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DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

PTFlea wrote:Lol, are you serious about batherson?  Goodness

What is this in reference to?

That they sent him down on paper only. I guess I get it, but right now I'm annoyed at his usage period. And annoyed a little at the debut of Smith as a coach. But...then again, we all knew this year would be dreadful.

tim1_2 wrote:It'll be nice to see if Abramov can help maybe improve our puck possession numbers a bit.  It's gonna be a long season watching us try and defend in our own end.

Devil's advocate...if they can score a few goals, they can put a little more pressure on the opponents. Duclair has had some really nice opportunities, if he buries one or more of them, things could change a little. White has also been fairly quiet so far, so we'll see if they can get going a bit.

We can't win a faceoff though - and that's gonna KILL us. Like literally, I think we had a decent game vs Toronto in the circle - until it counted, then they dominated us. We're all seeing exactly how bad it can be if you can't win a faceoff. It's instant possession in the offensive zone for the other team - especially on PPs, they just have a free start with the puck. I hate it with a Cussing passion, really hate it. Pageau and Tkachuk are the only 2 who aren't useless.

PTFlea wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

PTFlea wrote:Lol, are you serious about batherson?  Goodness

What is this in reference to?

That they sent him down on paper only.  I guess I get it, but right now I'm annoyed at his usage period.  And annoyed a little at the debut of Smith as a coach.  But...then again, we all knew this year would be dreadful.

I don't think it's a paper move, they called up Abramov

Ev wrote:

PTFlea wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

PTFlea wrote:Lol, are you serious about batherson?  Goodness

What is this in reference to?

That they sent him down on paper only.  I guess I get it, but right now I'm annoyed at his usage period.  And annoyed a little at the debut of Smith as a coach.  But...then again, we all knew this year would be dreadful.

I don't think it's a paper move, they called up Abramov

Oh, I thought I read it was. That's fine if they did, he's not being used properly, might as well get him to the top line with Brown and do what they should have done in the first place - put them in as a tandem.

Yes. I thought it was paper but it is not. Ennis practicing on the top line. Abramov with tierney and Ryan

Senators acquire Namestnikov from the Rangers for a 4th and Nik Ebert. Rags retain $750K.

Loading up on Russians. Zaitsev and Anisimov already in the lineup, call up Abramov and pick up Namestnikov in a trade. What is going on?

wprager wrote:Loading up on Russians. Zaitsev and Anisimov already in the lineup, call up Abramov and pick up Namestnikov in a trade. What is going on?

what is going on is exactly right.
the guy is a UFA at the end of the year. I imagine they will try to resign him or trade him again by the deadline? it's only a 4rth(and a D level prospect) but still.

get him back to a 20 goal scorer, I guess.

The price was right, but...dont we have a ton of middle size forwards?

Wonder if this means Brannstrom back to Belleville?

I think they give Brann a few more games. If he continues to struggle I can see Lajoie coming up. Selling tickets in Belleville is apparently the priority this season

Serious question: In what game do the Sens get their 1st regulation win? I will say November 7th against the Kings.

Lagoon wrote:Serious question: In what game do the Sens get their 1st regulation win? I will say November 7th against the Kings.

My guess is Minnesota . But if not then agreed it's LA

Thursday against St. Louis if Nilsson starts

Not soon enough

Namestnikov was a good value trade. Solid two way player. Can trade him for more tomorrow.

He can play center and take draws. White was something like 2-15 on Saturday. Yikes!

I'm not entirely sure about this Namestnikov deal but I'll wait and see how it works out. A centre that can help the offense is a nice idea.