GDT: Game 5 | Wild vs Senators | Sensgiving Edition | Mon Oct. 14, 1pm | RDS, TSN5

[Sens of Anarchy]

Szwarz 3:42
Sabourin 5:37
Boedker 6:12

Pretty low even for 4th line minutes. This taxes the rest of the lines especially when they are short handed a lot of the game.

Brown, Tierney, Namestnikov had over 7 minutes combined PP and PK time

 

[Sens72]

This team has too many slow players that try to play a fast game. Boedker, Ryan, Hainsey, Tierney and even Tkachuk just have no wheels.

Chabot looked brutal in the 3rd period. Horrible at breaking it out on the PP. It was embarrassing to watch them try to sustain pressure.

I liked Anderson today and it's too bad the only goal came off a play where there should've been a penalty and Boedker gave no effort to defend. I wish we would just ship out guys like Boedker and Tierney now because they give no effort and they are young guys deserving of more time than them.

 

[Deku]

Szwarz 3:42
Sabourin 5:37
Boedker 6:12

Pretty low even for 4th line minutes. This taxes the rest of the lines especially when they are short handed a lot of the game.

Brown, Tierney, Namestnikov had over 7 minutes combined PP and PK time

Yeah, I get that this is a tanking roster, but it would be nice to have fourth liners who could at least play 10 minutes a night. Not like those are very hard to find
Ennis should be one, but he is instead apparently a top six forward

 

[tardigrade81]

Despite me having McDonald’s and Anderson playing awesome these guys still keep the tank alive. Proud of the boys!

 

[SensFactor]

Went to the game, sat in the 100s behind the bench. Awful third period all around. The player that is a complete black hole is Chris Tierney. If you get a pick, then you move him. Yes there were others but he was just awful top to bottom.

 

[SensFactor]

Also we lost like 7 offensive faceoffs in a row... Including two on the last powerplay with 4mins left... It was brutal to watch..

 

[Beville]

Back to the L, restart the streak boys!

 

[robsenz]

I see Colin White is ready for Halloween, dude's is a ghost, I don't get the hype, he creates very little offense.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Also we lost like 7 offensive faceoffs in a row... Including two on the last powerplay with 4mins left... It was brutal to watch..

#tryptophan

 

[BonkTastic]

Attendance today: 11,500
(which is a weirdly exact number, you'd think it would be something like 11,503 or something, lol)

Fun fact: This was also the last "free ticket" game from the home opener, where people who bought tickets to the Rangers game got to pick free tickets to another game - the other two being the Saturday game vs Tampa, and the Thursday nighter vs the Blues.

 

[Langdon Alger]

I see Colin White is ready for Halloween, dude's is a ghost, I don't get the hype, he creates very little offense.

To be fair, he’s not the only one, but he is making good money now, so he should be doing more. He needs a good RW on his line though. Ryan and Brown are not first line guys.

 

[BondraTime]

Because it's an interesting stat to track: this is now the 4th game out of 5 on the season where the opposing team has started their backup goalie against us.

Sens record vs. starting goalies: 0-1-0
Sens record vs. backup goalies: 1-3-0

The only reason we got the Leafs starter was because it was their home opener.

I’d be surprised if we got 25 starting goalies all season, teams are going to be using the Sens as a rest for their starters all season.

 

[JungleBeat]

Horrible line combinations and pp set up. The coaching staff is subpar.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Horrible line combinations and pp set up. The coaching staff is subpar.

There are definitely a couple of real jabronies behind the bench.

 

[SENATOR]

What Ennis 2:25, Brown 3:38 and Tierney 3:50 PP time do on the Power Play at all, with all their dismal skill sets? Winning us Lafrenière Cup????

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Watched five minutes of second period.

guess I missed a lot of nothing.

https://www.tsn.ca/stalock-perfect-...ors-for-first-win-of-season-1.1381098?tsn-amp


Ottawa has yet to score on the power play this season and is 0 for 17 overall.
"Last game we had some chances," said Senators head coach D.J. Smith. "(Monday) we might have had one good power play I thought. Just not enough chances going towards the net. I didn't think we worked hard enough to get pucks back and to stay on pucks and that's something that has to change

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I feel sorry for the few fans who paid to see this

I just finished watching on fast-forward and I feel sorry for you guys who watched it in real time.

Woof. What a terribly boring outing this was. Our powerplay in particular is worst than it's ever been.

I was worried about Minny beating us to the bottom but this diminished my concerns.

 

[SENATOR]

Yes... horrible line combinations gunning for The Lafrenière Cup. The worst PP setup in the league!

We have only two NHL calibre top 6 forwards in Namestnikov and Tkachuk . And Namestnikov is a big question mark.

But three very good NHL defensemen plus Demelo

 

[SENATOR]

Watched five minutes of second period.

guess I missed a lot of nothing.

https://www.tsn.ca/stalock-perfect-...ors-for-first-win-of-season-1.1381098?tsn-amp


Ottawa has yet to score on the power play this season and is 0 for 17 overall.
"Last game we had some chances," said Senators head coach D.J. Smith. "(Monday) we might have had one good power play I thought. Just not enough chances going towards the net. I didn't think we worked hard enough to get pucks back and to stay on pucks and that's something that has to change

Yes.... if this genius of the coach will give more time to Brown, Ennis and Tierney on the PP, we will score more goals.....idiocy!!!

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Ref's were sub-par today as well I hear.

 

[TheDebater]

I just finished watching on fast-forward and I feel sorry for you guys who watched it in real time.

Woof. What a terribly boring outing this was. Our powerplay in particular is worst than it's ever been.

I was worried about Minny beating us to the bottom but this diminished my concerns.

And I actually believed before the season that it could not be worse than it was last year...

 

[L'Aveuglette]

And I actually believed before the season that it could not be worse than it was last year...

I mean, if they at least let us see a few of the talented kids up with the big club it would be a bit more interesting, but watching the likes of Ennis on the 1st line, and a bunch of mediocre "vets" spread throughout is just.....brutal.

No one should be surprised we can barely get 10K into the CTC.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

And I actually believed before the season that it could not be worse than it was last year...

I really think that this is one of those games where the team plays like the other team, because the part of the second period I saw, Minny look horrendous. Like really bad.

They played amazing against Tampa. They played like shit against Minny. I hope DJ makes them skate hard tomorrow.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I really think that this is one of those games where the team plays like the other team, because the part of the second period I saw, Minny look horrendous. Like really bad.

They played amazing against Tampa. They played like **** against Minny. I hope DJ makes them skate hard tomorrow.

Difference is Tampa was barely trying and looked disinterested, while Minny was desperate to get their first win. Once most teams get their act together, wins will almost be impossible to come by with this roster.

 

[TheDebater]

I mean, if they at least let us see a few of the talented kids up with the big club it would be a bit more interesting, but watching the likes of Ennis on the 1st line, and a bunch of mediocre "vets" spread throughout is just.....brutal.

No one should be surprised we can barely get 10K into the CTC.

It is equivalent to being stuck between a "rock and a hard place". Let us set aside the obvious short-comings of this management group for a moment and sympathize with their situation. They know the current product they are icing this season is unacceptable for an NHL level team, however, the "big picture plan" is to dig in and this season and hope for a high pick. On the flip side, if they start trading/sending away guys like Boedker, Anisimov, Ennis, Ryan, Sabourin etc. and bring up some of the younger guys in Belleville, it might provide the fans with a little more reason to watch and attend games but what impression does that give in terms of "being patient" and building it right?

If it were up to me, I would cut away the dead weight, suck it up and load up with some of the players in Belleville and just pray for the best but then again, I have always been "anti-tank" and my philosophy has always been that you ice the best and most entertaining team you possibly can. Trying to play for a top 3 pick has been proven to be a waste of time as we have landed in the #4 spot two years in a row now. Again I am glad I do not have to be the one to make these decisions, but it seems some of the fans want a lottery finish but still want to be entertained with quality players....it just does not work.