Low Effort GDT Senators @ Canucks - 10PM EST - TSN5/RDS - Battle of the basement.

[BondraTime]

My brain honestly can’t process what’s happening with this team. How are guys unable to make easy passes you see kids making in peewee hockey? Every pass is like a battle of the wills between the stick and the puck. Every decision on the ice seems to be backfiring or ending negatively. Wolanin goes to hold the line on a pretty standard play and next thing you know there’s a partial short handed break resulting in a goal the goalie should have saved.
Is this bad luck? Rust? Or is this just how a bad team loses? I honestly can’t understand how these guys can’t even execute really simple plays. Like, at all.

It’s an extremely, extremely bad team in the best league in the world. This isn’t far off from what should be expected

 

[Boud]

Zub is probably watching this game like "naw, I'm good"

Asked to be waived probably in hopes someone picks him up.

 

[Sweatred]

Rofl do you see how those 2 kids actually tried to be creative and do something?

Ya - it wasn’t a good play. I don’t have A problem with a rookie making the mistake but he didn’t make a good play. He’ll learn from it. After that Wolanin blew it.

 

[swiftwin]

My brain honestly can’t process what’s happening with this team. How are guys unable to make easy passes you see kids making in peewee hockey? Every pass is like a battle of the wills between the stick and the puck. Every decision on the ice seems to be backfiring or ending negatively. Wolanin goes to hold the line on a pretty standard play and next thing you know there’s a partial short handed break resulting in a goal the goalie should have saved.
Is this bad luck? Rust? Or is this just how a bad team loses? I honestly can’t understand how these guys can’t even execute really simple plays. Like, at all.

This looks like a team with 13 new faces that is also the only team in the division to not play last summer, in a season that had a very short training camp and no pre-season games.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Just focus on the good players

It's hard to focus on them when they're surrounded by so much garbage.

 

[Adrianopolous]

Colin White and Logan Brown are the biggest dissapointments to me.. Hopefully the new kids don't go down that path. Chabot needs to find his rhythm soon. He's not a spring chicken anymore..

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

The easiest part of the rebuild is selling off star talent for futures. The hardest part is actually building it up again and identifying NHL talent to add. So far every single acquisition Morion has made is a failure, and I have no confidence in him or our pro scouting that they will get us out of the basement.

 

[Carl Karlsson]

Dorion can not be allowed to hire another coach after this. He better be gone in short order

Or go back to scouting which won't happen ...

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Give me another Michael Haley feature.

 

[Spire2000]

Anyone know when the draft lottery is held this year? I should probably clear my calendar.

 

[Imnotagoodposter]

Our defense is a problem. I wish we still had DeMelo, we basically gave him away for nothing and then opened up the brinks truck for inferior veterans afterwards. I'm not liking the initial viewings to start this season from Matt Murray. He looks unathletic and slow to react and I worry it might be a long 4 years with him.

I still don’t understand the trade. Demelo was solid, relatively young, and relatively cheap. Would’ve fit right in this year. but nah, draft picks are always more valuable

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Can't. Dorion took them all when he was building his roster.

You mean the same team that destroyed the Leafs on opening night? This team will have consistency issues, that's a given.
They need the young guys to emerge when given a chance, and they will be given a chance sooner rather than later.
Most of the veterans added haven't worked out early on, but I wouldn't be shocked to see some of them turn it around.

 

[SensFactor]

Who can be brought in to replace Dorion and fix this organization?

Daniel Alfredsson.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

He went through quarantine, you know because of covid. Should be ready to go after he gets some reps in the AHL.

Could be, and should be, getting reps on the taxi squad. He was playing high end hockey in the Swiss league before camp so he's not totally rusty.

Our defense can't handle the puck. At all. He's worth a try like yesterday.

The competition should be between him and Wolanin, not between Wolanin and ancient Coburn.

 

[LudwigVonKarlsson]

"That's a team"

Fixed.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

 

[Wondercarrot]

We would be better if we had 5 more kids like Wolanin in the lineup.

lol, he’s 25 years old.
We just need to find out if he can play hockey, and it’s not looking good. Keep rolling him out for another 15-20 games and we’ll know if he can find his way or not.

 

[Micklebot]

My brain honestly can’t process what’s happening with this team. How are guys unable to make easy passes you see kids making in peewee hockey? Every pass is like a battle of the wills between the stick and the puck. Every decision on the ice seems to be backfiring or ending negatively. Wolanin goes to hold the line on a pretty standard play and next thing you know there’s a partial short handed break resulting in a goal the goalie should have saved.
Is this bad luck? Rust? Or is this just how a bad team loses? I honestly can’t understand how these guys can’t even execute really simple plays. Like, at all.

It looked like everyone thought he'd keep it in so nobody bothered to fall back in support.

 

[branch]

My brain honestly can’t process what’s happening with this team. How are guys unable to make easy passes you see kids making in peewee hockey? Every pass is like a battle of the wills between the stick and the puck. Every decision on the ice seems to be backfiring or ending negatively. Wolanin goes to hold the line on a pretty standard play and next thing you know there’s a partial short handed break resulting in a goal the goalie should have saved.
Is this bad luck? Rust? Or is this just how a bad team loses? I honestly can’t understand how these guys can’t even execute really simple plays. Like, at all.

People have been telling you the team was poorly constructed for years and it still is, seems like you’re finally coming round to it

 

[DaveMatthew]

We need Jake Sanderson so bad.

DJ Smith coaching Jake Sanderson is something none of us should have to go through.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Anyone know when the draft lottery is held this year? I should probably clear my calendar.

You should've cleared it a year ago. FYI clear next year's too.

 

[WORLDSTARHIPHOP]

Sens <<<<<<<< NHL

 

[inthewings]

I wonder who TSN will profile this intermission. Maybe a throwback Tom Pyatt commemoration?

 

[TheDebater]

After seeing the replay, I take back what I said about Wolanin on that 4th goal. He tried to knock it back but momentum took him out of the way and he actually did the right thing trying to get back on defense.

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Coburn will be back in next game. He is miles better than Reilly and Wolanin

I think so as well