Pre-Season GM#2: OTT @ TOR (9/22/10 @ 7pm ET)

When I met him, he said he was, IIRC, 6'3"-6'4", 230ish. Big boy.

He was intense last night for sure. Did you see him mixing it up with Brown when Brown and Cowen were battling in front? Awesome.

Dash wrote:When I met him, he said he was, IIRC, 6'3"-6'4", 230ish. Big boy.

He was intense last night for sure. Did you see him mixing it up with Brown when Brown and Cowen were battling in front? Awesome.

He, Cowen, Karlsson...bright future.

ddt wrote:I saw this on SensChirp. If that's indeed the lineup, we should get a good look at our three top offensive propects (Wick, Hoffman and Butler)

Erik Karlsson, Peter Regin, and Patrick Wiercioch will all suit up for the Sens this evening. Eric Gryba will once again be absent from the Sens line up.

Foligno-Winchester-Ruutu
Regin-Smith-Shannon
Wick-Hoffman-Butler
O'Brien-Bass-Lessard

Cowen-Karlsson
Wiercioch-Hale
Benoit-Lee

Wow, Foligno playing again? Winchester, Smith, Regin....oh man....Wick-Hoffman-Butler. Gonna see some young guys.

What's up with Gryba then?

So the new guys drawing in tonight: Karlsson, Regin, Wiercioch, Ruutu, O'Brien, Bass, Lessard.

There's your heavyweights for tonight.

Will it be P-LeC, or Kid Ells tonight?

shabbs wrote:What's up with Gryba then?

Seriously... I want to see him in there. Unless he is injured or sick, then it is a weird situation. Need that toughness on the blue line too.

Also on Senschirp:

Unfortunately for the Senators, Dion Phaneuf will not dress tonight.

Dash wrote:So the new guys drawing in tonight: Karlsson, Regin, Wiercioch, Ruutu, O'Brien, Bass, Lessard.

There's your heavyweights for tonight.

Will it be P-LeC, or Kid Ells tonight?

Elliott gets the full 60 minutes tonight.
Lehner will be backing up.

Pascal didn't make the trip down to Toronto as did many of the vets.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Also on Senschirp:

Unfortunately for the Senators, Dion Phaneuf will not dress tonight.

TSN has it different on Ice Chips:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/icechips/

Dion Phaneuf, Mike Brown, and Kris Versteeg are on the roster for tonight's game against the Senators, but didn't skate this morning. - TSN

The following are the lines from the skate:

Forwards:
Kulemin - Bozak - Kessel
MacArthur - Grabovski - D'Amigo
Caputi - Mitchell - Boyce
Orr - Foster - Rosehill

Defencemen:
Schenn - Blacker
Beauchemin - Komisarek
Mikus - Richmond

Goaltenders:
Reimer
Scrivens

MUCH better lineup for the Leafs.

SpezDispenser wrote:MUCH better lineup for the Leafs.

sounds like they're under pressure to win a pre-season game!

Looks like the goal light operator's gonna have a busy night.

Dash wrote:So the new guys drawing in tonight: Karlsson, Regin, Wiercioch, Ruutu, O'Brien, Bass, Lessard.

There's your heavyweights for tonight.

Will it be P-LeC, or Kid Ells tonight?

I'm expecting Karlsson to tear apart the Leafs. This should be a good indicator of what kind of things he worked on in the offseason.

What's up with Gryba???

PKC wrote:

Dash wrote:So the new guys drawing in tonight: Karlsson, Regin, Wiercioch, Ruutu, O'Brien, Bass, Lessard.

There's your heavyweights for tonight.

Will it be P-LeC, or Kid Ells tonight?

I'm expecting Karlsson to tear apart the Leafs. This should be a good indicator of what kind of things he worked on in the offseason.

It's a pretty big night, IMO. We've been talking a LOT about Regin and Karlsson aaaalllllll summer. Now we (finally) get to see them play!

Michallica wrote:What's up with Gryba???

I'm curious as well.

Sportsnet Preview:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2010/09/22/senators_leafs_preview/

SpezDispenser wrote:

ddt wrote:I saw this on SensChirp. If that's indeed the lineup, we should get a good look at our three top offensive propects (Wick, Hoffman and Butler)

Erik Karlsson, Peter Regin, and Patrick Wiercioch will all suit up for the Sens this evening. Eric Gryba will once again be absent from the Sens line up.

Foligno-Winchester-Ruutu
Regin-Smith-Shannon
Wick-Hoffman-Butler
O'Brien-Bass-Lessard

Cowen-Karlsson
Wiercioch-Hale
Benoit-Lee

Wow, Foligno playing again? Winchester, Smith, Regin....oh man....Wick-Hoffman-Butler. Gonna see some young guys.

I'm not really surprised that Foligno is playing again. With Murray's statements regarding how Kovalev is a 'complimentary' player, I wouldn't be shocked to see his role be downplayed to 3rd line duties with a lot of Powerplay time. Management is probably assessing whether or not Foligno is capable of playing top-six duties consistently, especially in tougher situations like tonight. Same can be said about Smith and Winchester who I believe are battling for 4th line center duties.

Lines to begin the season could very well be:

Regin-Spezza-Alfredsson
Foligno-Fisher-Michalek
Butler-Kelly-Kovalev
Ruttu-Winnie/Smith-Neil

All of Alfredsson, Michalek, and Kovalev will be in their natural positions, our top line has a finisher in Regin, our second line is probably the best two-way line in hockey, our third line has a potential up and coming player an older playmaker and a defensively conscience forward, and our fourth line is virtually the same as last year with the addition of Winnie/Smith.

Those look like really solid lines to me. Does anyone disagree?