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GDT: Sens @ Flyers | When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here, throw this away - Mitch Hedberg

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Tragedy said:
How do you even know how Cozens plays? I can't imagine you have much free time around coming up with reasons why every player who has ever played for the Sens is trash
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Never liked cozens. Been through this.

Sens have played bad at some points this season and green has managed to regroup them and get them back to play very good hockey. Needs to happen soon
 
Crazy thing is gaudette is clearly
Not a green type of player. Nor does he fit the identity Staios is trying to build. Why does he play so often
 
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Burrowsaurus said:
Crazy thing is gaudette is clearly
Not a green type of player. Nor does he fit the identity Staios is trying to build. Why does he play so often
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It’ll be interesting if Gaudette plays in the playoffs - I thought he’s been pretty good recently and he seems to have some big playoff goals still to score - he’s not the biggest but he’s willing, I wonder if he is in the starting lineup with Cousins back?

But what a pickup - Gaudette is the poster child for the new Sens culture that can turn mediocre AHL/Fringe NHkers into NHL players with value - Gaudette, Norris, Gregor JBD all increased their value while guys like Chabot, Firsberg, Pinto, All have increased thie value and the vets (Amadio, Perron, Cousin) all look good
 
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Blotto71 said:
Sure, but there have to be better options for him to play with on the 4th line. Pretty sure Highmore will make it through waivers, so get Reinhart and/or Halliday up, or Crookshank. And let's get Cousins into a hyperbaric chamber and get him healed!!

Reinhart/Crookshank - Pinto - Amadio
Reinhart/Crookshank - Greig - Zetterlund

Has to be better options. Gaudette was f***ing terrible (outside of his pass to Amadio) and Highmore not much better (outside of his goal-saving dive and deflection - which only came about because the 4thnline was getting caved in...again!).
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Fine but thats a different issue than pulling Zetterlund off the 4th line. Gaudette isn't going anywhere, but I'd rather see Reinhardt on the fourth (not that he's going to be some revelation though). Absolutely not to Halliday in a 4th line role, terrible fit.
 
Tuna99 said:
It’ll be interesting if Gaudette plays in the playoffs - I thought he’s been pretty good recently and he seems to have some big playoff goals still to score - he’s not the biggest but he’s willing, I wonder if he is in the starting lineup with Cousins back?

But what a pickup - Gaudette is the poster child for the new Sens culture that can turn mediocre AHL/Fringe NHkers into NHL players with value - Gaudette, Norris, Gregor JBD all increased their value while guys like Chabot, Firsberg, Pinto, All have increased thie value and the vets (Amadio, Perron, Cousin) all look good
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The importance of this can't be understated. It's what all Stanley Cup contenders have in common and to me is one of the biggest indicators out there of good coaching/systems.
 
Zetterlund has spurred a lot of conversation.. on where he should play and what adjustments could/should be made. In that I have advocated for a stronger 4th line that can play a bigger role going forward in the quest to make the playoffs and beyond. I have suggested Greig as the 4C .. when Cousins comes back that change may make more sense., but...

The Greig Pinto Amadio line has really meshed. They are tasked with difficult defensive matchups. All 3 players are solid defensively; they can win draws, they read plays, have good sticks, and have strong battle levels. As someone said they would be hard to break up.

The issue remains the 4th line. Clearly Gaudette as a 4C is a weak link, also as a winger, Highmore is a replacement level NHL player that can be replaced internally, and Zetterlund really isn't ideally suited there. This line brings negative energy by being hemmed in our end and spends no time in the offensive zone. It will ultimately hurt us.
 
I might catch some flak for this, maybe because I've always been a Greig homer, but based on his play over the past few weeks, he could be emerging as our best all-around forward. Since the break, the game seems to have slowed down for him, and he’s everywhere—whether it's making skillful plays, battling along the boards, or creating havoc in front of the net. I always saw him as a "Mike Richards lite" type for us, and if he keeps progressing at this rate for the rest of the season, he might become our most complete forward by next season, trusted in every situation. There is a reason why the coach is playing him the most lately, and why he basically got trusted to play more than McTavish at the world juniors.

His last couple of games TOI:

19:19
20:55
21:12
18:13

Either leading the team or 2nd behind only Stutzle.
 
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