Pre-Game Talk: Flyers in the SENS Den, Sat. 2:00 pm on TSN

[Another Mr Lizard]

Just back from the game. Sens played quite well philly we’re lucky as hell got all the bounces.

 

[solidprospect]

$20 just to park my f***ing car lol. Imagine parking prices in a few years?

Also, d'argy mcgee's sucks

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

$20 just to park my ****ing car lol. Imagine parking prices in a few years?

That's a gotcha rip off... Reducing parking alone would be a gesture of good will that fans would appreciate.

 

[solidprospect]

That's a gotcha rip off... Reducing parking alone would be a gesture of good will that fans would appreciate.

somehow they're 'losing money' with prices like that

 

[swiftwin]

I would rank it like that :

1) Karlsson post injury, really struggling defensively and in transition. Not having the same impact offensively.

2) Anderson fell off a cliff (due to age and riding an emotional high last year), Condon proving he is not that good.

3) Methot lost to expansion, Claesson and/or Oduya can't fill his shoes. Left a really big hole on the left side, no #2 D-man, exposing Phaneuf and Ceci who are #4

4) Boucher lost it, his system clearly not working anymore : team defense in shambles. Coaching staff can't adjust. Oh and Dave Sparky Allison made a good point, special teams are terrible this year.

5) Turris trade : clearly affected the locker room. Even though Duchene is technically a better hockey player, a trade like is not good to make at the start of a season

6) Most ******ed schedule ever

5) MacArthur was still on the payroll, expected to be part of the team, your #6 forward gone for good

6) Ryan who was still the best #4-5 forward keep getting injured. Ryan-Brassard-Stone was a really good line before his first injury.

I think we're underrating the losses of Wideman and Boro early in the season. Along with Methot, that's 3 of our top 6 from last season.

 

[Lenny the Lynx]

For those who have been around for a while, how many times can you remember an Ottawa team having problems in the dressing room? It seems to come back to haunt this team every couple or few yrs. Leadership seems to always be a problem here for some unknown reason or IMO ownership may have a lot to do with that.

Might be the actual locker room. Maybe they should test for mold or radon

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I would rank it like that :

1) Karlsson post injury, really struggling defensively and in transition. Not having the same impact offensively.

2) Anderson fell off a cliff (due to age and riding an emotional high last year), Condon proving he is not that good.

3) Methot lost to expansion, Claesson and/or Oduya can't fill his shoes. Left a really big hole on the left side, no #2 D-man, exposing Phaneuf and Ceci who are #4

4) Boucher lost it, his system clearly not working anymore : team defense in shambles. Coaching staff can't adjust. Oh and Dave Sparky Allison made a good point, special teams are terrible this year.

5) Turris trade : clearly affected the locker room. Even though Duchene is technically a better hockey player, a trade like is not good to make at the start of a season

6) Most ******ed schedule ever

5) MacArthur was still on the payroll, expected to be part of the team, your #6 forward gone for good

6) Ryan who was still the best #4-5 forward keep getting injured. Ryan-Brassard-Stone was a really good line before his first injury.

What you fail to list that's probably the most important after Karlsson not being in IDDQD form is team construction.

The team was built around a lot of old slow bodies. Dorion and Murray gave a lot of resources to acquire the likes of Phaneuf, Ryan and Burrows. Signing the likes of Smith, Oduya, Thompson, Borowiecki, Anderson. Even a few core players from the system in Stone and Ceci aren't fleet of foot. Then you go and play a neutral zone trap that is easily broken with speed up the middle, the team was going against all the trends in the NHL and it blew up in a very bad way in their face.

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

FQL is correct, Murray loved the slow grinding game. Thankfully for us (and the team...) we are getting faster up front. The back end is another issue, but it can start getting fixed in the draft. Might be the last game I go to this year, GOlden Palace egg rollzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz though....

 

[Sensinitis]

Burrows suspension is almost done...

 

[Stylizer1]

Burrows suspension is almost done...

Thanks a lot man. #Sensinitisout

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

FQL is correct, Murray loved the slow grinding game. Thankfully for us (and the team...) we are getting faster up front. The back end is another issue, but it can start getting fixed in the draft. Might be the last game I go to this year, GOlden Palace egg rollzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz though....

We should get faster on the back end. I hear Karlsson is pretty good

 

[RedWhiteBlackGold]

We should get faster on the back end. I hear Karlsson is pretty good

Maybe we can get him for futures and not take from our current lineup.

 

[DrEasy]

Maybe we can get him for futures and not take from our current lineup.

Chabot + Brown + Batherson?

 

[JungleBeat]

Chabot + Brown + Batherson?

More like

Chlapik + Formenton + Englund + 1st

 

[Senscore]

Thanks a lot man. #Sensinitisout

It's possible other teams have forgotten how much he sucks by now.

 

[Big Papi]

Anyone at the Flyers game have a STH ticket stub they wouldn't mind giving me? it was my kids first game, and I was hoping to have something a little nicer than a TM printout. I would really appreciate it!!