Player Discussion Chris Tierney (C)
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dumbdick
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I get where you're coming from but tend to disagree.
I think he's much better on the scoresheet than he is on the ice. He's not great or bad at any particular thing, but the end result is a guy who just doesn't influence the game much one way or the other.
He's like a Swiss army knife in a fully stocked garage. You can throw him out in any situation, but on a good team he should be your 2nd choice for EVERY situation. He needs to specialize somewhere rather than be slightly above average at everything.
He's Jesse Winchester on steroids....but generic off-label Chinese steroids that expired a while back.
So I hope they keep him, but I hope that they groom him to be a defensive specialist. He's not a great top six centre option in my opinion.
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Sweatred
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Id like to see them play him 3C with two of our best two way wingers and pump him as a shutdown player with some secondary offence at the TDL. Maybe even groom Form and White into stronger 3LW/RW rolls.
That way he doesn’t block Norris or Brown.
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I don’t think many teams want to add him for $4+.... he’s not appealing enough to give away your limited cap space.
Sens Vader
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I have no idea what his trade value is, gotta be some teams in need of a 3C so hopefully there is a trade out there..
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NyQuil
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When you have Stutzle, Brown, White, Norris and Pinto in the system, you have to hope that Tierney becomes expendable soon.
He’s a fairly cerebral player which is why I think he would be miscast in the bottom six. You need intensity on those lines to pressure the opposition.
He’s a fairly cerebral player which is why I think he would be miscast in the bottom six. You need intensity on those lines to pressure the opposition.
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He’s more valuable to us for 1 season than anything you can get in trade.
I still feel like if we give this guy 4mil per over 5 years he will become the best bargain in hockey.
NyQuil
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Chris has an exceptionally high hockey IQ. He’s always in great position because he can read how a play is developing so well and fast. It allows him to be more aggressive with his stick checking, keeps his PM’s down and he’s an absolute beast on the bike. Plus passer, a good skater and his shot is effective.
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His hockey IQ and passing is good, I'll give you that, but he isn't a good skater and his shot is not very good.
I don't think he's bad, just very mediocre. No opposing player is ever afraid of matching up against Tierney.
SensFactor
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Never liked Tierney. Probable a nice guy but I don't like how he plays. I'd do 1 year x 4mil and then move him at the trade deadline. Definately not a player I would sign to a multi year deal. Sens really need to target a vet C this offseason. Maybe a pipe dream but Toews would be unreal.
aragorn
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Tierny is a good transitional player that Ottawa could use for another half yr or so, but should be moved by the deadline, hopefully, after he has increased his value to some playoff bound team.
Ottawa needs both Norris & L. Brown to have had a good off season of conditioning especially Brown & come to camp in great shape. They need to make both Tierny & Anisimov expendable this yr.
Hopefully, there is some kind of AHL season & both take off from the get go & push their team into a playoff hunt. They need to want it & go after it, both of them but especially Brown has to show that he wants it badly.
Ottawa needs both Norris & L. Brown to have had a good off season of conditioning especially Brown & come to camp in great shape. They need to make both Tierny & Anisimov expendable this yr.
Hopefully, there is some kind of AHL season & both take off from the get go & push their team into a playoff hunt. They need to want it & go after it, both of them but especially Brown has to show that he wants it badly.
L'Aveuglette
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I don’t want Tierney for more than two years. One year as high as 4.5M, two years @ 4M would be fine. I think he’s a 3rd line centre by the start of the 2021 season and wouldn’t expect him to score more than 40ish points from that spot.
Adele Dazeem
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Bottom-6 Center who thinks he's capable of playing Top-6? No chance they should give him more than a year as a stopgap. I would've flipped him by now for a winger of similar or younger age.
playasRus
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Give me 3x3 and have all the "vet" contracts expire with ELCs and bridges expiring. Summer of 2023 can be our big re-evaluate who we keep and spending year, along with another 10 mil freeing up for a goalie + with Murray/Zaitsev clearing out.
But yeah, 2 years also lets us retool to be more competitive if he ends up an expensive 4th liner in a year.
That would probably have a benefit worth getting. A higher draft pick next season.
Toews would be very expensive unless Chicago paid about half his salary. He is a declining asset and probably of more value to a SC contending team that could use his veteran presence and defensive capabilities on the third line for a SC run. The Senators are not that team right now and will not be for a few years, probably 4 or 5 years away.
