Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
Conacher finished 3rd for RoY IIRC, so at the time he was seen as a great asset. And we got a 4th round pick too (Lindberg)
Do you remember that Bishop was acquired with a 2nd?
Bishop played 2 seasons with the Sens, helped them make the playoffs twice when Andy was injured and we had Alex Auld when he came in... Plus Conacher (who scored very important goals vs the Habs) and Lindberg
You understand what is asset management? Yes we could have made a bigger profit but how was it possible to discover what Bishop was going to be? (which might not be as good as you think, he might just settle as a middle of the pack goalie, tons of good goalies in the NHL). Thing is we already had Anderson and Lehner (the goalie of the future). Montreal traded Halak and Huet too. LA traded Bernier, etc.
But now that I think about it... Did you even understand my initial point?
lol so annoying.
Never being satisfied is probably the greatest disease of humanity
It was refreshing to see the Sens being at the good side of luck tonight, a lot of bad luck in the last few years. And only have been frustraded with reffing in 2 games so far this season (16.66% of games is a good rate compared to last few seasons!)
Seems evident to me that Muckler drafting is making it very hard for the organization to gamble on Russians. When you get burned that many times, at some point you have to stop the bleeding.
PS : you forgot Kovalev in your other post.
Has been efficient at least once for the GWG
The Wild must have had a lot of low quality shots, all from outside the key scoring area!
Outside of that 5-10 mins span in the 2nd, most shots were, you're right
http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/gamecast?gameId=400564032
Normal game defensively (in fact, very few shots from the middle of the slot) but offensively, Sens didn't do a lot, they were opportunistic though
Anderson was brilliant because he was always in perfect position, not giving up a lot of the net to shoot at, and he stayed composed, not flopping over the ice. Andy is definitely "in the zone".
One thing that is great for our goalies and that I have observed is that the opposition throw useless shots early at them, and in my opinion it gets them "in the game". The worst thing for a goalie is not seeing shots in the first few minutes then facing point blank shots while still "cold". When I'm playing (amateur goalie), I wish for point shots or shots from the wings to get me in the game.
He's an analyst for TVA and I must say, he is quite good. Obviously understands the game at a level we don't (sometimes I have to rewind and listen again to really understand what he is explaining). Hockey fans read the number of shots, hockey players, coaches, etc see it a different way.
Ya, very few shots, passing was nice but didn't end up the plays with many scoring chances. Fortunately, Backstrom gave up a bad goal and Sens were opportunistic.
Why do you decide to be so unpopular?
lol it's amazing isn't?
I mean the most inexperienced team in the league that most said would be bottom-5 before the season is currently BLANKING one of the best teams 3-0 and 80% of the posts are about little details whining. That's a bit sad in fact that so many people just can't enjoy simple things anymore.
What is even more amazing is that if the Legwand line get scored on less than 10 Goals at ES ALL SEASON, the same narrative will continue, while in the locker room everybody will go see them and say "amazing job guys, keep it on!"
Sens never been on the short end of the stick?
Thing is, they don't give up that many scoring chances, not more than your regular NHL team. Watch other NHL games. Some games Sens have more scoring chances than the opposition, sometimes it's the opposite and it evens out*. Yes, they give up more shots but that's due to other factors (not a lot of shot blocking D-men, Lehner give up a ton of rebounds, part of the system to leave the shot to the outside and take care of 2nd chances). But yeah, let's just look at number of shots without further analysis.
* I remember 2-3 years ago (not sure when, think it was 2011-12), people here were continuously whining about the number of shots/scoring chances against but a blogger had the count for number of chances for and against at every game. Overall, Sens were outchancing the opposition... so let's keep whining I guess.
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