The Official 2011 Tank Nation thread

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Islanders up next. Lets get that bus back on route shall we?

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Islanders up next. Lets get that bus back on route shall we?

Boo!

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Islanders up next. Lets get that bus back on route shall we?

Boo!

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wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Islanders up next. Lets get that bus back on route shall we?

Boo!

?

I can never support cheering for my team to lose or even hoping so. There will be plenty of games against Philly, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, any team from out-West, etc. The Devils are playing well so there's no shame in losing to them. What we need is some help from Western teams to let the Oilers get a few points here and there. But we don't really care that much if the Oilers finish last, since they are not looking at getting a forward anyway.

Big Ev wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Islanders up next. Lets get that bus back on route shall we?

Boo!

?

I can never support cheering for my team to lose or even hoping so. There will be plenty of games against Philly, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, any team from out-West, etc. The Devils are playing well so there's no shame in losing to them. What we need is some help from Western teams to let the Oilers get a few points here and there. But we don't really care that much if the Oilers finish last, since they are not looking at getting a forward anyway.

Actually they also want a centre for Hall and Eberle so it's not a guarantee they go with Larsson

Big Ev wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Islanders up next. Lets get that bus back on route shall we?

Boo!

?

I can never support cheering for my team to lose or even hoping so. There will be plenty of games against Philly, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, any team from out-West, etc. The Devils are playing well so there's no shame in losing to them. What we need is some help from Western teams to let the Oilers get a few points here and there. But we don't really care that much if the Oilers finish last, since they are not looking at getting a forward anyway.

Actually they also want a centre for Hall and Eberle so it's not a guarantee they go with Larsson

Big Ev wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Islanders up next. Lets get that bus back on route shall we?

Boo!

?

I can never support cheering for my team to lose or even hoping so. There will be plenty of games against Philly, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, any team from out-West, etc. The Devils are playing well so there's no shame in losing to them. What we need is some help from Western teams to let the Oilers get a few points here and there. But we don't really care that much if the Oilers finish last, since they are not looking at getting a forward anyway.

Actually they also want a centre for Hall and Eberle so it's not a guarantee they go with Larsson

marakh wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Islanders up next. Lets get that bus back on route shall we?

Boo!

?

I can never support cheering for my team to lose or even hoping so. There will be plenty of games against Philly, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, any team from out-West, etc. The Devils are playing well so there's no shame in losing to them. What we need is some help from Western teams to let the Oilers get a few points here and there. But we don't really care that much if the Oilers finish last, since they are not looking at getting a forward anyway.

Actually they also want a centre for Hall and Eberle so it's not a guarantee they go with Larsson

But with Gagner and Cogliano as recent drafted centres, they might not want to take RNH as he is the smaller of the big 4.

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Three veterans traded away in just a week, and it's not a housecleaning?

Well, according to Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray - it's not.

Leading up to the Feb. 28 trade deadline, Murray traded four-time 20-goal scorer Mike Fisher to the Nashville Predators for a first-round draft pick and a conditional draft pick before sending veteran forward Chris Kelly to the Boston Bruins for a second-rounder and Jarkko Ruutu to the Anaheim Ducks for a sixth.

That
means a combined 28 goals and 29 assists this season are out the door
with no production coming back, at least not for a couple of years.

Both Fisher and Kelly were Senators' draft picks and spent their entire careers in Ottawa.

And
while the first- and second-round picks acquired in the Fisher and
Kelly trades have a chance of turning into useful pieces for the Sens
down the road, there's less chance that the sixth-rounder obtained in
the Ruutu trade will pay dividends for Ottawa.

And if those
three departed veterans aren't enough, there are still 10 days to go
until the trade deadline and plenty of rumours swirling around that more
veterans could be on their way out.

Next in line could be 12-year defenceman Chris Phillips, while could find himself in a different city come March 1. Captain Daniel Alfredsson
could be the only player safe on the roster, but there's even been talk
that Murray could ask him if he'd be willing to accept a trade.

So
here's Dave's question to you: "Senators' GM Bryan Murray says of his
approach to the trade deadline: 'I wouldn't call it a housecleaning'.
What would you call it?"
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shabbs wrote:He's simply trading assets that are in demand. That's about it.

Not a real housecleaning yet... more of a salary cleaning.

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:He's simply trading assets that are in demand. That's about it.

Not a real housecleaning yet... more of a salary cleaning.

Yeah, precisely. 4.2 for Fisher? Not right now thanks. We have a ton of young guys who want to smack the puck around. Fisher had 22 goals or whatever last year, but he also played 20+ minutes a night, including PP1 and PK1 (can't hurt). Put Z.Smith in his skates for the year and see how many goals he can get. I'd say it'd be close to 20.

Oglethorpe wrote:Whoa, slow down SD. We all thought Regin and Foligno would have break out years, so let's slow down on predicting 20 goals for Zach Smith. I just want to see his game progress next year.