Filip Kuba - Grade the Sens.

Kuba played solidly for parts of the season and quite poorly on others. He spent weeks at a time on the shelf with a "day to day" injury that eventually required back surgery. Perhaps he played most of the season hurt? Not nearly consistent enough play for a number 1 D man IMO. His play last season was far better than this one.

I give a C+.

I give him an F only because there is no G. Our highest paid defenceman was outplayed by a 19 year old rookie and at times a 29 year old rookie role player. Started the year injured, finished the year injured and was inconsistent in between. Has a fear of shooting the puck, playing the body. Was constantly caught out of position, which shouldn't happen to a player with his experience. Sure he ate up minutes, but his play was so poor that he deserves no credit. The strength of his game is supposed to be positioning, moving the puck, and bringing a calmness to the defensive end as well as being a reliable PP D (sounds like Redden), and he displayed none of this in 2009/10. Again, F.