Jonathan Cheechoo speaks; Sens fans debate the hot issues.

SpezDispenser wrote:

asq2 wrote:
He was an absolutely dominant centre for the Wolves.

Hmmm....

Hartsburg tried him out at centre in the pre-season, I can't remember how long that stuck, though.

shabbs wrote:

strachattack wrote:

asq2 wrote:

shabbs wrote:

N4L wrote:What if they go Cheechoo-Spezza-Michalek? That could be a killer line. The space Spezza would have with those two would be unreal.

That would make a 2nd line of... Alfie-Kelly-Kovy... or put Fisher in there...?

Can't we convert Foligno to a centre or something?

I thought I remember Foligno being a natural Centre and is his preferred position. So...

Cheechoo - Spezza - Kovalev
Milan - Foligno - Alfie

Interesting... would that then force Clouston to try Fish at wing on the 3rd? The bottom 6 could round out to be:

Fisher-Kelly-Shannon
Winch-Neil-Ruutu

Hmmmm...

I think Kelly's the more natural and likely winger. And if Winchester impresses, he may move up.

shabbs wrote:Interesting... would that then force Clouston to try Fish at wing on the 3rd? The bottom 6 could round out to be:

Fisher-Kelly-Shannon
Winch-Neil-Ruutu

Hmmmm...

Fisher can center that line - they're all Cs by trade I believe.

Boy I wish Wiercioch, Cowen and Karlsson were all fully developed and ready to go.

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:Interesting... would that then force Clouston to try Fish at wing on the 3rd? The bottom 6 could round out to be:

Fisher-Kelly-Shannon
Winch-Neil-Ruutu

Hmmmm...

Fisher can center that line - they're all Cs by trade I believe.

Kelly and Fish are listed as Cs but Shannon is listed as a RW.

SpezDispenser wrote:Boy I wish Wiercioch, Cowen and Karlsson were all fully developed and ready to go.

patience young padawan

SpezDispenser wrote:

Man, I hope Cheech is fully recovered from his injuries...a guy with that kind of scoring touch doesn't just lose it. If he really is back to 100% health, we could be in for a real treat this season!

Vandelay wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Man, I hope Cheech is fully recovered from his injuries...a guy with that kind of scoring touch doesn't just lose it. If he really is back to 100% health, we could be in for a real treat this season!

I'm so excited about the prospect too. I've always been a fan of Cheechoo. Despite his injuries and his troubles scoring his work ethic is great. I thought he played intensely last playoffs. One of the few Sharks who did. Outside of Fisher and perhaps a few others it's such welcome change for the Sens.

shabbs wrote:Kelly and Fish are listed as Cs but Shannon is listed as a RW.

I'm pretty sure Shannon plays center as well. Someone know?

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:Kelly and Fish are listed as Cs but Shannon is listed as a RW.

I'm pretty sure Shannon plays center as well. Someone know?

You know it

M_Christopher wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:Kelly and Fish are listed as Cs but Shannon is listed as a RW.

I'm pretty sure Shannon plays center as well. Someone know?

You know it

That he plays center as well?

SpezDispenser wrote:

asq2 wrote:
Extremely unlikely but possible auxiliary (and exciting!) benefit to the trade: Michalek's got an older brother (by two years) who happens to be the most under-rated defenceman (if not player) in hockey. He's also a soon-to-be free agent on a team with a tonne of turmoil.

I like what I've little I've seen of Z.Michalek a lot, but why is he so underrated? He doesn't put up the points, what is it about his game that makes his soooooooo underrated? I seriously can't recall.

He's got serious offensive upside and here's another tidbit you may enjoy - he led the league in blocked shots last year. I love this guy. I've wanted him for awhile now.

SpezDispenser wrote:

M_Christopher wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:Kelly and Fish are listed as Cs but Shannon is listed as a RW.

I'm pretty sure Shannon plays center as well. Someone know?

You know it

That he plays center as well?

Yes.

SpezDispenser wrote:

N4L wrote:What if they go Cheechoo-Spezza-Michalek? That could be a killer line. The space Spezza would have with those two would be unreal.

Perfect.

It even works in terms of where these guys play on the wings.

Michalek - Spezza - Cheechoo

Now...line 2:

Kovalev - Fisher - Alfredsson

Again, I know you say Kovalev can play LW, but until I hear 100% evidence on that, I would suggest that he might not be fantastic there if he's not comfortable.

I like Michalek with Spezza, but I'm afraid that his world class speed will be (not totally) wasted with those two guys(Spezza and Cheechoo). I'd really like another guy on that line that could keep up a little easier.

Fisher is an option, and you know that it'd be a hard working line (along with Cheechoo), but then again, I kind of want to put Michalek with as much talent as possible see what he is really capable of....

All these damn line combinations!

Ah well, I trust CC will do the right thing.

http://watch.tsn.ca/nhl/clip213119#clip213119

All aboard the Cheechoo Train.

I don't want to disappoint anyone but you guys are going to realize how frustrating a player Kovalev is to have on your team. One day he feels like playing and another day he is no where in sight. He is a good player the problem is that he is only a good player when he wants to be

sidstu wrote:I don't want to disappoint anyone but you guys are going to realize how frustrating a player Kovalev is to have on your team. One day he feels like playing and another day he is no where in sight. He is a good player the problem is that he is only a good player when he wants to be

We've certainly heard enough about his play to know not to expect much from him. I'm pretty sure we can expect our PP to improve anyway.

i definitely think your pp will improve with him--its just that you see how good he is and than for 3 games he is no where in sight and than he appears again