Ryan Shannon coming up

According to the Team 1200 and other sources, it's Ryan Shannon coming up to replace Jarkko Ruutu.

Can't wait to see this guy in action!!

mattshock wrote:Can't wait to see this guy in action!!

Uh...don't get too excited. He's ripping up the AHL, but...he's a little, little dude.

Why not Zubov? I don't understand.

PKC wrote:Why not Zubov? I don't understand.

I was hoping Zubov as well. Maybe Shannon is actually playing better.

Im so sick of hearing size as an excuse, its BS. If you can play, you can play. There are a lot of guys in this league under 6 foot who can put up the points and play an effecrive game.

PKC wrote:Why not Zubov? I don't understand.

The way I see it PKC, is that if we can get a full year of these young guys playing in the AHL and learning the rigors of the game, the scheduling, the travel and still have them tearing it up, it might come in mighty handy for next year when McAmmond could be gone, Kelly, Vermette, Neil etc. We can almost take Z.Smith and Zubov, right from training camp and plant them on line 3 together. Instant chemistry. And maybe we get lucky and Shannon shows the same awesome - AWESOME - chemistry as he's shown already with them.

If you call Zubov up to play the Isles Thursday and Saturday, do you know how many AHL games he'd miss? 5. The B-Sens have 5 games from now until Sunday. I'd personally rather him play - and play hard for the B-Sens - and continue ripping it up with Z.Smith.

Plus, Regin isn't back yet. The hope might be to unite the 3 of them and have them come into Ottawa next year as one cohesive unit.

I guess my idea is to wait until we're 100% sure that Zubov and Smith are ready for the NHL so they don't come up and flounder like Nikulin, Lee, Foligno and to some degree even Zubov in his one call up last year.

Plus, you're raping Bingo if you call him up. He's been on for 23 of 24 PP goals scored and they're competing hard for a playoff spot.

Neely4Life wrote:Im so sick of hearing size as an excuse, its BS. If you can play, you can play. There are a lot of guys in this league under 6 foot who can put up the points and play an effecrive game.

Yeah...but he's tinny weeny. Like 5'8, 170. I'm a little worried.

504Heater wrote:The way I see it PKC, is that if we can get a full year of these young guys playing in the AHL and learning the rigors of the game, the scheduling, the travel and still have them tearing it up, it might come in mighty handy for next year when McAmmond could be gone, Kelly, Vermette, Neil etc. We can almost take Z.Smith and Zubov, right from training camp and plant them on line 3 together. Instant chemistry. And maybe we get lucky and Shannon shows the same awesome - AWESOME - chemistry as he's shown already with them.

If you call Zubov up to play the Isles Thursday and Saturday, do you know how many AHL games he'd miss? 5. The B-Sens have 5 games from now until Sunday. I'd personally rather him play - and play hard for the B-Sens - and continue ripping it up with Z.Smith.

Plus, Regin isn't back yet. The hope might be to unite the 3 of them and have them come into Ottawa next year as one cohesive unit.

I guess my idea is to wait until we're 100% sure that Zubov and Smith are ready for the NHL so they don't come up and flounder like Nikulin, Lee, Foligno and to some degree even Zubov in his one call up last year.

Plus, you're raping Bingo if you call him up. He's been on for 23 of 24 PP goals scored and they're competing hard for a playoff spot.

Unfortunately, Bingo winning anything won't mean a damn thing to the average Ottawa Senators fan. As a matter of fact, the average Ottawa Senators fan probably doesn't even know who our minor league affiliate is.

PKC wrote:
Unfortunately, Bingo winning anything won't mean a damn thing to the average Ottawa Senators fan. As a matter of fact, the average Ottawa Senators fan probably doesn't even know who our minor league affiliate is.

Tough luck for the 'average' Senators fan then, huh? That's why there are GMs and coaching staffs in place.

I'm a little surprised by the Shannon callup. I would have thought Bass, since he's more like Ruutu than Shannon is right? I guess this is a shot to the top 6 players?

Sens are looking for some offense and Shannon is the logical guy to provide it. See what else can work.

Neely4Life wrote:Sens are looking for some offense and Shannon is the logical guy to provide it. See what else can work.

That makes good sense. I thought it would be Bass as well, but you're right.

If he has a good game its not a stretch to maybe see him get time on the top line sat night being a right handed shot so...

Hope it works out, and a small guy that will get the time and space with Heatley and Spezza should be a good thing for the guy. He can keep away from traffic and use his skill.

Daniel Briere, Theo Fleury, Brian Gionta, Martin St. Louis....

Good for Shannon, let's see what he can do with his speed and skill.