Player Discussion Mike Amadio (F)

[stempniaksen]

Amadio @ $2.6 million to be the 10th forward who can slot up to the 3rd line in case of injury is totally fine, if a little underwhelming because of how vanilla he is.

That being said, on a Senators team that literally has to go 11/7 for long stretches because they have no cap space the money would have been better served elsewhere. This team as a whole has terrible depth but you can't convince me that Highmore/Reinhard/Jenik/MacEwan are THAT much worse than what Amadio has done this season and they would all be able to do it for the league minimum.

I would hope a re-vamped bottom-six is a priority for Staois in the off-season and part of that may be punting on this Amadio experiment.

Perron obviously fits in the same category but I can at least understand that one a little more from Staois' POV because DP has shown more offensive ability than Amadio ever has and is theoretically a guy that can slide higher in the lineup if needed.

Not to completely bag on Amadio who has had some good stretches, but even at his best I think he was the F9 on this team and, personally, knowing how close to the cap this team is/was I'd have filled out the bottom of the lineup for cheaper.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I like him... complementary player that looked really good with Pinto when the Sens were at their best

Good reads, good stick,,, not super skilled with the puck

 

[Xspyrit]

Amadio at 2.6 isn’t horrible this seems like a down year for him. It’s just compounded with Perron at 4.0.

IMO only can look more competent in a strong team like Vegas. He's pacing for 24 pts, so not that far from the 27 he had the last 2 seasons. He's a below average 3rd liner that's all.

He's "ok" but I have been clear from the start, not my type of player, too much Tierney-ish

I want my bottom-6 to be filled with Nick Pauls, Connor Browns, Mathieu Josephs, Danton Heinens, Stefan Noesens, Warren Foegeles, Ridly Greigs, Shane Pintos, etc.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

IMO only can look more competent in a strong team like Vegas. He's pacing for 24 pts, so not that far from the 27 he had the last 2 seasons. He's a below average 3rd liner that's all.

He's "ok" but I have been clear from the start, not my type of player, too much Tierney-ish

I want my bottom-6 to be filled with Nick Pauls, Connor Browns, Mathieu Josephs, Danton Heinens, Stefan Noesens, Warren Foegeles, Ridly Greigs, Shane Pintos, etc.

How did Mathieu Joesph make it into that list

 

[Xspyrit]

How did Mathieu Joesph make it into that list

He was pretty good last year, played the way a bottom-6 forward needs to play. He has excelled on the PK his whole NHL career. Sure he has consistency problems due to being injuring prone and maybe off ice problems but I was referring to is 2023-24 season, of course.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

He was pretty good last year, played the way a bottom-6 forward needs to play. He has excelled on the PK his whole NHL career. Sure he has consistency problems due to being injuring prone and maybe off ice problems but I was referring to is 2023-24 season, of course.

Well he’s fine but those otherplayers are just in another echelon of bottom 6 players

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Amadio is a smart player who makes good reads almost every time. The problem is that he's mind-bogglingly slow. About every second game there is a play where he has a clear lane to the net/slot and he just gets closed on by some average D.

He is just too slow on a team that needs some speed.