Haha! Not sure if you noticed (small picture) but Maidens is my avatar photo and has been since it was first reported that he is getting closer to returning.
Everyone you mentioned, I will give you my thoughts. I hope they help.
Can't wait to see Buddy Robinson up close (first row seats for all 3 games) and Fournier is intriguing as well. I want to see if he has gained some size now that he has been healthy for a decent stretch and watch him control things from the back end.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
In exactly 1 week and 45 minutes the puck will drop in London, Ontario for a game between the Sens prospects and the Blackhawks prospects. I will be in attendance.
CAN'T WAIT.
Something to talk about other than you know who and you know who.
JG Pageau will get like 50 points next week
For all you line combination freaks, Coach MacLean just referred to Zibabnejad as a center. He will be the 3rd line center to start the year.
Michalek - Spezza - Ryan
MacArthur - Turris - Conacher/Stone
Greeening - Zibanejad - Condra
Conacher/Pageau - Smith - Neil
Kassian and O'Brien with Stone or Pageau down in the AHL.
Methot - Karlsson
Cowen - Wiercioch
Phillips - Corvo/Gryba (whoever isn't in, is a healthy scratch
Anderson
Lehner
ESPN Roto 10 team
24 man roster (+3 IR) - Keep 20 - Daily settings
Start 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 2G, 1UTIL
G,A,PTS, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, D PTS - W, SV, SV%
C- Zegras, Suzuki, Carlsson
RW- Batherson, Michkov, Quinn, Perfetti(C,LW), Foerster, Kakko
LW- BTkachuk, Stutzle(C), Byfield(C), McTavish(C), Benson
D- Mintyukov, Sanderson, LHughes, Clarke, Faber
G- Wolf, Askarov, Wallstedt
IR- Norris(C)
IR- Fantilli(C)
IR-
Picks in 2024/25 rounds 1,1,1,2
Picks in 2025/26 rounds 1,1,3,4
It's so tough. Michalek sucks with Turris; Stone has been groomed to play with Spezza; Ryan won't play on the 2nd line; they want ZBad at center...all this results in having an unknown at the 2RW spot.
I'm sticking with Stone, huge long shot, but that's my guess. Would be crazy to see Pageau in the AHL though with how much he's been pumped/promoted/marketed/helped this offseason.
Conacher-Spezza-Ryan
MacArthur-Turris-Michalek
Pageau-Zibanejad-Neil
Greening-Smith-Condra
Wow. You've really promoted Conacher. You had him on the 4th line last time. I think he is top 6 for sure. Glad you changed it up.
And I'm sure you've seen what happens when Turris and Michalek are together. Not good. But maybe they give it another shot. Makes sense and your lines are the much safer route to go.
I'm taking a bit of a longshot approach just because I have a feeling with Stone. Gonna be wrong, but oh well.
Last edited by notch4077; August 30, 2013 at 3:12 PM.
Conacher will probably bounce around. But right now he should be with top players to maximize his potential.
I don't pay attention to what Michalek did last year with anybody, it was a write-off. He didn't play with Turris the year before.
The two will play well, Michalek will create space with his big body.
Stone needs more AHL time.
a little tidbit from twitter today, take it's for what its worth.
Ian Mendes @ian_mendes 1h
MacLean also said Bobby Ryan will play with whichever centre he has best chemistry with in camp -- Spezza, Turris or Zibanejad
Here is the Paul MacLean interview. http://senators.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=19839
That guy has me smitten.