him as a powerforward with a ton of offensive upside. He also said he's most comparable to Logan Brown, who was the big PWF a lot of teams were gunning for in the draft last year that went to Ottawa at 11th overall. Elfstrom did not appear on the NHL's CSS rankings at all in his draft year, and Andersson also stated that no other teams appeared to know about him. Yet Andersson himself had him ranked in his top 10 European players in that draft class, and was urging the Wings to take Elfstrom sooner than the 7th round. This year Elfstrom notched 43 pts in 36 pts GP (including 18 goals) for his Swedish team. A nice step up from 31 pts in 43 GP (11 goals) in his draft year. Perhaps this is a kid we should start talking about.

I identify as an elderly black woman. It's all good brother. This is a progressive board.

I dunno if you even need to say that. Pettersson is unreal good. Much better than Hirschier and Patrick.

I know you're being sarcastic, but I'll answer seriously. The Canadian market is already captured and saturated. The NHL has ZERO desire to expand in Canada. If the Senators went bankrupt tomorrow (which somehow wouldn't surprise me at this point) and the team folded, that market would be instantly swallowed up by Toronto & Detroit, and maybe some Sens fans would become Buffalo or Montreal fans too. Canadians already watch hockey. You don't need more teams to convince them. Adding a team in Quebec City wouldn't create new/more hockey fans, it would simply cannibalize existing Montreal fans. America on the other hand does not watch hockey. Even hockey dominant markets like Michigan, Minnesota, and the north east are still predominantly NBA and NFL markets. America also has a boat ton more people in general. The NHL doesn't care about what market fans consider "traditional" they care about selling their product to new people and growing their market share. The U.S. is where they can do that.

In terms of goalies, Larsson (20) is having a great first season in college Van Pottelberghe (21) is having a great season in the Swiss league Petruzzelli (20) seems to be at least finding his was in college and is having an improved season after falling on his face a bit in his first year Eliasson (18) is still in Swedish juniors, but he is doing well there Brattstrom (21) has split time between Division 1 and Division 2. In the former league he's struggled, but in the later he's been completely dominant. Rybar is also playing very well for Grand Rapids this year One of these mofos is gonna work out

Update on Elfstrom: This is his first year playing a full season in Division 1 in Sweden. The kid is currently exactly a point per game and is 4th in scoring for his team as a 22 year old. Very good year for him so far. I would expect the Wings want him coming to NA soon.

College Free Agent Market Hirose might win the Hobey Baker and he attended the Red Wings development camp last year. Goes without saying we probably have the inside track on him. The article also has a bit about Dante Fabbro as well. If Fabbro doesn't sign with Nashville in the coming weeks he will likely go back to college for his final year and then become a free agent the following summer, as he may not want to spend time in Nashville's minors fighting his way up their deep defensive chart.

From nhl.com/redwings Veleno entry

Doug MacLean: "I used to listen to Bryan Murray when Melnyk was being unbelievably hard on Bryan and us (GMs). I wanted to go ballistic. Bryan was calm. He would listen. He would take the heat. And slowly work it back and calm the owner down... And then decisions were made" Doug says Murray once got 7 calls between the end of the game and the time it took to get to the lockerroom to fire the coach, and Murray didn't end up firing the coach lol Ottawa's mayor (I think that's who it was) recently also stated Melynk is a very difficult person to deal with

Dorion got asked if the Sens would have an internal budget on a new coach... he declined to answer Boucher was supposedly the lowest paid coach in the league already Guts team, fires coach Team plays bad

It's a lot worse than the Islanders were IMO. The fanbase hates Melynk so much I can't understand how he can even show his face anywhere near Ottawa. I really wanted to put it all in exact chronological order, but too daunting for me to align all the dates

I know old thread, but I think Ottawa's demise is hilarious and worth documenting. I had to type it all just to get my head around it. 2017 playoffs - The Senators lose in game 7 of the eastern conference final. They have a young team just entering their prime and after the deep playoff push the future looks bright in Ottawa. Since that time: Bryan Murray dies Melynk threatens to move the team Melynk tells reporter Brent Wallace "I will bury you" after being questioned about withholding bonuses from employees Assistant GM Randy Lee is accused of and pleads guilty to sexually assaulting a male shuttle bus driver Randy Lee steps down and months pass before another AGM is hired Mike Hoffman's girlfriend allegedly goes on a cyber campaign of harassment towards Erik Karlsson and his wife Hoffman is traded to the Sharks to keep Hoffman out of the eastern conference The Sharks immediately flip Hoffman to the eastern conference and get a better return By dumping Mikael Boedker on the Sens in the first Hoffman trade, the Sharks have now freed up enough space to chase a certain Swedish Dman Arguably the most talented player Ottawa has ever had, Erik Karlsson, is put on the trade block Budding young player Kyle Turris is traded away because Melynk does not want to pay him 2019 1st round pick is traded away for one year of Matt Duchene Fans start paying for billboards to get #MelynkOut In disgrace Daniel Alfredsson steps down from the Senators front office (his second time walking out on the Sens) Alfredsson tells the media he hopes a new owner will take over the team soon Melynk proceeds to fire his CEO Melynk names himself CEO Tragically, Erik Karlsson's first son is stillborn Craig Anderson asks for a trade The team can no longer afford to pay for ushers in the third deck of the stadium, and simply goes without them Team decides to hold a media event, but bans recording devices and cameras from the event, promises made to not trade Karlsson Erik Karlsson is traded to the Sharks Karlsson tells media that he believes he would have been traded anyway, even if he had signed the Sens offer Karlsson cold shoulders Melynk on his way out of town and does not thank him Team refuses season ticket refunds after Karlsson trade Season ticket sales drop by 4,000 Clarke MacArthur is forced to retire due to concussion symptoms Dion Phaneuf is traded, but he is currently still the 2nd highest paid Dman on the Sens roster due to retained salary Cody Ceci has booze fueled party at his home and a woman gets set on fire and severely burned Hidden Uber camera catches multiple Sens players roasting their coaching staff Keith Tkachuk publicly announces he wants Mark Stone signed so that he can keep helping his son Brady Mark Stone is traded Duchene is traded Dzingel is traded Duchene and Stone tell the media they received fair offers from Ottawa, but did not want to sign them Stone signs new deal with Vegas about 30 minutes after the trade is announced stating he likes the owners commitment to winning Video of Melynk surfaces in which he says he had been planning to trade Stone for a long time GM Dorion states the Stone trade was his proudest moment as GM At this point, 7 of the Sens top 10 scorers from the 2017 ECF run have been traded away GM Dorion states the team will keep Boucher on as coach and reassess in the summer 24 hours later Boucher is fired Melynk sues former lebreton co-developer for 750 million, is counter-sued for 1 billion Doug MacLean and Brian Burke roast Melynk and Dorion publicly on sportsnet There is no god in Ottawa, only chaos. This fact should bode well for our lottery chances...

I was gonna say 1930's bootlegging villain, but old lesbian is close enough I love that one one of his justifications for John being a good fella was "He never got arrested" cause that's how I typically describe normal people

Seany with some words for Isles fans. Language warning.

I agree with this season. Hasn't looked very good all year. Last year I would have put only Mike Green ahead of him. Pretty indifferent at this point. Maybe he's aging, maybe it's just a down year. Doesn't make too much of a difference when the entire defense sucks outside of Green.

Stirs my loins

Update on Otto Kivenmaki: He's been playing with Assat's junior level team most of the year. He got called up to the pro team earlier this year and scored 4 pts in 22 games. Not all that impressive... got sent back down after the 22 game stint. Recently he's been called up for a 2nd stint with the pro team and has scored 6 pts in 5 games so far. Seems he's carved out a niche on the team. For reference, Assat is a VERY bad team. They've won like 15 games of their last 53, and Kivenmaki's 10 pts in 27 games gives him some of the best ppg stats on the team. Pretty good for a 5'8" 140 lb 18 year old playing with grown men. Everything I've read says his skill level is elite. Just a small dude.