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NEELY wrote:Such a scum bag.

What's the deal with Cowen?

Cowen has the flu

On Jared Cowen:

Flu — I guess he doesn't like training camps. He's sitting out another one, but he has got the flu... We're hoping he comes in and can skate tomorrow but he should be fine by the weekend, definitely by Monday of next week I would think.

http://senators.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=26383

How do these pro athletes get the flu this many times a year? Diddle I never get the flu and I play sports about once a week.

LeKing wrote:Quote from Melnyk on the Ottawa sun interview:

After signing a massive regional broadcast deal for TV/radio that kicks in next year, Melnyk confirmed the Senators won't be a cap team next year and they'll continue to live within a budget.

"This is not a money machine for me. It's quite the contrary," said Melnyk. "At the end of the day, at one point, you sit back and you say, 'Any guy would have packed it in a long time ago and said get me out of here I'm not going to keep feeding this thing.

It's time to leave Eugene.

Impossible. I've been told that The Euge is not holding this team back from being more successful.

He's still playing politics. No one ever said the guy wasn't an absolute scum bag and most people in fact said he is. The fact he can make it seem like he's poor by saying a lesser person would have given up and sold/moved the team when it's value has increased by almost (maybe more) than 300 million dollars is sickening.

The guy is a sociopath of the worst kind and that's a sociopath with money.

NEELY wrote:He's still playing politics. No one ever said the guy wasn't an absolute scum bag and most people in fact said he is. The fact he can make it seem like he's poor by saying a lesser person would have given up and sold/moved the team when it's value has increased by almost (maybe more) than 300 million dollars is sickening.

The guy is a sociopath of the worst kind and that's a sociopath with money.

Let's not forget that The Euge got a sweet deal when be bought the team and arena too. Again, we'll have to just wait and see what happens this off-season.

Yeah he's playing politics but I don't think he's lying when he says the sens won't be a cap team. Think the internal cap will still increase, meaning he'll spend more money than he is right now, but just won't spend to the absolute max.

But the rest of the dribble he spat out is just pure BS and he's clearly playing politics. Expect it to continue till a new regime comes into city council and he can begin again selling the idea of a casino near CTC

There is no reason to spend right to the very top of the cap and in fact I think have a 3-5 million dollar buffer is a good idea. I think the Sens on ice product is in great shape going forward but they do need help.

Sick of talking about Melnyk though.

As long as he's willing to spend 65 million ish a year, we're fine. And he'll be forced to do that really.

tim1_2 wrote:

LeKing wrote:Quote from Melnyk on the Ottawa sun interview:

After signing a massive regional broadcast deal for TV/radio that kicks in next year, Melnyk confirmed the Senators won't be a cap team next year and they'll continue to live within a budget.

"This is not a money machine for me. It's quite the contrary," said Melnyk. "At the end of the day, at one point, you sit back and you say, 'Any guy would have packed it in a long time ago and said get me out of here I'm not going to keep feeding this thing.

It's time to leave Eugene.

Impossible.  I've been told that The Euge is not holding this team back from being more successful.  

My sources also indicate that the budget is a myth and that wanting the team to spend a little to add some pop to the lineup is stupid.

We'll see what the actual budget is, hopefully they won't be cutting corners.

This stuff makes me sick, especially since it's him with the money problems not the team itself. He actually thinks the cap will be going down in the future LOL.

Hopefully they won't be wasting Karlsson's prime years on some silly chess match with city council for a casino no one wants anyway.

Hoags wrote:We'll see what the actual budget is, hopefully they won't be cutting corners.

This stuff makes me sick, especially since it's him with the money problems not the team itself.  He actually thinks the cap will be going down in the future LOL.

Hopefully they won't be wasting Karlsson's prime years on some silly chess match with city council for a casino no one wants anyway.

That's the biggest concern for most Sens fans I think. They need help for him for the Sens to really compete.

Hoags wrote:We'll see what the actual budget is, hopefully they won't be cutting corners.

This stuff makes me sick, especially since it's him with the money problems not the team itself.  He actually thinks the cap will be going down in the future LOL.

Hopefully they won't be wasting Karlsson's prime years on some silly chess match with city council for a casino no one wants anyway.

If the team doesn't want to spend the dough to help him out, he'll just walk.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Hoags wrote:We'll see what the actual budget is, hopefully they won't be cutting corners.

This stuff makes me sick, especially since it's him with the money problems not the team itself.  He actually thinks the cap will be going down in the future LOL.

Hopefully they won't be wasting Karlsson's prime years on some silly chess match with city council for a casino no one wants anyway.

If the team doesn't want to spend the dough to help him out, he'll just walk.

The old Alfie treatment.

It's pretty amazing to watch his development from a nervous sophomore at the All-Star game to arguably the best defenceman at the Olympics two years later.

I think players will want to play with him and he'll draw talent to Ottawa.

I'm still holding out hope Detroit continues to tank and Alfie gets traded back to Ottawa for a playoff push. Seems Alfie/Karlsson bring out the best in one another.

This was a refreshing read: http://theahl.com/hoffman-s-rise-all-part-of-the-process-p190480

We more or less wrote Hoffman off as a top prospect at the start of the year. He's 2ndin AHL scoring, fastest skater at the all-star game, and an all-star game mvp. While his +/- is nothing to brag about, the guy deserves a legitimate chance in the NHL to showcase his skills.

It astonishes me that players like Hoffman, Pageau, Da Costa, Stone, etc continue to get buried in the AHL for the likes of Greening, Conacher, etc.

I hope Murray uses this trade deadline and off-season to give these guys opportunities to play (whether in Ottawa or somewhere) in an effort to really bolster the top-six and address scoring depth in our forward ranks.

I'm not sure what it would take but I'd like to see the Sens find a way to add Ehrhoff and a legit top-six forward not named Stewart or Hemsky. I've been pushing Eberle for a while and I think the Sens have the depth, cap space, and roster openings (especially next year) to make this happen.

While he's not the 'shutdown' d-man that you'd expect to play with Karlsson, I think they should take a look at Claesson next year on the blueline. +30 this season with 22 points. Native of Stockholm.

Edit: Also has played with Zib both in the AHL and two years in Djurgårdens

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:
I hope Murray uses this trade deadline and off-season to give these guys opportunities to play (whether in Ottawa or somewhere) in an effort to really bolster the top-six and address scoring depth in our forward ranks. 

He's been more than willing to do these kinds of moves in the past. No reason to think he won't this season.

You would have to be bat Dung challenged to think that Alfie will be traded here at the deadline. BAT. Dung.