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TheBoulster

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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 12, 2020 at 10:42 p.m.
Thread: Ottawa Senators
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sensibleguy</b></div><div>
The team has;
One legitimate first pair defenceman, Chabot
One legitimate second pair defenceman, Zaitsev
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Zaitsev is not a legitimate second pair dman :tearsofjoy :squinty

Also your proposed pairing of Chabot-Zaitsev would be horrid.
Chabot was at his worst when paired with Zaitsev and benefitted when they were separated.
Plus splitting them would mean less minutes for Zaitsev which would be ideal.
Meanwhile Zaitsev had his best results with Reilly.
So doing some combination of:
Chabot-Brown
Wolanin-Gudbranson
Reilly-Zaitsev
This would ensure that although still having the liabilities of Zaitsev and Gudbranson, we would be able to ensure Chabot's growth and Brannstrom from having to play with either.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 28, 2020 at 7:54 p.m.
Thread: We lack elite forward talent
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Saskleaf</b></div><div>You have a point. Stsutzle is good, but he is not McDavid, Matthews, etc level.</div></div>

Exactly, because aside from him, we don't really have any projected 1st line forwards.
And that's if he pans out since his game benefits a lot from the wideness of the European ice but the transition should go smoothly.

As for our other prospects and why I don't think they could quite be up there:
- Tkachuk, lacks that game-breaking talent/skill to put him on that first line echelon
- Brown, oozes skill but really misses out on speed and isn't able to put his massive frame to work
- Norris, solid in all areas but not quite enough that I could define him as a future 1st liner
- Abramov, just too many intangibles and idk how much patience we'll have with him
- Jarventie, too one-dimensional to be that impactful
- Batherson, not dynamic enough and even his production in the A translates to solid 2nd line numbers

Yes one or more of these guys could solve some of their issues and reshape their game for the better but I don't feel like any are in a position where I could definitely advocate for them as future first line talents.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 26, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.
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