This thread is as absurd a concept as when Sens fans ask for other teams' top prospect D-men.
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Originally Posted by internetdotcom
We need another very good young shutdown or 2-way Dman that could play with Ceci long term (Cowen is Karlsson's likely long-term partner), so trading Cowen opens that hole bigger. The only other need we really have is a top line young winger (like Ryan), so maybe something with Anaheim for Ryan, but someone would have to come back with Ryan to at least somewhat fill the hole left by Cowen.
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I don't think that's a need. We have Phillips (2 years), Cowen, Methot and a close to making it Borowiecki.
Meanwhile, we have little offensive talent on the backend behind Karlsson. Gonchar is around for a year and there could be a gigantic gap between he and Ceci (making an impact)... if Ceci ever makes the NHL at all.
Ottawa will need a very good offensive D-man next season.
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Originally Posted by Whydidijoin
Lol @ the massive overrating of Cowen in this thread.
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We had 3x 34+ year old D-men in our top-4 last season. Cowen was the #5. We let our #6/7 D-men walk as UFA's. The D-men that we have that are close to the NHL will likely never be top-4 D-men. Cowen means a lot to the future of this franchise.
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Originally Posted by Manked
And by the way, he "got" a 1B Center who turned around the Senators 2011-2012 season.
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Turris isn't a 1B center and needs to prove a heck of lot more to even be considered a #2.
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Originally Posted by SpezDispenser
Turris is 22 years old, how the heck do you know if he'll be a 1B center or not?
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After watching Yashin, Hossa, Havlat, Spezza and now Karlsson as 1st round picks who put up PPG/near PPG seasons by the age of 21yo... and seeing how far Turris is from ever doing that at 23 years old. Yeah, he's probably never going to be a 1B center.
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Originally Posted by Manked
And yes, Turris can certainly be a 1B center. If you watched the Sens this year, you'd realize that he's certainly a #2 Center at the moment, and his improvement throughout the year playing alongside Daniel Alfredsson was remarkable. Turris is already a legit #2 C, there's no reason to think at 22 he can't become a 1B.
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He rode Alfie's jock all season and only put up 19 points in his last 40 games. He's going to have to improve substantially to show that he could ever carry a line of Lats/Silfverberg/Stone/Zibanejad/etc after Alfie retires.