Sens of Anarchy
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He made a great play stealing the puck in the 3rd , out skated I think it was Letang , beat the goalie but not the post... fine line between winning and losing this one.
How good can Shane Pinto be?
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aragorn
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Right now when everyone is playing Ott is a three line team, the defence & goaltending is okay, but they need a much better 4th line to contribute something to this team. I'm not sure we have the players in the org to create a better 4th line or the coach/GM don't think so since they keep playing these same guys. They really need to upgrade the 4th line this summer.
Tkachuk - Stutzle - Giroux
Perron - Cozens - Batherson
Greig - Pinto - Amadio
Tkachuk - Stutzle - Giroux
Perron - Cozens - Batherson
Greig - Pinto - Amadio
Micklebot
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Well, the implied 4th line based on what you've posted is:
Cousins-???-Zetterlund that seems like a pretty competitive start to me.
That question mark is one of Highmore, Gaudette, or Crookshank based on the current roster, but MacEwen or Reinhardt could get a call up.
Cousins is pacing at 23 pts this year, that's solid 4th line production, and he adds the grit and hard to play against mentality you want in a 4th liner.
Zetterlund probably doens't belong on a 4th line, but he's pacing at 40pts, forchecks well, and can throw some hits. They'll eventually start going in for him. If he's on your 4th, that's not a position you need to upgrade.
For the last spot Highmore is a PK option, so he'd get nod if it were up to me, Crookshank is speedy and tenacious but more of a offensive minded guy, Gaudette feels like a mismatch for 4th line duties and the shine has come off since his hot start. MacEwen looked good early in the season, adds toughness, but is probably more of a 13th fwd.
I don't think we desperately need to upgrade the 4th line so much as we need to upgrade our 13th fwd and call up options. Not saying an upgrade isn't a way to go about that, if we were to get a really good 4th line center, that would push the guys we currently have down a spot and be a defacto upgrade on the 13th forward and call ups as well.
SlapJack
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There's no options to fill the 4th with. Maybe Crookshank, maybe Jenik. But those are big maybes. Halliday is not even a maybe right now. So until Cousins gets back, it's Highmore. MacEwan wouldn't even be able to improve upon Highmore, he's pretty limited. Gaudette is the 4th line center whether we like it or not for this year.
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Sorry if this is the wrong spot, but with the addition of Cozens would the Sens consider moving Pinto?
No. He’s our match-up guy, completely different role from Cozens.
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We're 21-1-1 when Pinto records a point. Hopefully no more cold streaks for him like at the start of the season
coladin
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He seems to have turned a corner as he has had a couple of decent games now in a row
He's hustling again, but he looks like he's laboring out there with his skating. I think he's still playing through an injury.
