Micklebot
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Agree that we shouldn’t necessarily trade forwards at this point. This offseason, sure. Chaplik, Norris, Balcers, Brown and Formenton are likely only 1-2 years away. We need to resign Stone and Duchene at all costs, then we can ship a centre for a winger or D.
Roster Depth going into next season assuming we can resign Duchene and Stone:
LW C RW
Tkatchuk Duchene Stone
Boedker White Batherson
Formenton Tierney Ryan
Chlapik Pageau
Balcers Brown
Norris
I’m basing this off Dzingel being shipped at the deadline.
I think at least 2 of Brown, Chaplik or Formenton make the jump next year. Norris probably 2 years away and not sure on Balcers, can someone whose been watching Belleville tell which is closer to NHL quality between Balcers and Chaplik?
I cringe at the idea of that line and its skating. Ryan and Coyle are slow to begin with then you put them with Pageau coming off Achilles surgery. That'd be a really bad line in its own zone and in transition. Then you have Ryan playing LW when he's no longer any kind of threat to shoot the puck, I hate Boucher using him on that side of the ice on the PP. He's so useless there.
temper dreams.
cheap owner.
rebuilding.
Expect the team to move down before going up.
Apparently Chad Johnson is going on waivers...
Get him PD, we need some goaltending.
Priority List:
1. #1 goalie
2. top pairing right shot D
3. top line LW
4. New owner
5. New GM & coaching staff
I would switch number 3 for an elite center,but the rest I can agree withPriority List:
1. #1 goalie
2. top pairing right shot D
3. top line LW
4. New owner
5. New GM & coaching staff
Isn't that what Duchene is & Brown is suppose to be one day? I guess it also depends on who gets re-signed or not.I would switch number 3 for an elite center,but the rest I can agree with
Priority List:
1. #1 goalie
2. top pairing right shot D
3. top line LW
4. New owner
5. New GM & coaching staff
Priority List:
1. #1 goalie
2. top pairing right shot D
3. top line LW
4. New owner
5. New GM & coaching staff
What will that cost to get those three out of St Louis & I doubt St Louis would move all three of those guys?Tarasenko Parayko Petro
St.Louis wants to shake things up and have exactly what we need.
Not sure about a number 1 goalie - that will be tough to get.
What will that cost to get those three out of St Louis & I doubt St Louis would move all three of those guys?
What will that cost to get those three out of St Louis & I doubt St Louis would move all three of those guys?
A lot is said on here about how bad a team Ottawa is by some & yet they have a better record at this point than five Western teams (Chi, LA, STL, Arz, Van) & three Eastern teams (Florida, Philly, NJ) while not playing all that great especially on the road. I also think they are better or about the same as Minn, Edm, LV, Car, NYR, Det. That's a lot of crappy teams this yr which should at least assure they should not be the worse team by season's end, at least I hope not. And Ottawa also have a lot of assets they could move to acquire more good young talent to improve the team for next season.
If they continue with this rebuild I assume that Paul, Formenton, Chlapik, Wolanin & maybe Brown should be pushing for spots next season. They will still be young which could go either way but the young guys on the team this yr will be more experienced & we should expect more from them next season. I expect a few guys to be moved leading up to the deadline this yr to make some roster room but I expect those returns at the trade deadline to be mostly picks & hopefully a prospect or two.Eh, we are ahead of Arizona and Florida in terms of raw point totals but they both have a better pt. % than us - they are both 2pts behind with 3 games in hand and have as many points as they have games played (we have 30pts in 31 games).
I don't think we will finish outside of the bottom 10 but there's certainly a reasonable chance that we finish outside of the bottom 5 (i.e exactly where most of us, save for the catastrophists, expected). I actually think we will be worse next year, though, and I hope we don't focus too much on short-term improvements.
1. New Owner
2. New coaching staff
3. Re-sign Stone
4. Re-sign Duchene
5. Trade Dzingle and Ceci for a young RD prospect.
I don’t think Dorion is a problem. I blame Eugene 100%.You had me up to point 4 and then fupped up. We also need a new GM. I like Dzingle Bells. Ceci for a solid young puck-moving RD prospect would be great.
The team also needs a second line center. Brown might become one but there are reasons to doubt that being a certainty.
I don’t think Dorion is a problem. I blame Eugene 100%.
White is our 2nd line centre.
I don’t see how Ceci gets you an upgrade on Ceci if we don’t add.
I don’t think Dorion is a problem. I blame Eugene 100%.
White is our 2nd line centre.
I don’t see how Ceci gets you an upgrade on Ceci if we don’t add.
We don’t need a LW to replace Dzingel we have BoedkerI’d trade Dzingel for a RHD and Ceci for a LW.
We don’t need a LW to replace Dzingel we have Boedker