GDT: Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres - 7PM - TV - Buick Le Sabre Rattling Exhaust

[Gil Gunderson]

f*** at this point the "pick" is what matters.

Chicago or Buffalo will get the top pick for the 800th time.

 

[Adrianopolous]

What happens now

 

[Dan Patrick]

What happens now

The team plays 45 more games.

BUCKLE UP BUCKEROO!

 

[Boud]

What happens now

It's weird because in a way there's probably no point to change anything right now but on the other hand is it really acceptable to stand path?

It'll be interesting to see what Staios does.

 

[lang006]

You could be right. Doing something different might be the thing that gets him going.

They said he did that last game. Didn’t make any difference. He needs to see a sports psychologist

 

[L'Aveuglette]

First game I’ve watched in about 2 or 3 weeks, but IMO Chychrun is an objectively bad hockey player. Really makes some bad decisions, with and without the puck.

I've watched him play long enough to know he's a very good #3 dman. Probably don't want him on the 1st pairing but what you're seeing right now is just a byproduct of being on a team that has totally fallen apart. Almost no one looks good.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

It's times like this you wish you could just say "you know what, we forfeit the next 10 games"

This team clearly needs a mental reset.

I was gifted tickets to Jan 29th vs the Preds so I'll be watching that game but I'm done watching this team for a bit.

I encourage some of you to do the same. We don't need this drag. 10 nights spent doing something else sounds great.

 

[Ouroboros]

Things are looking up. They look locked and loaded, ready to give the Sharks a solid run for their money on Saturday.

 

[BigRig4]

My key takeaways:

1. Staios loves a good chew, and doesn’t care who’s watching. Ryan Bowness likes a good chew as well, but tries to do it stealth, pretending to drink coffee when he’s spitting.
2. Jamie Baker is actually Captain Obvious.
And he calls every routine save like it belongs on the highlight time. (Bring back Mike Johnston as a regular please, screw the Leafs).

3. On the 7th day, the Claudfather was created. Our oldest player is our best AINEC. One of these things is not like the others.

Overdue to have a front office that dips.

 

[SpezDispenser]

I hope the top 3 players in the draft are worth this

 

[DylanSensFan]

I've watched him play long enough to know he's a very good #3 dman. Probably don't want him on the 1st pairing but what you're seeing right now is just a byproduct of being on a team that has totally fallen apart. Almost no one looks good.

And here I thought he was one of our better players tonight.

 

[DylanSensFan]

First game I’ve watched in about 2 or 3 weeks, but IMO Chychrun is an objectively bad hockey player. Really makes some bad decisions, with and without the puck.

He sometimes is really bad, but also sometimes really good. All of our D have been making terrible decisions. Tonight I saw quite a few bad plays from Sanderson and Chabot. They need to all wake up.

 

[The Waffler]

I hope the top 3 players in the draft are worth this

Not seeing a lot of RHDs high in the mock drafts, so I’m hoping for Cole Eiserman

 

[Flamingo]

He sometimes is really bad, but also sometimes really good. All of our D have been making terrible decisions. Tonight I saw quite a few bad plays from Sanderson and Chabot. They need to all wake up.

Seems to me they all forgot how to defend. Match speed, close gap, line up shoulders, stick on stick, in that order. And do it confidently at the blue line. They’re playing scared, or they’re playing way too loose.

The swagger has to start with a f***-no-you-aren’t-scoring attitude. Transition off of that.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

I've been a really big CHabot fan but I think I've finally lost patience. He is too lackadaisical out there. It's awful. Trade him.

And for those saying " we can't trade him until we know what Chychrun is doing" ? I say trade him too. He makes horrible decisions and makes plays that exhibot next to no situational awareness.

I'd rather run: Sanderson - Brannstrom - Kleven (no NHL experience) for ~$11.5 Million than I would run Chabot - Sanderson - Chychrun for ~$23M.

SO frustrating.

 

[Boud]

I've been a really big CHabot fan but I think I've finally lost patience. He is too lackadaisical out there. It's awful. Trade him.

And for those saying " we can't trade him until we know what Chychrun is doing" ? I say trade him too. He makes horrible decisions and makes plays that exhibot next to no situational awareness.

I'd rather run: Sanderson - Brannstrom - Kleven (no NHL experience) for ~$11.5 Million than I would run Chabot - Sanderson - Chychrun for ~$23M.

SO frustrating.

It's tough with the way the team is playing, hard to say if you're getting a fair assessment or if that player could be incredibly useful when things turn around.

It's odd we addressed the D for the first time in how long? Sanderson coming into his own and adding Chychrun. They've looked legitimately horrible though. It just seems like we need another Zub type stabilizer.

We apparently had scouts in Calgary. I could see us go and make a trade with them

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

It's weird because in a way there's probably no point to change anything right now but on the other hand is it really acceptable to stand path?

It'll be interesting to see what Staios does.

I'm leaning towards stand pat. Let the players gut through this miserable year. Show them just how much losing sucks. Then hope everyone comes back with a new attitude where they'd drive through a brick wall to avoid losing again.

 

[Alex1234]

I'm leaning towards stand pat. Let the players gut through this miserable year. Show them just how much losing sucks. Then hope everyone comes back with a new attitude where they'd drive through a brick wall to avoid losing again.

I dont think its going to come from within
They need to be taught how to play to be effective in the NHL
My opinion only but I think some of them arent good enough and need to be traded

 

[senswon]

Sit Timmy if possible--- his attention to detail at our blue lines is atrocious. Consistently tries to stick handle through 3 guys... enough.
Trade a d or 2 -- doesn't matter who minus Sanderson
Bring up Soooogaaard and sit korpisalo
Fire goalie coach

The beatings will continue until morale improves

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

I dont think its going to come from within
They need to be taught how to play to be effective in the NHL
My opinion only but I think some of them arent good enough and need to be traded

Mental fortitude is the one thing that has to come from within.

But yes, there are a few players here that likely aren't good enough.

 

[Micklebot]

And here I thought he was one of our better players tonight.

He had some objectively terrible shifts.

That's the thing about this team imo, just about everybody can play well and throw it all away with 2 or 3 shifts of brutal decisions.

We don't need guys taking over shifts and dominating, we need guys that can go 60 mins without handing the opposition avoidable quality chances. We need to make team earn their goals,

The details just aren't there, and Idk how long it's supposed to take to re-ingrain them into a players instinctual game, but until that happens, our guy's instincts are taking them out of plays for offense that isn't there, trying to play the puck when you need to take the man, and making dangerous decisions at the blue lines.

 

[bert]

72 has never held the blue line in his life. He likely doesn't trust his game to do that

You learn to do it in peewee. It's hard so obviously he won't even attempt it.

Probably for the better. Hard to believe how much he was glazed after the hire.

If you listen to what he has said to the media he is bang on in what this team needs to change about its game. They're just not doing it. Blaming Jacques on any level here if you were preaching about systems with DJ means you have no idea what you were watching before or after.

 

[TkachukMyAho]

I'm of the opinion that many people thought the coaching change would fix things semi-immediately. This is going to take a lot longer than even I thought. The pieces are here. You can see in the defensive zone right now the players doing double takes on their plays to correct themselves from previous habits, it just isn't there yet. This will take time to implement. These players have been playing free reign hockey for far too long.

I have faith in the group overall and the core, but it likely won't come to fruition until later on in the year. I also tend to think this times well with the decline of some of the teams in the Atlantic - let's be honest here, we weren't going to be making much noise this year coming out of this division anyways. This might be a blessing in disguise to grab that high pick, sell off our assets and pick up some draft capital.

 

[scout20]

I believe players should not be given ice time they need to start earning ice time. Example Ridly Greig played well last night put him on the 1st power play unit. Start limiting ice time to those players who appear to me going through the motions.

 

[lancepitlick]

IMO the losing and poor culture resulting from said losing have totally screwed up this group of players. Nearly everyone looks like a shell of themselves. The only guys that look like they are playing to their potential are Tarasenko, Giroux, Kubalik, Greig, and Kelly. And two of those guys are borderline NHL players.

At this point I don't think Scotty Bowman himself can turn around their collective psyches. Some changes need to be made in terms of personnel to change the culture, but you can't get rid of guys for pennies on the dollar or throw the baby out with the bath water, so to speak.

I'd hate to be Staois right now. I don't know how you even evaluate these players accurately given the collective trauma they seem to have inherited from the Melnyk era.