I can't believe that I'm going to say this but.......

[Hacker]

Gerber looks AMAZING tonight. He has must have faced at least 50 shots by now and he is SOLID. Always square to the play, moving post to post with ease and under controll - this is VERY encouraging

[Big Johnny69]

Gerber looks AMAZING tonight. He has must have faced at least 50 shots by now and he is SOLID. Always square to the play, moving post to post with ease and under controll - this is VERY encouraging

Yeah, for trade bait.

[Hacker]

Yeah, for trade bait.

For sure.........but up until now I didn't think we had a chance to move him

[davevandyk]

For sure.........but up until now I didn't think we had a chance to move him

well give it a couple weeks when someone's #1 goes down and all they have is a decent back-up. There are a bunch of teams that have a 3-6million goalie with a 500,000 back up. You know if something happens to that #1, they will be scrambling for a guy who can step in til the injury heals, sounds perfect for a Gerber or Joseph type.

[jeffc]

agreed Dave. And if he's playing well, we don't have to give him away for a bag of pucks.

[smithers40]

is everyone forgetting emery just had a large surgery in the off season and still isn't ready to play yet? were gonna just bank that hes gonna be ok and not have the injury again? and rely on...jeff glass? if he goes down...come on guys use ur heads we gotta keep gerber around at least for this year unitl we can get at least another reliable goalie to back up...and gerber faced 52 shots and looked incredible...maybe hes ready to get back his spot this year...lets not count that out either

[jeffc]

don't worry, the Sens will go find a legitimate backup via a trade or something - likely a veteran guy. almost 7M on two goalies is a bit much.

[smithers40]

maybe next year we need to cut that salary cuz 7 is a little much but we dont have any cap issues right now with our line up so why not if gerbers playin well this year to keep him around at least till the offseason?

[jeffc]

that depends how he's playing. If he starts to stumble at any point it will be impossible to trade him. He had a very solid 2nd half of the season last year and despite that, Murray couldn't give him away during the summer. If he's playing well, you have to look at moving him.

[smithers40]

ok so say for this that we should deal him (which i dont agree with) what do the senators really need...a top 2 line forward...as murray says. Ok so gerber plays well, there is no hope even if he is great that we will get a topline forward for him. The only reason we are going to deal him is to free up cap space...cap space that we dont need to clear right now...and maybe next year when we need the cap space we play the minors game and maybe hell get picked up or maybe a trade but it doesn't seem logical this year when we can have 2 solid goalies and still be under no cap problems

[LobWedge]

Don't be surprised that if Gerber get's off to a solid start that Emery's not the one on the block. Wrist surgery aside, he's turning himself in to a bigger liability off the ice.

[Indio]

ok so say for this that we should deal him (which i dont agree with) what do the senators really need...a top 2 line forward...as murray says. Ok so gerber plays well, there is no hope even if he is great that we will get a topline forward for him. The only reason we are going to deal him is to free up cap space...cap space that we dont need to clear right now...and maybe next year when we need the cap space we play the minors game and maybe hell get picked up or maybe a trade but it doesn't seem logical this year when we can have 2 solid goalies and still be under no cap problems

They do have a cap problem coming next year and it makes good business sense to fix the problem before it impacts business.

[smithers40]

The whole hockey mentality is to think about this season...not the one comin next...and if it means keeping 2 goalies who are paid alot to stick around so we have a better chance of winning the cup then you do that...as much as this is a business its hockey...its about the present...its about winning the cup THIS year...

[jeffc]

The whole hockey mentality is to think about this season...not the one comin next...and if it means keeping 2 goalies who are paid alot to stick around so we have a better chance of winning the cup then you do that...as much as this is a business its hockey...its about the present...its about winning the cup THIS year...

it is about this year. They have a better chance of winning if they can dump 3.5M of salary and put that towards another forward or defenseman rather than having a backup at that price.

[smithers40]

dude what i said had nothing to do with that...he said we need to do it for next year...i was sayin next year doesn't matter in hockey...and i really dont think were gonna get another player to fill that slot of money anyways so keep both around at least for this year and that way we have 2 reliable goalies...