Thoughts on Perrault and Muckler
Well, news breaks quick and I remember about two months ago hearing something about Ottawa interested in Perrault but thought nothing of it, because a lot of teams were.
I spoke to some of my sources today and they said there is a conceivable possibility that you see Yanic here in the next month, however certain changes would have to be made and people would either be moved, sent down or both. One suggestion/scenario I was given was that the Sens would send both Kai and Hamel down to make room for him and keep them as call-ups, however I was told you could see somebody be traded via player request or to free-up cap space. Guys on my hot-list would be, and this is just hearsay/speculation, would obviously be Kelly or McGratton. Both have been doing quite well this year, even McGratton has shown flashes of improvement, but when it comes to sprucing up your team, you have to look at cuts that could be made. Also, I would hate to see it but, you might think Schubert or Volch could be on the block strictly because either one of them would help free up space and that the team haa other guys they can turn to if one of the Top 6 goes down, which you can bet one of them will. MALEC, Barinka and also Allison can all play in the NHL, especially Malec, who is a good young player who could easily play in the league right now – and the Sens know that. They also have some talent that will soon be developed – Brian Lee, the future D-Man of the Sens.
Muckler has some TOUGH decisions to make, because he already knows he screwed up by getting Gerber and paying him 3.7MIL when they have somebody who was ready to be given a CHANCE. Muckler easily could have kept Emery as the #1, signed some mediocre back-up who can play 30 games for less than 1MIL or given Glass/Guard a chance as the back-up, kept Chara and if Emery dropped the ball mid/early season, go out and make a move for somebody and lose a player and a prospect to get a goalie, such as Gerber, Toskala, Giguerre/Bryz or even another netminder. His decisions in the next few weeks will be crucial to his job here and in the future, as they are in jeopardy, spite what Melnyk says to everybody.
So many speculations and possibilities are out there and I wish I knew more, but lately info has been hard to come by, and I take it as I get it.
More after Thursdays Game. I will be there and am looking forward to it.
Leave a comment with your thoughts.
- SI
I spoke to some of my sources today and they said there is a conceivable possibility that you see Yanic here in the next month, however certain changes would have to be made and people would either be moved, sent down or both. One suggestion/scenario I was given was that the Sens would send both Kai and Hamel down to make room for him and keep them as call-ups, however I was told you could see somebody be traded via player request or to free-up cap space. Guys on my hot-list would be, and this is just hearsay/speculation, would obviously be Kelly or McGratton. Both have been doing quite well this year, even McGratton has shown flashes of improvement, but when it comes to sprucing up your team, you have to look at cuts that could be made. Also, I would hate to see it but, you might think Schubert or Volch could be on the block strictly because either one of them would help free up space and that the team haa other guys they can turn to if one of the Top 6 goes down, which you can bet one of them will. MALEC, Barinka and also Allison can all play in the NHL, especially Malec, who is a good young player who could easily play in the league right now – and the Sens know that. They also have some talent that will soon be developed – Brian Lee, the future D-Man of the Sens.
Muckler has some TOUGH decisions to make, because he already knows he screwed up by getting Gerber and paying him 3.7MIL when they have somebody who was ready to be given a CHANCE. Muckler easily could have kept Emery as the #1, signed some mediocre back-up who can play 30 games for less than 1MIL or given Glass/Guard a chance as the back-up, kept Chara and if Emery dropped the ball mid/early season, go out and make a move for somebody and lose a player and a prospect to get a goalie, such as Gerber, Toskala, Giguerre/Bryz or even another netminder. His decisions in the next few weeks will be crucial to his job here and in the future, as they are in jeopardy, spite what Melnyk says to everybody.
So many speculations and possibilities are out there and I wish I knew more, but lately info has been hard to come by, and I take it as I get it.
More after Thursdays Game. I will be there and am looking forward to it.
Leave a comment with your thoughts.
- SI
posted by sensinsider at 5:10 PM
5 Comments:
Trade Kelly or McGrattan? Nonsense! Kaigorodov will not play with B-Sens. Hamel will be send down if Yanic might be a Sen.
Wow, how did this happen? From best in the league to blow it all up and start over after 4 games. I agree though: the Gerber deal is a major albatross for Muckler, and the team. The bolder and probably better off-season move would have been a block-buster Alfredsson trade to change the personality of this team. Maybe it just wasn't there.
Perrault? I guess so. But I don't see dumping Kelly and/or Gratts. They're doing their job this season.
I never said that they ARE to be traded and I agree with you both that Kelly and Gratts have been doing there jobs, all I said is the Sens are looking into every option out there and those are certainly one of them. Do I think they pull trigger and trade either one, probably not, but they will be exploring all different scenarios. I personally think Hamel will go and so will Kai and then that will make room for Perrault IF HE WAS TO SIGN HERE. I still haven't heard much.
Keep posted.
Trade Kelly?
Arent we looking for a "work man like approach"
He's one of the only guys who I see fitting this bill.
I say they dangle Hamel out there and see what they can get...maybe a mid draft pick? At least that'll knock $450 g's off the books
And I say no dice on trading Schubert. With Phillips possibly leaving town via UFA we need to keep these guys around....even if we have guys in Bingo who can soon fill in
I feel as if Muckler might be fired if this trend continues. Murray might be given the GM position and remain as coach.
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