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Paging Dr. Prager... paging Dr. Prager...

I can only guess there's been some sort of setback or he's not healing as fast as they had initially thought.

Pageau long interview in french:

http://blogues.lapresse.ca/stlaurent/2013/04/11/pageau-febrile-briere-songeur/#comments

Says he was really surprised and his goal was to make the Sens before the end of his entry level.

Article also suggest Briere will leave Philly this summer.

Hoags wrote:Apparently Spezza was at Big Rig Brewery:

jimmy zourntos ‏@bigrigbrewboss
What a great treat The boys dropped in for lunch #18 #10 #19 #BOSSUP

Why would Lundin and O'Brien be there ? Shouldn't they be with the team in Philly ?

It was probably a guy with a big nandose his girlfriend, and he thought it was O'Brien and Lundin.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

wprager wrote:

Hoags wrote:Ken Warren ‏@Citizenkwarren
Apparently, Jason Spezza is making some progress in back injury, but hasn't returned to skating yet. Mike Hoffman is also out indefinitely

A bit of good news on Spez, and bad news on Hoffman.

I'd like to hear what his back surgeon says. If it's just pain they can deal with that. If it's something else, though, what's next? He's fully recovered from the surgery, I would assume. Did he re-rupture the disc?

Just read up on this surgery. If he had a traditional diecectomy then they make an incision at the center of the spine, then have to dissect the muscle away from the bone, then remove a small amount of bone and ligaments from the back of the spine -- that's all so we can get at the disc itself and remove the parts that are protruding. A newer procedure (endoscopic microdiscectomy) uses a scope through a much smaller incision and less dissection of surrounding tissue. I am assuming with a multi-million dollar athletes they would use the latter procedure. So it's surprising that it has taken as long as it has. Hopefully he did not have an infection.

Your guess is as good as mine.

According to Shabbs, my guess would be better.

shabbs wrote:Paging Dr. Prager... paging Dr. Prager...

I can only guess there's been some sort of setback or he's not healing as fast as they had initially thought.

They went out of their way to say it was a set back, but didn't he skate 2-3 weeks ago, and then, more recently, no skating and very sore. Sounds like a set back to me.

Another NCAA signing coming? Saw this on Senschirp:

Mike McMahon @ MikeMcMahonCHN 12m
Ottawa Senators seem like the most likely destination for Folin. 6-15-21 in 38gp as a freshman. He's 22nd 6-4, 214 D out of Sweden.

was looking at who Christian Folin is. he was actaully erik karlsson's team mate in frolunda for roughly 2 seasons.

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I looked into who he was as well.. and saw on Google.. Couldn't open it however..

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Western College Hockey Blog (blog) ‎- 39 minutes ago

UMass-Lowell freshman defenseman Christian Folin (Gothenburg, Sweden) has signed an entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators, ...

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Hmmm from Gothenburg.. I think we have any player from there as well.. ALFIE..

Seems like a great match..

Mike McMahon ‏@MikeMcMahonCHN
According to an Ottawa Senators scout, Christian Folin is not leaving Lowell to sign with the Senators.

Hoags wrote:Mike McMahon ‏@MikeMcMahonCHN
According to an Ottawa Senators scout, Christian Folin is not leaving Lowell to sign with the Senators.

Contradicting info...

Well when the time does come... I'm sure we have a good chance to sign him...

@SteffeG had little to say abut Frolin: "Long time ago. Physical, big shot, good kid."

This is from Eliteprospects.com:

A defenseman of decent size. Has good potential to become a skilled defenseman in the future. Keeps his game fairly simple and uses his body at good opportunities. Has decent offensive qualities, such as his shot, but is at his best in the defensive zone. (Matias Strozyk)

We really need to beat the Bruins tomorrow. On Tuesday we will be playing our first game after a long road trip (although they did come home Friday night), second game in two nights, and Carolina just beat the Bruins, so cannot expect them to just roll over. Meanwhile the Islanders will be facing Florida at home, while the Rangers travel to Philly. Those are games they should easily win, and if we don't get even a loser point in Boston we could find ourselves in 8th.

3 of 4 points in these two games would be huge. We likely only need another 7 points or so to make the playoffs, but finishing 6th is where it's at!

Has Methot been the Sens MVP? He's the only guy that has played the full year and has easily been the most consistent player for Ottawa this year.

Food for thought.

NEELY wrote:Has Methot been the Sens MVP? He's the only guy that has played the full year and has easily been the most consistent player for Ottawa this year.

Food for thought.

Pretty much. He's been awesome. I don't remember watching him have a bad shift, let alone a bad game. The man is a machine.

tim1_2 wrote:3 of 4 points in these two games would be huge. We likely only need another 7 points or so to make the playoffs, but finishing 6th is where it's at!

7 points will give the Sens 55. Their record over the last 10 is 5-5-0, call it .500, or exactly what you need to get 7 in 7. And that includes a 5 game regulation losing streak, and a long road trip. After tonight 5 of their remaining 6 games are at home, where they have the third best record in the Conference.

The Islanders would need to get 9 points in 6 games to tie us (they have a ROW in hand as the first tie-breaker). They have their last home game tomorrow against Florida, then they go on a 5 game road trip to end the season, with stops in Toronto, Winnipeg, Carolina, Philly and Buffalo. Getting 9 points means going 4-1-1. That's going to be awfully tough.

The Rangers would need 10 points in 7 games. They have the same ROWs as the Sens, and we have them on goal differential. 10 points in 7 means something like 5-2-0 or 4-0-2. They may have more home games (3 at home, 4 on the road) but they are all split up -- a 2 game road trip, but the rest are all singles. They don't have to travel very far for most of them, but they are going to be shuttling back and forth almost every night. That's got to be tough. Their competition may not be very difficult (Philly, Florida x 2, Jersey x 2, Buffalo and Carolina) but going 4-1-2 is better than their 6-3-1 record over their last 10.

Winnipeg would need 11 points in 6 games, or 5-0-1. I don't see that happening with games against Montreal, Washington, the Islanders and Tampa. They cannot afford even a single regulation loss.

All in all, I think if the Sens get 7 points they will pretty much lock up 6th. 5 will be enough to make it to the post-season.

Their magic number, by the way, is 9. If they get 9 points then Winnipeg cannot catch them. Any combination of the Sens points won plus the Jets points lost adding up to 9 clinches a playoff spot.

tim1_2 wrote:

NEELY wrote:Has Methot been the Sens MVP? He's the only guy that has played the full year and has easily been the most consistent player for Ottawa this year.

Food for thought.

Pretty much. He's been awesome. I don't remember watching him have a bad shift, let alone a bad game. The man is a machine.

Yorkie keeps tweeting how we should not be surprised if he gets an invite to Team Canada's evaluation camp.

I would have to see a list of all the potential Team Canada d-men, but I could easily see Methot on the team. I doubt he makes it, as he seems to fly under the radar a little bit...but I certainly don't think he'd be out of place there. He also does a pretty good job of staying out of the box, despite playing hard...and this would be valuable given the officiating they get for international play.

tim1_2 wrote:I would have to see a list of all the potential Team Canada d-men, but I could easily see Methot on the team. I doubt he makes it, as he seems to fly under the radar a little bit...but I certainly don't think he'd be out of place there. He also does a pretty good job of staying out of the box, despite playing hard...and this would be valuable given the officiating they get for international play.

Who wouldn't take him over Phaneuf, eh? Unfortunately that's probably not his competition.

If Phaneuf is on the team , I'll