9-5-4 22 points in 18 games. 7th in the East
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ReginKarlssonLehner
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Believe it or not, even though it looks like we're overachieving... I think quite the opposite.
Karlsson only recently has been playing like the Karlsson we've come to know and we still have major injury that'll change entire set-up of our defense.
Not to mention Cowen-Ceci are getting better and better.
Zibanejad hasn't been producing much at all and Ryan has been meh. Turris and Mac have been good, not great(maybe Mac has).
Kid line only good consistent threat all season(not just them but Hoffman, Stone and Lazar).
I believe we can maintain this pace... even though some players may regress, others will improve and so on. Goaltending has won us many games but also lost us games too so it's not been lights out completely.
Methot back+ possibly another acquisition= should finish near what our position now potential playoff spot. We could also crash too but I don't think we've been playing at a high level at all to warrant that much of a crash.
Karlsson only recently has been playing like the Karlsson we've come to know and we still have major injury that'll change entire set-up of our defense.
Not to mention Cowen-Ceci are getting better and better.
Zibanejad hasn't been producing much at all and Ryan has been meh. Turris and Mac have been good, not great(maybe Mac has).
Kid line only good consistent threat all season(not just them but Hoffman, Stone and Lazar).
I believe we can maintain this pace... even though some players may regress, others will improve and so on. Goaltending has won us many games but also lost us games too so it's not been lights out completely.
Methot back+ possibly another acquisition= should finish near what our position now potential playoff spot. We could also crash too but I don't think we've been playing at a high level at all to warrant that much of a crash.
BonkTastic
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Our PDO is being propped up by our goalies right now - our shooting percentage is about league average, so there's not much regression (if any) to be expected in that regard.
We go as our goalies go. No surprises there.
maclean
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I've noticed this as well. Are teams just being nice to us or do they just not fear us or is it just luck of the draw?
MainDotC
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I think Ottawa is doing better than expected. You have to wonder how money spent differently on 9MM and Greening would translate, but I guess it's water under the bridge.
BonkTastic
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It's not even close. The top 20 teams in spending in the NHL all have less than $5 mil in open cap space. There are only three teams in he league with more than $10mil open. We have $13+mil.
Just checked cap geek. "Space today" was 17m. I don't know how I feel about that, no long term commitments or albatross contracts provide organisational agility, (aye the rub) which only matter if management has strong leadership. A situation which is in flux right now and should be treated sceptically based on precedence.
Indrew
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It's not always by design though... it just seems that way because of the last two games.
Chicago couldn't play their starter either game because he was hurt.
Varlamov was hurt for the Avs game.
Bobrovsky was hurt for the 2nd Jackets game.
Harding was hurt for the Wild game.
I wouldn't count Reimer because he played because he is good in Ottawa, not to give Bernier a rest.
Micklebot
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To be fair, Foligno hurt mcBackup so we faced Bob in the first CBJ game even though they started their backup.
You know what team we look like right now? Last season's Maple Leafs. The Sens are likely to impode in the same way if we can't break the puck out of our end and start getting consistent pressure on the opposition. Our goalies are very unlikely to keep this up for a full season.
Indrew
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Yup, on the flip side, some teams threw in their backup on purpose:
Columbus (one of two)
Calgary
Nashville (one of two)
I don't think we make the playoffs once our goaltending comes back down to Earth, but no biggie, because we need a good draft.
Sun God Nika
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Last years maple leafs were being outshot every night with one goalie bailing them out. When one got injured thats when they collapsed.
This years senators are getting outshot every night with two goalies bailing them out.
The facts don't really back this statement up.
Top starting goalies play ~60 games a year. We have played 18 games, so proportionally that means we should have faced backups 5 times. Maybe we have played backups 6 times or something? Not a big difference, and also as someone else mentioned this is due to injuries.
Wondercarrot
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Anyone else find that we are physically taking it to other teams in a sort of casual way?
It doesnt seem to be the team identity but i find the Sens have zero fear of any teams.
Id like that to get a little more play in the media and the narrative for the team.
We are big and for the size reasonably fast. Its a tough team IMO and i think its having an impact in these games.
It doesnt seem to be the team identity but i find the Sens have zero fear of any teams.
Id like that to get a little more play in the media and the narrative for the team.
We are big and for the size reasonably fast. Its a tough team IMO and i think its having an impact in these games.
DrunkUncleDenis
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That's my worry. If we aren't a contender, we should hope for a tank. But not a toxic tank.
God Says No
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This upcoming stretch until the end of the month will be interesting. We have a pretty tough schedule, and a number of back to backs. I think we'll fall down to earth, but I'm a pessimist at heart.
