Off Season Rumours

wprager wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:I dont agree. I see polenta Of heart in Ryan. If anything i think he was injures in some parts and in other parts has hard to prop up zib so that he could score goals. The difference be tweet how he played in Anaheim and Ottawa is that there he was paired with relatively good centremen and was more expected to provide offence.min Ottawa he's been tasked because of zib's play at being more of a playmaker which doesn't carry well in terms of production. If he was paired with turris(which I hope he will be) he will likely come out with an improved production.
We'll this year. But that's my opinion.

He didn't gel with Spezza (albeit it was only a dozen games or so), he's played with Turris and Zibanejad and Pageau.  He's had a tough time here in Ottawa.  3 years, out of excuses.

Flo The Action wrote:I dont agree. I see polenta Of heart in Ryan. If anything i think he was injures in some parts and in other parts has hard to prop up zib so that he could score goals. The difference be tweet how he played in Anaheim and Ottawa is that there he was paired with relatively good centremen and was more expected to provide offence.min Ottawa he's been tasked because of zib's play at being more of a playmaker which doesn't carry well in terms of production. If he was paired with turris(which I hope he will be) he will likely come out with an improved production.
We'll this year. But that's my opinion.

wprager wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:

Michallica wrote:I see this upcoming season as Ryan's last chance in Ottawa.  New coach coming in, if he can't get his game straight now, with the money we'll need for Stone, Karlsson, Zibanejad (also on the bubble), Ceci, Turris, Hoffman (bubble)....I can't see management justify keeping Ryan and his $7M+ cap hit and salary on the books.  

No one in this NHL is gonna give you anything for Ryan unless there's bad money attached.  7.25 million dollars...10% of the entire team's cap...who would take that?

Expansion team looking to reach the floor.

Michallica wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:I dont agree. I see polenta Of heart in Ryan. If anything i think he was injures in some parts and in other parts has hard to prop up zib so that he could score goals. The difference be tweet how he played in Anaheim and Ottawa is that there he was paired with relatively good centremen and was more expected to provide offence.min Ottawa he's been tasked because of zib's play at being more of a playmaker which doesn't carry well in terms of production. If he was paired with turris(which I hope he will be) he will likely come out with an improved production.
We'll this year. But that's my opinion.

He may just not be capable, he does seem much slower than I remember him in Anaheim and doesn't sound like his off-ice training is changing.  I hope he turns it around too but prags brought up a good point, there is an expansion draft coming soon and I would wager he definitely wouldn't be protected by the senators.  And there's a damn good reason for it too.

SeawaySensFan wrote:What are we? 3 weeks and change from the draft? Trades imminent?!

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:What are we? 3 weeks and change from the draft? Trades imminent?!

Would you do any of these trades?

To Ottawa: 4th overall pick
To EDM: 12th overall pick, Curtis Lazar, 2017 3rd rd pick

To Minnesota: Mike Hoffman, Mark Methot
To Ottawa: Jonas Brodin, Jason Zucker

spader wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:What are we? 3 weeks and change from the draft? Trades imminent?!

Would you do any of these trades?

To Ottawa: 4th overall pick
To EDM: 12th overall pick, Curtis Lazar, 2017 3rd rd pick

To Minnesota: Mike Hoffman, Mark Methot
To Ottawa: Jonas Brodin, Jason Zucker

I'd probably do the first and draft Tkachuk. I wouldn't do the second one. I'm not a fan of Zucker.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:What are we? 3 weeks and change from the draft? Trades imminent?!

Would you do any of these trades?

To Ottawa: 4th overall pick
To EDM: 12th overall pick, Curtis Lazar, 2017 3rd rd pick

To Minnesota: Mike Hoffman, Mark Methot
To Ottawa: Jonas Brodin, Jason Zucker

spader wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:What are we? 3 weeks and change from the draft? Trades imminent?!

Would you do any of these trades?

To Ottawa: 4th overall pick
To EDM: 12th overall pick, Curtis Lazar, 2017 3rd rd pick

To Minnesota: Mike Hoffman, Mark Methot
To Ottawa: Jonas Brodin, Jason Zucker

I'd probably do the first and draft Tkachuk. I wouldn't do the second one. I'm not a fan of Zucker.

Flo The Action wrote:Yup first deal any day of the week. Second... Is meh and I'm not sure about zucker's potential. Might be a miss.

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:Yup first deal any day of the week. Second... Is meh and I'm not sure about zucker's potential. Might be a miss.

I'm also not overly impressed by Brodin, but perhaps I need to watch him more. He certainly doesn't pass the wprager test with 7 points in 68 games and a -4 on a playoff team.

Flo The Action wrote:

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:Yup first deal any day of the week. Second... Is meh and I'm not sure about zucker's potential. Might be a miss.

I'm also not overly impressed by Brodin, but perhaps I need to watch him more. He certainly doesn't pass the wprager test with 7 points in 68 games and a -4 on a playoff team.

Also the fact that the oilers are looking to add a Dman and not lazar. I mean, you might actually see a nice deal take place between the oil and minny. That's a realistic possibility.

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:Yup first deal any day of the week. Second... Is meh and I'm not sure about zucker's potential. Might be a miss.

I'm also not overly impressed by Brodin, but perhaps I need to watch him more. He certainly doesn't pass the wprager test with 7 points in 68 games and a -4 on a playoff team.

Also the fact that the oilers are looking to add a Dman and not lazar. I mean, you might actually see a nice deal take place between the oil and minny. That's a realistic possibility.

Lazar could be attractive to them because of his Oil Kings connections. The Oilers are likely to make some big changes.

Flo The Action wrote:

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:Yup first deal any day of the week. Second... Is meh and I'm not sure about zucker's potential. Might be a miss.

I'm also not overly impressed by Brodin, but perhaps I need to watch him more. He certainly doesn't pass the wprager test with 7 points in 68 games and a -4 on a playoff team.

Also the fact that the oilers are looking to add a Dman and not lazar. I mean, you might actually see a nice deal take place between the oil and minny. That's a realistic possibility.

Lazar could be attractive to them because of his Oil Kings connections. The Oilers are likely to make some big changes.

I'm sure they'd take him on their team but if you gave a fourth overall you kind of think you'll be addressing your number one deal. A righty 1st pairing D man.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:Yup first deal any day of the week. Second... Is meh and I'm not sure about zucker's potential. Might be a miss.

I'm also not overly impressed by Brodin, but perhaps I need to watch him more. He certainly doesn't pass the wprager test with 7 points in 68 games and a -4 on a playoff team.

Also the fact that the oilers are looking to add a Dman and not lazar. I mean, you might actually see a nice deal take place between the oil and minny. That's a realistic possibility.

Lazar could be attractive to them because of his Oil Kings connections. The Oilers are likely to make some big changes.

I'm sure they'd take him on their team but if you gave a fourth overall you kind of think you'll be addressing your number one deal. A righty 1st pairing D man.

"Karls" Karlsson?!?!?!!?!!

Edit: Darren "David Duke" Pang says the Blues feel they have excess RHD. Perhaps the dance partner Edmonton is looking for?