Post-Game Talk: Sens vs Leafs in lands newly found (5:30 p.m. ET)

[BondraTime]

Just tuned in. Are they playing first squads? Weird for a 1st game of preseason.

They are playing in St. John's, they are playing most of their stars or that reason

 

[Salva Mea]

batherson have absolutely nhl ready body

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

team picture

 

[Korpse]

Really gonna miss Wolanin in the first half of the season. Been a real struggle to move the puck forward.

 

[FormentonTheFuture]

Scherwey is pretty decent

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Brannstrom looks ok. Not bad. Not great. Demelo in particular looks kinda bad. Like he's skating in mud. We might wanna deal him sooner rather than later before he plays himself out of the league. Maybe an overreaction on 2 periods of preseason hockey, but if he gets slow all of a sudden he's not a NHLer.

 

[Silencio]

I know it's preseason blah blah but man that Duclair and two second round picks for Dzingel trade is looking like absolute highway robbery for Ottawa.

 

[Micklebot]

Really gonna miss Wolanin in the first half of the season. Been a real struggle to move the puck forward.

Well, they'll have Chabot once the real season starts up, and Brannstrom has been moving the puck well; he's the one that likely was competing with Wolanin. Not like Ebert, Englund or Goloubef were ever going to be in the lineup

 

[Korpse]

Well, they'll have Chabot once the real season starts up, and Brannstrom has been moving the puck well; he's the one that likely was competing with Wolanin. Not like Ebert, Englund or Goloubef were ever going to be in the lineup

Obviously Chabot is gonna help alot but I havent necessarily liked what I've seen from a couple of possible replacements in Brannstrom and Lajoie. It's the first game of preseason and I'm trying not to take too much away from it but it's a bigger concern without Wolanin. Espeically on the PP.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

You can see the potential in Brannstrom but I can't say I think he looks quite ready.

 

[Senscore]

Ah poop

 

[Peptic Balcers]

Englund a liability out there

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Englund is pretty awful

 

[Tundraman]

Now that it's tied lets see if the Sens have any push back in them

 

[Super Cake]

Tavares just walked all over Pageau. Lol

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Look at these lug heads behind the bench. God that is an uninspiring group.

 

[Peptic Balcers]

Look at these lug heads behind the bench. God that is an uninspiring group.

DJ looks like a thumb that came to life

 

[BonkTastic]

Englund is pretty awful

I can't watch this game right now, but last season it was like... I totally get why we drafted him, I can see what they were HOPING he would turn into, but it was pretty darned clear in his limited NHL time and the few Belleville games I saw that he has just simply plateaued from a skill development perspective.

He's going to be 24 years old this season. When people say that "defencemen take longer to develop", they're talking about sophisticated systems, and learning how to read plays before they develop, and how to anticipate and react at a pro speed. How to pivot with optimal conservation of stride and speed. That kind of stuff. They're not talking about puck handling skills that most players have by their draft year. Englund still looked last year like he needed to work on basic, basic hockey skills. This is stuff he needed to have down pat at least 2 years ago.

I'm not confident he'll ever be more than a middle pair AHL guy (or a regular in the SHL when it becomes clear in a year or two that his NHL chances are quickly disappearing).

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

DJ looks like a thumb that came to life

RIP to his collar.

 

[Korpse]

Lajoie has been on the wrong side of his man way too many times. That's the fourth time he has been beat at the defensive blueline.

 

[Super Cake]

DJ looks like a thumb that came to life

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Englund with 2 turnovers in about 3 seconds.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Looks like Carson Wentz is ok

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Great save by Hogberg
Have to say Nilsson was really good

 

[Cheapseats]

Pre season is here. Spezza looks funny in a Leafs uni. I like what I see for the most part. Pyjama boy completely undressed pageau haha.