Game Day - Ottawa @ Boston, 7:00PM, Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Good one SSF.

Big Ev wrote:Yeah Filatov just has a big stink that follows him it seems. He seems like a douche. Hope he can turn it around

We may be a rebuilding team but MacLean has set the bar fairly high, only took 2 games to send him down. Filatov is too skilled for the AHL but he doesn't look NHL ready at all, except for his skill/talent level.

I have doubts whether he can make it and whether he can play the type of fast,physical 2-way hockey MacLean expects. He's a peripheral player and a playmaker at heart. While I agree he needs to earn his ice time, playing him 5 mins a game with 2 plugs who skate as half the speed isn't really a situation where he can shine and show his abilities. He got lots of top-6 icetime in the preseason and 2 games and only had 2 assists to show for it. Murray seemed very disappointed, clearly they expected much more from him.

He doesn't look like a good fit for the organization right now. He's a long term project now, maybe KK can fix him, maybe he can't. He's only here because Alfie is out and we need to ice a full roster.

He's a way more skiled Ilya Zubov right now IMHO.

Big Ev wrote:Filatov won't not make it because of lack of talent. If he never makes it, it will be because he isn't talented enough for NHL hockey. He can be an AHL star.

He can be a KHL All-Star for more money and no chance of getting head shot by Tim Sestito.

Filatov won't not make it because of lack of talent. If he never makes it, it will be because he isn't talented enough for NHL hockey. He can be an AHL star.

NEELY wrote:
Filatov should still play his game even if he is on the 4th line, it doesn't mean he is being asked to go out and fight, bang bodies, etc. It does mean he has to work hard, work smart, and get noticed for positive things where the coach learns to trust him and put him on the ice during more important situations.

Back check hard, forcheck hard, quick shifts, positive attitude. Truth be told, a lot of ice time is earned at practice as well.

Truth be told, that's pretty much what I said a couple of weeks ago, on FormSpring, and got raked over the coals by some people, including you.

Hoags wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Yeah Filatov just has a big stink that follows him it seems. He seems like a douche. Hope he can turn it around

We may be a rebuilding team but MacLean has set the bar fairly high, only took 2 games to send him down. Filatov is too skilled for the AHL but he doesn't look NHL ready at all, except for his skill/talent level.

I have doubts whether he can make it and whether he can play the type of fast,physical 2-way hockey MacLean expects. He's a peripheral player and a playmaker at heart. While I agree he needs to earn his ice time, playing him 5 mins a game with 2 plugs who skate as half the speed isn't really a situation where he can shine and show his abilities. He got lots of top-6 icetime in the preseason and 2 games and only had 2 assists to show for it. Murray seemed very disappointed, clearly they expected much more from him.

He doesn't look like a good fit for the organization right now. He's a long term project now, maybe KK can fix him, maybe he can't. He's only here because Alfie is out and we need to ice a full roster.

He's a way more skiled Ilya Zubov right now IMHO.

Big Ev wrote:Filatov won't not make it because of lack of talent. If he never makes it, it will be because he isn't talented enough for NHL hockey. He can be an AHL star.

He can be a KHL All-Star for more money and no chance of getting head shot by Tim Sestito.

I don't agree with a lot of that. He showed up better than Butler in the pre-season and played decent, if unspectacular hockey in the first two regular season games. Both he and Butler got into the doghouse because of poor attention at practice, but Butler worked hard to get out, while Filatov (with his two-way) got sent down to Bingo.

Personally I didn't think he deserved being sent down or sat out more than Butler. Contract situation certainly played at least a small role. Now, that said, *after* both Butler and Filatov were taken out of the lineup, Butler worked his a$$ off in practice (if you believe MacLean and what he said). I don't know what Filatov did, but MacLean said nothing about him, and then he got sent to Bingo.

I really don't understand why he was brought back up after getting clocked, to play 5 minutes on the 4th line. Maybe they wanted their own doctors to evaluate him?

wprager wrote:Contract situation certainly played at least a small role.

Just like it always does starting with the annual "battle for jobs."

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Yeah Filatov just has a big stink that follows him it seems. He seems like a douche. Hope he can turn it around

Maybe he should be going to more optional skates

Someone needs to reach out to him. Maybe on SpringSpace?

Isn't it SpringSpaceBookFaceTweeter4Squared?

shabbs wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Yeah Filatov just has a big stink that follows him it seems. He seems like a douche. Hope he can turn it around

Maybe he should be going to more optional skates

Someone needs to reach out to him. Maybe on SpringSpace?

Isn't it SpringSpaceBookFaceTweeter4Squared?

dot com.

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Yeah Filatov just has a big stink that follows him it seems. He seems like a douche. Hope he can turn it around

Maybe he should be going to more optional skates

Someone needs to reach out to him. Maybe on SpringSpace?

Isn't it SpringSpaceBookFaceTweeter4Squared?

dot com.

Now you guys are just being silly!

SeawaySensFan wrote:

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Yeah Filatov just has a big stink that follows him it seems. He seems like a douche. Hope he can turn it around

Maybe he should be going to more optional skates

Someone needs to reach out to him. Maybe on SpringSpace?

Isn't it SpringSpaceBookFaceTweeter4Squared?

dot com.

Now you guys are just being silly!

Just a subtle Arrested Development reference.


imoscar ...


... dot com

Let's Cussing DO THIS!!!!! BEERS ON ICE!!!!!

Stomp those damn Bruins and MAKE IT 7!!!!!!

GO SENS GO!!!! BELIEVE!!!!

Anyone got a stream?

Found one here: http://kiwi-sportz.eu/stream-3.html

man, why would Konopka take that fight?

We gotta stop giving them PP chances.

SCORE!!!!!!

Holy crap. That was fast.

2-1 Sens!

What a pass by Foligno. Wow.

In the future, if anyone is looking for a stream, this site lists all of them:
http://forum.wiziwig.eu/forums/29-NHL-Icehockey