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SpezDispenser wrote:

Hoags wrote:Pierre McGuire doesn't think Milan Michalek will ever be healthy enough to be a consistent top line forward.

Sounds about right

A cat could come up with that analysis though. Who even knows if MM will ever be healthy enough to play 20 games at a time, let alone a full season. Last year he was healthy and he scored 35, this year has been a write off, so there's still hope he can be a big part of our top six, but if we're ever gonna bank on him, we're likely to get burned.

Expensive depth player at this point.

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Hoags wrote:Pierre McGuire doesn't think Milan Michalek will ever be healthy enough to be a consistent top line forward.

Sounds about right

A cat could come up with that analysis though. Who even knows if MM will ever be healthy enough to play 20 games at a time, let alone a full season. Last year he was healthy and he scored 35, this year has been a write off, so there's still hope he can be a big part of our top six, but if we're ever gonna bank on him, we're likely to get burned.

Expensive depth player at this point.

yes but ultimately you have to keep him. if he can manage to stay healthy next season it be a good time to package him in a trade.

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Hoags wrote:Pierre McGuire doesn't think Milan Michalek will ever be healthy enough to be a consistent top line forward.

Sounds about right

A cat could come up with that analysis though. Who even knows if MM will ever be healthy enough to play 20 games at a time, let alone a full season. Last year he was healthy and he scored 35, this year has been a write off, so there's still hope he can be a big part of our top six, but if we're ever gonna bank on him, we're likely to get burned.

Expensive depth player at this point.

Other way around, you need to have excellent depth players to have MM, so every time he gets injured, you call upon the Stones and Hoffmans of the world.

Lehner. never going back to the AHL. just saying.

Lehner is in Ottawa for good. Thank God, about time.

NEELY wrote:Lehner is in Ottawa for good. Thank God, about time.

At long last.....WELCOME TO THE OTTAWA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flo The Action wrote:Lehner. never going back to the AHL. just saying.

NEELY wrote:Lehner is in Ottawa for good. Thank God, about time.

The Lehner era has begun !!

So can someone clear this up for me....did we get a center of winger? I hope he's playing wing, center makes no sense to me with Zibby proving his worth and Turris signed long term (and that other guy with the bad back)

Michallica wrote:So can someone clear this up for me....did we get a center of winger? I hope he's playing wing, center makes no sense to me with Zibby proving his worth and Turris signed long term (and that other guy with the bad back)

I thought he played LW and C, but I'll check.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Michallica wrote:So can someone clear this up for me....did we get a center of winger? I hope he's playing wing, center makes no sense to me with Zibby proving his worth and Turris signed long term (and that other guy with the bad back)

I thought he played LW and C, but I'll check.

Wiki says he's a center.

I think he actually plays all 3 positions. Hard to find out though.

So glad the 3 headed goalie monster is gone now, was getting sick of that convo. Now they can just play the game without any of that other BS.

spader wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Michallica wrote:So can someone clear this up for me....did we get a center of winger? I hope he's playing wing, center makes no sense to me with Zibby proving his worth and Turris signed long term (and that other guy with the bad back)

I thought he played LW and C, but I'll check.

Wiki says he's a center.

Last nights game boxscore has him listed as at centre.

He played centre for Stamkos. That is how he got the points.

Hoags wrote:He played centre for Stamkos. That is how he got the points.

That's not how he scored the goals. I watched Tampa games early and drives the net hard and if there's a lose puck he was the first one on it. Scored a lot of his goals this year just like that. You made an assumption without watching him for a second outside of Ottawa games.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Michallica wrote:So can someone clear this up for me....did we get a center of winger? I hope he's playing wing, center makes no sense to me with Zibby proving his worth and Turris signed long term (and that other guy with the bad back)

I thought he played LW and C, but I'll check.

He'll play LW for sure. We actually don't have any wingers except for Alfie.

By the way, did you hear about Conacher's story? He was born with his bladder on the outside of his body, he has diabetes, and was cut by his AAA team because he was too small.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/sports/hockey/undrafted-and-unheralded-the-lightnings-cory-conacher-makes-an-impact.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

NEELY wrote:

Hoags wrote:He played centre for Stamkos. That is how he got the points.

That's not how he scored the goals. I watched Tampa games early and drives the net hard and if there's a lose puck he was the first one on it. Scored a lot of his goals this year just like that. You made an assumption without watching him for a second outside of Ottawa games.

I didn't say anything about goals just that he played C for Stamkos.

Apparently his production has dropped off ever since he got taken off Stamkos' line(no surprise).