Silver Nuggets: Petersson lighting up European Trophy
by DarrenM on Aug 27, 2010 2:18 PM EDT
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- Prospect Andre Petersson is lighting up the European Trophy tournament right now, having put up 4 goals and 4 assists in his first 6 games, which had him 3rd in points. At the time of writing, he had just added another goal in HV71's game against Tappara, bumping him up to 5 goals in 7 games. (European Trophy)
- Daniel Alfredsson spoke at the World Hockey Summit, giving his take on the differences between the European and North American game, and why he prefers the NHL's ice surface. (NHL.com)
- Our friends at Battle of Ontario are reporting that there will be two Senators vs. Leafs preseason games, both in Toronto, on September 21st and 22nd. (Battle of Ontario)
- Ken Warren wonders just how long 38-year-old Daniel Alfredsson can continue to lead the Senators' offense. (Gazette)
- CSN Washington picks Ottawa to finish 8th in the East. Of course, it's hard to take the article seriously when it calls Bobby Butler and Patrick Wiercioch as "two of the most sought-after college free agents at the end of the NCAA season." Right. (CSN Washington)
- Our friend James Gordon offers his own prognostication: the Senators will finish fourth in the East. (Citizen)
- Rumour has it Peter Regin is switching jersey numbers to #13 this season, so if you were planning on getting a Regin jersey, you might want to hold off on putting #43 on the back at this moment. (Sens Chirp)
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A Silver Nuggets?!?! It's been a while!
I had no idea there was enough news to fill one of these out this time of year. Kudos, Big D.
by Peter Raaymakers on Aug 27, 2010 5:06 PM EDT reply actions
I agree!!!! It's been too long.
by Los Blancos Chicca on Aug 29, 2010 1:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I have high hopes for Pettersson
He could be the next sniper on Spezza’s line.
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by GelatinousMutantCoconut on Aug 29, 2010 1:54 AM EDT reply actions
Let's hope he becomes more constant
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by Alexander Calloway on Aug 29, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
More constant? Like for a physics equation?
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by Ryan Classic on Aug 29, 2010 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
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by Alexander Calloway on Aug 30, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
TPC: The Petersson Constant
I like it. Let the evolution into a nickname begin.
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by Ryan Classic on Aug 30, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Reading the predictions from the various “experts”, so many of them don’t give us any respect. (James Gordon not included)
I’m not saying the Sens are going to win the conference, or even the division, but at the same time its difficult for me to rationalize us out of a playoff spot. Even if you think a-train was more valuable to our team than gonchar (which is highly debatable), how many spots could that realistically make us drop, 1 or 2?
Oh well, I guess there is something to be said for being the underdog.
Let me say first off that I don’t think the Senators will make the playoffs solidly, but more like Philly this past season, if at all. I see Washington, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, Montreal, Tampa Bay (my “faith” pick), and Buffalo in.
However, considering the Senators all around had low PDOs, which regress to 100%, they are due for a bounce back.
That being said you need to do better than have your +/-ON60 leader be Foligno at around 0.60.
by red army line on Aug 29, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't agree with this.
There’s nothing that tells me Tampa and Montreal (or even Boston or Buffalo) will finish ahead of Ottawa. I’m by no means suggesting Ottawa’s going to run away with anything, but the East is filled with a lot of middling teams lately
Ottawa, Montreal, and Buffalo for all purposes stood pat this year. So I can see them finishing in relative relation to each other as last year. Boston will be better this year, that team is much stronger than last year showed and I think will be almost a shoe-in for the division. Tampa is tough to read, with all the changes they could go either way but I feel in the end they have improved drastically and will finish higher than Ottawa.
The goaltending is what will push Buffalo above Ottawa. Ottawa will finish ahead of Montreal again.
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Buffalo got a lot worse.
Tallinder is highly underrated, so even if Lydman = Leopold, losing Tallinder is a big blow. Sure they have Myers, but if he goes into a sophmore slump, the blueline is screwed. If Miller is merely human, the goaltending is screwed. And the forward corps is screwed either way because Thomas Vanek is the only legitimate first-line forward.
Montreal lost their goaltendeing hero…so they’re slightly weaker as well.
Ottawa actually got BETTER, though it remains to be seen how the lack of grit on the blue-line will affect the team.
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by GelatinousMutantCoconut on Aug 29, 2010 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
If Karlsson hits a sophomore slump (not to say anything about Regin) and injuries hurt Gonchar and LeClaire and Kovalev and Michalek aren’t quite ready from their injuries, then Ottawa is screwed.
It works both ways.
Buffalo’s offense is underrated and has been for years.
I would love it if they finish higher than Buffalo, I just don’t see it happening
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I like Montreal to finish high again because fact is they have some good players, and Andrei Markov this past season was injured for like 40 games, right? He’s a top-10 D in the NHL.
by red army line on Aug 30, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
It seems ludicrous to suggest that any of:
Buffalo
Montreal
Toronto
New York Rangers
New York Islanders
Carolina
Tampa Bay
Atlanta
Florida
are better teams than the Senators. So that leaves 5 teams that ARE better than Ottawa (Washington, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Boston)
So that leaves Ottawa roughly in 6th place. While you could argue that maybe a Sabres or a Lightning could jump ahead of the Sens, you could also argue that Ottawa could leapfrog a Boston or a Philadelphia depending on how the season goes.
People point to the 11-game winning streak as the only reason the Sens made the post-season, but they don’t give the Sens credit for being good enough to win 11 in a row…somehow that’s a fluke. Bullshit, bad teams don’t win 11 games in a row. Last years team just need consistency.
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by GelatinousMutantCoconut on Aug 29, 2010 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed completely.
With the qualifier that I don’t necessarily think you can assume the Flyers are better. So I agree with the leapfrog scenario.
The Sens have always needed consistency. That and goaltending. And yes, I still believe that Elliott can amount to good things, and maybe Snoopy can at least stay intact.
At any rate, 8th in the East is stupid.
No, actually I can't get enough of Spezza's nerdy laugh.
Philly is entirely debatable again given their goaltending. While many people question Ottawa’s tandem, I really don’t think Philly is actually better. Just because they signed 19 d-men to try and cover that goaltending shortfall, it definitely burned them last year given how they had to scrape into the playoffs with a journeyman tandem.
by modsuperstar on Aug 29, 2010 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't want to discount a team that went o the Stanley Cup Finals.
Nor one who boasts Mike Richards, Claude Giroux, Jeff Carter, Scott Hartnell, Iann laperrierre, Darryl Powe, Chris Pronger and Kimmo Timmonen.
But you guys are right…the team also has Nikolai Zherdev, Andrej Meszaros and Michael leighton/Bobby Boucher. It’s going to be an interesting year…
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by GelatinousMutantCoconut on Aug 29, 2010 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
No love for NJ
Why is New Jersey going to be as good as last year? Brodeur did nothing last year if not prove that he can’t play 60 games. They barely addressed their defensive needs, because while they signed Volchie, they let go Mottau. Volchie is obviously better than Mottau but they both boiul down to a second pairing defensive presence. The Kovalchuk circus does nothing but alienate players adn hurt team morale. Jason Arnott is nothing more than a third line centre. I would say New Jersey regressed this off season and a down year from Volchenkov and Brodeur will highlight how far they have fallen. Joe Sakic Zach Parise is not.
They lost Martin too, but Greene stepped up. Arnott is actually a top-six center who can’t stay healthy—his numbers in goals-machine Nashville were pretty good. And I think you’re underrating Zach Parise.
Anyways, NJD has lots of room to fall.
by red army line on Aug 30, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
WHAT THE--??
Daniel Alfredsson is 38??
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