Update on the Senators at the World Championships

by Peter Raaymakers on May 14, 2010 12:34 PM EDT

Just a quick look at how some of the Ottawa Senators representatives are doing at the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships through some of Friday:

Peter Regin, Demark: Part of the most pleasantly surprising team in the championships so far, Regin and the Danes have beaten Finland and the USA before losing to Germany in the preliminary round. In their first game of the qualifying round, the Danes annihilated Slovakia in a 6-0 win. In that game, Regin had three points (1G, 2A); in the tournament, he's now got six points (2G, 4A). Denmark will take on Russia on Sunday in their second qualifying-round matchup.

Erik Karlsson, Sweden: Karlsson's Swedes won Group C of the tournament with wins over Norway and France before a loss to the Czech Republic. Karlsson has one goal so far in the tournament, on two shots. Sweden takes on Latvia on Friday afternoon in the qualification round.

Nick Foligno, USA: Despite being an assistant captain on team USA, Foligno's got to be pretty disappointed with his team's performance. Even if they are some of the NHL's lesser-lights, few would have predicted the Americans would go winless in the preliminary round and have to head to the relegation round to retain their standing in the top group of hockey nations. (Joining them in the relegation round are Kazakhstan, Italy, and France... yeah, it's that bad.) USA takes on Kazakhstan tomorrow in their first relegation-round game. Foligno has no points in three games, and only four shots on goal.

Kaspars Daugavins, Latvia: The Latvians lost to Switzerland and Canada before getting their only win of the tournament, a 5-2 result against Italy that kept them out of the relegation round. Daugavins scored both of his goals in the tournament against Italy, the only points he's netted so far. His team will take on Karlsson and the Swedes in qualification round play later on Friday.

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Karlsson looked pretty bad for Sweden in their 1-2 loss to the Czech Republic. He was involved in both Czech goals, giving away a dumb turnover on the first. Thankfully, he’s still young and these are the kinds of mistakes you learn and grow for as a defender.

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by Madelle on May 14, 2010 12:38 PM EDT reply actions

thanks for the update on him!

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by DarrenM on May 14, 2010 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions

These are the mistakes you would prefer him to make during tournaments after we are traditionally eliminated from the playoffs every year. I think hes great and i agree, he is young, but will develop into a world class D man that everyone will be happy to see in the lineup. Remember when he was drafted? Lots of fans were freaking out and screaming “why didnt you draft a scoring forward?? Blah blah blah!!”…the response was, “wait 5 years, you will be screaming his name in the arena every night”…i dont think we will have to wait that long. Im a Karlsson fan now. He will have his spot on the roster from now on, lets see if Cowan can cut it in the bigs too. Either way, i think our defensive corps looked MUCH better than in previous years.

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by Adam in Vegas on May 15, 2010 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Man, I wish we had a few press clippings or radio show segments of people shitting all over Murray for drafting Karlsson. I don’t understand what gives people the idea that they know better than Sens brass.

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by Peter Raaymakers on May 16, 2010 8:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Because if no one ever questioned management and the direction of the team...

…we’d all be working for the Citizen.

Karlsson looks like a fantastic draft pick right now. But besides that the management group has made several questionable moves and a couple straight-up bad ones.

By saying people don’t know better than the management group you’re inferring that we should just accept whatever they come up with, no questions asked. Until we win a Cup no one is safe from criticism.

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by Andrew J on May 18, 2010 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Fair point, I realized that wasn’t really what I meant after I posted it. I think you know, as a frequent visitor and commenter, that we on this blog have no problem criticizing management and questioning the direction of the team.

What irks me, though, is when people call in to radio shows the day after the entry draft, shitting all over a draft pick their team made. There is relatively little chance any of these critics ever saw the kid, or really know what he has to offer; still, they’re under the opinion that they know better than Ottawa scouts and management because of what they assume they’ll get. Turns out their assumption was dead wrong.

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by Peter Raaymakers on May 18, 2010 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Wow Foligno is having a bad year all round

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by Alexander Calloway on May 14, 2010 4:55 PM EDT reply actions

Honestly... not pretty.

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by Peter Raaymakers on May 14, 2010 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed, not a banner year...

Its best for him to focus on next year and keep his head low

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by Adam in Vegas on May 15, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey guys have not been here in a while, just wondering, as someone who knows nothing about this tournament….. Um, whay is it? And will any Bruins be in it?

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by bestbostonsports on May 16, 2010 12:10 AM EDT reply actions

There’s a hockey championship tournament every year, co-ordinated by the IIHF. This year it’s in Cologne, Germany; it’s usually somewhere in Europe. Since we’re so late in the tournament I don’t think many players will head over, and it’s also common for players to decline invitations after a playoff run, but you never know. Some might head over.

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by Peter Raaymakers on May 16, 2010 8:35 AM EDT up reply actions

ah, thank you!

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by bestbostonsports on May 16, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

I heard Miroslav Satan came over to play for Slovakia in their last game during the middle-group stage. I didn’t see the game though, so I can’t say for certain.

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by Madelle on May 18, 2010 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions