Recalled/Assigned: Ostapchuk and Reinhardt back to Belleville

[mianjo]

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[Senscore]

No breaks for them

 

[mianjo]

Noon game today for BSens

 

[Cosmix]

Someone had to go; however, I am surprised that Highmore is staying.

It's clear that Ostapchuk is not ready for NHL level hockey at this time and needs more time to develop in the AHL.

I doubt Reinhardt and Highmore are going to become NHL level talent.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Are we sure they were sent down vs papered down trying to save some $

Ostapchuk for sure will be right back up if he was actually sent down

We are still waiting to see if Norris, Pinto, Tkachuk are back and they need bodies

 

[mianjo]

They are not in the BSens lineup today

 

[Ouroboros]

They should stay down.

 

[Tuna99]

Felt there were many moments last game Ostapchuk could have provided energy and grit and some emotion but he’s playing like he’s afraid to take a penalty.

He deserves to be sent down, last night was a game he should of said “I’m going to impact this game whatever it takes”, he needs more Sam Bennett in him

Someone had to go; however, I am surprised that Highmore is staying.

It's clear that Ostapchuk is not ready for NHL level hockey at this time and needs more time to develop in the AHL.

I doubt Reinhardt and Highmore are going to become NHL level talent.

Highmore I think makes the playppf roster, he draws penalties, he can make plays and he’s tenacious, one of my more favorite 4th liners on the team

 

[Hale The Villain]

Have to say I'm pretty disappointed that Ostapchuk was up with the big club for over half a season and I don't think I saw him possess the puck for longer than a couple seconds in any game.

Would have liked to see any kind of flash of skill or offensive upside, but there was absolutely nothing shown after 43 games.

He'll play in this league due to his tools and defensive game, but I was definitely hoping he'd have more offense to his game. Looking like a Kastelic replacement at this point.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I like Reinhardt he does have a knack for bad penalties tho

 

[DrEasy]

Have to say I'm pretty disappointed that Ostapchuk was up with the big club for over half a season and I don't think I saw him possess the puck for longer than a couple seconds in any game.

Would have liked to see any kind of flash of skill or offensive upside, but there was absolutely nothing shown after 43 games.

He'll play in this league due to his tools and defensive game, but I was definitely hoping he'd have more offense to his game. Looking like a Kastelic replacement at this point.

He seems to have disappeared the past month or so. Prior to that at least he would show some defensive awareness.

 

[mysens]

Ostapchuk was invisible. Every time he had someone in his sights for a good forecheck, it seemed like he backed off. I don't know, it's very frustrating to see this kid play so soft and be very scared of the puck.

 

[jbeck5]

Someone had to go; however, I am surprised that Highmore is staying.

It's clear that Ostapchuk is not ready for NHL level hockey at this time and needs more time to develop in the AHL.

I doubt Reinhardt and Highmore are going to become NHL level talent.

I'm actually not noticing a lot of development from ostapchuk and wonder if he would improve better playing top 6 power forward role where he can be a top pk, top pp infront of the net, and center the top 1 or 2 lines rather than play 4th line and just skate around, grind around and do nothing otherwise.

He seems to lack confidence. I was expecting more of a mike Fisher role. Was expecting something like 20 points in 65 games or something. Not 4 points in 43 games. That's Brian mcgrattan territory.

Surely he could gain by going to play in the AHL?

If we're to succeed, we need to develop him properly. That means his offense too. He'll never be a top 6, but maybe we should try to develop him into a 30-50 point 3rd line center. Someone who can get 15-20 goals on a good year.

He's not developing that game in the NHL right now.

 

[Micklebot]

It would be nice to get some healthy bodies back and not need guys like Ostapchuk and Reindardt in the lineup.

We obviously miss Pinto and Norris, but Cousins too would push one of them out.

 

[branch]

Ostapchuk was invisible. Every time he had someone in his sights for a good forecheck, it seemed like he backed off. I don't know, it's very frustrating to see this kid play so soft and be very scared of the puck.

I don't know if it was coaching but Ostapchuk has one thing to offer this team, and that would be his toughness and aggression. We saw almost none of that during this stint.

 

[slamigo]

I was at the game on Saturday vs Montreal. Highmore, Ostapchuk and Reinhardt stood out as NOT being at the NHL level. Reinhardt was embarrassingly bad. Ostapchuk looks so timid. He has no presence out on the ice. Really disappointed in that trio. This team isn't making the playoffs with all three of those players in the lineup. Maybe one. Not all three.

 

[Senovision]

I agree with you Slamingo most of the time when we callup players from Belleville they do not look like NHL material and they are nothingburgers.
And I realize that they don't get a lot of icetime or a lot of games when they play in Ottawa, but that is precisely the point...... is that those players need to really standout in the brief chances they get inorder to make an impression and they don't.

Well then it quite simply makes management's job very easy when these players who get called up from the minors play a few games and do absolutely nothing to show the Senators why they should stay up.
When you get the callup at least throw a few hard bodychecks, even fight someone and lose. At least then you are showing that you care and you want to take someone's job away at the very least catch management's attention.

The only one that impresses me so far is Leevi Merilainen

 

[Cosmix]

I don't know if it was coaching but Ostapchuk has one thing to offer this team, and that would be his toughness and aggression. We saw almost none of that during this stint.

I saw some physicality in his early games but it dropped off quite a bit after that. Back to the AHL for further development and maturation.