Why isn't Prince playing with Stone?
Puemple is not a NHLer.
Wait... Is this serious? He had a very strong game and a few glorious chances. Like for example that point blank Lundqvist save early in the game
Hoffman is one of the few if not only guy in this world who can shoot like that,
Fixed.
Shooting is a Sens strenght (Karlsson, Cowen, Ceci, Ryan, Turris, Zibanejad, Stone, etc even Lazar have great shots). Unfortunately, accuracy in action might not be as good.
Pageau empty net goal, book it.
What the? How did you know that lol?
At least you didn't call it a SH goal...
We are up 2-0. No reason to play him so much.
The real problem this year has been giving up the first goal. They don't play as good when trailing and feel the heat of overplaying Karlsson.
Great game by everyone on the team. Top six stepping up to the plate.
MacArthur, Turris and Michalek are injured though, 3 of the top-7 forwards
This team is better when they realize they are in trouble... which is flabbergasting
Not sure I'd say Lundqvist has been much better than Anderson
Anderson is probably the only reason the Senators aren't in the bottom 5 of the NHL
Lundqvist is the best goalie of the last decade. And even if Lundqvist had a bad stretch, he's been better this season like every year except maybe the season Andy only played 24 games. I wish we had Lundqvist.
Andy is a good solid goalie, but he is not Elite. If you think other NHL teams don't give up scoring chances, watch more games.
Try his best to be a top pairing D when he's a bottom pairing D, and for one night at least, he succeeded!
I'll be among the few to give huge props to Borowiecki. Imagine what is being asked of him. He knows he will get heavily criticized by many people and called a monkey on skates by Pejorative Slurs but he still does it. What a team player (like Phillips)
Seriously, Rangers have a bunch of 2-3rd line forwards.
D is okay, but hardly even better than ours. It is simply a horrible team.
Same could be said for 70% of NHL teams outside of a few elite teams (Washington, Dallas, Chicago, LA, St-Louis) and a few rebuilding ones (Columbus, Toronto, Buffalo, Edmonton, Calgary)
People have to realize how much PARITY there is in this league...
Sure I think most people would agree with this. The issue though lies when you start giving depth players star player roles. Boro was 3rd in TOI in yesterday's game. Only :39 behind Ceci for 2nd in TOI. You can't tell me it isn't our depth players faults when they are being played in roles and given ice time outside of what a depth player should be given. Sure maybe it isn't Boro's fault the coach is in love with his intangibles but that doesn't mean we have to enjoy watching him struggle with top 4 minutes
That's because our LACK OF DEPTH is exposed like crazy when we get a few injuries, particularly on defense because it only takes ONE injury to Methot and then you have Wiercioch, Cowen or Borowiecki playing minutes THEY SHOULDN'T.
I am on board, I want the team toacquire a VETERAN LD to play on the second pair with Ceci. Someone who is safe and can get a few points. A perfect stop gap ala Gonchar while Chabot develops.
In the forward group, there is a lot more depth, but when a top-6 forward is injured, only Michalek is proven and skilled enough to take a spot. Smith shouldn't have been played in the top-6 maybe but let's admit that Prince and Puempel are very unproven...
Boro, Cowen or Wiercioch on the top pairing... What else could be done? Claesson had to be sent done because too many injuries up front
I am a little stunned that Craig Anderson has 3 shutouts this season, considering the Sens have given up the 2nd most goals in the entire league this season and considering how bad our blueline is.
Pretty impressive, Andy. Keep up the good work, you're the Rodney Dangerfield of NHL goalies.
To be honest, it was a very easy shutout for a NHL goaltender. I just checked the saves again and I think the toughest one was on Daniel Paille (10:42 in 2nd), which wasn't even that great of a chance. Maybe it was because Rangers shooting arsenal was horrific in that game, I dunno but Sens weren't really in danger. Best chance they had is when the Rangers player missed the puck in front as the net was left open by Andy. No shot on that play. Andy must have really enjoyed that game, one of the easiest shutout of his career and a stats booster because still 35 shots. Routine shots are great because it helps you stay focused in the game
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlg=20152016,2,721&lang=en
Also, I noted something... I think they are very generous for shots on net at the CTC; for example the one that Daniel Paille got at 17:15 in the 2nd period. Normally, you're not supposed to count shots that would be outside of the net frame
Anyway, that game is exactly why the shots count is not really something I am worried about. We could give up only 20 shots per game but several glorious chances (like against the Devils in the first and it ends up in the back of the net often), it will worry me 100 times more than 35 shots like this. Pretty sure coaching staffs in the NHL see it like that as well. I know NHLers and ex-NHLers talk more about the quality than quantity of shots.
) were also not understanding what was the problem exactly, Boro give his all and doesn't really cost his team when he is NOT played out of his comfort zone. Heart and soul player that bleeds for his team, somewhat useful when used as a depth player.
