GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Boston Bruins - 7:00pm ET - TUE. Jan. 11 2011

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Like I said before. Call Locke up once we've traded away some players and then you can leave Locke up here for the rest of the season.

And then Bingo misses the playoffs by 4 points and you're left to wonder what could have been...

SpezDispenser wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Like I said before. Call Locke up once we've traded away some players and then you can leave Locke up here for the rest of the season.

And then Bingo misses the playoffs by 4 points and you're left to wonder what could have been...

Send them Leclaire he can cook them up some nice pre game meals to get them going, that's one way he can contribute to the organization.

wprager wrote:We have two forwards out, and another (Fisher) who could probably use a maintenance day (or week). Why could Locke not be called up on an emergency basis? No waivers to clear in that case.

He will never do that. He's a warrior.

Clouston says they might call up Locke soon, they were looking for a winger this time around.

SpezDispenser wrote:Clouston says they might call up Locke soon, they were looking for a winger this time around.

Only O'Brien is a C, isn't he? And can't Locke play wing?

Anyway, this is just Clouston saying that Locke will get a chance at some point. No way he was going to get it this time no matter what.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

wprager wrote:We have two forwards out, and another (Fisher) who could probably use a maintenance day (or week). Why could Locke not be called up on an emergency basis? No waivers to clear in that case.

He will never do that. He's a warrior.

And quite handsome.

Don't forget good in the community.

hemlock wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

wprager wrote:We have two forwards out, and another (Fisher) who could probably use a maintenance day (or week). Why could Locke not be called up on an emergency basis? No waivers to clear in that case.

He will never do that. He's a warrior.

And quite handsome.

Carkner in, Lee out.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Clouston says they might call up Locke soon, they were looking for a winger this time around.

Only O'Brien is a C, isn't he? And can't Locke play wing?

Anyway, this is just Clouston saying that Locke will get a chance at some point. No way he was going to get it this time no matter what.

Yeah, I thought O'Brien was a C as well.

shabbs wrote:Carkner in, Lee out.

I don't think it matters, but Carkner gives us a better chance to lose.

hemlock wrote:

shabbs wrote:Carkner in, Lee out.

I don't think it matters, but Carkner gives us a better chance to lose.

Hey, let's be fair. Both give the Sens a good chance to lose.

Projected lines for tonight:

Michalek-Regin-Alfredsson
Foligno-Fisher-O'Brien
Ruutu-Kelly-Neil
Smith-Winchester-Shannon

Phillips-Karlsson
Kuba-Carkner
Campoli-Gonchar

Elliott

SpezDispenser wrote:

hemlock wrote:

shabbs wrote:Carkner in, Lee out.

I don't think it matters, but Carkner gives us a better chance to lose.

Hey, let's be fair. Both give the Sens a good chance to lose.

I think keeping Kuba and Gonchar in the lineup gives us our best hope of losing.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

hemlock wrote:

shabbs wrote:Carkner in, Lee out.

I don't think it matters, but Carkner gives us a better chance to lose.

Hey, let's be fair. Both give the Sens a good chance to lose.

I think keeping Kuba and Gonchar in the lineup gives us our best hope of losing.

Carkner has become something of a whipping boy in these parts.

More to come.

shabbs wrote:Projected lines for tonight:

Michalek-Regin-Alfredsson
Foligno-Fisher-O'Brien
Ruutu-Kelly-Neil
Smith-Winchester-Shannon

Phillips-Karlsson
Kuba-Carkner
Campoli-Gonchar

Elliott

If Clouston uses this for more than 10 minutes, this is a massive chance for Regin to finally get on a roll.

I’m not exactly sure where the Carkner-hate stems from, but I am a big Carkner fan. Yeah, he’s not a legit top three defenseman, but I think he brings a great combination of toughness and reliable defense to our team.

At this point, and for his cap hit, I’d much rather have him than Phillips. He’s still learning and developing, and you can’t question his willingness to compete…plus he’s a top-notch fighter.

tim1_2 wrote:I’m not exactly sure where the Carkner-hate stems from, but I am a big Carkner fan. Yeah, he’s not a legit top three defenseman, but I think he brings a great combination of toughness and reliable defense to our team.

At this point, and for his cap hit, I’d much rather have him than Phillips. He’s still learning and developing, and you can’t question his willingness to compete…plus he’s a top-notch fighter.

He's a 5 at best and people judge him like he's Top 4. Ottawa gets plenty of bang for the buck from this guy and you want to talk about "good in the community?" Take a look at what he does. I guess he's not GQ enough for that to count, though.