Are the Ottawa Senators not as bad as people expected them to be?

[Dr Jan Itor]

Ewing Theory.

 

[Agent Zub]

they are playing very opportunistic hockey. hope they can keep it up

 

[CCM19]

Maybe not so much an AHL lineup?

 

[robsenz]

Good players are good. Who knew? Plus Duchene is finally coming into his own after a kind of garbage year last year. Ryan looks pretty good too. Clicking on all cylinders and Anderson is playing some inspired hockey. Lets go Ottaway!

Ryan...? err, no he's his typical self...lol

 

[ottawa]

It's a mirage

 

[Dicdonya]

They do look good, still a little early to know if they can keep up this sort of play all year though. On the other hand, MTL looks good too, and were not expected to be so this year. Was a fun game to watch as a neutral fan.

 

[Critical13]

I hope they drop that pick to 15-20

 

[Clamshells]

Chaboiii

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Imagine if we had Karlsson

 

[TheBradyBunch]

It's a mirage

I actually came in here to say that it's not going to last and we will still almost certainly be bottom 10 but the fact that you're saying the same thing fills me to the brim with self-doubt.

 

[Knave]

We've played teams with shitty defense so far. It's not hard to beat teams like Montreal or Toronto.

We underperformed last year, right now we're overperforming and I'm sure a few months from now we'll hit a dry spell.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

DeMelo !!!

 

[Skipee]

It's a mirage

So is Price's goaltending.

 

[JTmillerForA1stLOL]

I can hear the collective "pfff" from Colorado fans from here.

 

[Korpse]

But their lineup is mostly AHL quality

Can you expand on this. Who exactly is AHL quality?

Paul Carey sure but who else?

 

[swiftwin]

Maybe not so much an AHL lineup?

Ottawa has more depth among the forwards than they've had in years. Not sure why people keep saying this.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Just tell me the Leafs can't win a playoff round. I beg you. Just like you told me the Sens play an exciting brand of winning hockey, and that Patrik Laine would win the Calder, and be the best player from his draft.

The Sens looked pretty exciting tonight. 4-2-1 now, I think this qualifies as winning hocley and only 3 points back of your Leafs with 2 games in hand. If they are as crappy as you say they are. Your team is not much better if we are using your logic. Darn exciting game and win against a good Montreal team.

 

[HuGo Sham]

stone and duchene are elite players and they have some nice young players

 

[Avsboy]

Can you expand on this. Who exactly is AHL quality?

Paul Carey sure but who else?

Mostly the D
Chabot is young, expected to do well but not this early. Borocop isn't too good normally. Lajoie is doing stunningly well for someone like him. Up until this season the only quality name would have been Ceci.

 

[solidprospect]

worst team in the league

 

[Bmania]

What does Ottawa want from Winnipeg for Duchene

 

[swiftwin]

stone and duchene are elite players and they have some nice young players

and some underrated vets like Tierney and Boedker who are getting massively overlooked.

 

[swiftwin]

What does Ottawa want from Winnipeg for Duchene

What does Winnipeg want for Scheifele?

 

[Balthazar]

What does Ottawa want from Winnipeg for Duchene

You don't need another 1C.

 

[Balthazar]

and some underrated vets like Tierney and Boedker who are getting massively overlooked.

Well TBH Boedker has been playing like hot garbage for the last 2 years in San Jose.