The Official 2011 Tank Nation thread

Isles win 5-2. Sabres are leading Philly late in the third...

Sabres beat Philly 5-3. Leaf Nation cries out...

shabbs wrote:Isles win 5-2. Sabres are leading Philly late in the third...

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Now... to complete the day... an OT victory by the Oilers tonight.

Boooyeah.

shabbs wrote:Now... to complete the day... an OT victory by the Oilers tonight.

Boooyeah.

Make it so!

What are the chances we package the Nashville pick with our 2nd round pick to move into the top 10 and try to grab one of the big forwards or Cs that are left around there? Pretty high I would imagine.

SpezDispenser wrote:What are the chances we package the Nashville pick with our 2nd round pick to move into the top 10 and try to grab one of the big forwards or Cs that are left around there? Pretty high I would imagine.

Put yourself in the other team's shoes... if Murray had a to 10 pick... and he traded it... what return would make you happy?

SpezDispenser wrote:What are the chances we package the Nashville pick with our 2nd round pick to move into the top 10 and try to grab one of the big forwards or Cs that are left around there? Pretty high I would imagine.

And where do you see that Nashville pick?

Nashville will be picking either 12-14 or 17-20.

NEELY wrote:Nashville will be picking either 12-14 or 17-20.

That's why I asked, getting in the top 10 from 12-14 vs 17-20 would take a very different cost.

NEELY wrote:Islanders are pounding the Blues right now, only 2-0, should be 4-0. Ottawa will not be catching The Islanders in the standings. Florida is a bigger threat.

I agree that Florida is a bigger threat than NYI. Colorado may be a threat to our pursuit of a higher draft pick also.

Colorado is taking the tank to a whole new level. Hopefully we have built up enough of a gap to stay at the bottom.

That Tavares goal was a beauty of a play. Hopefully they fill more seats thanks to that play lol. He's awesome.

shabbs wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:What are the chances we package the Nashville pick with our 2nd round pick to move into the top 10 and try to grab one of the big forwards or Cs that are left around there? Pretty high I would imagine.

Put yourself in the other team's shoes... if Murray had a to 10 pick... and he traded it... what return would make you happy?

Probably if I had a list of guys in the 14-17 area I wanted pretty bad + more than 1 guy in the low 30s, I'd probably be willing to move the pick. Hard to say I guess.

stempniaksen wrote:Colorado is taking the tank to a whole new level. Hopefully we have built up enough of a gap to stay at the bottom.

They play Edmonton 3 more times. They will get at least one or two wins there and they are not bad enough to go through the rest of the season without a win beyond that. 4 or 5 wins is certainly possible, so that's basically The Sens playing better than 500 hockey down the stretch with 3 games against TB, 2 against NJ, 3 agains teams fighting for their lives, PITT, WAS, PHI, and MTL thrown in there. Florida is the only team that has a shot at finishing below Ottawa right now aside from Edmonton.

jawal wrote:

NEELY wrote:Islanders are pounding the Blues right now, only 2-0, should be 4-0. Ottawa will not be catching The Islanders in the standings. Florida is a bigger threat.

I agree that Florida is a bigger threat than NYI. Colorado may be a threat to our pursuit of a higher draft pick also.

Col has an NHL lineup front to back. They will win their fair share of games. Probably something like 6-12 or 7-11, which is awful but not bad enough for The Sens to pass them and that's with The Sens playing above 500 hockey, which I bet a large amount won't happen.

In other news, Rundblad now with 50 pts and 2nd all time in the SEL by defensemen.

marakh wrote:That Tavares goal was a beauty of a play. Hopefully they fill more seats thanks to that play lol. He's awesome.

He's proving the haters wrong. He was the #1 pick for a reason (i.e. better than Duchene).