Hedman In, Phillips and Auld Out? Just Another Day....

by albanada on Mar 14, 2009 1:36 AM EDT Comment 2 comments

I don't know if anyone has looked into this yet, but is Bryan Murray trying to make a move for the Swedish defenseman Victor Hedman? Hedman could soon drop in the rankings with Kane and Duchene going up. Hedman looked good with Karlsson at the World Juniors and I'll bet that Murray would like to see that pairing for years to come in Ottawa. I may be the only one, but I'm starting to drool at this possibility. The best offensive defensemen prospects from Sweden on the Sens' roster? That's like Lidstrom and Kronwall over in Detroit, except I don't know who would be who.

Does anyone else think Chris Phillips should be traded? I personally think his time is done in Ottawa. He's had some great years, namely the 06-07 season, but with the Sens' developing prospect system, it's going be hard to keep him. Phillips has been atrocious in the plus/minus department this year, and has looked slow in this faster NHL. He's a good penalty killer and a team like the Oilers would be interested in him. What would he get in return? I'd expect a 1st round pick.

And what about Alex Auld? With LeClaire now in the system and Elliott looking good down the strech, it looks like that will be tandem next year. Auld seems like the odd-man out and will be on the market in the off-season. He's cheap, good backup and his contract ends next year, which will give flexibility to teams in pursuit of him.

That's all for know Sens fans.

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Should Chris Phillips be traded?

Yes

8 votes

No

14 votes

Undecided

5 votes

I'll eat my pants if he gets traded

7 votes

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I think Phillips sticks around.

I like him. I think that if he and Volchenkov drop to the second pairing, and really only play in defensive roles, he should be fine. I’d trade Jason Smith before Phillips, but that could simply be due to the fact that Phillips has been here for so long.

As for Hedman, that would be swell. If he does drop down the ranking low enough for Ottawa to draft him, I’d love it if he came over to North American with Erik Karlsson next year and they played together in Binghamton. I don’t think he’d play in the NHL for the Senators right away, unless Murray wants to make a lot of moves and move some defencemen—like, three of them—out of the way.

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by PeterR on Mar 15, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought that Murray annointed Phillips as one of the “untouchables” leading to the draft deadline so it doesn’t much matter what the armchair GMs think. But it doesn’t bother me to keep him around a bit longer if we are developing some new talent. Some veteran experience would be helpful.

by hockeycountry on Mar 16, 2009 12:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs