OT: PWHL: Ottawa Charge

[caymanmew]

trade proposal
2024 first round pick for Renata Fast from Toronto
she is 29, so has 3 more good years. A right handed Dwomen and speed to burn. It will give the team 3 righties

Sadly, age (33) and giving birth, may have finished Natalie Spooner.. She looks lumbering out there. This league is 3-4 years too late for her..

Toronto is in an odd spot, they suck yet built an old team. Picking Larocque second overall instead of taking Muller, and having their 3 starting free agents all be 29/30 yet not producing is a major problem.

Spooner, despite her age, is probably their best player. At least she is the one I notice as most threatening when we play against them.

I'd do the trade, but I don't think Toronto will accept trying to rebuild given the overall age of the team they have. More likely they just accept this as a bad year, get the first pick for Fillier (I think she is in the next draft?) and hope that fixes their problems.

 

[Beech]

Toronto is in an odd spot, they suck yet built an old team. Picking Larocque second overall instead of taking Muller, and having their 3 starting free agents all be 29/30 yet not producing is a major problem.

Spooner, despite her age, is probably their best player. At least she is the one I notice as most threatening when we play against them.

I'd do the trade, but I don't think Toronto will accept trying to rebuild given the overall age of the team they have. More likely they just accept this as a bad year, get the first pick for Fillier (I think she is in the next draft?) and hope that fixes their problems.

the Ottawa team needs to balance their right/left D (I wonder were we heard that before!!!!) teams will catch on and attack our right side.

Toronto is the only team with 4 righties. All the other (less Ottawa) have only 3. Unreal, the whole damn league has exactly 18 righties...

Is that Cayla Barnes worth a chance? She is 5' 2" and 25 years old, but a right handed D. Should be up for the draft this offseason. Granted, there could be a feeding frenzy.

 

[SensCaper]

Deserved to win again against Montreal. Outshot them 2-1, most of the difference coming in the 3rd period. Lost in overtime 2-1.

 

[NyQuil]

Cool to see some of the ladies at the Sens skills competition today.

 

[Beech]

PWHL OTTAWA PLAYERS LOOK AHEAD TO THREE-ON-THREE ACTION AT NHL ALL-STAR THURSDAY

ottawa.thepwhl.com

Maschmeyer
Jenner
Clark
Harmon

At the All Star Game. Go get em

 

[Senscore]

So much in common with the Sens. Just can't win when it matters.

 

[mianjo]

3-0 lead with just over 5 mins to go, give up 3 goals in last 5 mins and then lose it in OT 4-3

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

 

[Snowwy]

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What are you trying to show here? They are one regulation win out of tied for the league’s most. They lost 4 games in OT and their only regulation loss in the last 52 seconds. It’s 7 games. Two games in hand over most teams and 3 points for a win.

You don’t strike me as someone who watches.. well any hockey.. but most definitely not this hockey, but it’s pretty clear they are better than NY, Toronto and possibly Boston. They’ll be fine.

 

[Micklebot]

What are you trying to show here? They are one regulation win out of tied for the league’s most. They lost 4 games in OT and their only regulation loss in the last 52 seconds. It’s 7 games. Two games in hand over most teams and 3 points for a win.

You don’t strike me as someone who watches.. well any hockey.. but most definitely not this hockey, but it’s pretty clear they are better than NY, Toronto and possibly Boston. They’ll be fine.

3 points for a regulation win really creates a gap in pts when teams haven't played the same number of games, if we win our two games in hand (in regulation) we're 1 pt back from 1st in the league.

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

What are you trying to show here? They are one regulation win out of tied for the league’s most. They lost 4 games in OT and their only regulation loss in the last 52 seconds. It’s 7 games. Two games in hand over most teams and 3 points for a win.

You don’t strike me as someone who watches.. well any hockey.. but most definitely not this hockey, but it’s pretty clear they are better than NY, Toronto and possibly Boston. They’ll be fine.

the current standings….

 

[RickyLafleur]

3-0 lead with just over 5 mins to go, give up 3 goals in last 5 mins and then lose it in OT 4-3

Ottawa typical

 

[Flamingo]

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Only one loss in regulation. Not too shabby.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

Came across this… sorry if has been posted previously

Remember This? The Ottawa Alerts

Ottawa's women's hockey team, the Ottawa Alert, emerged in 1915, with a hockey style that was described as "remarkably good."

ottawa.citynews.ca

 

[Flamingo]

I wonder how far below the Team Canada roster cutt Watts is.

 

[caymanmew]

I wonder how far below the Team Canada roster cutt Watts is.

I suspect decently far actually. She is fun to watch, and creates a lot of chances, mostly for herself, but she isn't actually producing. If she can start converting chances or otherwise contributing to goals for, I see a spot, otherwise, I am not so sure. I'd like to see her have a shot either way, as she does have a positive effect while on the ice, but without increased point production I don't think they will. She is a top 6 type of player, so they need to give her that type of role to succeed.

I do think the selection process is fairly biased, and cutting(not selecting) certain players is not something considered. We see this with other women's sports (Soccer) where the national teams are generally kept together and club performances are used more to fill openings than pick the roster.

Watching every game for Ottawa so far, I have found myself somewhat underwhelmed with some of our / the US's national team players when comparing them to others on the team who are not on our (or the US's) national team.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Canada won the last 2; 4-2 Wednesday, 3-0 last night; series tied 3-3

 

[Flamingo]

Canada won the last 2; 4-2 Wednesday, 3-0 last night; series tied 3-3

Wow, Canada certainly finished strong. Won the series 4-3.

Spooner and Nurse turned it on for game 7. (Also for game 6.) Jenner with an apple.

Women's Ice Hockey Game Summary

hockeycanada.ca

 

[Beech]

#	PLAYER	TEAM	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GA
1.	Elaine Chuli	PWHL Montréal	3	1.31	.962	3	0	0	0	183	101	4
2.	Corinne Schroeder	PWHL New York	6	1.98	.943	4	2	0	1	364	197	12
3.	Nicole Hensley	PWHL Minnesota	6	1.98	.934	4	2	0	0	364	169	12
4.	Ann-Renée Desbiens	PWHL Montréal	6	2.11	.930	3	1	1	0	370	172	13
5.	Aerin Frankel	PWHL Boston	5	1.91	.927	2	1	1	0	283	114	9
6.	Abbey Levy	PWHL New York	3	2.68	.923	0	2	1	0	180	96	8
7.	Emerance Maschmeyer	PWHL Ottawa	7	2.19	.914	2	1	4	0	411	159	15
8.	Kristen Campbell	PWHL Toronto	8	2.58	.899	4	4	0	1	442	170	19
9.	Maddie Rooney	PWHL Minnesota	3	2.28	.897	1	0	2	1	185	61	7
10.	Erica Howe	PWHL Toronto	2	2.44	.882	0	1	0	0	99	30	4
11.	Emma Söderberg	PWHL Boston	3	3.36	.879	2	1	0	0	143	58	8
12.	Sandra Abstreiter	PWHL Ottawa	1	6.81	.833	0	0	0	0	18	10	2

one area that needs improving. look at the shots against

source:Elite Prospects - PWHL (W) Stats 2023-2024

 

[mianjo]

5 straight losses

 

[Flamingo]

5 straight losses

We have the lowest goals against, but are in last place. We just can't score, despited seeming to be one of the stronger possession teams in the league.

 

[Snowwy]

We have the lowest goals against, but are in last place. We just can't score, despited seeming to be one of the stronger possession teams in the league.

Exactly.

 

[mianjo]

With 4 mins to go Ottawa winning 3-2 at Boston can they hang on..............

PWHL - Professional Women's Hockey League

www.thepwhl.com

 

[mianjo]

4-2 EN

FT 4-2