It's now official, we definitely won that trade big time.
He also had good numbers in Buffalo when they were the worst team in the league. I too am not worried. The only thing that could derail him is injury, but that's true of any player.
According to SS/Ullmark press conference, SS said he had been keeping in contact with Ullmark's agent since the trade, but it heated up this week. He wanted to give Linus time to acquaint himself with the team, the facilities and the city. SS was asked if Swayman's signing was a factor, he replied it was a comparable so I don't think this deal had been in place for awhile. But what do I know? lol
They added a family area for the players. I thought that was a given. What went on here before?
Ullmark: There's a change in the air around this team
Sens GM Steve Staios and goaltender Linus Ullmark speak to the media after the netminder signed a 4-year extension to keep him in Ottawa for the next 5 seasonswww.tsn.ca
not sure if this was posted
Dean Brown was allowed to ask a question. Handled very well by Ullmark lol
Take a look at the entire body of work. 8.25 would have been awful for 6-8 years but 4 years is ideal.
He’s unproven. Wouldn’t want to trust him for 27 games.
Andlauer talked a fair bit in an interview this summer about how lacking many of the facilities were and that they'd done heavy renos this summer to rectify it. He talked mostly about the training and medical facilities iirc, but he really made it sound like a bit of a dumpster fire previously.
I listened to those. He wanted to start last year, but was told the renos would upend the season and to wait. It's still unfckn real how getto this team was run. Little bits keep coming out.
I made some sens fan hype videos a while ago that blew up and I got invited to tour around a lot of the Sens facilities. Was pretty surprised how terrible some of them were (compared to what you would think). Glad to hear it is being addressed!
I can't say I'm surprised. There was so much noise during Melnyk's last few years of absolutely everything just being chopped to the bone and it was amateur hour from the outside looking in.
Interesting. I'm also glad it's being addressed. These are pro hockey players and it's ideal for them to have facilities that are up to the expectations of that level of hockey and other teams in the league. You're either in or you're out right.
It's great. After Korps first game, there was a dude on the Boston board that said he was going to come here and troll us when Korps proved us wrong because we were laughing about it. Is it trolling to post the Linus signing interview on their postgame thread? Asking for friend.
I was arguing with a friend at hockey about this on Sunday. He was peddling the same BS. I made sure to text him during the game last night.
I don't see how the risk is any greater because the regular season hasn't started yet.
Seems he has life totally in the proper perspective. Family to him is most important and if they are happy so is he. In turn I believe he will play really well because of that.
During his presser, I really liked his answer when someone asked him what the difference was between Buffalo and here? He said that there's a desire to become better, not being satisfied with the status quo and that he wanted to be a part of it (paraphrasing here).
It's a risk. Word was Buffalo was unhappy with him not wanting to play a lot. Lets pray he can play a lot of games, and wants to play. His limited playoff numbers are yuuukkkkk
I think he actually said a desire (or willingness) to change. Everyone wants to be better... most people dont want to change
