On Saturday, the BSens held a 40-31 advantage on the shot clock but still came up short, losing 4-2 to a Portland Pirates team that includes former Sens prospect David Rundblad. Jakob Silfverberg and Corey Cowick were the only goal scorers for Binghamton, with both goals coming while shorthanded.
Less than 24 hours later, the BSens were back in action and did not fare any better against the Manchester Monarchs. While I didn’t have a chance to tune in, by all accounts this was by far Binghamton’s sloppiest effort of the season thus far. Bingo was outshot 38-29 and were pretty much outplayed the whole way through.
Ben Bishop made his regular season debut and apparently showed some signs of rust, getting down by a couple goals early.
The American Hockey League schedule can make it very difficult for a goalie to get in any kind of groove. The BSens primarily play on weekends which means Bishop will have to wait a few more days before getting another shot at game action. You would expect Richardson to give Bishop one of the starts this weekend in Norfolk.
Hope to have a more complete BSens update later this week from our contributor Don Rieber who is busy seeking shelter from Hurricane Sandy. Hope all readers in the Binghamton area are doing the same.
- With absolutely zero progress to report on the CBA front, another Ottawa Senator has found work overseas. Sens forward Milan Michalek is the latest to join the European ranks, signing a contract with HC Mountfield in the Czech League. Martin Hanzal and Vinny Prospal have also signed on with the same team.
- It may not be hockey related, but I wanted to take time to congratulate Ottawa's own Brad Fritsch for clinching his spot on the PGA Tour over the weekend. Nothing has been made official yet but apparently Fritsch will sign a sponsorship deal with the Ottawa Senators and will have the team's logo on his golf bag. Pretty cool to see someone from the Ottawa-area on the Tour.
would like to find a better stream without paying $7 per game, should have bought the ahl package but the NHL idiots made me think there would be a deal and we'd be playing by nov.2 so i waited it out.
weird to listen to an ohl game live now on team 1200
This is the lineup I would like to see:
Silfverberg - Zibanejad - Stone
Hoffman - Grant - Dzuirzynski
Schneider - Cannone - Jessiman
Cowick - Kramer - Downing/bring back Culek
Cowen - Benoit
Boroweicki - Eckford
Wiercioch - Gryba/Blood
Lehner - Bishop/Lawson
Ouch. I'm not sure that that would aid the development of some of our prospects. And in all fairness to Prince, he has yet to play a game this year.
And Petersson and Da Costa were pts leaders on the team last year. My guess is they are good enough for the AHL...
While I agree that our lineup needs to get a lot tougher, prospects will only be able to develop to play on NHL ice if they stay in the AHL. plus to be fair, Claesson is actually one of the few guys who makes an impact in the toughness coloumn. Sending him down there will be pointless. Peterson was pretty good last season and it's too early to throw him to the dogs this early and I think that goes for Da-costa as well.
The organization could acquire pieces and make a legit run in the AHL now...or they could be patient with the current roster and give a fair oppurtunity to all these young guys and hopefully secure our success in the long run....
That's just my opinion though.
Losing Cowen & Gryba, who were both playing well, to injury doesn't help.
Young players, new coach, new playing system... it will take time... but they will get there.
In the event the NHL does come back.. they will only lose Bishop, Cowen & Silfverberg to the NHL. Some other teams will lose more.
My thoughts are with the people in the US & in Canada who are in the direct path of that massive storm.
Watching CNN right now. Lots of flooding and a predicted 12 ft storm surge at high tide.. The storm is still out to sea and not reached land - there is a lot of damage right now. It's going to get a lot worse for them.
maybe dacosta, peterson and a 2nd.
would consider other players
like bishop, cannone, gryba, wercroitch, etc.
getting toffoli now could be much cheaper then what he'll be worth in 2-3 years. if we trade prospects that are not quite in our big picture but are nhl quality prospects than its a win/win.
you forgot stone and other pretty good prospects that are injured, i know prince will make a difference in the ahl but i would send him back to the O and have him be a leader and help Ceci and the 67's win some games. next year Ceci and prince could play in the A together.
How long would it take Toffoli to crack the Kings lineup? Is he their top prospect? I don't believe they have lost too many players from their Cup winning lineup.
I would love to have Toffoli in the Sens organization to go with Prince. Now either try to get Martindale who played with them on a line with the 67's two years ago... OR be lucky enough to win a draft lottery or pick high to get Monahan who played on a line with them last season.
I think it would take more than 'a minor league deal' to get Toffoli. He's a top prospect on any team in the league. Players who score 30and 40 goals in Junior are a dime a dozen. But the players who score 50+ goals are the special players who transition very well to the NHL (same goes for players who manage 60+ assists per season *cough*stone*coughcough*)
I wouldnt accept the trade you proposed and neither would the kings. 4 of the players you mentioned are carreer AHLers
Bishop is useless to LA
Wiercioch has 0 trade value, though I think he's going to be a useful dman in the near future
IF Ottawa for some reason decides to deal for any prospect from the 2010 draft, I would hope that his name is Emerson Etem
how does mlb.tv premium 0.99 per month and $3.99 per year, and nhl center ice is almost $275.00?
why are hockey fans raped everywhere?
the league and players fighting over money, im starting to think we as fans are pretty stupid and gullible for paying the high prices.
Agreed.. It's crazy that they can't decide to split hockey revenues which WERE 3.2 billion dollars. That decreases the longer they are out..
Completely agreed, do u think if the lockout is the whole season he would come back to play 1 game next season as a farewell game
Alfie will not retire. He will at least start the season next season and maybe retire after a couple games to say goodbye
Mich-spezza-Hoffman
Late dress-TUrris-alfie
Greening-regin-silver berg
Condra-smith-Neil
O'brien
Let zibby-stone-pag eant develop.
not sure how the NHL which is US based does not have to obey canadian laws while operating in canada. The lockout should not be allowed in canada and i'm happy atleast the players tried to play.
our country should have protected our jobs, our teams our pasttime.
Are you on drugs?
You bought a new ipad 3 when a new one was announced 3 days ago?
http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/video/index/id/535242cd91d86b050d33c5f1819f06bb
#LockoutSolutions.
it says they won
but yeah they were nice, great quality highlight goals.
thanks for the links and updates
Thanks for the Puemple highlights! It'd be pretty amazing to see how many goals he can put up if plays 65 games this year!
Cheap Drugs, Man - they're the best
http://www.pressconnects.com/viewart/20121030/NEWS01/310300002/Region-escapes-Sandy-s-wrath
But all kidding aside... this storm took lives and caused unthinkable damage. It will take a very long time to recover from this.
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