Sasha Orlov
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GDT: Game 3: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens 7:00 EST (City/TVAS) - First Saturday Night Game of the Season
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Tabarouette
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People think tabarouette is exaggerating but it's true. Jacques Martin did the dump and don't chase thing.
Peak hockey
dump and don't chase + parking the bus when losing 1-0 to make sure we don't lose 2-0, good times
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Jake Evans will steal your wife
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I would love one more near bottom pick this year, some real gems available. Nothing worse than finishing 10th-12th
SlafySZN
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Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
Yeah, I'm not going to be a Sens fan and try to ignore what my own management team says for the sake of not being disappointed.
The team explicitly said that they expect to be in the mix deep into year. That's their stated goal, whether you like it or not.
If they don't meet that goal, they failed.
I presume they said they hope to be in contention for a playoff spot this season.
SlafySZN
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If their younger guys gets them there, fine. They wanna see some improvements by the players who will be here for years but you really need to read between the lines, they clearly know the team isn’t going to be good. It’s the same team as last season. They want organic growth.
Their futur best player isn’t even here yet and he is 18 years old.
Rebuilds are long and this one isn’t done at all.
Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
'Reading between the lines' is just you reading what you want to read into a goal they've set that's relatively black and white (we don't have to make the playoffs but we can't be a bottom-feeder).
I think you're being a fetishist about the rebuild and I don't think that aligns with anything the players or management is saying.
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Jake Evans will steal your wife
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you just turned @OldCraig71 on more than his prom date in the back seat of his Buick, back in 1971
If Ottawa gets the goaltending I expect that they will get, they will make the playoffs. They may finally have started to figure things out.
Redux91
I do Three bullets.
No
Drafting and acquiring and developing assets properly speeds up the rebuild
The problem is people want to Microwave the whole thing in 30 seconds instead of using the slowcooker
And we STILL have a couple problem contracts we need to shed before a coach can have the real team we are trying to build
This is not the 'near' finished product yet
They didn't hire MSL to oversee us finish last 3 years then can him for someone else to swoop in once the team is finally closer to the constructing goal
Name me 3 'quality coaches' you would hire instead of MSL RIGHT now, GO
Lol
The players want to contend this season. What management expects may be completely different. And of course expectations may be different now that Laine is out 2-3 months.
Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
Do people not pay attention to the team? Management said they expect to be in the mix. Laine should be coming at some point this year and he shouldn't be the sole difference between being a bottom-feeder and trying to contend for a spot.
tinyzombies
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No but he could be the difference between 16th and 21-22nd. They got Laine to make 2 solid lines.
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Jake Evans will steal your wife
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I never said I had the solutions, but MSL wasn't even a coach when we hired him. I mean what was wrong with asking Muller, or Gallant to hang around? Kirk just left to Washington last year. Why did we hire so many people to run a rebuild with no experience? Burrows?
I honestly don't care about a slow rebuild at all, I think we need many more pieces yet. If they wanted MSL as a coach, I would have liked more experience to help him out
JianYang
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The Gr8 Dane
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This is a loss for sure. I can smell it.
Also I like MSL but I don't mind posters who don't like him. Its not like Therrien or Julien had all star rosters and those two guys got destroyed all the time (by me) . I don't see why Marty should be immune to criticism even if the roster is bad....the roster is always bad on paper regardless of our coach lol its been like 20 years of this
Also I like MSL but I don't mind posters who don't like him. Its not like Therrien or Julien had all star rosters and those two guys got destroyed all the time (by me) . I don't see why Marty should be immune to criticism even if the roster is bad....the roster is always bad on paper regardless of our coach lol its been like 20 years of this
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Jake Evans will steal your wife
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I would have searched for assistant coaches with experience. You think gallant is useless , I think MSL is so it’s a wash lol
Gallant does NOT develop prospects and I doubt he would want to coach a rebuilding team
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