Ottawa trade rumours

marakh wrote:A rock solid mobile defense can make you win games every single night (see Nashville).
A rock solid top line can win you games some nights (see Sens 08-09)

SpezDispenser wrote:Yeah, what happened there? Hossa high sticked a Predator player badly, they missed the call and he tied it up and won it in OT? Something like that.

asq2 wrote:

shabbs wrote:Your best bet to get a blue chip forward prospect is to bottom out and win the lottery. Chicago and Pitt are recent examples of that with LA and St. Louis showing amazing progress as well. Combine lottery picks with good scouting in general, smart moves by your GM and you have the recipe for success.

Simple eh?



Heh heh.

Frig.

Good scouting and smart moves by your GM is the recipe for success. Philly had that one year as a bottom feeder and are now a powerhouse because of moves by Holmgren, not because JvR has lifted them to the top.

Meanwhile, teams like Florida and NYI get high draft picks but continue to suck.

Hoags wrote:I think Cowen is a much more unique commodity.

The Sens will be haunted by letting Chara go for quite some time.

Cowen is the only thing we got hat can even come close to replacing Big Z.

I think we can find a LW elsewhere but I don't think we could find a D-man like Cowen.

We took the best player available.

As much as we need a LW, let's not forget our defence is tissue paper soft with the exception of Carkner.

asq2 wrote:Good scouting and smart moves by your GM is the recipe for success. Philly had that one year as a bottom feeder and are now a powerhouse because of moves by Holmgren, not because JvR has lifted them to the top.

Meanwhile, teams like Florida and NYI get high draft picks but continue to suck.

marakh wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Yeah, what happened there? Hossa high sticked a Predator player badly, they missed the call and he tied it up and won it in OT? Something like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC8-PTTee0

yes, heartbreaker... 5th game, OT, powerplay nashville... then Hossa comes out of the box and scores. They go up 3-2 in the series
And that was probably the closest series the Blackhawks had during that run.

Now, compare the forwards corps of the 2 teams.

hemlock wrote:

asq2 wrote:

shabbs wrote:Your best bet to get a blue chip forward prospect is to bottom out and win the lottery. Chicago and Pitt are recent examples of that with LA and St. Louis showing amazing progress as well. Combine lottery picks with good scouting in general, smart moves by your GM and you have the recipe for success.

Simple eh?



Heh heh.

Frig.

Good scouting and smart moves by your GM is the recipe for success. Philly had that one year as a bottom feeder and are now a powerhouse because of moves by Holmgren, not because JvR has lifted them to the top.

Meanwhile, teams like Florida and NYI get high draft picks but continue to suck.

Yep, the acquisituion of the UFA rights to Hartnell and Timonen were a huge part of that turnaround being so quick.

shabbs wrote:Hence, why I said all three were needed.

marakh wrote:No kidding. I mean look at this:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00005316.html

You would think this team should be a perenial contender by now.
10/11 top ten picks since 2000, a grand total of 1 star

And the following rounds are even worse. I count maybe 2 or 3 impact players in the later roudns in 10 years

Big Ev wrote:

I agree, but Giroux was drafted in the first round.

Also, when you draft thos later guys, you need a ton of luck, obviously.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Speaking of Giroux, any Ottawa trade rumours?

stempniaksen wrote:Some poster on HFBoards said this (paraphrase)

Spezza, Fisher and Phillips all open for discussion

Foligno being actively shopped

Another poster on those boards said Montreal may have inquired about Kovalev

Goes without saying that you should take these with a huge grain of salt