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Pre-Game Talk: Leafs @ SENS, Saturday Night 7PM

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Satoru Gojo said:
Longest ASB ever
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Clearly the case for the Sens anyway, not other teams. Sens are among NHL teams having played the lowest number of games pre-ASG (#47 (2 in the east)). Post ASG, they now wait a damned week to play again letting teams that have played more pull even further away. It's moronic scheduling.
 
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WallyD said:
Clearly the case for the Sens anyway, not other teams. Sens are among NHL teams having played the lowest number of games pre-ASG (#47 (2 in the east)). Post ASG, they now wait a damned week to play again letting teams that have played more pull even further away. It's moronic scheduling.
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While the schedule has been questionable at best, this current situation doesn't contribute to that.
All teams have a bye of 8 - 11 days, around and including the Allstar break.
With some teams the Allstar break is first (as with the Sens); with other teams the Allstar break is last.

Sens break is 9 days.
 
So AHL Allstar Ethen Allen on BEARs just beat McDavid's fastest skater time by 1/2 second! And no, this has nothing to do with Sens Leafs. Unless we can steal him from the Caps, sign him, and get him in the line-up by Saturday ;)
 
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Hummmm, Steve Staios, our rookie GM was ……. “on a list of 17 scouts that were taking in the Islanders vs Leafs game on Monday” …… as reported in PostMedia today.

Was he pre-scouting the Leafs in preparation the Senators next game, vs the Leafs?

Was he interested in players, on either team, that may be available at the deadline that could be the veteran type of player he claimed he was in the market for?

Was he there as part of his quest to find the next head coach?

on another note, who would have guessed, of all of the NHL head coaches fired during this season, that DJS would be (one of?) the first, to find another coaching position, with a NHL team?
 
Tnuoc Alucard said:
Hummmm, Steve Staios, our rookie GM was ……. “on a list of 17 scouts that were taking in the Islanders vs Leafs game on Monday” …… as reported in PostMedia today.

Was he pre-scouting the Leafs in preparation the Senators next game, vs the Leafs?

Was he interested in players, on either team, that may be available at the deadline that could be the veteran type of player he claimed he was in the market for?

Was he there as part of his quest to find the next head coach?

on another note, who would have guessed, of all of the NHL head coaches fired during this season, that DJS would be (one of?) the first, to find another coaching position, with a NHL team?
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I doubt Staios would pre-scout an upcoming opponent for tactical reasons. More likley scouting trade assets, imo.
 
Tnuoc Alucard said:
Hummmm, Steve Staios, our rookie GM was ……. “on a list of 17 scouts that were taking in the Islanders vs Leafs game on Monday” …… as reported in PostMedia today.

Was he pre-scouting the Leafs in preparation the Senators next game, vs the Leafs?

Was he interested in players, on either team, that may be available at the deadline that could be the veteran type of player he claimed he was in the market for?

Was he there as part of his quest to find the next head coach?

on another note, who would have guessed, of all of the NHL head coaches fired during this season, that DJS would be (one of?) the first, to find another coaching position, with a NHL team?
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It's not surprising at all that DJ found a job he's well respected around the league as pretty much everyone always mentionned. He's well liked by players, that's well documented. He's the perfect guy to have as an assistant since he relates to players and has experience as a head coach so It's not surprising.

This league is all about recycling coaches. Especially assistant jobs there are so many of them that guys who get fired typically get hired rather quickly.

Trust that if Berube or McLennan were ready to take a step down and get an assistant job they would've been hired immediately. I would've been more surprised if DJ actually got a head coaching gig but that was obviously not going to happen with much better and more experienced coaches out there.
 
Flamingo said:
I doubt Staios would pre-scout an upcoming opponent for tactical reasons. More likley scouting trade assets, imo.
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is it still that the Senators are that thin on scouts, that the GM is scouting?
 
Tnuoc Alucard said:
is it still that the Senators are that thin on scouts, that the GM is scouting?
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Without taking the time to research each team's pool of pro scouts, I have seen other teams' GMs attend games of other teams. I would guess that the size of the Senators' pro scouting resources are slightly less than that of the average NHL team.

I'm the master at answering questions that I don't realize are actually rhetorical. My spidey senses are tingling here, though.
 
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Flamingo said:
Without taking the time to research each team's pool of pro scouts, I have seen other teams' GMs attend games of other teams. I would guess that the size of the Senators' pro scouting resources are slightly less than that of the average NHL team.

I'm the master at answering questions that I don't realize are actually rhetorical. My spidey senses are tingling here, though.
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well there was certain amount of criticism when the previous GM went on scouting trips, and it was usually accepted that there was a short staffed scouting department, and one would think that under new ownership and management that perhaps that may have been addressed by now.
 
Tnuoc Alucard said:
well there was certain amount of criticism when the previous GM went on scouting trips, and it was usually accepted that there was a short staffed scouting department, and one would think that under new ownership and management that perhaps that may have been addressed by now.
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Maybe that would be a good main-boards question... does your GM personally scout NHL games?
 
SensHulk said:
We’re going to lose against the leafs because of this comment. Nothing is ever easy with the sens, and the leafs are contenders while we’re not
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with their goaltending the only thing the Leafs are contending for is tee of time come late April.

Leafs are going nowhere with what they have in net. Maybe Marksteom comes in to help because I can’t see the Leafs going into the playoffs with those goalies
 
Tnuoc Alucard said:
on another note, who would have guessed, of all of the NHL head coaches fired during this season, that DJS would be (one of?) the first, to find another coaching position, with a NHL team?
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Good for DJ. Great person, smart guy too as he'd have still been sitting at home if he was waiting for someone to call him for a head coaching position like the others are.
 
WallyD said:
Clearly the case for the Sens anyway, not other teams. Sens are among NHL teams having played the lowest number of games pre-ASG (#47 (2 in the east)). Post ASG, they now wait a damned week to play again letting teams that have played more pull even further away. It's moronic scheduling.
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Another Dorion Downfall !

Flamingo said:
Maybe that would be a good main-boards question... does your GM personally scout NHL games?
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The buck stops at the GM for roster construction. If I were a GM I would want to see a player play before trading for him.
 
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He's on a 2 week long break and there was a game 4 hours down the road, there was no need for a motive to take that game in :laugh:
 
Boud said:
It's not surprising at all that DJ found a job he's well respected around the league as pretty much everyone always mentionned. He's well liked by players, that's well documented. He's the perfect guy to have as an assistant since he relates to players and has experience as a head coach so It's not surprising.

This league is all about recycling coaches. Especially assistant jobs there are so many of them that guys who get fired typically get hired rather quickly.

Trust that if Berube or McLennan were ready to take a step down and get an assistant job they would've been hired immediately. I would've been more surprised if DJ actually got a head coaching gig but that was obviously not going to happen with much better and more experienced coaches out there.
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DJ’s contract ends at the end of this season so he needed to start looking for a position asap. Other available head coaches might still have a few years left on their current contract and thus are not desperate to find a position.
 
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WallyD said:
"Clearly the case for the Sens anyway, not other teams. Sens are among NHL teams having played the lowest number of games pre-ASG (#47 (2 in the east)). Post ASG, they now wait a damned week to play again letting teams that have played more pull even further away. It's moronic scheduling.
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Another Dorion Downfall !"

All teams get a long break.
Details in #29, above.
 
BondraTime said:
He's on a 2 week long break and there was a game 4 hours down the road, there was no need for a motive to take that game in :laugh:
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LOL, would be funny if he was making a farewell-to-my-seasons-tickets tour in each NHL rink in the Atlantic division.
 
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