Player Discussion Fabian Zetterlund traded to Ottawa

[Micklebot]

I think actually what you’re doing is playing a game called “I know who the worst player on the team is” because that’s easy to identity and what’s hard is seeing how Gaudette has played well all season and has done everything the team has asked him and was huge for us in the first 29 games and we needed him.

It’s the same thing fans do when Hamonic plays, maybe they don’t see the game that well but they know who is the worst player on the team so they just go with that as analysis which it isn’t it’s just lots of stats to prove you know who the worst player in the team is. It’s a lame game

Actually, I'm playing the "watch Tuna destroy any credibility he has with his terrible takes on Gaudette and Hamonic" game.

It's an addictive game, kind of like watching a car wreck, you can't look away no matter how bad it gets

 

[Erika]

Nice to see Zetterlund scoring his first goal as a Senator. Finally he got this monkey off of his back. Must be a huge relief. Zetterlund is improving every game and looks way better now. He should be a beast in the playoffs.

 

[Ice-Tray]

I’m still inclined to leave Gaudette in with Cousins and the odd man out from the top 9. Having that goal scoring on the 4th line could be the difference in some games.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I like the potential scoring threat even though he's gone ice cold for a long time, but it seems hard to argue Gaudette is not a bad fit as 4th line center. Would be nice to have a more reliable defender there. I liked Ostapchuk's game more.

Its not realistic to expect Jenik to get the role this year, but it'll obviously be one of Highmore or Gaudette coming out for Cousins. Assumption would be Highmore, but with him being a pker, wouldn't be shocking to see some shuffling and Gaudette come out.

 

[SlapJack]

Adam Gaudette had a 5 week hot streak and during that time, the team was at its worst.

Oct 10th to Oct 22nd
Team went 4-2-1, Gaudette was scratched in game 2, played the rest but everyone was wondering how a guy like that could be a useful 4th line player

Oct 25th to Nov 30th
Team record: 6-10-1 50GF 57GA (3.35 GA avg)
Gaudette scored 12 goals (no assists)
Shooting %: 42.9
He had 3 games where he scored 2 goals
6-4 loss to Vegas
8-1 win vs St Louis
4-3 win vs San Jose

The other games where he scored:
2-1 loss to NYR
3-0 win vs Seattle
5-4 OT loss to Philly
3-2 loss to Vegas
4-3 win vs Calgary
5-2 loss to LA

The team basically sucked trying to figure out Green's system during this time. Even when Gaudette was scoring, it barely meant much - they only won 4 of those games, one was a blowout and the other 3 were against non-playoff teams. So when Gaudette contributed, it didn't even have much of an impact.

The first month of the season is always a shitshow where teams are trying to figure out their identity with the off-season changes. It was 2 months for us because of a new coach who took over a team that didn't know what defence was after years of DJ.

Since then, the team has gone 32-18-5. Gaudette scoring stats are 5-6-11. All of those points came against teams that are not making the playoffs (NSH 3, NYI 2, PIT 2, BOS/CBJ/PHI/SEA 1)

He is not a good NHL player. He just survives there; he's not strong enough or fast enough to get into a position to get off the only thing he does well, and that is to release the puck. And even that isn't great, it's just better than average.

Since this is a Zetterlund thread here's his stats between Oct 25th and Nov 30th:
19GP 6-10-16 +14
He got an assist in the game we played against SJ (Nov 27th), 6 shots on goal in 23+ mins of ice time (?!)