Peter Regin Expected To Start Season in Ottawa

by DarrenM on Sep 23, 2009 12:17 PM EDT

Peter Regin

#43 / Center / Ottawa Senators

Height: 6-1

Weight: 198

Born: Apr 16, 1986

Though there is not official confirmation on the Senators' end, the Ottawa Sun is reporting that Peter Regin will start the season in Ottawa, and other outlets are reporting that as well. Regin's preseason play has been far above all expectations, but perhaps Ottawa executives shouldn't be so surprised. After all, this is a man who finds the very scent of the AHL to be offensive:

"I sniffed a little bit of the NHL last year and when you get that smell, you want to get more because it smells better than the (AHL), that's for sure."

Regin has worked himself onto the team through good old fashioned hard work and strong play. He plays a strong two way game, and has been instrumental in Mike Fisher's tremendous preseason, as GM Bryan Murray put it, "he has turned Mike (Fisher) into a scoring machine."

The question remains: where does Regin play? Obviously, playing with Mike Fisher seems to be a given, but will Regin stay centre, or be pushed to the wing? Is the other linemate going to be Jonathan Cheechoo, Alex Kovalev (as it was for practice today), Nick Foligno, or someone else?

Either way, it's exciting to see a young forward impress the team enough to not just find a spot on the roster, but actually move some of the old blood out. Here's hoping that Regin keeps up his impressive level of play for the entire season, something he's more than capable of.

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Awesome.

He had a good debut last year, and was probably the most able of the forward callups Ottawa had last season. It looks good on him.

As for lines, I’d like to see Foligno-Regin-Fisher get some regular-season time. Strikes me as a very strong third line, although it makes our second line (Cheechoo-Shannon-Kovalev?) weaker.

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by Peter Raaymakers on Sep 23, 2009 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

I have a feeling we’ll see 5874674 different line combos this season.

by DarrenM on Sep 23, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions

I think so, too.

I have a feeling Clouston will have some established lines he starts games with, but will mix and match depending on how the game is going. For instance, he might have Kovalev with Spezza and Michalek at first, but if the Sens take a lead he might put Alfie on that line to be more of a two-way presence. Fisher might start with Regin and Foligno, or may be sent to play with Neil and Ruutu on a checking line while Cheechoo plays with Regin.

Who knows, really, but I like the idea of our players as interchangeable parts. (At least for now.)

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by Peter Raaymakers on Sep 24, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Line Scramble

It seems that we have found a line for Fisher that works well, now we need to find one that fits Cheechoo. Still early days on the Cheechoo verdict but it is not looking good so far!

by Eado on Sep 23, 2009 8:21 PM EDT reply actions