The Expendables - Ottawa Edition

Cap'n Clutch wrote:What I want to happen - Trade Anderson and run with Lehner and Hammond and then bring up O'Connor (I'm assuming he signs here as it's what I want to happen ) if Hammond faulters or after O'Connor has had a season or 2 in Bingo.

What most likely will happen - They'll keep Anderson out of fear of what might happen to Lehner as they've shown a propensity to do that and Hammond will walk for ZIP and IF we're lucky we'll have O'Connor.  We'll go into next season with Anderson and Lehner and if we have O'Connor then they'll trade Lehner as soon as O'Connor feels he's ready for the NHL.

Flo The Action wrote:all this BS about lehner throwing people under the bus, it's happened quite few times that Anderson has done exactly what you are accusing lehner of doing. i clearly remember Anderson saying guys have to play better in front of him while he was letting in a few softy himself.

enough with this nitpicking crap. everyone says stuff once in a while in front of the cameras or behaves a certain way in which they regret. it's all part of being human.

i haven't seen it done on a regular basis so i'm not worried about that at all.

when it comes down to it you give the net the way price was given the net. I'd rather lehner fall on his face for a while and learn some humility than losing him. it's pretty obvious he can get on when given the chance to play.

you trade Anderson because plain and simple he will not be our guy three years from not and we will be looking pretty bare without him.
end. of. story.

Flo The Action wrote:When price was given the net he had not proven anything at the NHL level apart from having the pedigree. There were growing pains.

tim1_2 wrote:I think the ideal situation is to have Hammond start the year as the backup.  If he doesn't transform back into the Hamburglar, well, no big loss, he's only the backup.  If he does, then we've effectively got Tim Thomas reincarnated for another year.  It seems like a low risk move to bring him back...I also assume the price tag won't be huge on a one or two year deal.

Regardless of what happens with Hammond, I think we still need to trade one of Anderson or Lehner.

rooneypoo wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:When price was given the net he had not proven anything at the NHL level apart from having the pedigree. There were growing pains.

There are important differences. Price was super young, drafted super high (top 5, I believe), and MTL was definitely a team in transition. Lehner is older, a one-time golden boy for the franchise, sure, but not of the NHL like Price, and OTT is a team in a definite upswing with guys just entering their primes. Big differences.

tim1_2 wrote:Regardless of how people feel about Anderson or Lehner, I think we can all agree that we should only start the season with one of them.

wprager wrote:Is anyone concerned that Cameron has not sighed his extension?  He got the contract from Murray but when asked at his presser he said "It's sitting on my kitchen table".

Not sure what to make of that, other than he hadn't signed it yet.  So, logically, next question is -- why?  Was he just joking or was that a subtle hint that he's thinking it over (and maybe he'd think less if some numbers on the contract were more).

wprager wrote:Is anyone concerned that Cameron has not sighed his extension?  He got the contract from Murray but when asked at his presser he said "It's sitting on my kitchen table".

Not sure what to make of that, other than he hadn't signed it yet.  So, logically, next question is -- why?  Was he just joking or was that a subtle hint that he's thinking it over (and maybe he'd think less if some numbers on the contract were more).

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:When price was given the net he had not proven anything at the NHL level apart from having the pedigree. There were growing pains.

There are important differences. Price was super young, drafted super high (top 5, I believe), and MTL was definitely a team in transition. Lehner is older, a one-time golden boy for the franchise, sure, but not of the NHL like Price, and OTT is a team in a definite upswing with guys just entering their primes. Big differences.

Price won a Calder at a young age, so did Lehner, They had to decide between a goalie that had a stellar season and playoff and Price, who, at the time hadn't done much, Lehner was also touted as being the next big star and is also now being up for a similar decision with Anderson.  The Sens are still transitioning as they are still a very young team.  Not as vastly different as you may think.