IF Tyler Bozak comes to Ottawa

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Comrie has got to be a little sour about being put on a line with Neil and Kelly. This franchise will just keep wasting good forwards trying the "get Fish going". It really doesn't matter who comes in as long as that perpetual experiment continues.

So aside from that do you have any thoughts on how to tweak this roster?

Drop Fisher to play with Neil and Kelly, or that calibre of player and get some talent on the 2nd line.

You're screwing up 2 lines to get blood from a stone. Enough already.

Neely4Life wrote:Karlsson is ahead of Hickey for sure and prob ahead of Tuebert. I dont see LA giving up both of those guys and the Sens would have to take a little salary back.

Tuebert, Frolov, and their 1st

for

Heatley.

Thats more realistic IMO.

Neely4Life wrote:Karlsson is ahead of Hickey for sure and prob ahead of Tuebert. I dont see LA giving up both of those guys and the Sens would have to take a little salary back.

Tuebert, Frolov, and their 1st

for

Heatley.

Thats more realistic IMO.

shabbs wrote:So, are we going to designate Fish a 3rd line grinder from now on? Hopefully Clouston can get more out of him next season. He's gotta start paying out soon.

Neely4Life wrote:Fisher is paid for the playoffs, its not that complicated. He is one of the few guys that shows up when it matters. Problem is, this year when he got back, things were already messed up.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Karlsson is ahead of Hickey for sure and prob ahead of Tuebert. I dont see LA giving up both of those guys and the Sens would have to take a little salary back.

Tuebert, Frolov, and their 1st

for

Heatley.

Thats more realistic IMO.

Sign me up too

Neely4Life wrote:
You're going to have to be patient, the now is gone, its about the future in Ottawa. This is a bad team in Ottawa with a ton of INDIVIDUAL pieces. It takes time to build a team the right way.

Mistakes were made with Spezza, Emery, and a few others in terms of disapline, work ethic, so on. That needs to be corrected, it starts with keeping the leaders (Fisher, Phillips, A Train, Alfi) and you develope your youth based on their work ethic and love for the organization.

The goaltending is sorted out, now you worry about the D and how to build that the right way. Phillips and A Train are exactly the guys you want here to help build the D the correct way.

Tuebert is a nut job though (in a good way). He does not give a F***.

Neely4Life wrote:Fisher still kills penalties and is a hard player to play against. He missed all of training camp and when he came back the train was already off the rails.

If there is 1 guy in Ottawa who OVER achieved in previous years for the amount he was paid, it was Fisher. He has had 1 bad year, at the same time nothing about his work ethic, heart, or general deminor is ever questioned and for good reason.

SensGirl11 wrote:
Agreed. It's getting real tired and boring. We clearly overpayed him...very frustrating. There are a lot of things I love about him, but he's just not a guy that can score, plain and simple.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Fisher still kills penalties and is a hard player to play against. He missed all of training camp and when he came back the train was already off the rails.

If there is 1 guy in Ottawa who OVER achieved in previous years for the amount he was paid, it was Fisher. He has had 1 bad year, at the same time nothing about his work ethic, heart, or general deminor is ever questioned and for good reason.

I don't even think he had a bad year. He had a pretty typical year since the work ethic, heart, etc. are intact and that's pretty much all he ever had to offer.

Good for him for getting that bloated deal from the Sens. We'll just have to let other players walk and miss out on free agents to pay for it is all. No biggie.

Dawg's Wife wrote:

504Heater wrote:
Although interesting/good news, I don't want defensive prospects. Damn...we need real D-men and guys willing to put in 100% on offense.

The names I've been told is one of...


Harrold, Quincey or Greene,

and one of

Tuebert, Hickey or Voynov.


Personally I'd take Tuebert and Hickey plus their 1st for Heater..

Hickey has more offensive upside than a lot of people give him credit for, and we already know what kind of a shut down tandem they can be together...having those 2 guys as your 5/6 right now would be awesome.

Neely4Life wrote:Fisher is paid for the playoffs, its not that complicated. He is one of the few guys that shows up when it matters. Problem is, this year when he got back, things were already messed up.