Which Sens prospect is your personal favourite?

Which one of our prospects is your favourite?

Is it one of the big guns like Cowen or Lehner? Or is it someone who's a gritty player like Cowick or Gryba?

There's a concensus on what the top prospects are for Ottawa (this board chose Robin Lehner as the top), but who is your actual favourite?

My current favourite has got to be Cowen. I personally want to see more of Rundblad as well because there's an exciting potential of him and EK ripping it up in the not too distant future.

What I'd really like to be talking about is a forward prospect but, there's none that really get me pumped. Even the members on here that know a fair bit about our forward prospect pool don't say anything that gets me revved up about them.

Lehner for me. We've never had that bonafide number one goal tender....EVER! Could he be the one? I gotta hope yes. we've had several stud D-men, great offensive weapons in the past, but what I'm really hoping for (even in the new nhl) is a goalie that will strike fear in opponents' eyes. Rhodes, Tugnutt, Lalime, Emery, Hasek, Gerber, Elliot, and Leclaire have all been decent. Out of the bunch, Lalime was the best one. But lets face it, he was a pleasant surprise if anything.

simon lajeunesse (sp?), mathieu chiounard (sp?), jeff glass, not one ever played in the NHL. It's time for a goalie to finally pan out for the sens, and that's why my favorite prospect (the one I'm most excited for) is Lehner.

I like Lehner as well, but I could get excited about Culek big time. Along with Hoffman, Butler and Wick, Silfverberg, Petersson as well I guess, this guy has a real chance of being a big, strong, offensive player for us in about 3-4 years - just in time (IMO) for a strong run in the playoffs.

My personal Fav is Chris Wideman... buts thats probably because I've got a special place in my heart for Miami U... He could turn out to be like Andy Greene or even better, Dan Boyle

Amnesia021 wrote:My personal Fav is Chris Wideman... buts thats probably because I've got a special place in my heart for Miami U... He could turn out to be like Andy Greene or even better, Dan Boyle

Yeah, Wideman's a great prospect.

Did you know that Bryan Murray signed Dan Boyle out of university for the Florida Panthers? I thought that was cool when I heard that.

Michallica wrote:...What I'm really hoping for (even in the new nhl) is a goalie that will strike fear in opponents' eyes. Rhodes, Tugnutt, Lalime, Emery, Hasek, Gerber, Elliot, and Leclaire have all been decent.

Hasek was awesome. 28-10-4, 2.09 GAA, 0.925 SV%, 5 SOs.

Early Vezina front-runner prior to injury.

Lets hope Gonchar can have a similar impact to what Hasek brought when he was healthy.

Now that Neely's not around, I can make this argument again:

Dom Hasek was easily our best goaltender ever to strap on the pads. He was fierce, acrobatic, talented, sharp. He amazed me, I wish two things:

a)he hadn't gone to the cussing Olympics
b)that we had re-signed him

I also need to state that I'd take him now, at 42, over Pascal Leclaire without missing a beat.

SpezDispenser wrote:Now that Neely's not around, I can make this argument again:

Dom Hasek was easily our best goaltender ever to strap on the pads. He was fierce, acrobatic, talented, sharp. He amazed me, I wish two things:

a)he hadn't gone to the cussing Olympics
b)that we had re-signed him

I also need to state that I'd take him now, at 42, over Pascal Leclaire without missing a beat.

He's 45. We had him at 39.

asq2 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Now that Neely's not around, I can make this argument again:

Dom Hasek was easily our best goaltender ever to strap on the pads. He was fierce, acrobatic, talented, sharp. He amazed me, I wish two things:

a)he hadn't gone to the cussing Olympics
b)that we had re-signed him

I also need to state that I'd take him now, at 42, over Pascal Leclaire without missing a beat.

He's 45. We had him at 39.

Ahh, but you're forgetting about the Time Machine we're currently renting!

asq2 wrote:
He's 45. We had him at 39.

Wow, I think I may have known he was 45, but it didn't click. He's still playing profession hockey in the KHL - and I'd STILL take him over Pascal Leclaire.

asq2 wrote:

Michallica wrote:...What I'm really hoping for (even in the new nhl) is a goalie that will strike fear in opponents' eyes. Rhodes, Tugnutt, Lalime, Emery, Hasek, Gerber, Elliot, and Leclaire have all been decent.

Hasek was awesome. 28-10-4, 2.09 GAA, 0.925 SV%, 5 SOs.

Early Vezina front-runner prior to injury.

Hasek was the most skilled out of all of them, and maaan he was onto something very big that year. But.....he still didn't pan out like ottawa wanted cuz of the injury and basic refusal to play in the playoffs 2nd round.

Robin Lehner is by far my favourite prospect. I have a soft spot for goalies for sure and I have been excited about him since day 1. I truly believe he will be a star with this team for many years to come, I believe we have found our true number 1, finally!

Michallica wrote:

asq2 wrote:

Michallica wrote:...What I'm really hoping for (even in the new nhl) is a goalie that will strike fear in opponents' eyes. Rhodes, Tugnutt, Lalime, Emery, Hasek, Gerber, Elliot, and Leclaire have all been decent.

Hasek was awesome. 28-10-4, 2.09 GAA, 0.925 SV%, 5 SOs.

Early Vezina front-runner prior to injury.

Hasek was the most skilled out of all of them, and maaan he was onto something very big that year. But.....he still didn't pan out like ottawa wanted cuz of the injury and basic refusal to play in the playoffs 2nd round.

Oh Hasek...it makes me cry to this day. Why did he insist on the Olympics? He needed that time to rest...I'll never understand.