Bryan Murray Vs Dany Heatley: Who Blinks First?

Dash wrote:We must sign Bouwmeester. I think you can nab him for 6.5 - the same as Phaneuf.

a # 1 PMD/Stud D-man should be on the top of the list, can we afford J-Bo, I guess time will tell, he could get Campbell money. (which was 7 I believe)

Or do we have enough D-men to wait until Karlsson and Wiercioch develop?

I mean...we have Kuba, Lee, Campoli, Volchenkov, Phillips, Smith, Picard, Schubert as it is. Do we need a 7 million dollar D-man, or do we do the Pittsburgh thing and do it by committee?

I know we don't have a Gonchar, but the rest of the squad is as good or better.

What to do....who knows?

SpezDispenser wrote:Or do we have enough D-men to wait until Karlsson and Wiercioch develop?

I mean...we have Kuba, Lee, Campoli, Volchenkov, Phillips, Smith, Picard, Schubert as it is. Do we need a 7 million dollar D-man, or do we do the Pittsburgh thing and do it by committee?

I know we don't have a Gonchar, but the rest of the squad is as good or better.

What to do....who knows?

me either, which is why I am just a lowly fan that watches on sportsnet during the season, no one can hear my yelling

SpezDispenser wrote:Or do we have enough D-men to wait until Karlsson and Wiercioch develop?

I mean...we have Kuba, Lee, Campoli, Volchenkov, Phillips, Smith, Picard, Schubert as it is. Do we need a 7 million dollar D-man, or do we do the Pittsburgh thing and do it by committee?

I know we don't have a Gonchar, but the rest of the squad is as good or better.

What to do....who knows?

I think we are missing Gonchar and Letang...

Perhaps we have someone who could be a Letang but no-one who is a Gonchar. Not a big fan of his personally but he brings a lot to the Pittsburg PP

MurderOnIce wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Or do we have enough D-men to wait until Karlsson and Wiercioch develop?

I mean...we have Kuba, Lee, Campoli, Volchenkov, Phillips, Smith, Picard, Schubert as it is. Do we need a 7 million dollar D-man, or do we do the Pittsburgh thing and do it by committee?

I know we don't have a Gonchar, but the rest of the squad is as good or better.

What to do....who knows?

I think we are missing Gonchar and Letang...

Perhaps we have someone who could be a Letang but no-one who is a Gonchar. Not a big fan of his personally but he brings a lot to the Pittsburg PP

Our Gonchars are in the system. Have patience. :___:

asq2 wrote:

MurderOnIce wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Or do we have enough D-men to wait until Karlsson and Wiercioch develop?

I mean...we have Kuba, Lee, Campoli, Volchenkov, Phillips, Smith, Picard, Schubert as it is. Do we need a 7 million dollar D-man, or do we do the Pittsburgh thing and do it by committee?

I know we don't have a Gonchar, but the rest of the squad is as good or better.

What to do....who knows?

I think we are missing Gonchar and Letang...

Perhaps we have someone who could be a Letang but no-one who is a Gonchar. Not a big fan of his personally but he brings a lot to the Pittsburg PP

Our Gonchars are in the system. Have patience. :___:

I like homegrown Gonchars, they don't cost us anything for awhile, just good drafting

I'd hardly say 1st round picks "don't cost us anything for a while". Now, when you get a "Gonchar" in the 2nd or later, that's great. A 1st rounder can get you a fairly decent rent-a-player in March.

wprager wrote:I'd hardly say 1st round picks "don't cost us anything for a while". Now, when you get a "Gonchar" in the 2nd or later, that's great. A 1st rounder can get you a fairly decent rent-a-player in March.

yeah we are not at the stage for rent a players at this point, rather develop the players for a few years.

I wonder how long it will take to grow our Gonchars? I think one may be ready for picking this season. I can't wait. When's the WJHC? I'd love to see how our taller Gonchar stacks up against the competition. Wouldn't it be shiny* if our prospects were voted best defenseman in two tournaments in a row?

* Yeah, I've been re-watching Serenity the last couple of weeks.

wprager wrote:I wonder how long it will take to grow our Gonchars? I think one may be ready for picking this season. I can't wait. When's the WJHC? I'd love to see how our taller Gonchar stacks up against the competition. Wouldn't it be shiny* if our prospects were voted best defenseman in two tournaments in a row?

* Yeah, I've been re-watching Serenity the last couple of weeks.

If you are talking Weircioch, not sure when he will be ready, but a lot of guys around here figure 2011

after reading this morning's interesting article from Don Brennan (believe me, I'm FULLY aware that I just put Interesting and Don Brennan in the same freakin' sentence) I think the joke could very well be on Heatley.

Now, Granted, Burke is no saint, in fact, as a good friend pointed out, I believe he acquired Pronger under similar circumstances, or close to it, so for him to say what he said about Heatley is what it is; however, I'm sure a LOT of players and GM's are thinking: "What's with this guy? He demands a trade after he and his big-arse salary gets called out in the locker room and he gets moved to 2nd unit pp time because Clouston thought it would work (and it sure seemed to work for the most part IMO) so essentially, Heater may have shot himself in the foot.

Now, his contract is HUGE and it won't be easy to move but if the right return is there, I think Murray and from what I'm hearing, the FANS too will be ALL the more happy to be rid of him; not to mention a close friend/source was telling me Neil's reaction is the proverbial 'tip of the iceberg' in terms of the other Sens players reaction to cry-baby heatley's antics...

Chris Neil should get the 'A' on that team ....

HowieMorenz wrote:Chris Neil should get the 'A' on that team ....

I totally second that.

HowieMorenz wrote:Chris Neil should get the 'A' on that team ....

Let's get him resigned first, unless I haven't heard something yet.

SensFan71 wrote:

wprager wrote:I wonder how long it will take to grow our Gonchars? I think one may be ready for picking this season. I can't wait. When's the WJHC? I'd love to see how our taller Gonchar stacks up against the competition. Wouldn't it be shiny* if our prospects were voted best defenseman in two tournaments in a row?

* Yeah, I've been re-watching Serenity the last couple of weeks.

If you are talking Weircioch, not sure when he will be ready, but a lot of guys around here figure 2011

Wiercioch is the taller one. I'm looking forward to seeing him a the Junior Worlds. I believe he is committed to college for next season. Who knows after that. If he gains 15-25 pounds he'll be around Brisebois' build, and look how lon that guy lasted. He might push for a spot in 2010/11.

wprager wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:

wprager wrote:I wonder how long it will take to grow our Gonchars? I think one may be ready for picking this season. I can't wait. When's the WJHC? I'd love to see how our taller Gonchar stacks up against the competition. Wouldn't it be shiny* if our prospects were voted best defenseman in two tournaments in a row?

* Yeah, I've been re-watching Serenity the last couple of weeks.

If you are talking Weircioch, not sure when he will be ready, but a lot of guys around here figure 2011

Wiercioch is the taller one. I'm looking forward to seeing him a the Junior Worlds. I believe he is committed to college for next season. Who knows after that. If he gains 15-25 pounds he'll be around Brisebois' build, and look how lon that guy lasted. He might push for a spot in 2010/11.

oh exciting times are upon us as Sens fans, even after the heatley trade is completed and we hopefully get our huge return that we are all hoping for, no matter which team it comes from.

Cronie wrote:after reading this morning's interesting article from Don Brennan (believe me, I'm FULLY aware that I just put Interesting and Don Brennan in the same freakin' sentence) I think the joke could very well be on Heatley.

Now, Granted, Burke is no saint, in fact, as a good friend pointed out, I believe he acquired Pronger under similar circumstances, or close to it, so for him to say what he said about Heatley is what it is; however, I'm sure a LOT of players and GM's are thinking: "What's with this guy? He demands a trade after he and his big-arse salary gets called out in the locker room and he gets moved to 2nd unit pp time because Clouston thought it would work (and it sure seemed to work for the most part IMO) so essentially, Heater may have shot himself in the foot.

Now, his contract is HUGE and it won't be easy to move but if the right return is there, I think Murray and from what I'm hearing, the FANS too will be ALL the more happy to be rid of him; not to mention a close friend/source was telling me Neil's reaction is the proverbial 'tip of the iceberg' in terms of the other Sens players reaction to cry-baby heatley's antics...

Now look Cronie.

In with some rumours. C'mon!!

sorry about that Heater... here goes

Word is Phillips, Fish, Neil (duh!), Foligno and believe it or not, Volchy and Shannon are NONE too pleased with Heatley's antics, and one friend of mine says his source told him that a certain player (he did NOT give a name, although I begged and pleaded but I think you can all deduce on your own) actually said something along the lines of "as soon as that 'cancer' is excised, this team can grow and move forward."

Now, I'm not saying this is true, as it is 2nd hand info, but for what it's worth, it does come to me from a good guy who has been solid in all my dealings, so take it for what it's worth.