Post-Game Talk: Game 9 | Red Wings vs Senators | Battle of the Worst Edition | Wed Oct. 23rd, 7:30PM | SN360, SN1

[HSF]

Paul might have finally figured it out

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Connor Brown is a nice player. Does a lot of the little things well.

Plays a bit like Pageau but on the wing.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Detroit is sooooo bad lol

So are we

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Hopefully Paul can keep it up.

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Is Nilsson the teams best trading chip at the deadline?

Pageau. There will be a few teams that want him. One of the better bottom top 6 players and PKers in the league.

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Apparently attendance tonight was 11026

That's more than our other home games, right? There's lots of Detroit fans out there and I noticed a lot of Detroit jerseys in the arena tonight.

 

[bert]

Plays a bit like Pageau but on the wing.

Yeah they are a good duo together they should be playing against the oppositions top lines. Pauls size and physicality helps them cycle and get offensive zone time.

 

[Micklebot]

Yeah they are a good duo together they should be playing against the oppositions top lines. Pauls size and physicality helps them cycle and get offensive zone time.

He's been a beast on the cycle since callups last year.

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

I like that Paul took it to the net tonight. We need more of that.

 

[Micklebot]

The Paul Pageau Brown line got the Bertuzzi Mantha Larkin assignment and killed it. Hope they keep those guys together for a while and see how they do against better teams. If Paul continues playing like he did tonight that could be a hell of a third line.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

They gotta stop this 1 game winning streak immediately

 

[Alf Silfversson]

For those harping on Brannstrom and small players in general, Mantha got thoroughly owned by Brannstrom and Pageau tonight.

The play where EB held off Mantha with one hand and dished the puck to safety with the other hand was pure gold. This kid is going to be a fantastic 2-way defenseman.

 

[tardigrade81]

So are we

Amen

but we were better today

 

[aragorn]

- Paul had probably the best game I have ever seen him play in an Ottawa uniform.

- Boro had a strong night blocking shots & moving guys from in front of his own net.

- Ottawa looks like a different team with L. Brown, Paul & Tkachuk on the ice winning board battles, causing havoc in front of the net, played well defensively & they don't get knocked off the puck easily & all had numerous chances in front of the opposition net.

 

[aragorn]

For those harping on Brannstrom and small players in general, Mantha got thoroughly owned by Brannstrom and Pageau tonight.

The play where EB held off Mantha with one hand and dished the puck to safety with the other hand was pure gold. This kid is going to be a fantastic 2-way defenseman.

Well that's not what I saw, on his very first shift he lost the puck & knocked down & it happened throughout the night. On one play he lost the puck or gave it away to a player streaking in on net for a scoring chance, I don't get the fascination with this player, he doesn't look NHL ready to me.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Well that's not what I saw, on his very first shift he lost the puck & knocked down & it happened throughout the night. On one play he lost the puck or gave it away to a player streaking in on net for a scoring chance, I don't get the fascination with this player, he doesn't look NHL ready to me.

So you didn't see Mantha come into the zone 1-on-1 against Brannstrom (just 20 years old) and have Brannstrom hold him off with one arm and make a pass to his teammate with the other?

Brannstrom, as a 20 year old rookie D definitely had rough spots this game. Just like a young Karlsson, a young Lidstrom, a young Rielly, a young Doughty, a young Josi, a young Giordano, etc. etc, etc,.

The kid is going to take his lumps but he showed that he can handle a 6'5 scorer 1-on-1 beautifully as a kid who isn't fully developed. Just like the guys above did. He's remarkably strong on the puck for a scrawny 20 year old. He's going to be outstanding and has been our 2-4 best defenseman so far this year.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Hopefully Paul can keep it up.

He was very good tonight. I was losing patience with him since he had never shown me much before, but credit where credit is due, he had a good game tonight. Let’s see if he can build on it.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

- Paul had probably the best game I have ever seen him play in an Ottawa uniform.

- Boro had a strong night blocking shots & moving guys from in front of his own net.

- Ottawa looks like a different team with L. Brown, Paul & Tkachuk on the ice winning board battles, causing havoc in front of the net, played well defensively & they don't get knocked off the puck easily & all had numerous chances in front of the opposition net.

Paul was great tonight.

If he can keep it up he'll be a decent 3rd line player in the NHL and a rich man.

I also like him, if he's playing like that, in our bottom six. He has some skill and if he plays with some purpose like he did tonight he'll be a nice player to have. He hasn't done that enough but maybe he feels this is his last chance. It probably is. Hopefully he runs with it.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Paul was great tonight.

If he can keep it up he'll be a decent 3rd line player in the NHL and a rich man.

I also like him, if he's playing like that, in our bottom six. He has some skill and if he plays with some purpose like he did tonight he'll be a nice player to have. He hasn't done that enough but maybe he feels this is his last chance. It probably is. Hopefully he runs with it.

Not sure I see him as a third liner, but I’d love to be proven wrong. Maybe a 4th liner. Still like to see more from him. How much offence can we get from him? That’s what I’m curious about. No question he can do a lot of the dirty work in the corners, but I’m not sure what to expect in terms of point totals.

 

[Boud]

Paul could be a very good 3rd liner IMO. He doesn't have high end skill or agility, but he has a cannon, can make plays, plays hard, good defensively, can play both wing/center and he can skate. That's the making of a nice 3rd line player.

 

[SpezDispenser]

It'll help paul that he's got ludicrous chemistry in the ahl with brown and batherson. Smith would be silly not to reunite that line when batherson earns his way back up.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Thoughts on the coaching staff so far?

 

[Xspyrit]

Outside of the obvious long-term keepers (Chabot, Tkachuk, White, Brannstrom, Wolanin), Connor Brown, Pageau, Namestnikov, Zaitsev and maybe even Duclair could be players to have around for a few years 3-6 years)

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Duclair-White-Namestnikov
Paul-Pageau-Brown

Chabot-???????
Brannstrom-Zaistev
Wolanin-??????
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Nilsson
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Some nights Tierney shows that he should be part of the solution but I maintain that the Sens have to sell high on him

Batherson, Brown, Formenton, Norris, Thomson, JBD, Jaros, Lajoie, The goalies, etc; let’s see how they develop and which spots they could fill

The future is slowly shaping up. Good thing we don’t have a 1st line this year (well considering the direction ownership wanted), we need a killer draft and we’ll be set.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Chabot
Brannstrom
Wolanin
Thomson
Bernard Docker
Jaros

That’s what I hope the defence looks like in a few years. I don’t care who plays with who, but those are the 6 guys I’m hopeful can make up our blue line one day.

We’ll see. I also had high hopes for Cowen and Ceci to be our second pair one day, and that didn’t work out as I had hoped.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Any big statement about any line should probably be restrained considering we were facing the only other team as bad as we are, plus they were playing their 2nd game in two nights.