Prospal signs with NYR

Neely4Life wrote:Ugh, why on earth would you want Prospal at all? There is a reason he signed for this little in New York.

As long as The Rangers have Lundqvist in nets they will be in every game. He is one of the two best goaltenders on the planet.

Agreed. Its just painful to think about the way they waste one of the best goalies of our time with that dreadful defense.

11.5 on Redden and Roszival? then add 40-game Gabo at 7.5 and 2nd line center Drury at 7....what a mess.

SpezDispenser wrote:

hemlock wrote:
How would Ottawa be different though? He's familiar with the city, and a few of the players. For that price, I would certainly take a flyer on him.

Me too.

The funny part is that TB is paying him more not to play than the Rangers are paying him to play.

SpezDispenser wrote:

hemlock wrote:
How would Ottawa be different though? He's familiar with the city, and a few of the players. For that price, I would certainly take a flyer on him.

Me too.

Not me. No way, no how. We now have a little something called character and grit in our lineup. We have players who don't fall apart when the games get tougher and the checking gets tighter. Prospal gets a ringtone when he asks GM Cas what kind of interest the Sens have in him.

cas wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

hemlock wrote:
How would Ottawa be different though? He's familiar with the city, and a few of the players. For that price, I would certainly take a flyer on him.

Me too.

Not me. No way, no how. We now have a little something called character and grit in our lineup. We have players who don't fall apart when the games get tougher and the checking gets tighter. Prospal gets a ringtone when he asks GM Cas what kind of interest the Sens have in him.

It's a one year deal, which means he's in a contract year. He always plays better in contract years

Just keep signing him for one year at a time to keep him motivated.

does that mean they're officially out of the Heatley chase?

Sens19 wrote:does that mean they're officially out of the Heatley chase?

I don't know how seriously they were ever in it. We would have to have taken a hefty salary dump to send him there, and Murray doesn't look prepared to do that.

hemlock wrote:

cas wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

hemlock wrote:
How would Ottawa be different though? He's familiar with the city, and a few of the players. For that price, I would certainly take a flyer on him.

Me too.

Not me. No way, no how. We now have a little something called character and grit in our lineup. We have players who don't fall apart when the games get tougher and the checking gets tighter. Prospal gets a ringtone when he asks GM Cas what kind of interest the Sens have in him.

It's a one year deal, which means he's in a contract year. He always plays better in contract years

Just keep signing him for one year at a time to keep him motivated.

:^^^^:

If only that joke weren't so apt

cas wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Ugh, why on earth would you want Prospal at all? There is a reason he signed for this little in New York.

As long as The Rangers have Lundqvist in nets they will be in every game. He is one of the two best goaltenders on the planet.

Agreed. Its just painful to think about the way they waste one of the best goalies of our time with that dreadful defense.

11.5 on Redden and Roszival? then add 40-game Gabo at 7.5 and 2nd line center Drury at 7....what a mess.

I put him in the same catogory as Comrie, just a spare part who will add basically nothing to The Sens that they dont already have. Ill take Ruutu 100 times over Prospal.

He MIGHT get you 20 goals, but 60 games a year you dont even know he is on the ice. The Rangers had no choice, they need a guy who can put the puck in the net at a minimal salary. Might see Comrie signed there soon enough as well.

hemlock wrote:

Sens19 wrote:does that mean they're officially out of the Heatley chase?

I don't know how seriously they were ever in it. We would have to have taken a hefty salary dump to send him there, and Murray doesn't look prepared to do that.

I'd imagine it was Roszival or bust... So there was pretty much no chance it was ever going to happen.

Other possibilities?

Sather: How about Drury?
Murray: You paid him 7M

Sather: How about Gomez?
Murray: You paid him even more

Sather: Ok, then how about Redd...
Murray *click*

Neely4Life wrote:

cas wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Ugh, why on earth would you want Prospal at all? There is a reason he signed for this little in New York.

As long as The Rangers have Lundqvist in nets they will be in every game. He is one of the two best goaltenders on the planet.

Agreed. Its just painful to think about the way they waste one of the best goalies of our time with that dreadful defense.

11.5 on Redden and Roszival? then add 40-game Gabo at 7.5 and 2nd line center Drury at 7....what a mess.

I put him in the same catogory as Comrie, just a spare part who will add basically nothing to The Sens that they dont already have. Ill take Ruutu 100 times over Prospal.

He MIGHT get you 20 goals, but 60 games a year you dont even know he is on the ice. The Rangers had no choice, they need a guy who can put the puck in the net at a minimal salary. Might see Comrie signed there soon enough as well.

true story.

cas wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:

cas wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Ugh, why on earth would you want Prospal at all? There is a reason he signed for this little in New York.

As long as The Rangers have Lundqvist in nets they will be in every game. He is one of the two best goaltenders on the planet.

Agreed. Its just painful to think about the way they waste one of the best goalies of our time with that dreadful defense.

11.5 on Redden and Roszival? then add 40-game Gabo at 7.5 and 2nd line center Drury at 7....what a mess.

I put him in the same catogory as Comrie, just a spare part who will add basically nothing to The Sens that they dont already have. Ill take Ruutu 100 times over Prospal.

He MIGHT get you 20 goals, but 60 games a year you dont even know he is on the ice. The Rangers had no choice, they need a guy who can put the puck in the net at a minimal salary. Might see Comrie signed there soon enough as well.

true story.

Fact

Neely4Life wrote:

cas wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:

cas wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Ugh, why on earth would you want Prospal at all? There is a reason he signed for this little in New York.

As long as The Rangers have Lundqvist in nets they will be in every game. He is one of the two best goaltenders on the planet.

Agreed. Its just painful to think about the way they waste one of the best goalies of our time with that dreadful defense.

11.5 on Redden and Roszival? then add 40-game Gabo at 7.5 and 2nd line center Drury at 7....what a mess.

I put him in the same catogory as Comrie, just a spare part who will add basically nothing to The Sens that they dont already have. Ill take Ruutu 100 times over Prospal.

He MIGHT get you 20 goals, but 60 games a year you dont even know he is on the ice. The Rangers had no choice, they need a guy who can put the puck in the net at a minimal salary. Might see Comrie signed there soon enough as well.

true story.

Fact

Theory... Comrie was pretty solid for us in the Cup run and last year proved that playoff warriors mean dick if you don't make the playoffs...There is a certain logic to wanting one or both of Comrie, Prospal to play for the Sens...I just don't subscribe to it.

Also going back to NYR, btw, is the Moose:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=287862

Serving as Special Assistant to Sather. He's apparently excited to learn how to overpay for mediocre talent.

Comrie cant do it anymore, that hip injury he recieved is about as bad as an injury as you can get in hockey. Prospal, can't stand him, that guy is ALL ABOUT the cash, that's it. Playoffs he is no where to be found.

Cant stand either of those two players. Comrie has had 1 good playoff in 10 years in the league, people in Ottawa tend to gorget that.

cas wrote:Also going back to NYR, btw, is the Moose:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=287862

Serving as Special Assistant to Sather. He's apparently excited to learn how to overpay for mediocre talent.

Like special help for disabled people.

Neely4Life wrote:Comrie cant do it anymore, that hip injury he recieved is about as bad as an injury as you can get in hockey. Prospal, can't stand him, that guy is ALL ABOUT the cash, that's it. Playoffs he is no where to be found.

Cant stand either of those two players. Comrie has had 1 good playoff in 10 years in the league, people in Ottawa tend to gorget that.

It's not like he's been in the playoffs 10 times though. It's in fact, only 3 times.

Neely4Life wrote:Comrie cant do it anymore, that hip injury he recieved is about as bad as an injury as you can get in hockey. Prospal, can't stand him, that guy is ALL ABOUT the cash, that's it. Playoffs he is no where to be found.

Cant stand either of those two players. Comrie has had 1 good playoff in 10 years in the league, people in Ottawa tend to gorget that.

I don't disagree, but people are also nervous after missing the playoffs last year. One thing we didn't have enough of was offensive firepower. Most of us on this site know that there were a variety of reasons for that and that most of those have been resolved. Other people, though, still think we're going to struggle to put the puck in the net, so we "NEED" to re-sign Comrie or we "NEED(ed)" to sign Prospal or Zherdev...or, God help us, Afinogenov

hemlock wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Comrie cant do it anymore, that hip injury he recieved is about as bad as an injury as you can get in hockey. Prospal, can't stand him, that guy is ALL ABOUT the cash, that's it. Playoffs he is no where to be found.

Cant stand either of those two players. Comrie has had 1 good playoff in 10 years in the league, people in Ottawa tend to gorget that.

It's not like he's been in the playoffs 10 times though. It's in fact, only 3 times.

That sounds more like an argument against signing him...