Who to target?

[hully67]

Ask the Ottawa Senator's about Lessard. They are very unimpressed with his evelopment since being drafted. The Sen's brass indicated - in the papers I may add - that he was lazy and did not show up in great shape for the rookie camp and was a huge dispappointment. This being said, I do believe he has a good upside and if he lands on a competitive team where he's not dpended on carrying a huge load, he will look much better.

As for Slava, yes he was a problem but, he did make the first all-star team didn't he?

[brec7]

Yes Trukno had lots of skills but his attitude in the dressing room was apparently less than stellar... might explain why the Piques uncharacteristicly exited last year's playoffs early. Simliar to the situation in CB a few years back with the powerhouse that was supposed to play your Gatineau team in the finals.

[firecracker]

hully67 said:

Ask the Ottawa Senator's about Lessard. They are very unimpressed with his evelopment since being drafted. The Sen's brass indicated - in the papers I may add - that he was lazy and did not show up in great shape for the rookie camp and was a huge dispappointment. This being said, I do believe he has a good upside and if he lands on a competitive team where he's not dpended on carrying a huge load, he will look much better.

As for Slava, yes he was a problem but, he did make the first all-star team didn't he?

Sorry but I don't believe that Ottawa ever said Lessard was lazy and did not show up in great shape and was a huge disapointment. Some journalist might have said that but not the Ottawa Senators.

[countsheep]

firecracker said:

hully67 said:

Ask the Ottawa Senator's about Lessard. They are very unimpressed with his evelopment since being drafted. The Sen's brass indicated - in the papers I may add - that he was lazy and did not show up in great shape for the rookie camp and was a huge dispappointment. This being said, I do believe he has a good upside and if he lands on a competitive team where he's not dpended on carrying a huge load, he will look much better.

As for Slava, yes he was a problem but, he did make the first all-star team didn't he?

Sorry but I don't believe that Ottawa ever said Lessard was lazy and did not show up in great shape and was a huge disapointment. Some journalist might have said that but not the Ottawa Senators.

Of course they didn't.

What the hell team would go out of its way to criticize one of its own draft choices publicly, in a newspaper.

Methinks someone is making stuff up.

[wingman]

countsheep said:

firecracker said:

Sorry but I don't believe that Ottawa ever said Lessard was lazy and did not show up in great shape and was a huge disapointment. Some journalist might have said that but not the Ottawa Senators.

Of course they didn't.

What the hell team would go out of its way to criticize one of its own draft choices publicly, in a newspaper.

Methinks someone is making stuff up.

If you are referring to Hully67 making this stuff up, here is a link to one article that he/she was perhaps alluding to, it is found towards the middle/bottom of the page. I haven't read anywhere about Ottawa saying anything to the paper in regards to Lessard, and I'm not saying that never happened, but there seems to be at least one person who thought he didn't have a good showing.

www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/9811/senators2007_development_camp_review/

[Score]

wingman said:

countsheep said:

Of course they didn't.

What the hell team would go out of its way to criticize one of its own draft choices publicly, in a newspaper.

Methinks someone is making stuff up.

If you are referring to Hully67 making this stuff up, here is a link to one review/article that he/she was perhaps alluding to, it is found towards the middle/bottom of the page.....

www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/9811/senators2007_development_camp_review/

Yes, I remember reading this.

However, I personally don't put to much into some articles that are "written" on Hockeysfuture......some of those "writers" opinions are waaaay off.

and I doubt the Sens actually released any of that info themselves.

[countsheep]

wingman said:

countsheep said:

Of course they didn't.

What the hell team would go out of its way to criticize one of its own draft choices publicly, in a newspaper.

Methinks someone is making stuff up.

If you are referring to Hully67 making this stuff up, here is a link to one article that he/she was perhaps alluding to, it is found towards the middle/bottom of the page. I haven't read anywhere about Ottawa saying anything to the paper in regards to Lessard, and I'm not saying that never happened, but there seems to be at least one person who thought he didn't have a good showing.

www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/9811/senators2007_development_camp_review/

Thank you.

Big diff between a reporter saying something, and team management saying it.

Interesting, nevertheless.

Lessard is a very average defenceman, and he makes an inordinate number of mistakes, given his experience.

He's much better offensively than defensively.

This Rocket team hasn't had very many good defensive defencemen during its existence, has it?

I wonder who the best one has been - defensive defenceman, that is.

Could be Tyler Noye, or Travis Mealy, perhaps.

[Score]

countsheep said:

wingman said:

If you are referring to Hully67 making this stuff up, here is a link to one article that he/she was perhaps alluding to, it is found towards the middle/bottom of the page. I haven't read anywhere about Ottawa saying anything to the paper in regards to Lessard, and I'm not saying that never happened, but there seems to be at least one person who thought he didn't have a good showing.

www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/9811/senators2007_development_camp_review/

I wonder who the best one has been - defensive defenceman, that is.

Could be Tyler Noye, or Travis Mealy, perhaps.

Overall best Dman the Rocket ever had was Pierre-Marc Guilbault....IMO.

He could put up points and was strong in his own zone.

Too bad his stay was so short.

[wingman]

admin said:

wingman said:

If you are referring to Hully67 making this stuff up, here is a link to one review/article that he/she was perhaps alluding to, it is found towards the middle/bottom of the page.....

www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/9811/senators2007_development_camp_review/

Yes, I remember reading this.

However, I personally don't put to much into some articles that are "written" on Hockeysfuture......some of those "writers" opinions are waaaay off.

and I doubt the Sens actually released any of that info themselves.

I don't either. Some are okay but I think it depends on who writes them. One of my faves was from awhile back where someone from there wrote how Gragnani was good at pursuing pucks in the corners in his own end and how he gave it 100% every shift. After that one, it started to make me wonder....LOL

[bois]

admin said:

countsheep said:

I wonder who the best one has been - defensive defenceman, that is.

Could be Tyler Noye, or Travis Mealy, perhaps.

Overall best Dman the Rocket ever had was Pierre-Marc Guilbault....IMO.

He could put up points and was strong in his own zone.

Too bad his stay was so short.

agreed totally.. Guilbault was the best we've had

[wingman]

I would agree with Guilbault also, good pickup by Savard and as Score said, too bad he wasn't here longer. I also thought Mealy and Milot really helped the defense the short time they played here also.

[countsheep]

admin said:

countsheep said:

I wonder who the best one has been - defensive defenceman, that is.

Could be Tyler Noye, or Travis Mealy, perhaps.

Overall best Dman the Rocket ever had was Pierre-Marc Guilbault....IMO.

He could put up points and was strong in his own zone.

Too bad his stay was so short.

Of course, Guilbault was the best defenceman we ever had - not even close.

Must have slipped my mind because he was here for less than half a season.

[crocop]

Yep, Guilbault was a great player. I really enjoyed watching Mealy play also. He was an animal out there.

[IslandersHKY]

wingman said:

I would agree with Guilbault also, good pickup by Savard and as Score said, too bad he wasn't here longer. I also thought Mealy and Milot really helped the defense the short time they played here also.

I agree 100% Guilbault was tremendous and it is really too bad we didn't get as much opportunity to enjoy his skill although it was a necessary move. Although it always confused me how his numbers dropped off so much after moving to Gatineau.

PEI 34 Gms / 29 Pts / + 14
Gat 32 Gms / 11 Pts / + 2


Another personal favourite of mine was Tyler Noye. He was such a well rounded defenseman but I never felt he got the full credit he deserved.

[bois]

crocop said:

Yep, Guilbault was a great player. I really enjoyed watching Mealy play also. He was an animal out there.

Mealy was great.. just was a terrible time to make a terrible trade