[Signing] Cousins to Ottawa

[Coconuts]

 

 

[Ghostsof1915]

Stanley Cup winning Nick Cousins. 

[Jimmy]

truculence 

[PureQuickness]

Cousins is a pretty dirty player, which Bieksa disapproved of in a segment showing all these hits that are blindsides or other dangerous plays.

[Coconuts]

1 minute ago, PureQuickness said:

Cousins is a pretty dirty player, which Bieksa disapproved of in a segment showing all these hits that are blindsides or other dangerous plays.

 

He can be, but teams are willing to put up with the cons for the pros. Florida players put up over a thousand hits this past playoffs for example, over 250 hits more than Edmonton did in the same number of games. Cousins had 130 hits in 69 regular season games, not bad; only played 12 playoff games but probably brought more of the same. There was a Bennett article about it the other day, sometimes having that edge helps, assuming your PK can bail you out.

 

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/3061256/panthers-bennett-nastiness-sometimes-necessary

 

Ottawa's gonna have some wrecking balls between Tkachuk, Zub, Greig, and Cousins. 

 

 

[King Heffy]

12 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

 

He can be, but teams are willing to put up with the cons for the pros. Florida players put up over a thousand hits this past playoffs for example, over 250 hits more than Edmonton did in the same number of games. Cousins had 130 hits in 69 regular season games, not bad; only played 12 playoff games but probably brought more of the same. There was a Bennett article about it the other day, sometimes having that edge helps, assuming your PK can bail you out.

 

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/3061256/panthers-bennett-nastiness-sometimes-necessary

 

Ottawa's gonna have some wrecking balls between Tkachuk, Zub, Greig, and Cousins. 

 

 

Rielly had better keep his head up when the Send play Toronto.

[Captain insano]

Love that cousins is going to stay in every leafs fans head 

[Coconuts]

6 minutes ago, King Heffy said:

Rielly had better keep his head up when the Send play Toronto.

 

I get the feeling he'd probably be fine, Leafs hit quite a bit as a team last season but their roster isn't exactly physically intimidating 

[Captain insano]

1 minute ago, Coconuts said:

 

I get the feeling he'd probably be fine, Leafs hit quite a bit as a team last season but their roster isn't exactly physically intimidating 

That roster is softer than baby  

[Coryberg]

1 hour ago, Coconuts said:

 

He can be, but teams are willing to put up with the cons for the pros. Florida players put up over a thousand hits this past playoffs for example, over 250 hits more than Edmonton did in the same number of games. Cousins had 130 hits in 69 regular season games, not bad; only played 12 playoff games but probably brought more of the same. There was a Bennett article about it the other day, sometimes having that edge helps, assuming your PK can bail you out.

 

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/3061256/panthers-bennett-nastiness-sometimes-necessary

 

Ottawa's gonna have some wrecking balls between Tkachuk, Zub, Greig, and Cousins. 

 

 

I would say that him signing a 1 year deal, for 800k, in damn near September, with a piss poor team says otherwise.

[Coconuts]

4 minutes ago, Coryberg said:

I would say that him signing a 1 year deal, for 800k, in damn near September, with a piss poor team says otherwise.

 

Dunno, perhaps. He's a fourth liner, no bones about it, but he was also a regular for a top team in Florida. 69 and 79 games played over the past couple seasons. 

 

My guess is he misplayed his hand and has had to settle for his lowest payday ever after teams have already fleshed their rosters out, he was probably asking for too much after winning a cup. Perhaps if he'd been more receptive to the market earlier on he'd be earning more, Sens may have gotten him cheaper because of it.

 

 

 

 

 

[Screw]

“To me that’s a rat.”

[Hammertime]

He's a little bitch boy. He's not truculence.

 

 

 

He deserved every punch he ate from Guddy. Gutless puke. 

[tas]

32 minutes ago, Hammertime said:

He's a little bitch boy. He's not truculence.

 

 

 

He deserved every punch he ate from Guddy. Gutless puke. 

erik gudbranson is the type of guy where you can afford to look past some warts in his play because of the other things he brings. 

 

always liked him. 

[Canuck You]

He's a player you want on your team.

[GrammaInTheTub]

27 minutes ago, Canuck You said:

He's a player you want on your team.

I think he’s just a player you’d rather not play against - I don’t think anyone wants him on their team. 

[N4ZZY]

1 hour ago, GrammaInTheTub said:

I think he’s just a player you’d rather not play against - I don’t think anyone wants him on their team. 

except for Ottawa. 

 

[Drakrami]

Surprised 800k 1 year is all he could get after winning the Stanley Cup. He must be disliked around the league. 

[WillisD]

Douche. I wish Guddy would have punched him a couple more dozen times

[King Heffy]

6 hours ago, N4ZZY said:

except for Ottawa. 

 

He'd also fit right in with the Oilers where being a disgrace to the sport is a requirement.

[gizmo2337]

1 hour ago, King Heffy said:

He'd also fit right in with the Oilers where being a disgrace to the sport is a requirement.

That's why Ottawa signed him. He's going to the Coilers at the trade deadline 

[N4ZZY]

10 hours ago, King Heffy said:

He'd also fit right in with the Oilers where being a disgrace to the sport is a requirement.

that organization is a disgrace to the NHL. 

 

Fuck Edmonton. 

 

[zduck14]

On 8/29/2024 at 5:57 PM, tas said:

erik gudbranson is the type of guy where you can afford to look past some warts in his play because of the other things he brings. 

 

always liked him. 

I wonder how good Gudbranson would look with Tocchet and Foote coaching him.....

[erkayloomeh]

32 minutes ago, zduck14 said:

I wonder how good Gudbranson would look with Tocchet and Foote coaching him.....

Good question 

[IBatch]

On 8/29/2024 at 8:24 PM, Hammertime said:

He's a little bitch boy. He's not truculence.

 

 

 

He deserved every punch he ate from Guddy. Gutless puke. 

A prime example of the refs not getting a call right.   Gudbranson could have been injured, Cousins should have left the game.