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shabbs wrote:

LeKing wrote:DaCOsta has been sent back. WTF??

How much did he play last night? Odd decision considering our injuries, but maybe someone is ready to come back...

Regin.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

LeKing wrote:DaCOsta has been sent back. WTF??

Yeah, saw that coming. Mac's not playing him much at all the last couple of games. Disappointing, but he'll be back.

Nope. I think the coach decided he didn't like the player and that's that. Nice knowing ya.

Don't think so, I think he felt as if he wasn't hard enough to play against away from the puck. Maybe not though, who knows. I liked his game a lot personally and think it was more of a numbers game.

Booboo says it might be "budget issues."

You sure? How can you understand him through a mouthful of cheeseburgers?

If you have any doubt who our captain will be at some point after The Alfie, watch the Karlsson press conference. The clips you'll see on TSN/Sportsnet will be him looking super-serious saying things like "Cooke was trying to take me out", but in reality all he said was Cooke didn't tried to cut him, but was certainly trying to give him a little something extra...which is pretty much the consensus of the universe.

Watch the entire conference, AND listen to his interview with the Team 1200 after. He was cracking jokes and having a great time. Also, he's getting a Pomeranian dog next week, which he's super-pumped about. The guy absolutely loves life and has an unbelievable attitude.

I'm not certain he'll be the captain right after The Alfie retires (maybe Phillips or Spezza), but he's next in line.

tim1_2 wrote:If you have any doubt who our captain will be at some point after The Alfie, watch the Karlsson press conference. The clips you'll see on TSN/Sportsnet will be him looking super-serious saying things like "Cooke was trying to take me out", but in reality all he said was Cooke didn't tried to cut him, but was certainly trying to give him a little something extra...which is pretty much the consensus of the universe.

Watch the entire conference, AND listen to his interview with the Team 1200 after. He was cracking jokes and having a great time. Also, he's getting a Pomeranian dog next week, which he's super-pumped about. The guy absolutely loves life and has an unbelievable attitude.

I'm not certain he'll be the captain right after The Alfie retires (maybe Phillips or Spezza), but he's next in line.

Link to Team1200 interview?

And: I also had the very same impressions about young "Karls" Karlsson. A confident speaker that doesn't sugar coat a serious incident while not coming off as being bitter.

His desire to be on the ice was evident too along with his apparent joi de vivre, in general..

Spezza is for sure getting the C when Alfi goes but Karlsson is the face of the franchise going forward and will be wearing the C one day. The slap in the face to Spezza would be too large if the C was passed to anyone but him at this point along with the fact Karlsson is still young and giving him the C now will put pressure that he doesn't need. Not saying he can't handle it but why risk it? Give it to Spezza, it's the right call when Alfi retires.

NEELY wrote:Spezza is for sure getting the C when Alfi goes but Karlsson is the face of the franchise going forward and will be wearing the C one day. The slap in the face to Spezza would be too large if the C was passed to anyone but him at this point along with the fact Karlsson is still young and giving him the C now will put pressure that he doesn't need. Not saying he can't handle it but why risk it? Give it to Spezza, it's the right call when Alfi retires.

I agree, too much pressure at a young age.

Look at Giroux, he got the C and he seems to have fallen off a cliff.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Duking it out on twitter with Sens fans.

https://twitter.com/Proteautype

I think he basically said Matt Cooke and Chris Neil are the same player.

He's quite the Richard about it too. Honestly I don't understand the vitriol. It's essentially a fact now that in this whole incident, Cooke is the real victim because he's being 'mislabeled' as a villain. Eugene Melnyk, Karlsson, sens fans are the real bad guys since they question cooke and don't take blame themselves since they employ Chris Neil who is in everyone's eyes the exact same (or worse) than cooke.

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

LeKing wrote:DaCOsta has been sent back. WTF??

How much did he play last night? Odd decision considering our injuries, but maybe someone is ready to come back...

Regin.

They said on the Team 1200 this morning.. that in order to bring Lehner up... they had to send someone down.

With the Rangers, Habs & Bruins up next... the Sens need big bodies.

Michallica wrote:
He's quite the Richard about it too. Honestly I don't understand the vitriol. It's essentially a fact now that in this whole incident, Cooke is the real victim because he's being 'mislabeled' as a villain. Eugene Melnyk, Karlsson, sens fans are the real bad guys since they question cooke and don't take blame themselves since they employ Chris Neil who is in everyone's eyes the exact same (or worse) than cooke.

He is such an bunghole.

Ottawa fans are disagreeing with him and he's going on about how we're perpetuating a stereotype that Ottawa fans are whiners ? Really ? And Cooke and Neil are the same type of player and it's just luck that Neil has never been suspended ? What an idiot ? And they pay this guy to provide insight ?

He's still butthurt that we made the playoffs when he predicted we'd be dead last year.

http://www.senatorsextra.com/main/big-numbers-in-senators-injuries-small-numbers-in-senators-victories

While general manager Bryan Murray is looking into the possibility of trading for high-priced replacements such as Colorado’s Ryan O’Reilly, Florida’s Stephen Weiss or Edmonton’s Ryan Whitney as the April 3 trade deadline approaches, there are always budgetary concerns to adding newcomers.

Even the necessity of bringing up replacement players from the American Hockey League is a costly exercise, because those players — Mika Zibanejad, Stephane Da Costa, Eric Gryba, David Dziurzynski and Derek Grant – are suddenly making as much as 10 times the salaries they were making in the minor leagues. Da Costa, for instance, is now making a pro rotated salary of $800,000, up from the $80,000 he was earning while with Binghamton.

Doesn't look like we'll acquire Weiss (too expensive for a rental), Whitney(expensive and he sucks) and O'Reilly (expensive long term commitment).

If Murray makes any moves, they'll be cheap.

sandysensfan wrote:

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

LeKing wrote:DaCOsta has been sent back. WTF??

How much did he play last night? Odd decision considering our injuries, but maybe someone is ready to come back...

Regin.

They said on the Team 1200 this morning.. that in order to bring Lehner up... they had to send someone down.

With the Rangers, Habs & Bruins up next... the Sens need big bodies.

Bigbodies are overrated. Anyone trying to out muscle Boston clearly don't know what they're doing. You beat Boston with skill. Never forget that the Bruins were 1 goal away from losing in the 1st round against the smallest team in the league. Then went out to massacre the rest of the NHL who tried to out muscle them.
What they need is score power play goals which would be more than enough to win games with the goaltending we have.
Makes no sense to me to send DaCOsta down.

don't think he'll amount to anything other than a potential AHLer, but I expect the Sens to have interest in Charles Sarault from Sarnia. Overager who is closing in on 100 points this season. He's from Ottawa. Could help Binghamton in the future.

Ev wrote:don't think he'll amount to anything other than a potential AHLer, but I expect the Sens to have interest in Charles Sarault from Sarnia. Overager who is closing in on 100 points this season. He's from Ottawa. Could help Binghamton in the future.

Geez, those numbers are pretty damn good in the OHL. Kid has offensive talent without question. Is there a knock on him?

If the Sharks fall out and Ottawa is still very much in the playoffs around the deadline... do you move Ottawa's 1st for Boyle if it's an option?

NEELY wrote:If the Sharks fall out and Ottawa is still very much in the playoffs around the deadline... do you move Ottawa's 1st for Boyle if it's an option?

I don't think Murray will deal our first for a 36-year declining player. Getting Boyle kind of makes sense (not sure how much game he has left in him at his age) but I only see Murray dealing our 1st for an asset like RoR, someone who can be with the team for a long long time. If San Jose will want to create cap space by the deadline, they'll be begging us to help them out so it might not take a whole lot either.

Jason Demers makes more sense to me if he is available.

NEELY wrote:If the Sharks fall out and Ottawa is still very much in the playoffs around the deadline... do you move Ottawa's 1st for Boyle if it's an option?

No you never trade a 1st round pick for anyone over 35 unless it's a generationnal talent. Nevermind the fact he's making more than Karlsson or that we are not even close to being a cup contender.
Plus this draft is very good.

I'm also not sure if the Euge wants to take on a $6.6M cap hit for next year for a 37 yr old defenceman either. Boyle would also need to waive his NTC to come here.

That said, the Murrays do like to get guys from the area. And Boyle's pretty awesome, even at his age. I doubt we sacrifice a 1st rounder though...the Murrays seem big on the draft, and I think they'll realize that adding Boyle likely doesn't bring us a cup this year.

LeKing wrote:

NEELY wrote:If the Sharks fall out and Ottawa is still very much in the playoffs around the deadline... do you move Ottawa's 1st for Boyle if it's an option?

No you never trade a 1st round pick for anyone over 35 unless it's a generationnal talent. Nevermind the fact he's making more than Karlsson or that we are not even close to being a cup contender.
Plus this draft is very good.

That's nonsense about "never" trading a 1st rounder for someone over 35. Let's say Ottawa is top 4 in the East and looking to make a huge playoff run...then, yeah, you trade a 1st rounder for someone like Boyle. It'll be a late 1st rounder, and that type of player could easily put you over the top.

But if we're a borderline playoff team, then I agree, we don't trade a 1st rounder unless it's for someone that can be here long-term.

tim1_2 wrote:I'm also not sure if the Euge wants to take on a $6.6M cap hit for next year for a 37 yr old defenceman either. Boyle would also need to waive his NTC to come here.

If it were to happen, it would be in the offseason when Gonchar is gone and replaced by Boyle. Boyle is from Ottawa, i find it really hard to believe he'd decline if asked to come to Ottawa. His NTC is also limited now so all he can do is submit a list of 8 teams he will not go to, I doubt we'd be on it.

I don't watch the Sharks so I don't know if Boyle still has it in him or if he's over the hill already.