News Article: Ottawa is 25th in ufa desirability

[Super Cake]

http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2013/07/16/ranking-the-desirability-of-all-30-nhl-destinations-to-unrestricted-free-agents/

I for one do not agree with what he said about the ottawa senators. I don't even agree with the spot he placed us in. I think we should have been bumped up a little.

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[Fandlauer]

He put Edmonton at 18 for gods sake lol. This is just one guys asinine opinion.

 

[McManked]

Ugh, was hoping this wouldn't be a thread here.

It's some guys opinion, I don't get why people are putting stock into it.

Honestly, people just need to realize that there is no formula for the average free agent to where they will sign. Some people like warm weather and no media pressure. Some people like Canada and being the subject of attention. Some people want to play in their hometown. Some people want to play in cities that have arenas located in the suburbs that makes east end fans angry.

 

[Milan the God*]

Important to note, this is one guy's opinion. It isn't based on anything except his personal opinion.

This is his write up on Ottawa:

25. Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators have a chance to be a good hockey team in the near future. Other things I find attractive about playing there:

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…

Personally, I take this list with a grain of salt.

 

[sexytime]

Nothing about Ottawa screams exciting. I agree with him 100%

 

[Dysentery]

It's one mans opinion.

 

[McManked]

Nothing about Ottawa screams exciting. I agree with him 100%

And?

It's a beautiful city with a loyal fanbase that is in it's infancy stages. The last 2 years have seen a dramatic way the fans are. The team is promising, the city is nice, and the fans are loyal.

 

[GK]

His reasoning for Carolina just shows how lazy this guy is

21. Carolina Hurricanes
A warmer winter climate and some true talent on the roster. Not really sure what else to give you here other than “…I can make this work.”


Also, for Ottawa he just put periods to say that there is nothing to do. He put the Jets so low because not many people live there and it's cold, but they have 100% the best fans in hockey.

Such a random list.

 

[Fandlauer]

Nothing about Ottawa screams exciting. I agree with him 100%

Correct, but Ottawa is a great place to raise a family. We are talking about older UFA's not 18 year old draft picks.

 

[GrantLemons]

Ottawa is perennially ranked as one of the top cities in the world as far as quality of living is concerned.

Kind of stupid to write an opinion piece on a subject like this.

 

[GK]

Ottawa is my favourite city hands down in Canada, and I've visited enough major Canadian cities to form this opinion, and I live no where near Ottawa. It's not like Toronto, but I'm sure a lot of players would prefer a place like Ottawa over a Toronto, New York or Boston.

 

[Qward]

I like to look at the fact that players are approaching Ottawa now in the off season.

 

[McManked]

Ugh, was hoping this wouldn't be a thread here.

It's some guys opinion, I don't get why people are putting stock into it.

Honestly, people just need to realize that there is no formula for the average free agent to where they will sign. Some people like warm weather and no media pressure. Some people like Canada and being the subject of attention. Some people want to play in their hometown. Some people want to play in cities that have arenas located in the suburbs that makes east end fans angry.

This.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

And?

It's a beautiful city with a loyal fanbase that is in it's infancy stages. The last 2 years have seen a dramatic way the fans are. The team is promising, the city is nice, and the fans are loyal.

I don't know if I'd call Ottawa "beautiful"

It's not ugly though

 

[Super Cake]

Ottawa is my favourite city hands down in Canada, and I've visited enough major Canadian cities to form this opinion, and I live no where near Ottawa. It's not like Toronto, but I'm a lot of players would prefer a place like Ottawa over a Toronto, New York or Boston.

Ottawa is a beautiful city. I don't live there anymore, but i wish i could go back every once in a while.

 

[McManked]

I don't know if I'd call Ottawa "beautiful"

It's not ugly though

Well I would.

 

[Fandlauer]

This.

This.

 

[Super Cake]

This.

This

 

[GK]

This.

You just this'd your own post

I don't know if I'd call Ottawa "beautiful"

It's not ugly though

What NHL city would you consider "beautiful"?

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I'm depressed that we will never be able to pay enormous sums of money to players who weren't worth it to their former clubs. My day is ruined.

 

[Patvolcom65]

This.

This.

This

This.

 

[aragorn]

No wonder Corvo wanted to come back to Ottawa, less media coverage than Carolina now.

 

[zeddyp]

hes a blogger...for the score of all media outlets...who cares what he thinks

 

[Do Make Say Think]

You just this'd your own post



What NHL city would you consider "beautiful"?

Montreal, Boston and New York would be the only ones I'd qualify as beautiful that I've been to (never been to Chicago but heard a lot of good thing about it)

Hey don't get me wrong, I love Ottawa; I just wouldn't call it beautiful

It's nice and quiet, that's how I like it

Real beautiful cities are places like Rome, Prague, Barcelona etc...

 

[Caje]

It's one mans opinion.

And a pretty poor opinion at that. This doesn't deserve a thread.