Pre-Game Talk: Islanders @ Senators Nov. 1 (7:30 p.m. Eastern, 4:30 p.m. Pacific)

[Carrie Underwood]

Roll 4 units of 5, with some revolutionary formations.

Michalek - Spezza
Karlsson
Methot - Gryba

MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Cowen - Corvo

Conacher - Zibanejad
Karlsson
Phillips - Weircoch

Greening - Smith - Condra
Methot - Karlsson

I like the way you think, unfortunately, Chris Neil does not.

 

[Hale The Villain]

According to the practice.

Conacher - Spezza - Neil
Mac - Turris - Ryan
MM - Smith - Zbad
Greening - Grant - Condra

Can anyone confirm this?

 

[Upgrayedd]

Roll 4 units of 5, with some revolutionary formations.

Michalek - Spezza
Karlsson
Methot - Gryba

MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Cowen - Corvo

Conacher - Zibanejad
Karlsson
Phillips - Weircoch

Greening - Smith - Condra
Methot - Karlsson

Lol, I like this!

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Who wins more games this year? The Toronto Raptors or The Ottawa Senators?

 

[dasboot]

Karlsson would be a great CAM.

 

[DrEasy]

I like the way you think, unfortunately, Chris Neil does not.

You still get to dress 12 forwards, so you use Grant exclusively on the PK, and Neil can occasionally replace Condra, who would also be mostly used on the PK.

edit: didn't see that both Gryba and Wier were being used, so then maybe just scratch Grant, or maybe choose between Wier and Gryba.

 

[Derivation]

So funny to see people whining and demanding line shake ups and changes and when they come don't like what they see and demand their line up combination or the line ups that were originally in place. Are the majority of posters on this forum 8-15? Michalek has had 0 chemistry with Spezza, okay. He has 3 goals, and the 3 he has gotten could have come on any line. His assists are mainly being placed with finishers such as Spezza and Karlsson. I'm happy that 'Stache' is willing to shake things up to start a new month and get this ship in the right direction.

 

[Fandlauer]

Who wins more games this year? The Toronto Raptors or The Ottawa Senators?

Raps for sure.

 

[HavlatMach9]

Aw yiss, Neil on the 1st line, or is it Spezza on the 3rd line? Anyways, imo an overreaction now that we're back in the East.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Neil will put himself in front of the goalie and hopefully encourage Spezza to use his cannon shot

I don't mind the move at all; yet

 

[Qward]

Senators, why you play friday!!! WORK LATE THEN!!!

YA! You are suppose to play on Thursday at 730 at night so people will not go because they have work in the morning!

 

[harvey]

Neil will put himself in front of the goalie and hopefully encourage Spezza to use his cannon shot

I don't mind the move at all; yet

Neil will be chirping at Spezza all game you can bet on that. Putting Spezza with two of the hardest working players will make him realize that the game is not just all pretty stuff.

 

[harvey]

According to the practice.

Conacher - Spezza - Neil
Mac - Turris - Ryan
MM - Smith - Zbad
Greening - Grant - Condra

Can anyone confirm this?

I like, 3 scoring lines, one checking line

 

[BUCKLE UP]

Karlsson would be a great CAM.

Third striker

 

[harvey]

Third striker

Rover

 

[Hossa18]

I like, 3 scoring lines, one checking line

I see one scoring line

 

[Hossa18]

Aw yiss, Neil on the 1st line, or is it Spezza on the 3rd line? Anyways, imo an overreaction now that we're back in the East.

Is he wrong???

 

[YNWA14]

It'll be interesting to see how far up the scoring chart Spezza moves after the next 2 games. He's played 2 or more less games than most of the players ahead of him in the scoring race right now. The next 3 games we have are against teams that shouldn't be hard to score against for a team as offensively talented as the Sens. Wouldn't be surprised if Spezza has 5 or 6 points over the next 3 games...

 

[aragorn]

Not exactly what people thought would happen, I guess, seeing Spezza demoted to the 4th line is very amusing. Or has Neil been promoted, hard to know. Well maybe Spezza can make them better players like people here keep saying how he makes players better, let's see.

While I called for a huge shakeup even I didn't think PM would go this far but take heart, my guess is that it may last a shfif or two at the most. Never like to see guys not playing well or demoted but Pageau needs some time in Bingo to regain his confidence. Ottawa needs to be bigger, too many little players on a team at the same time is not a recipe for winning. Hopefully Stone will get the callup soon.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Not exactly what people thought would happen, I guess, seeing Spezza demoted to the 4th line is very amusing. Or has Neil been promoted, hard to know. Well maybe Spezza can make them better players like people here keep saying how he makes players better, let's see.

While I called for a huge shakeup even I didn't think PM would go this far but take heart, my guess is that it may last a shfif or two at the most. Never like to see guys not playing well or demoted but Pageau needs some time in Bingo to regain his confidence. Ottawa needs to be bigger, too many little players on a team at the same time is not a recipe for winning. Hopefully Stone will get the callup soon.

I don't think the coaches view things as 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th lines. It's more just getting a combination of players that work.

Spezza will play a lot of minutes, and he'll probably see a rotation of wingers

 

[StefanW]

I like Neil on the first line with Spezza. At least once a game, it seems, Spezza will try a play from behind the net where he attempts to banks it in off of the goaltender. With Neil out in font Spezza will have another target for bank shots.

 

[Back in Black]

Movember begins.

Ha, most of the Sens players can't even grow one.....

 

[YNWA14]

Spezza makes other players better that's not just something people say...everyone he's played with has had their career years playing with him. There's a reason for that.

 

[dingbatz]

Neil will be chirping at Spezza all game you can bet on that. Putting Spezza with two of the hardest working players will make him realize that the game is not just all pretty stuff.

I hadn't considered that. Good point.

 

[VikingKarlsson]

Spezza makes other players better that's not just something people say...everyone he's played with has had their career years playing with him. There's a reason for that.

you mean Alfie made everyone better (younger Alfie obviously)

Spezza shows his true colors because he can't make anyone better and is the worst defensive player on the team. But ya keep dreaming...