Current state of Sens roster formation

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Is Pinto a shooter?

Gaudette is a shooter and I think he needs to play with more offensive players in order to get the best value out of him. I would like to see Gaudette get more time on a top 1 or 2 line to see if some chemistry might develop. Would need 10 games or so to try it out.

Pinto seems to be a solid 2-way player but not that offensively gifted; 3C seems to be his best placement.

Perron has been playing like a third liner, as does Amadio. Pinto might work out for the best with those 2.

I miss Joseph's speed and feistiness.

He's averaged almost 20 G/82 the last 2 seasons, so he's shown he's reasonably capable at putting the puck in the net, but that was elevated in the lineup with Norris out for most of it. I figured if they'll try Greig there, why not Pinto, but doubt it happens. It just seems like there's 5 true top 6 forwards and the 6th is sort of shoe horned in with Grieg currently. I'm not opposed to Grieg staying there or Gaudette getting a shot higher up at some point as well. Perron and Amadio seem best suited for staying in the bottom 6, but I'm sure Perron will be tried if he returns. Norris-Stutzle-Giroux-Tkachuk-Batherson are the indisputable top 6 guys imo, it's that 6th guy in question.

I liked Joseph too, but don't think he'd be the answer up there either. He's one of those super speedy guys that I referenced that can get miscast because of that skill. He had the best scoring season of his career last year and still barely broke 10 goals, so that's where I think you're better off with more offensively talented players, even if they're slower, if that's your choice.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Pinto slots into the third line. I am not interested in moving Norris down. He's too good and will only get better. Pinto is a great player, but he has to come a long way to be better than Norris.

 

[armani]

Pinto slots into the third line. I am not interested in moving Norris down. He's too good and will only get better. Pinto is a great player, but he has to come a long way to be better than Norris.

I am a big believer in Pinto, I think he will be a better 2-way player. Norris slots better in the top-6, but both are 2C material/low key 1C in a pinch. At the moment.

Both will get better, so that’s super exciting. Once we have a decent 3rd pair I think this team will compete against anyone but needs to get and stay healthy.

 

[dumbdick]

What i find a bit worrisome is how little depth there is in the system right now. We have very few blue chippers and almost no trade pieces available if we fall off this season.

 

[Cosmix]

Pinto slots into the third line. I am not interested in moving Norris down. He's too good and will only get better. Pinto is a great player, but he has to come a long way to be better than Norris.

Neither Pinto nor Norris has played well overall to date. They both need to improve.

What i find a bit worrisome is how little depth there is in the system right now. We have very few blue chippers and almost no trade pieces available if we fall off this season.

THAT was caused by the previous owner (cost cutting) and the GM (bad trades).

It is worrisome, particularly at forward. Yak looks like a top D prospect to me, so we are OK there for now.

 

[dumbdick]

THAT was caused by the previous owner (cost cutting) and the GM (bad trades).

It is worrisome, particularly at forward. Yak looks like a top D prospect to me, so we are OK there for now.

I don't mind trading most of our mid and later round picks away for roster improvements and useful depth players. Instead of hunting for these needle in the haystack players like Bath and Stone. The trade value of those picks is higher over time.

But the pendulum has shifted too far. Our lack of depth is now hurting our flexibility. We've got no good callups available. We should have guys knocking down the door, pushing some of our roster guys into tradeable asset territory.

Good deep teams can afford to move good players to stock the cupboards. They have equivalent talent to step in. We've got a massive dropoff immediately after the roster.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Neither Pinto nor Norris has played well overall to date. They both need to improve.


THAT was caused by the previous owner (cost cutting) and the GM (bad trades).

It is worrisome, particularly at forward. Yak looks like a top D prospect to me, so we are OK there for now.

Norris needs to improve and he's still playing better than Pinto.