IF Tyler Bozak comes to Ottawa

Well, he certainly seems to have started something...

SensGirl11 wrote:
I'm ALL FOR THAT!! Problem is, Fish isn't. Why??? I have no freaking clue, and never will.

Clouston's probably quite against it. Fisher can't hit the broad side of a barn. What a waste of Spezza's skill. At least Alfie can score.

Now is the time to experiment with line combos. Wins or losses won't change the fact they're not making the playoffs so see what works.

504Heater wrote:

SensGirl11 wrote:
I'm ALL FOR THAT!! Problem is, Fish isn't. Why??? I have no freaking clue, and never will.

Clouston's probably quite against it. Fisher can't hit the broad side of a barn. What a waste of Spezza's skill. At least Alfie can score.

Alfi scores with Fisher as his center too.

Neely4Life wrote:

504Heater wrote:

SensGirl11 wrote:
I'm ALL FOR THAT!! Problem is, Fish isn't. Why??? I have no freaking clue, and never will.

Clouston's probably quite against it. Fisher can't hit the broad side of a barn. What a waste of Spezza's skill. At least Alfie can score.

Alfi scores with Fisher as his center too.

I like the Alfie Fisher pairing a lot personally. Alfie Fisher Foligno and Heatley Spezza Shannon

Neely4Life wrote:
Alfi scores with Fisher as his center too.

Alfie can score anywhere, it's Fisher I'm worried about.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:

504Heater wrote:

SensGirl11 wrote:
I'm ALL FOR THAT!! Problem is, Fish isn't. Why??? I have no freaking clue, and never will.

Clouston's probably quite against it. Fisher can't hit the broad side of a barn. What a waste of Spezza's skill. At least Alfie can score.

Alfi scores with Fisher as his center too.

I like the Alfie Fisher pairing a lot personally. Alfie Fisher Foligno and Heatley Spezza Shannon

Alfi cna play with anyone. IMO the last person that should be benifitting from Alfi's game is Spezza.

Neely4Life wrote:Alfi cna play with anyone. IMO the last person that should be benifitting from Alfi's game is Spezza.

That's not fair at all. They've scored 977 points together to be the 2nd most powerful duo of players since 2002. That's not all Alfie obviously.

504Heater wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Alfi cna play with anyone. IMO the last person that should be benifitting from Alfi's game is Spezza.

That's not fair at all. They've scored 977 points together to be the 2nd most powerful duo of players since 2002. That's not all Alfie obviously.

Its more Alfi than Spezza, thats for SURE.

Spezza plays with 2 of the most tallented wingers in the league, if there was ever a guy totally set up to be successful, its him. He's never really had to work for anything in Ottawa and thats where the mistake with Spezza was made, and IMO impossible to correct at this point.

I call - on you

That's always been where you and I disagree. I say 500 points is not attainable without having ridiculous talent. Alfie's benefited as much from Spezza if not more than the other way around.

Put Alfie with Fisher for a full year and see his totals drop to 60 points. Mind you, put Foligno with Spezza full time and he'd set him up for 40.

We needn't debate this. The trial and error will continue as long as Fisher is an Ottawa Senator.

Here's something on topic for you, if Bozak is a Senator he better play wing because he's not a 3rd, 4th line type and the 2nd line center position is set in stone.

SeawaySensFan wrote:We needn't debate this. The trial and error will continue as long as Fisher is an Ottawa Senator.

Here's something on topic for you, if Bozak is a Senator he better play wing because he's not a 3rd, 4th line type and the 2nd line center position is set in stone.

SSF are you not a card carrying member of the Get Fisher Going fan club?

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:We needn't debate this. The trial and error will continue as long as Fisher is an Ottawa Senator.

Here's something on topic for you, if Bozak is a Senator he better play wing because he's not a 3rd, 4th line type and the 2nd line center position is set in stone.

SSF are you not a card carrying member of the Get Fisher Going fan club?

If it worked, I would be. Fisher is the type of guy that you want as a Senator for life, but his presence just hurts the teams progress too much, IMO.

I'm for the team more than individual players, a LOT more.

I still like the idea of having Heatley playing with Fisher and Alfie with Spezza. Obviously there are things Spezza still needs to learn and who better than to have Alfie being his teacher? We all saw how well Heatley can play with a lesser centre (Kelly) a few years ago. I think that is a much better way to distribute the talent.

As for Bozak, apparently the Sens will find out his decision today.

http://www.ottawasun.com/Sports/Senators/2009/04/02/8980181.html

504Heater wrote:That's always been where you and I disagree. I say 500 points is not attainable without having ridiculous talent. Alfie's benefited as much from Spezza if not more than the other way around.

Put Alfie with Fisher for a full year and see his totals drop to 60 points. Mind you, put Foligno with Spezza full time and he'd set him up for 40.

Spezza has done what with others besides Alfi and Heatley?

Spezza is your classic underachiever. Never has he ever exceeded expectations in Jr or the NHL, he has always left people wanting and demanding more. He has gotten away with it his entire career.

SPezza has an insane amount of tallent but tallent alone wont make the Sens better in Spezza's case. The last 2 years are a perfect example of it. The more responsibility the guy gets the worse the Sens have done. The results are there and there is no debating the fact that since Spezza and Heatley have signed those deals its been a steep drop ever since.

Id rather have an over achiever who puts up 80 points than an u under achiever who puts up 90. The team will be better because of the over achiever because the effort is something that rubs off on others.

Neely4Life wrote:

504Heater wrote:That's always been where you and I disagree. I say 500 points is not attainable without having ridiculous talent. Alfie's benefited as much from Spezza if not more than the other way around.

Put Alfie with Fisher for a full year and see his totals drop to 60 points. Mind you, put Foligno with Spezza full time and he'd set him up for 40.

Spezza has done what with others besides Alfi and Heatley?

Spezza is your classic underachiever. Never has he ever exceeded expectations in Jr or the NHL, he has always left people wanting and demanding more. He has gotten away with it his entire career.

SPezza has an insane amount of tallent but tallent alone wont make the Sens better in Spezza's case. The last 2 years are a perfect example of it. The more responsibility the guy gets the worse the Sens have done. The results are there and there is no debating the fact that since Spezza and Heatley have signed those deals its been a steep drop ever since.

Id rather have an over achiever who puts up 80 points than an u under achiever who puts up 90. The team will be better because of the over achiever because the effort is something that rubs off on others.

Oh great, who got Neely going off on another Spezza rant? ...like a broken record.

Oh, sorry, I was under the impression that major decisions were going to be made about him this off season.

The future of the franchise and Spezza are directly related. Spezza is absolutly the main focus of the off season so you will be hearing a lot more about buddy.