Pre-Game Talk: SENS in Winnipeg, Wednesday 8:00 pm on TSN

[danielpalfredsson]

We probably should have lost that game by a lot more than a goal.

 

[ToastrStutzle]

Phaneuf loves to ring it around the boards and start the other teams breakouts on his clapppers.

Guy just has no brains out there sometimes.

 

[swiftwin]

Karlsson-Chabot-Dahlin

the future looks bright.

 

[PatrickEaves]

Seriously. 20 seconds left, plenty of better options to pass instead of shooting it willy-nilly.

What a bad game all around aside from Condon.

I know he made a lot of saves, but honestly, I don't think Condon had his best game today. Sure the loss wasn't his fault, but I don't think he looked super comfortable in net today. I've seen him move in the net and track the puck much better than he did tonight.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I'm really concerned about this team. As preseason has gone on, they've looked worse and worse. Probably due to playing better prepared teams while the guys look disinterested and lackadaisical.

 

[albator71]

We gave them to many PPs tonite and our PK wasn't very good

Thank God it preseason, but we need to be better than this

 

[swiftwin]

I'm really concerned about this team. As preseason has gone on, they've looked worse and worse. Probably due to playing better prepared teams while the guys look disinterested and lackadaisical.

Or we were very prepared early on, and are now just waiting for season to start. It's probably to keep the level of intensity up for the whole of pre-season. We started hard and are now petering off.

 

[PatrickEaves]

I'm really concerned about this team. As preseason has gone on, they've looked worse and worse. Probably due to playing better prepared teams while the guys look disinterested and lackadaisical.

Lets be honest, there were a ton of games last year where the only strategy the team was executing was the "hang on until Karlsson does something magical to save us". Of course that strategy looks worse when Karlsson isn't in the lineup.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

We gave them to many PPs tonite and our PK wasn't very good

Thank God it preseason, but we need to be better than this

There isn't much that we're doing right right now. Some bright spots here and there but too many players look like they're coasting towards the regular season.

 

[HSF]

the only guys who mattered today were the youngg guys since they are battling for a spot . They all looked average outside of formentons nice goal

 

[Tundraman]

Strange game. Hard to gauge with all the penalties. Stone would be my 1st star for the Sens but I wasn't impressed by Thompson's game or Burrows. Would have liked to see some other line combos by Boucher too.

 

[LudwigVonKarlsson]

Team sucked but seems like every game outside of Toronto the other team has double or triple our power plays.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Or we were very prepared early on, and are now just waiting for season to start. It's probably to keep the level of intensity up for the whole of pre-season. We started hard and are now petering off.

That's.....not how they should be approaching preseason.

Do your job Boucher. We need to come out strong to offset EK's absence. Coasting through training camp won't do us any favors.

 

[HSF]

That's.....not how they should be approaching preseason.

Do your job Boucher. We need to come out strong to offset EK's absence. Coasting through training camp won't do us any favors.

Its preseason half these guys are trying to get through without injuries

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Its preseason half these guys are trying to get through without injuries

Ok? So I guess the other teams don't care about injuries?

 

[BonkTastic]

Colorado was undefeated in preseason games last year. These games are meaningless.

Couldn't care less about the result. Only thing to take away from these games is the play of the guys who are actually competing for spots. For veterans, these games are just a warm-up, and it often shows on the ice.

 

[dumbdick]

Its preseason half these guys are trying to get through without injuries

But shouldn't that mentality apply to both teams?

 

[HSF]

Colorado was undefeated in preseason games last year. These games are meaningless.

Couldn't care less about the result. Only thing to take away from these games is the play of the guys who are actually competing for spots. For veterans, these games are just a warm-up, and it often shows on the ice.

yup exactly

an ahl leafs team just looked good against mtl for this very reason

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Colorado was undefeated in preseason games last year. These games are meaningless.

Couldn't care less about the result. Only thing to take away from these games is the play of the guys who are actually competing for spots. For veterans, these games are just a warm-up, and it often shows on the ice.

Sounds like an excuse. I don't care about the win/loss record, but we've looked terrible the last few games against mediocre teams. What does training camp even mean if they aren't trying out there? It's not like our special teams are any good either. Is this not when they should be working on these things?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Well I care a lot less about this loss than the one that ended our year last spring

 

[Knave]

I wouldn't say the games are meaningless but I'm not too concerned. If they shit the bed in the early regular season games - I will start to be much more concerned.

 

[pepty]

I'm really concerned about this team. As preseason has gone on, they've looked worse and worse. Probably due to playing better prepared teams while the guys look disinterested and lackadaisical.

They're waiting to hitch their wagon to Karlsson again..

 

[BonkTastic]

Sounds like an excuse.

I've said the same thing after literally every preseason game for the past decade, win or lose. Preseason is about experimenting with new things, testing the kids, and shaking the rust off. That's it.

I'm neither happy nor frustrated with the game tonight. It is what it is. If our kids looked good and nobody got hurt, that's the most you can ask out of these games.

 

[PatrickEaves]

I've said the same thing after literally every preseason game for the past decade, win or lose. Preseason is about experimenting with new things, testing the kids, and shaking the rust off. That's it.

I'm neither happy nor frustrated with the game tonight. It is what it is. If our kids looked good and nobody got hurt, that's the most you can ask out of these games.

How do you feel about our god-awful PP zone entries that doesn't look like it has gotten any better?

 

[BonkTastic]

How do you feel about our god-awful PP zone entries that doesn't look like it has gotten any better?

I don't think evaluating most of the team systems in a game where the veteran players clearly don't care about the result is an accurate portrayal of anything. It's bad data. Period.

I don't think you guys understand here - I'm not defending the team for tonight's performance, nor am I chastising them for it. Rather, I am thoroughly nihilistic about preseason games. They mean nothing to me, regardless of whether we win 10-0, or lose 12-0.