Episode 1 of Senate Reform is now available at the link listed below. Will also try to have it up on the Video tab here on the site as soon as possible. Will have another post up later on this afternoon, including an update on the draft prospects in town and hopefully some more info on the search for a head coach.
http://video.senators.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=1196&id=117040
Nope. He traveled with the team though. Should be an update later.
I'd love this guy to be the HC. He's a PP specialist and a WINNER. Anything that has the culture of Detroit on it is good for me!
Yea I mentioned this before that Murray was quite impressed with Maclean's interview. He also liked MacTavish apparently.
Will Senate Reform series be on Shaw TV? I am not able to view anything on Sens TV in Mexico from their site so hoping for an alternative.
Glad you all enjoyed the trip to Bingo and the game. I was able to watch most of it on TV and to be honest I switched from the CBC coverage of the Stanley Cup to watch the BSens for the final period. Great game and great fans. However I don't think anyone is carrying the next game from Houston. Best of luck to the Bsens boys. I have been sending reports and updates about them to my friends in Mtl,Wpg to make sure they understand the great team we will have in a few years. I don't forget to remind them that their farm team has been golfing for some time now. Big difference between the words 'Fore' and "Score'!!!
I have it up on the home page of this site. Can you access the video tab?
No. Unable to get any video from the Sens down here for some reason. Computer probably recognizes that the hit is not from Canada and stops it. Anyway I get most everything else.
Thx anyway.
Wow, imagine getting paid to talk about hockey.
Just read that. That would certainly turn the draft upside down.
swedes need to be coached in a different way?
Kleinendorst is very familiar with coaching a team full of senators..... just sayin
I hear ya man, but if we're talking about what a better fit for the Sens would be. I'm thinking experience coaching a team full of Stanley Cup Champs is a little less risky than Kleinendorst and a team full of B-Sens! The fact that the team was full of Swedes was actually more of a joke!
Saw Sportsnet's Ian Mendes in Vancouver last Tuesday and asked him who he thought would get the coaching job in Ottawa. He said, "Paul MacLean." Think Ian's nailed this one. And, just like Mike Babcock helped sell Guy Boucher to Steve Yzerman, he's selling MacLean to his old boss, Bryan Murray.
Very fluid and smooth + a big body. They wouldn't throw out comparison's with Lidstrom if he was a duck. I'm getting excited about the draft. I see the SENS with 2 picks in the top 10 for some reason. + I see them being able to ditch Gonchar - the extra dollars for the cap will allow some team to take a chance on him. He's still dangerous on a structured PP i'm sure(ours wasn't well designed to suit his strengths). = he was only -20 something cuz our goalies were terrible.
Also, I really think Mclean will get the job here. MacT will likely land somewhere and Muller will too. Not sure about the other candidates.
Gallant will likely stay put, KK same or perhaps as an assistant here.
Cameron will be a Major next year.
Boughner will still be an assistant although he might not be too bad here.
My mock draft of the top 7:
1/ RNH
2/ Huberdeau
3/ Larsson
4/ Hamilton
5/ Zibanejad
6/ GL
7/ Couturier
I could easily see Ottawa jumping up to 8, 9 or 10 to grab a Strome with NSHs pick. Or if Zibanijed falls into the bottom 10, maybe they make a move for him there.
Any off the grid players that manage to jump into those first 5 spots... well that increases the chance that the Skog will be there for us at number six.
Kuba however, gone - guaranteed.
I also think that Ottawa will get Landeskog, but that Murray will have to trade up.
And as for coaching, the moment I heard that Paul McLean hadn't signed his extension in Detroit, I felt like he was coming here. I know that Muller was the sexy pick, but as a coach, McLean has been groomed in a better organization and has a better coaching track record than Muller. I don't think that the Senators could make a better choice than McLean.
Also, interesting to note, he's from France. That would probably be the 1st time ever that two France natives were in the same NHL organization.
Rundblad/Karlsson
Lee/Gonchar
Thats my hopes for D pairings next season.
But, did anyone else hear the interview with Murray in Game 4, sounds like Rundblad isn't a lock to make the jump since he spoke of some young dmen playing in bingo and I spose Kuba is the reason.
I could see Carkner kept as a 7th D-man ... bring him in for tougher games and rest one of the rookies sort of role
I think Smith is prob a better fighter than Carkner, just watch that Horton fight again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaHEQuX2tJ8
Yeah that was a great fight, easily his best so far.. I still think he like Neil takes em better than gives. If he can stand in there with Orr he will earn Carkners spot in my mind.
me too ! i love the swedes
That's the "worst-case scenario" that Tim Murray was referring to, that Hamilton is the only guy left when they get to #6.
You have to believe Maclean is the favorite, strictly on optics. He has a previous relationship with the Murrays (from Anaheim), he comes from the Babcock coaching tree (Scott McLellan was another assistant, now in SJ), and he's got Cup rings a plenty.
As for KK, I want him to stay in Binghamton and work with our prospects. Obviously he's a good coach for young kids. Wouldn't you want him to stay down there and groom our 2011 picks!??
People in Bingo are reporting that he suffered a concussion and is out for the remainder of the series.
As for the D, Carkner is an important player who fills a role in your 5 or 6 slot. Putting Lee ahead of him is a travesty! You can never have enough character and toughness (Carkner, Neil, Smith...Greening?)
We need to get rid of Kuba somehow and I agree that we might be stuck with Gonchar which isn't the worst thing if he can rebound. I believe on D we need to have guys that complement each other kinda like how New Jersey would put a skilled D with a rugged one. I'd like to see the following:
Cowen Gonchar
Phillips Runblad
Karlsson Carkner
Lee
I believe Karlsson plays his best when he is protected ie: Sutton
Love the job KK is doing in Bingo and it is certainly nice to see another late rounder Boroweiki showing promise who by the way is playing ahead of Weircoch.
Whoever the head coach is... another key is picking the right asst coaches... they will help in the development of the young players.
Could that D be Ryan Murphy?
'Rumours' say MacTavish may end up in Minnesota.
Once the HC is hired... then we can also debate who would make good asst coaches.. two jobs up for hire.
I see him as a swing man next year .... part time as a 4th line winger and part time as a D-man....
Most likely won't translate in NHL -- but he has a nice scoring touch as seen by his play this year in the playoffs. Will also go to the net for the dirty goals. He has been great at centre.
Maybe this playoff run..will give him a lot of confidence for next season. And he hasn't taken too many stupid penalties in the playoff run.
Too bad for the Laughs our second first rounder is more valuable than both of theirs. Someone will take our package first! FUCK THE LEAFS!
Thanks for the link Chirp. Have to disagree and say there wasn't anything interesting, unique or "insider" in that first installment. I know they can't give anything away, but still it just seemed boring and obvious.
Here is a tweet from Ryan Strome enjoying Ottawa
"Having an unbelievable time in Ottawa so far. Great city, great people and a fantastic organization!"
They were interviewing Hamilton, he couldn't come because of a school conflict. So you're out to lunch, bub.
How's that for insight, eh?
Allen Panzeri
Marc Brassard of Le Droit reporting that Daniel Alfredsson will have back surgery this week.
A lot of people aren't talking about Mika Zibenejad, if you read all the scouting reports on him they say that he plays just like a North American and isn't afraid to hit, just like Landeskog.
Probably has a higher ceiling then Landeskog, too.
I would trade up and grab GL only if it would mean giving up assets that aren't valuable to the team at the moment, i.e. Regin (?)
But I wouldn't use any of our top 2 round picks to move up, the draft is too deep to be disappointed with which ever player we get.
I just read that Alfie is getting back surgery. Have you heard anything about this?
Agreed. Lando is the player that can step in now but may not have the biggest upside down the road. I have always supported drafting him but would not trade up to get him.
The thing is that the team, and the fans, want some one who can transition right now. That's perfectly acceptable.
I'm a supporter of holding onto the 21st pick, as well. Too many good prospects have been drafted in the twenties of the draft: Eberle (19th), Howden (25th), Erixon (23), Marcus Johansson (24th), Blum (23th), Ennis (26th), Carlson (27th).
Instead of investing so much into one, let's pick as many as we can and increase our chances of grabbing a couple of guys who will eventually turn into great players.
I'm still amazed that Tyler Ennis went TWENTY SIXTH in '08. The kid is sick.
I agree but if you can get a player like Landeskog AND Strome, I think you gotta do what you can with that 2nd pick.
Absolutely, given that the 6th pick isn't involved in the "moving up" package for the second.
Would also like to see Murray grab a goalie in the second round, too.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=368060 nice little read. Been a while since TSN hasn't bashed Ottawa.
as for the draft I have seeen GL play, and am impressed, but I also seen some hi-lites on Ryan Strome, and this kid has speed, and moves, and loves to score, which are attributes that one is born with. If Strome is available at 6 then we should jump at picking him. Worst draft case for Ottawa would be
RNH
Larsson
GL
Zibanejad (sp)
Huberdeau
Strome
leaving us with Hamilton or Coutourier, if this is the case they should even look at options to move that pick and see what they can get for the 6th overall pick
From what I understand, the goalies this year aren't supposed to be top-notch.
Still would be nice to see another one in the system though.
Do the Sens have a better chance to move into the top 10 with the 21st pick + one of the 3 second rounders + prospects. Question, if the B-Sens win the Calder Cup.. does that make their prospects more 'in demand' than ones on a team that did not win or for that matter even make the playoffs?
Its gotta be Murphy. Hamilton has size and upside and Hamilton was in fact invited to interviews but cannot make it.