Sucks to get a tie game out of this but considering the number of shots allowed, Sens should feel lucky. Of course the Isles would get bounces (2nd goal) and rebounds (3rd goal). Isles 1st and 4th goals were just great plays. I wouldn't look to play the blame game on those. I mean, the other team deserves credit for good plays too.
Still think the team can turn it around (but never thought they were heavy cup contenders because of the lack of experience and leadership mainly), but the longer they wait, bigger the winning streak will need to be.
This team will fight to make the playoffs but the new divisions will really make it hard for them
Didn't even look like they were trying on that shoot-out lmao.
MM 6/21 now on shoot-outs. Why do coaches keep putting him in? Is he suddenly going to start scoring on them.
Where's Silf and Bish when you need a good shoot-out win????
6/21 is actually decent. Probably better than league average
Michalek is 175th in career SO % (total of 416), tied with Tavares, Zidlicky, Eller, Brassard, Ott, Nugent-Hoplkins and Stalberg
http://www.nhl.com/ice/shootoutstat...toutSkaterCareerTotals&sort=shootingPctg&pg=6
Me too. You dont realise how much good **** he was doing for us until he left.
That's only because some people have no idea about what this game of hockey is. All that time I gladly defended Gonchar and his contributions. Knew I had to
That being said, Gonchar is not eternal and has almost 40 years old. We had to let him go at some point (like Alfie who I wish retired instead of going to Detroit). Gonchar would be among the biggest scapegoats if he was still there, that I can promise you.
Slightly off-topic, but I looked up the attendance numbers - tonight's is the lowest since November of 2003.
Personally, I wouldn't mind to see the franchise move to Quebec (who was my initial favorite team). A few bad seasons and it might happen
It's clear that Ottawa has a very weak fanbase and it's not clear if they really deserve a NHL franchise, particularly since it's a Canadian team. I mean who the **** hates more the players than they love them? (Outside of Alfredsson and Karlsson the golden boys of course*)
* well, they're probably my 2 favorite Sens of all-time as well
Depressing. Waste of time sitting up watching our D **** things up every singe game.
Yup. D is so ****ing bad, how can they let the opposition take 57 shots on goal? I mean the 2 D-men on the ice should be everywhere on the ice at the same time preventing the other team from shooting
Makes sense.
People raging on defense when it's a team defense problem.
The shootout choices are pathetic. I agree with Ryan and can forgive using Spezza although I wouldn't have used him tonight. However forget Michalek and use (in this preferred order) Z-Bad, MacArthur, Turris or even Conacher.
MacArthur is 0 for 11 in career SO
Shiny new toy syndrome? Michalek has been here for a while and is crap while new players and other team players are great? No, they all would be imperfect as well if they were here.
Do you guys really think people will not crap on Turris someday (Zibanejad is Swedish so it depends)?
You know what, i would actually put more of the blame on the gm than the coach. This "go with the kids" philosophy works more on teams that are starting a rebuild, not ****ing finishing one. I kind of knew from the start this go with kids approach would kick bite us in the back eventually. It seems to be happening sooner then i thought.
Please explain how do we move from a "go with young guys" philosophy to whatever you would like to?
For the Sens, it's live or die with the youth. Simple as that. Young guys cost a lot less and elite teams are rarely built from the FA, and anyway who wants to come and play in Ottawa? Stars on the decline (Kovalev, Gonchar, Corvo), injury-prone players (Latendresse), 3rd tier players (MacArthur) or depth guys (Lundin)
Good luck trying to build a winning team in Ottawa via FA
