Gird Your Loins, Ottawa
3 Comments Published by Miss. Scarlett on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM.
It has been confirmed that yours truly will be making a visit to the nation's capital next weekend to yell at the team...but mostly to get drunk. I know, it's the most exciting thing to happen to the city since we signed Geoff Kinrade the other day.
As always, your suggestions on the best places to get silly are welcome.
As always, your suggestions on the best places to get silly are welcome.
Labels: ottawa
Just incredibly lazy as you might guess. Thanks to my lovely co-blogger DHS for picking up the slack a bit. That's what I have a co-blogger for! In any case, my lack of posting has been a combination of laziness, business with work and business with an actual social life. Amazing I know. There's also been a lack of content for me to post since there is only so many ways I can say "Heatley is still inexplicably a Senator".
So, as a bit of a summer diversion, watch as Alex Kovalev attempts to convince you signing him for $5 million a year is not a mistake. I think it's a sure sign of my cynicism that as I'm watching this all I'm thinking about is how each one of these ends up in our net:
So, as a bit of a summer diversion, watch as Alex Kovalev attempts to convince you signing him for $5 million a year is not a mistake. I think it's a sure sign of my cynicism that as I'm watching this all I'm thinking about is how each one of these ends up in our net:
Labels: alex kovalev, off-season, sherry is lazy
Dany Heatley Is Not A Dallas Star...
Not A Dallas Star...">2 Comments Published by Dany Heatley Speedwagon on Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 8:27 PM.
... but Alex Auld is. The Senators apparently didn't see a need this season for a quality backup making only $1 million who posted a 2.47 GAA with .911SV% and 16 wins last season. Granted it was in 43 games but it was for the bag of suck that was your 2008-2009 Ottawa Senators.
While I'm not entirely surpised by this move I thought perhaps if/when this move was made it might garner a bit more in return than a sixth round pick.
Definetly a risky move on the Sens part in my humble opinion. Clearly the Sens moved Vermette near the deadline in order to acquire goaltender of the future, Pascal LeClaire. However with the injury questions surrounding LeClaire as well as the fact that he will be performing with a non-Hitchcockian system in front of him it's a big gamble if LeClaire stumbles leaving Brian Elliott as the backup. While I think this move was made more than anything to get a bit of cap relief (although Elliott is an RFA still to be signed so the savings might be moot) Auld may have been a decent insurance policy in the event LeClaire needed more time and it would also enable Elliott to continue his development in Bingo. Not to mention wouldn't Auld be worth keeping around until the deadline when perhaps a contender is desperate for a backup insurance policy?
In any event the 2009 offseason roller coaster continues. Good luck to Auld with his new job in Big D. I for one want to thank him for his brief time in a Senators uniform and he definetly performed admirably last season especially considering the circumstances. (Circumstances being the Sens were AWFUL)
Labels: alex auld, brian elliott, pascal leclaire
Alex Kovalev Signed By Sens... To Play Hockey
0 Comments Published by Dany Heatley Speedwagon on Monday, July 06, 2009 at 6:48 PM.
Glorious news today in Senators land, the Senators have signed Alex Kovalev to a 2 year deal to the tune of $5 million per season. According to reports he will be playing on the right wing and not flying the charter jet. Hopefully he'll only be paid for the games in which he shows up. HEYO!
Also Dany Heatley continues to remain the motivating factor for many a drinking problem among Sens Nation faithful.
The fun offseason continues!
