Post-Game Talk: Forgot there was a game tonight, apparently so did the sens, lose 7-3 to the leaves

[Sensinitis]

 

[Crosside]

Smith: Sometimes we take for granted a guy like Thomas Chabot

 

[DrEasy]

Anisimov doesn't play, and we lose badly again...

 

[Crosside]

Murray: I could've done a better job at giving us a chance to win

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Well, he doesn't really bring anything else...

He’s brings very average decent play. Near guarantee to get 40 points or on pace for it. Complaining about him not hitting is pointless. Thats not him.

 

[Crosside]

Reilly: I think we were running around too much

 

[branch]

Reilly: I think we were running around too much

Thanks Mike

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Bruce with the hard hitting question to Peca... "Was it nice to get the opportunity?" must have spent a lot of time coming up with that one..

Now he can write... "Peca says it was nice to get the opportunity" to keep us all well informed

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Smith: Sometimes we take for granted a guy like Thomas Chabot

His presence was definitely missed. That's why drafting Sanderson was so crucial this year, in the future we'll have Chabot 2.0 right behind him in case he misses a game.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Reilly: I think we were running around too much

Or in his case: sliding.

 

[SensHulk]

First goal on Hogberg was garbage as well. I do think they were tired, think they’ve been suing above their level for the past 6 games and it finally caught up. Murray was terrible too. However, we have no finish and our PP has to be the worst in the past 5 years. How are we consistently so bad with the PP??

Really hope stepan is gone by Sunday

 

[SpezDispenser]

Sometimes you just want to press the fast forward button and see Sanderson, Formenton, Pinto, Grieg, JBD in there with Stützle, Norris, chucky et all

 

[SpezDispenser]

His presence was definitely missed. That's why drafting Sanderson was so crucial this year, in the future we'll have Chabot 2.0 right behind him in case he misses a game.

Or right behind him on the 2nd pairing.

 

[branch]

Murray: I could've done a better job at giving us a chance to win

This is a man that seems mentally done playing hockey

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Or right behind him on the 2nd pairing.

Exactly. The team looks bad now, but if Sanderson is the real deal, that 1-2 punch (1-2-3 if they keep Brannstrom on the left-side) will be very tough to play against.

 

[Crosside]

Peca: Felt good out there but it caught up to me in the 3rd period

 

[SpezDispenser]

Exactly. The team looks bad now, but if Sanderson is the real deal, that 1-2 punch (1-2-3 if they keep Brannstrom on the left-side) will be very tough to play against.

Oh yeah, it'll make all the difference in the world.

 

[Xspyrit]

This is a man that seems mentally done playing hockey

What? Are you saying that... because of the sound of his voice? How do you think he sounded when he was winning cups?

He's just being politically correct here and takes his blame instead of throwing the whole team under the bus. Not many played well in the first 2 periods, including himself, he wasn't a savior tonight but to pointing the fingers at him as to why we lost would be a very bad understanding of the game of hockey.

He had 5 games out of 6 with an above 0.929 SV% before that one. Didn't look like a guy mentally done playing hockey at all, he was actually the glue that helped the team settle in.

lol will you guys stop trying to single out the goalies? This team is weak, simple as that.

 

[JaredCowen4Norris]

Lol, Tierney and Brown are not the problem. Brown is easily the hardest worker on the team.

Brown receives unwarranted flak. Did people think he was some elite first line player? He's most effective as a 3/4RW in a shutdown/PK role but because our depth sucks he's our most used RW (he's probably been our most consistent RW too). He's a very effective 30-45 point depth winger, but if he's playing 19-20 minutes a night that's not an ideal situation.

 

[Crosside]

Brown: We gotta keep pushing towards the way we know we can play

 

[Alex1234]

Batherson is so soft

Also PP is brutabysmal

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Brown receives unwarranted flak. Did people think he was some elite first line player? He's most effective as a 3/4RW in a shutdown/PK role but because our depth sucks he's our most used RW (he's probably been our most consistent RW too). He's a very effective 30-45 point depth winger, but if he's playing 19-20 minutes a night that's not an ideal situation.

This is absolutely the problem and the way they used Brown last year is example A. They're just too important to the team and relied on too much, but guys like Brown can thrive in the right role. They just have too few options in Ottawa right now and it puts so many guys out of a spot they belong in and thrust in to a role over their head like Brown last year and less so this year.

Tierney is a lot less desirable as a player than Brown, but he fits in that conversation as well.

 

[MrGuyPerson]

So an idea popped in my head and I'm really not sure how I feel about it. I mean I am not certain how it would work/effect depth. However the idea is:

Stützle shifts to RW and jumps up to the Tkachuk -Norris line. I know people want Tim at C, but personally I don't know if I would shift him there until his defensive awareness is higher. Mainly, I just think Brady's game would complement Jimmy's game incredibly well. Would having Tim posted up in the O - Zone in a 1-T ready stance really be a draw back? Especially with Brady Tkachuk sitting in front to finish the play? I just think it could be a neat thing to try and see how it goes. Plus Roomies line. That's just fun

 

[JaredCowen4Norris]

This is absolutely the problem and the way they used Brown last year is example A. They're just too important to the team and relied on too much, but guys like Brown can thrive in the right role. They just have too few options in Ottawa right now and it puts so many guys out of a spot they belong in and thrust in to a role over their head like Brown last year and less so this year.

Tierney is a lot less desirable as a player than Brown, but he fits in that conversation as well.

Definitely agree on Tierney. I don't really think he brings anything we need, but he's one of those plug-and-play 3Cs like Lars Eller.

I would also argue that Batherson, to a certain extent, is in the same boat. I think he's looked very average but we're not putting him in a situation to succeed. He's at his best when he's playing a more support role to a high-end C, but he's more or less been having to drive play on his line. Even in his few games playing with Stutzle, a player with an elite IQ, he's looked better. Get them a C better then Stepan and I think that line would be very effective.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Sometimes you just want to press the fast forward button and see Sanderson, Formenton, Pinto, Grieg, JBD in there with Stützle, Norris, chucky et all

Where is Luke Hughes/Power/Beniers/Guenther?