GDT: GAME 43 | Sens @ Isles | Merrily, Merrily, Merrily | Tue Jan 14 2025, 7:30PM | TSN5, RDS2

[slamigo]

Seemed like the 4th line created a lot and helped wear down the Isles.
Highmore - Ostapchuk - MacEwen looked really solid.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Mouth or nose looked like

Definitely the mouth. Looked mostly bottom lip area.

 

[Dan Patrick]

Mid January, Norris is healthy and the Senators are looking good for a wildcard spot. This is exactly what i was hoping for before the season. Hell yeah.

Definitely had a huge scare when he took that puck to the ankle and had to be helped off the ice.

Huge sigh of relief when he got back to the bench.

 

[Alex1234]

Kleven had a huuuuuge game

 

[BondraTime]

Need to get Soogard out of the org ASAP

Can't have his 1-way deal on the team next year

 

[Micklebot]

Need to get Soogard out of the org ASAP

Can't have his 1-way deal on the team next year

Not really a big deal, a vet AHL goalie is 100-200k anyways, so we spend an extra 575-675k on our AHL goalie for one year, it has no cap implication, the only real downside is it's a contract for a guy unlikely to get any callups unless something changes.

 

[armani]

Need to get Soogard out of the org ASAP

Can't have his 1-way deal on the team next year

Unless there is a GM foolish enough to give Staios a future consideration, I don't see a market for Soogard and see him get the MacEwen treatment next season where he makes NHL money in Belleville. Impact to Andlauer's checkbook, but the right move where there is no cap impact to the OSens.

Forsberg will be a UFA and Merilainen will potentially back up Ullmark full-time.

 

[TheNewEra]

Unless there is a GM foolish enough to give Staios a future consideration, I don't see a market for Soogard and see him get the MacEwen treatment next season where he makes NHL money in Belleville. Impact to Andlauer's checkbook, but the right move where there is no cap impact to the OSens.

Forsberg will be a UFA and Merilainen will potentially back up Ullmark full-time.

i just hope we sign a 2b/3a goalie just to insulate merilainen enough

as for soogard i agree, unless he somehow has a hell of an offseason he is basically going to be our goalie version of macewen

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Also Greig played well. Two games in a row

 

[BigRig4]

Need to get Soogard out of the org ASAP

Can't have his 1-way deal on the team next year

Did not know he was still under contract next year :/

 

[PlayOn]

Also Greig played well. Two games in a row

Green seems to be a huge Greig fan. He led all forwards in ice time last night.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Seemed like the 4th line created a lot and helped wear down the Isles.
Highmore - Ostapchuk - MacEwen looked really solid.

That line definitely isn't getting the kudos it deserves the last two games. They're bringing a lot of grit and energy and making life very hard on the opposition every shift they're on the ice. My guess is all three stay in Ottawa the rest of the season unless we go get some more depth at the TDL.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Unless there is a GM foolish enough to give Staios a future consideration, I don't see a market for Soogard and see him get the MacEwen treatment next season where he makes NHL money in Belleville. Impact to Andlauer's checkbook, but the right move where there is no cap impact to the OSens.

Forsberg will be a UFA and Merilainen will potentially back up Ullmark full-time.

Green seems to be a huge Greig fan. He led all forwards in ice time last night.

He’s been good since the contract.