GDT: Senators at Bruins - 7PM - TSN5 - Break out or outbreak edition.

[Bileur]

PP1 trying too hard to force plays, including trying to manufacture a goal for Timmy.

Should have had Chabot and Brannstrom out to close out the game.

 

[Cosmix]

From where i sit it looks like some people just want him to play and see what he is. If he fails, he fails. No one thinks he's anything yet, they want to see though with their own eyes and not have dolts like Gord Wilson and Dean Brown's and Bruce Garrioch's biased ass reviews.

On the other side it feels like people like you actively hope he fails as an NHLer just so you can tell the 'haters' I told you so.

The "Dolts": Garrioch, Wilson and Brown!

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

It’s in Boston.

Lol

 

[MrInvidious]

Mental exhaustion setting in just a month into the season realizing this will be another bottom-5 finish and we're just going to follow the same blueprints as last year - praying we can jettison veterans out before the deadline and then finishing strong. Yahoo!

 

[Sweatred]

He absolutely is lazy. He doesn't engage and does the absolute bare minimum.

Sorry - he’s not a motor … but your eval is way off. If you were right he wouldn’t play so many leveraged situations vs his peers.

there aren’t many forwards on this team who works smarter/harder. Paul does … Watson does when healthy … formy is developing…

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I am beginning to think that coaching is a big part of the problem. We will never become a competitive team if we have an awful second period 75% of he time.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

The winning goal was on a Norris broken stick .. bit of a fluke.. but that was the difference

 

[DaveMatthew]

I was flipping back and forth between this and the Wings - Oilers game… and Detroit looks so much better than us. With no more talent.

It’s all coaching.

 

[Micklebot]

For a physical game we needed more out of Tkachuk. He really didn't seem to be his usual self.

Norris must be one of the guys fighting something because he was terrible.

Would have liked to see a bit more of Sokolov

PP cost us imo,

 

[Bileur]

Also, what a hit from Josh Brown. I’d absolutely love to see him do more of that.

 

[Adrianopolous]

Lmao

 

[2CHAINZ]

Sorry - he’s not a motor … but your eval is way off. If you were right he wouldn’t play so many leveraged situations vs his peers.

Do you think he'd be even better if more fans went to the CTC and bought hotdogs and beers ?

 

[Rodzilla]

Remember when we were the "Cardiac kids"?

Good times...

I remember the pizza days, the Havlat Hossa Alfie days. Really wonder if we’ll get back there eventually. At some point maybe they’ll bring in players to help the kids?

 

[Micklebot]

Also, what a hit from Josh Brown. I’d absolutely love to see him do more of that.

Yeah, if he did that more often that would be great.

 

[MrInvidious]

Sorry - he’s not a motor … but your eval is way off. If you were right he wouldn’t play so many leveraged situations vs his peers.

Absolutely inane and flawed logic. "An NHL coach uses a player in a certain situation so that means it's objectively correct".

What about how Colin White is deployed, huh?

 

[Cosmix]

Del Zotto might be the most disappointing ufa signing in recent memory.

2 years, and I don't think he's able to play at a NHL level anymore.

You must have a very short memory.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Sorry - he’s not a motor … but your eval is way off. If you were right he wouldn’t play so many leveraged situations vs his peers.

You don't need to have motor to battle for a puck and using how he is utilized vs his peers is a lazy cop out

 

[Zorf]

From where i sit it looks like some people just want him to play and see what he is. If he fails, he fails. No one thinks he's anything yet, they want to see though with their own eyes and not have dolts like Gord Wilson and Dean Brown's and Bruce Garrioch's biased ass reviews.

On the other side it feels like people like you actively hope he fails as an NHLer just so you can tell the 'haters' I told you so.

I just said I don't hate him at all. It's right there.


If you want my opinion, he's the 2nd best PP QB on the team. He's great at walking the line with the puck and finding shooting lanes.

Good passing. Helpful on breakouts. Good handling and creativity.

But, for a small guy, he's not as fast as you'd hope. He can't get himself out of trouble. Takes a lot of contact due to it.

Looks like he needs more lower body strength. Or at least get lower? Not sure exactly what, but he's light on his feet.

He's not able to win net front battles. He gets boxed out. It's a size thing, but also a strength thing.


Now, does his PP ability outweigh the deficiencies at 5v5 play? That's what he needs to sort out, because right now, it's not enough to keep him in the NHL full time, in the opinion of DJ and Dorion, which sucks, because Del Zotto is atrocious at hockey but he's got a 1 way deal.

 

[Blacephalon]

Chabot 3 point in 11 games. 8.5 million.

Spends 4 minutes a game sanding behind the net.

Makes 8 mil and is the backbone of the team

 

[Sweatred]

Do you think he'd be even better if more fans went to the CTC and bought hotdogs and beers ?

not sure - I think players like playing in front of full buildings …. it would be easier to bump payroll if people did ?

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

I miss Colin White.

 

[Blacephalon]

If the PP wasn’t trash we could have won this game

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

This is what happens when you sit on your hands all summer and do nothing to improve the team.

 

[Big Muddy]

Well time to crack open a beer
At least it was close tonight, I expected them to get steamrolled

Kind of what I thought. We kept it close & didn't get blown out. It was still another L though. Oh well.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

not sure - I think players like playing in front of full buildings …. it would be easier to bump payroll if people did ?

And pay the Tierneys of the world a handsome contract because he's utilized more than his peers right?