GDT: Sens @ Yotes | October 15 | 10 pm EST | MS Paint Karma Edition

[Super Cake]

Lineups according to senschirp:

Michalek-Spezza-Ryan
MacArthur-Turris-Conacher
Greening-Smith-Neil
Kassian-Pageau-Condra

Methot-Karlsson
Cowen-Wiercioch
Phillips-Gryba

Craig Anderson will get the start for Ottawa.

I still wish that Lehner would have gotten the start. Why is Maclean keeping the same lineups. They are not working. Try something new.

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

Turris = getting better and better every year.

Rundblad = Healthy scratch.

That trade is so awesome.

Kind of.
When you have Yandle, Ekman-Larsson among others on your blueline, you don't need Rundblad and can afford that. When the dropoff from your #1 centre to #3 is Spezza - DaCosta/Smith, Turris is needed. Not to mention the Coyotes have gotten farther than us in the playoffs with a worse team (Conference finals) then yeah...trade isn't looking awesome. Fair trade for sure, but awesome?

 

[Vaclav Varada]

Kind of.
When you have Yandle, Ekman-Larsson among others on your blueline, you don't need Rundblad and can afford that. When the dropoff from your #1 centre to #3 is Spezza - DaCosta/Smith, Turris is needed. Not to mention the Coyotes have gotten farther than us in the playoffs with a worse team (Conference finals) then yeah...trade isn't looking awesome. Fair trade for sure, but awesome?

Awesome to me. Fair enough?

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Imagine how terrible this board will be if the sens lose tonight?

It's going to be brutal!

 

[God Says No]

Awesome to me. Fair enough?

We also gave up a second. I still think we paid too much.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Lineups according to senschirp:

Michalek-Spezza-Ryan
MacArthur-Turris-Conacher
Greening-Smith-Neil
Kassian-Pageau-Condra

Methot-Karlsson
Cowen-Wiercioch
Phillips-Gryba

Craig Anderson will get the start for Ottawa.

I still wish that Lehner would have gotten the start. Why is Maclean keeping the same lineups. They are not working. Try something new.

After pulling Anderson early I think they've gotta go back with him to let him know that he's still the guy.

 

[Icelevel]

Don't forget that the Sens also gave us a 2nd in addition to Rundblad, which promptly turned into Vermette. Even with his inconsistent offense and tendency to take dumb penalties, Vermette's defensive play has been good and his faceoff ability stellar. Certainly doesn't make the trade as one-sided as it appears to be at first glance.

their trade was the 2nd we gave them And McElhinney (who we let go) for vermette. so yes, they ended up with (from us essentially) vermette and rundblad for turris. not so bad.

 

[Vaclav Varada]

We also gave up a second. I still think we paid too much.

We'll see how Anthony Stolarz turns out. If Turris becomes a 70pt player, it wasn't too much. Even a consistant 50pt guy with amazing D.

I really don't see Runblad being more then a #4. Likely 5/6 guy. A PP specialist. He doesn't thing the D game well. I don't think even Tippett can coach it into him.

 

[SenzZen]

We'll see how Anthony Stolarz turns out. If Turris becomes a 70pt player, it wasn't too much. Even a consistant 50pt guy with amazing D.

A goaltender in the Flyers system? What could possibly go wrong?

 

[neutral zone trap13]

Is this the first game back for Turris?

 

[Super Cake]

After pulling Anderson early I think they've gotta go back with him to let him know that he's still the guy.

Go back with him in the home opener. For some reason, i feel more confident in Lehner against these western teams.

 

[derriko]

I would say Heatley ****ed us more, but just by a tad. His Edm fiasco cost our owner 5 mil, and he didn't play more than 1 year into that huge contract. Turrisay not have been treated perfectly by Phoenix, but he was being an entitled whiner there, I can admit. Forcing you're way out on you're ELC isn't right.

 

[OttawaSenators11]

Good to see Kassian back in the lineup! He's going to score and i am going to win my bet tonight with AndrePetersson

 

[OttawaSenators11]

Is this the first game back for Turris?

2nd.

 

[StefanW]

MacLean does not do goalie controversies. Anderson is our starter so he plays. Period.

 

[mat_sens]

MacLean does not do goalie controversies. Anderson is our starter so he plays. Period.

Won't be for long if he's not stopping pucks in the first period

 

[saskriders]

I would say Heatley ****ed us more, but just by a tad. His Edm fiasco cost our owner 5 mil, and he didn't play more than 1 year into that huge contract. Turrisay not have been treated perfectly by Phoenix, but he was being an entitled whiner there, I can admit. Forcing you're way out on you're ELC isn't right.

Turris was an RFA his contract expired, Heatleys did not

 

[GimmeMyJetpack]

Dissapointed Maclean didn't shake up the lineup. The current lines aren't doing great...switch things up.

 

[WhiteLight*]

The team needs to all pull in one direction and do the little things to win.

 

[Super Cake]

MacLean does not do goalie controversies. Anderson is our starter so he plays. Period.

That is unless he lets in a couple of goals again in the first period.

 

[Jerk Store*]

need a win here

 

[Tampacuseforever]

Dissapointed Maclean didn't shake up the lineup. The current lines aren't doing great...switch things up.

Just the starting lines things will change quick if it doesn't work. We can juggle all the lines but if Spezza and Michalek dont get going nothing is going to improve much. Your best players must be your best players, I wouldn't quit on that first line yet. But boy it sure is testing Staches patience !!!

 

[derriko]

The team needs to all pull in one direction and do the little things to win.

I don't mind your posts, but I think you're going on ignore for posting this ****. And I may not be in tune with pop music, but I thought Vevo actually had good stuff

 

[Peptic Balcers]

Dissapointed Maclean didn't shake up the lineup. The current lines aren't doing great...switch things up.

If he we're to shake up the lines and it didn't work, people would be complaining that the team added a bunch of new pieces this off season and he didn't give them enough time to build chemistry.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

Won't be for long if he's not stopping pucks in the first period

Well, he got a shutout in his first start and after giving up three to LA, he shut the door. It's not his fault that the team shat the bed against Anaheim and he faced 8 shots in the first 1:30.

He's our starter. Period. Lehner has done great but too many in this fanbase are forgetting that Anderson made this team respectable again and finally gave us a bonafide #1 goalie since Hasek.