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Michallica wrote:Have the sens won any games Lundin has played in? Not blaming him but I just can't recall if they ever did.

They won against Buffalo and NJ in February with him in the lineup. They lost the other six.

Lundin is truly an awful NHL D man. He hasn't had any luck this year but there are about 10 guys better than him in the organization. He has no idea how to play in a run and gun system.

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NEELY wrote:Lee is awful.

He was awful for most of his Sens career... but I think he did start to show some signs of life when he took on the role of a shut down D man and abandoned the idea of being a puck mover. By then, it was too late, Sens had lost patience and he was gone. Clearly, he's gonna bounce around and fizzle out...

He definitely improved once he found an identity. I think his major problem is that he's perfectly suited to be a 7th D. Unfortunately, no one wants someone suited to be 7th, they want a 5/6 guy to be in that spot so that they don't lose a step when he draws into the lineup.

With our lack of depth (hah!) in RHS-D we could very easily use a 6/7 RHS-D.

So... waive Lundin and pick up Lee?

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spader wrote:

shabbs wrote:

NEELY wrote:Lee is awful.

He was awful for most of his Sens career... but I think he did start to show some signs of life when he took on the role of a shut down D man and abandoned the idea of being a puck mover. By then, it was too late, Sens had lost patience and he was gone. Clearly, he's gonna bounce around and fizzle out...

He definitely improved once he found an identity. I think his major problem is that he's perfectly suited to be a 7th D. Unfortunately, no one wants someone suited to be 7th, they want a 5/6 guy to be in that spot so that they don't lose a step when he draws into the lineup.

With our lack of depth (hah!) in RHS-D we could very easily use a 6/7 RHS-D.

Fair enough. We probably could. My point is that he isn't really a 6/7 guy, he's a 7 guy.

I watched Lundin trip and fall coming around his own net last night...and, well

tim1_2 wrote:I watched Lundin trip and fall coming around his own net last night...and, well

Lundin isn't working out. I wonder if we could re-consider and keep young Philly for one more year?

SeawaySensFan wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:I watched Lundin trip and fall coming around his own net last night...and, well

Lundin isn't working out. I wonder if we could re-consider and keep young Philly for one more year?

What's done is done. Big Rig is through.

tim1_2 wrote:I watched Lundin trip and fall coming around his own net last night...and, well

For what it's worth, there was a stick in his skate.

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Hoags wrote:

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Hoags wrote:

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Wiercioch doesn't play the right side. We will likely re-sign Gonchar (he hasn't been booed all season). It's already been said (in another thread?) that Phillips will be the #7.

I can't see MacLean making a guy who wears an 'A' be a healthy scratch.

I'm talking about next year.

So he won't have the 'A' next year ? I can't see that happening either, he'll have it til he retires.

They may well decide to rotate like this year. Yes, I know why they're doing it this year. Bottom line is, you don't decide who sits and who plays based on a patch. If he's better than one of the guys who plays on the left, then he plays.

MacLean cares about the dressing room. Him making Phillips a healthy scratch would be like making Alfie a healthy scratch.

Philips has played well this year. I really don't see him a healthy scratch next year either.

We're not like the Leafs who had their A's last year(Armstrong and Komisarek) on the bench most of the year and their C is Neon Dion.

tim1_2 wrote:I watched Lundin trip and fall coming around his own net last night...and, well

That was spectacular. Even on the replay, I couldn't figure out how he did it.

spader wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:I watched Lundin trip and fall coming around his own net last night...and, well

For what it's worth, there was a stick in his skate.

His own?

I watched the replay a few times...I think Lundin might've been trying to draw a penalty, but the opposing player's stick in no way tripped him up. It was a bad sell-job, or just clumsiness.

tim1_2 wrote:I watched the replay a few times...I think Lundin might've been trying to draw a penalty, but the opposing player's stick in no way tripped him up. It was a bad sell-job, or just clumsiness.

It may have been, but it looked to me like the stick just disrupted his stride. I think it just looked super awkward, but I think he got tripped.

That's not to say he doesn't suck. He does. Hard.

Gotta get a gif of that.... to NHL Game Center Live!!!!!

Not a fan personally, although he had a decent game vs Boston. That's where I think we'll be using prospects for a while if there are injuries. Wideman, Ceci, guys who we assume will be okay defensively, but will add an element that Lundin just can't - offense or the transition from D to O.

NEELY wrote:Philly 3rd plus Read for Bishop is something I could see getting done as well. Remember, Ottawa is in a position of strength, they don't have to do a thing if they don't want to. Philly needs a goaltender and they need to move some forwards.

That is a deal I would be down with. At least there is some upside with Read. Fedetenko, meh, I don't deny what you're saying, it's just that he's so patently a 3rd line grinder kind of guy.

shabbs wrote:So... waive Lundin and pick up Lee?

Actually, that I could live with.

I remember the day we signed Lundin, and I was like "WTF??" for days afterwards. That move didn't make sense then, and it still doesn't make sense.