PeterSidorkiewicz
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I remember people being scared we would beat Pitt and Boston.
He forgot what made him an NHL player.So..... what the hell has happened to Smith? I mean. Whoa.
Listen to that thing from the NHL stats guy I posted in the Guy Boucher thread .. this team was dead last in Dzone time (meaning worst) and led the league in turnovers in their end.
recipe for disaster. I don't know how anybody can support Boucher after listening to that
Listen to that thing from the NHL stats guy I posted in the Guy Boucher thread .. this team was dead last in Dzone time (meaning worst) and led the league in turnovers in their end.
recipe for disaster. I don't know how anybody can support Boucher after listening to that
I mean the guy was just citing stats.
Yes the Senators have been horrible across the board and yes it seems like it might be a pattern with Boucher.
I still hope we give him one more chance: final year of the contract, fire him if the next season starts poorly but don't hire yet another coach....
It was on page 15 I thinkI went back 5 pages and didn’t see it. Not a surprise this team was the worst among in Dzone time. I imagine they were among the worst last season as well, I’ve spoke about this before and it is in large part due to the passive style in the defensive. The difference to me was the lack of commitment in the defensive zone this season.
Puck support was a huge problem this season, lots of guys expecting the puck to come to them rather than going towards the puck. My favourite example of this game in a mid season game against TBL when Dzingel and JT Brown (?) stepped out of the box there was a board battle just outside the Ottawa blue line. Brown went into the battle. Dzingel drifted toward the TBL blue line. JT brown got the puck deep in the Ottawa zone and eventually scored that shift.
It was on page 15 I think
https://www.tsn.ca/radio/ottawa-120...-why-the-sens-struggled-this-season-1.1048819
I agree this is a team thing.. not just on the D.. but the D were not good.
Oh I agree the D weren’t good and the biggest issue with the group is moving the puck forward. I’ll have to give it a listen latter tonight, I assume it’s Mike Kelly.
yes it is NHL Network / TSN analytics guy .. I thought it was revealing.Oh I agree the D weren’t good and the biggest issue with the group is moving the puck forward. I’ll have to give it a listen latter tonight, I assume it’s Mike Kelly.
I am not familiar with the themes of the segments... I just look at the topics and listen if they seem interesting.. mostly I just listen to Mcguire, and when they have bits for McKenzie and LebrunYup
I'll be honest, its mostly just piling on the Sens in that segment.
No wonder we have such an angry fanbase with that kind of stuff on the radio
I agree with everything up until the veeerrry last part. To a LARGE extent? Not. Most of the other teams pressure came from our d not being able to quickly retrieve and move the puck. You can the forwards didn’t make themselves available but I think the issue was the movement from the D, (this has been an issue forever, if karlsson isn’t doing it, no one is doing it).Defense is not played solely by defencemen (at least on successful teams). Just like offense is not solely driven by forwards.
Our team defense was atrocious this year and that absolutely falls on the forwards to a large extent.
I am not familiar with the themes of the segments... I just look at the topics and listen if they seem interesting.. mostly I just listen to Mcguire, and when they have bits for McKenzie and Lebrun
Chlapik, White and Wolanin are all NHLers and hopefully regulars next season. All pretty good already. Claesson on the other hand...
I have news for you. Harpur is signed for 2 more years on 1-way contract.I think it would be foolish to give up on Claesson now. I'd give up on Harpur first, he's way too timid for a guy his size.
It was on page 15 I think
https://www.tsn.ca/radio/ottawa-120...-why-the-sens-struggled-this-season-1.1048819
I agree this is a team thing.. not just on the D.. but the D were not good.
I have news for you. Harpur is signed for 2 more years on 1-way contract.
So, our defense being bad is more a result of the forwards being bad defensively than the people whose job it is to defend?
Got it.
The easiest way to defend is to have the puck 200 feet from your net,and having the puck more than the team you are playing.....got itSo, our defense being bad is more a result of the forwards being bad defensively than the people whose job it is to defend?
Got it.
I look at a team like Pittsburgh.....Then I look at their blueline,its nothing special....Ditto Toronto...So how do they win?....Only Sens with positive takeaway-giveaway differentials are:
Pyatt (+7)
Stone (+2)
Duchene (+1)
Brassard and Thompson were also positive differential players. Chlapik, too, but it's a pretty small sample size. Hopefully he can be just as good at puck management in a bigger role next year.
We spend far far to much time defending,not nearly enough time attackingListen to that thing from the NHL stats guy I posted in the Guy Boucher thread .. this team was dead last in Dzone time (meaning worst) and led the league in turnovers in their end.
recipe for disaster. I don't know how anybody can support Boucher after listening to that
I look at a team like Pittsburgh.....Then I look at their blueline,its nothing special....Ditto Toronto...So how do they win?....
Having a stacked Blueline ,like say Carolina...Means nothing unless you have the forwards to go with it,we have two excellent PMD in Chabot and EK....Yet we still cant impose our will in the Ozone,this needs to change for us to have any hope of competing