NHL CBA Talk

shabbs wrote:Via Sylvain St-Laurent:

"Jason Spezza leaves Switzerland, confident he will play in the NHL this winter. #Sens"

https://twitter.com/Syl_St_Laurent/status/286467423425679360

Start the return of the players...

Spengler Cup Champion, Jason Spezza? Or a different Jason Spezza?

This Jason Spezza:

shabbs wrote:This Jason Spezza:

I just got a new computer... What do you think was the first youtube video I played?

Followed by this one:

shabbs wrote:Followed by this one:

It was actually the "Spartan." Good guess, though.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiise!!!

First Championship he has won... Spangler Cup or not it's something to hang his hat on and proves he can play on a winning team.

tim1_2 wrote:Nothing really has changed in my eyes...all this legal mumbo-jumbo nonsense was bound to happen. I still think we'll have a deal in early Jan, with the season commencing mid-Jan.

BOOK. IT.

As I posted on Dec 21st, like some sort of amazing, future-predicting, Delorean-driving madman, all this CBA nonsense will be sorted out in the coming days.

I guess it was kind of foolhardy to think this would have played out any other way. Both sides were willing to take it right to the brink of cancelling the season before compromising.

Quite frustrating, indeed, but I guess it is just the reality of the situation.

Via LeBrun:

"Players remain sour over pension snag with league... Need to be resolved for any deal to get done "

https://twitter.com/Real_ESPNLeBrun/status/286482966455132160

Mendes:

"As of 11:45am ET, there is still no set time for when today's CBA session will start. NHLPA still in review mode. "

https://twitter.com/ian_mendes/status/286512865328902144

For Heaven's sake, let's get back to hockey. Honestly....

It's coming. At least they have saved the season.

NEELY wrote:First Championship he has won... Spangler Cup or not it's something to hang his hat on and proves he can play on a winning team.

He must have one something in Minor Hockey. Even my kid in House-C has won a couple.

shabbs wrote:Via Sylvain St-Laurent:

"Jason Spezza leaves Switzerland, confident he will play in the NHL this winter. #Sens"

https://twitter.com/Syl_St_Laurent/status/286467423425679360

Start the return of the players...

I think this morning there were 5 Sens still overseas (including Spezza) after Smith left Denmark; I guess that leaves 4, now:

Daugavins, Gonchar, Greening, Michalek.

What's going to be real interesting is seeing how the guys who have been playing stack up against those who haven't. Prime example is Lehner vs. . It's hard to imagine that Lehner won't have the edge, at least initially.

As Neely mentioned elsewhere, Wiercioch has gotta pretty much be a lock for opening night.

wprager wrote:

NEELY wrote:First Championship he has won... Spangler Cup or not it's something to hang his hat on and proves he can play on a winning team.

He must have one something in Minor Hockey. Even my kid in House-C has won a couple.

A championship that someone on the planet actually cares about. His team won a ton in minor hockey and he basically school all of Ontario when he was on the ice. Destroyed our team.

tim1_2 wrote:What's going to be real interesting is seeing how the guys who have been playing stack up against those who haven't. Prime example is Lehner vs. . It's hard to imagine that Lehner won't have the edge, at least initially.

As Neely mentioned elsewhere, Wiercioch has gotta pretty much be a lock for opening night.

Lehner will play out the string in Bingo, no question about it if they come back IMO. Bishop will get his games in to retain his UFA status and let Anderson get going gradually, not be forced to be playing 100% right off the bat. Ottawa is lucky in this sense.

Wiercoich is going to be getting prime ice in the NHL right off the hop for sure.

Beat me to it Neely. People seem to forget about Bishop. Unless Anderson is completely unplayable then it will be Bishop and Anderson in the NHL for sure.

Glad to here the talk about Weircioch too.

They better be starting Bishop on opening night because he will be maybe the only goalie in the East who is of NHL caliber and in mid season form. I get why everyone loves Anderson and he's earned the right to call himself the true #1 in Ottawa at the moment but being off for 8 months as a goaltender... it isn't easy to bounce back to where you were.

You also want to keep him as a UFA.

Either way, Ottawa is going to be flying right off the bat with the exception of Alfi and Phillips.