Post-Game Talk: Ducks @ Sens
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Thats not happening.
Samsquanch
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What the hell are you even talking about?
Ottawa played on of their best games of the year. Anaheim not so much. Or is that not pessimistic enough for your liking?
Go watch the highlights and don't depend on HFboards for your opinion if you need a reality check.
Yes, his attention to defense and reducing high risk forays will definitly improve his +/- stat. I think earler this season he was trying very hard to be aggressive offensively to help the offense, but it backfired due to taking high risk forays and moves. He needs to pick his spots better and he has started to do that. It helps that the second line has upped its game offensively and started scoring regularly. That takes some pressure off him.
ChocolateLeclaire
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I think the odds that I get a pet unicorn for Christmas are better than the chances that either of those first two happen.
This was probably mentioned, but I remember reading before the game, the posts "Will Michalek ever score again?" and "When was the last time we had a blowout win?"
Brilliant
Awesome game to be at as well
Michalek did play better this game. He was skating faster and did get a very nice tip deflection of a pass from Karlsson to score. I hope he continues to play like that because before he was not getting the $4m job done!
Max Power
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My post was tougue in cheek fellow. But I do like the cut of your jib. Where may subscribe to your weekly newsletter?
Samsquanch
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Ah well my face is a little red. Your sarcasm went clear over my head.
Don't feel like going back but I'm pretty sure there were some actual complaints about the optimism in here. We can just apply my post to them
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Watched the game this morning. Nice effort, liked the lines and ice-time, some nice finish but an asterisk b/c of a Rusty Bryz - but I will take it. Some nights we play well and lose, so it's nice to play well and win.
EK had a strong game again, aside from that one silly activation that led to the first Getzlaf goal. No need to read rush there and he got caught up and the rest of the Sens were already thinking about the end of the period. He doesn't have to do that, especially in the last minute with a big lead, to be effective.
Really nice to see the Sens top six just rolling along. Both lines are playing well now and this is as confident as I've been in a long time with whoever comes over the boards. The bottom six, well I really like the Legwand vet line as that's a nice combination of guys who can chip in and also can contribute on special teams. They're a little pricey for what they do, but they're vets and it wouldn't make a difference if we weren't all worrying about money all the time (as in if we spent more we could shore up deficiencies, but we don't have more because we have ten million dollars on the fourth line). We're a Methot away from a decent D core. Knock on wood, cross fingers, pray to your gods - we need Methot back or someone like him.
Anderson is awesome.
Calls against Greening and Zibanejad were brutal weaksauce.
Clapperman x2 was an unexpected bonus.
EK had a strong game again, aside from that one silly activation that led to the first Getzlaf goal. No need to read rush there and he got caught up and the rest of the Sens were already thinking about the end of the period. He doesn't have to do that, especially in the last minute with a big lead, to be effective.
Really nice to see the Sens top six just rolling along. Both lines are playing well now and this is as confident as I've been in a long time with whoever comes over the boards. The bottom six, well I really like the Legwand vet line as that's a nice combination of guys who can chip in and also can contribute on special teams. They're a little pricey for what they do, but they're vets and it wouldn't make a difference if we weren't all worrying about money all the time (as in if we spent more we could shore up deficiencies, but we don't have more because we have ten million dollars on the fourth line). We're a Methot away from a decent D core. Knock on wood, cross fingers, pray to your gods - we need Methot back or someone like him.
Anderson is awesome.
Calls against Greening and Zibanejad were brutal weaksauce.
Clapperman x2 was an unexpected bonus.
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I don't know about the rest of youz, but I thought that MM9 had a decent game.
Certainly seemed to be skating better for the first time in awhile.
Certainly seemed to be skating better for the first time in awhile.
Do Make Say Think
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9MM scored early and that definitely help elevate his game
I want to see him play as well (or close to) in a game where he isn't scoring
I know he can do it, he's done it plenty of times before
I want to see him play as well (or close to) in a game where he isn't scoring
I know he can do it, he's done it plenty of times before
Canadian Time
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Everyone has been playing well in the top six except for MacArthur. Guy has been invisible lately.
Super Cake
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Maybe he just wanted to watch a hockey gmae?
I don't know why people are making a big deal out of this.
Do Make Say Think
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So apparently our Corsi numbers weren't all that great last night (according to our chap on Hockey Buzz). To the advanced stats crowd, how bad was it and does this reinforce the notion that Bryzgalov being rusty was a key part of the win?
For what it's worth I thought the team played rather well outside of the second half of the first and the first bit of the third.
For what it's worth I thought the team played rather well outside of the second half of the first and the first bit of the third.
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The sens played well they got off to a quick start and were opportunistic, which is a trait teams need to have. Anaheim looked sluggish and slow until about the 10 minute mark of the first and they were chasing the game on the road with a goalie that looks like he needed about 2 more weeks in the AHL on a conditioning stint. Anderson handled the Anaheim surge after the sens went up 2-0, at one point the shots were 7-2 for Ottawa then they were 13 to 7 Anaheim 3 minutes into the second.
Getzlaf's post game interview really summed it up. 'They came out hard and we didn't have our legs coming off the bus from Montreal'. They only play in Montreal once a season after a win they probably had a couple pops id imagine, many of the euro's probably wanted to see the 'culture' of the city. Getzlaf played guilty hockey the rest of his team... Not so much.
Now I don't want people around here to think I am being negative I am being realistic about the game, Anaheim is first for a reason they are pretty banged up Perry and Lindholm weren't playing. That being said Ottawa took advantage of the situation and it was a really fun game to be at. The Zibanejad goal was laughable your average mens league goalie could have had that one. Stone's rebound goal was horrendous technique by Bryz where it looked like his body just couldn't get into a butterfly and he did the old Billy Smith one knee up.
Turris's goal was beautiful, he was very smart about it he identified the forward playing D and exposed him.
Hoffmans first goal hit a shaft and the second one the ref interfered with the D man by accident and it sent Ryan and him on a 2-1 which they executed perfectly. I had a great view of this goal Ryan was really happy he came at Hoff tongue out loving it after Hoff was celebrating in the corner.
ChocolateLeclaire
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Who knows what opportunities are being presented to him. He might know he's joining a team next year so he's doing some scouting.
I still have a feeling he'll be with Babcock again next year barring the Sharks dumping McClellan.
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Meh, the ref interference didn't play as a large role in the goal as you make it sound. Fowler got beat before the interference and I don't think he would have made a play even if the ref wasn't there.
bert
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As I make it sound? It happened, I agree he would have got by him but there definitely would have been back pressure which means the D man could have forced a pass instead of backing up. Fowler is an incredible skater.
God Says No
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Yeah, it would have still been a 2 on 1 even without the ref interference. There wasn't enough ice for Fowler to catch up no matter how good a skater he is.
