There hasn't been a whole heck of a lot of change for the Ottawa Senators this summer. They've traded a guy (Alex Auld, to the Stars). They've signed a guy (Alex Kovalev, to a two-year, $10 million contract). They've drafted some guys (including giant Jared Cowen in the first round). But for the most part, the roster remains exactly the same as the one that missed the playoffs last year. Raise your hands if you're excited about that, Sens fans.
I didn't think so.
All this stagnation comes despite the promise of some pretty drastic change for the team this summer which came in the form of a trade request from a certain player -- we'll just call him Dany Doucheley. A lack of interest in this player (I don't know why; possibly because of his assfacedness, but that's just a guess) has put the Sens' organization and the team's fans in a holding pattern all month.
With the lack of movement from the real Sens, I'm passing my time with the fake Sens: I am the team's General Manager in the big NHL Re-Draft going on at Cycle Like the Sedins.
In case you don't know, the concept of the NHL Re-Draft is this: we are, as the name suggests, re-drafting the league one player at a time, with the ultimate goal of building a new roster for our teams that works within the NHL's current salary cap. The new teams will then face off in an NHL 10 simulation. The idea came out of a post by James of Cycle Like the Sedins, who asked: if you could build your team around one player, who would you pick? From there, the re-draft developed into a full on 30-team fantasy draft, with each team represented by one fan/blogger GM. I was reading some of the blog posts about this and I noticed that no one had stepped up to claim the Sens, so I volunteered.
And now here I am. CLTS held a draft lottery to determine the order of picks, and the Sens ended up with pick #24 (the order will snake in round two, putting me at #7). On Monday, I used my first pick to take Rick Nash. I see him as exactly the type of player I'd like to build my team around and his cap hit is a very reasonable $5.4 million (his new deal kicks in for the 2010-2011 season), which I hope will give me plenty of room to build around him.
I think my next priority will be to get a solid goaltender, if I can. As a Sens fan, I am far too familiar with the stress, pain, and losing that comes with having a weak spot between the pipes. I'm also hoping to build a more balanced offence than the real Sens have, and ideally a more mobile defence too. The problem, of course, is how I'm going to brainwash the 29 other GMs into giving me the players I want. :)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Summer With the Sens
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Friday, May 09, 2008
Thanks Mr. Mac
x-posted on Bethany's Hockey Rants
This video was from the Blue Jackets website. It is Rick Nash's speech from the Memorial. I think it needs to be posted, also he talked about the scholarship fund, which, I plan on donating to. If you are interested in donating, go ahead and click here. Again, thank you Mr. Mac, for everything that you have done for the city of Columbus, the Blue Jackets, and for just being a great person. We miss you.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Rick Nash, Captain.
This post is X-Posted from Bethany's Hockey Rants
It was announced today that Rick Nash is now the Captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets. This is definitely the best thing that has happened to this franchise in a long time. It's time for Rick Nash to step up. It's time for Rick Nash to lead the way. He can do it, but he's certainly not going to do it alone. We have other veterans to help. Michael Peca, Freddy Mo, David Vyborny, they can help too. This is seriously amazing news for our franchise. I know I'm not the only one happy about it. But, Rick, he can do it, I have all the faith in the world, and I am happy to have him as my Captain. Here is a video of the press conference, Hitch looks unbelievably happy. GO JACKETS!
