Wednesday Grab Bag

Written by Nichols

Wednesday, 20 January 2010 11:06

According to Ian Mendes, Milan Michalek's condition has been upgraded and he is now likely to return tomorrow night against the St. Louis Blues. As tempting as it would be to throw him on a line with some skilled guys, the truth is, the team's lines are all rolling right now. Whether it's the Ruutu-Kelly-Neil line, the Shannon-Regin-Kovalev line or the Foligno-Fisher-Alfie line, there's no question that these trios have developed chemistry and confidence thereby allowing the Senators to remain competitive in spite of the team's numerous injuries.

With Michalek drawing in, I would assume that Shean Donovan will draw out of the lineup. Here's hoping that Clouston rewards Zach Smith's strong play with a more skilled linemate in Michalek. (Ed. note: even when Spezza comes back next week, I would love to see him get slotted in with Michalek and either of Cheechoo or Smith.)

A Euge Update?

Thanks to James Gordon, the Sens Army have been blessed by some unintentionally funny Eugene Melnyk quotes like,

"If you really look at it, take any roster in the NHL and wipe out their top line, wipe out one of their best faceoff people, one of their best defencemen and, just for fun, take out their two goalies. Please, what do you expect?"

Hilarious stuff. There's more good news though, apparently The Euge is finally contemplating the purchase of a HD scoreboard. Kudos to The Euge for being receptive to the idea. The last time someone suggested a change was needed, he told fans to blow themselves up.

Milestone For Garrioch

According to Yahoo! Sports' Puck Daddy, Bruce Garrioch accounts for 94% of all trade rumours emanating from the Great White North. Congratulations Boo Boo on this significant achievement. I can only imagine that Al Strachan is shedding a tear somewhere right now.

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Pecking Order!
written by Canucnik , January 20, 2010

Milan plays with Alfie and Fish...this knocks Foligno down with Kelly and this knocks Neil down with Zach...and you are right this is a bad move. It's called the "Domino Theory!"

My complaint with the "Cross Bar" in loading or prefacing a question of an expert, which he isn't, he attempts to influence the response to correspond to his interpretation of events! Note: Trade rumours is/are a "Mug's Game!"

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written by Nichols , January 21, 2010

Nik:

Looks like Clouston's going to use Michalek in the place of Smith. I guess he doesn't want to disrupt the chemistry that the other lines have going for them at the moment.

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written by 6thSensTim , January 21, 2010

Isn't the domino theory what started the Vietnam War?

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@ Tim the "Historian!" And Coach Nichols!
written by Canucnik , January 21, 2010

You are correct! 1963.

Milan 4th line to start...CiCi full marks!