GDT: Wings @ Senators - Daniel Alfredsson Day!

[NervousPerson]

Mantha seems to be a bit unlucky this season. Plenty of posts and miraculous saves on him.

Could be confirmation bias though.

 

[TheMule93]

Athanasiou very weak on the puck

 

[Wood Stick]

As much as I love Mrazek, I'd ride Coreau until he falters or until Jimmy is back. Mrazek is a sieve right now, trying to do too much leading to bad angles and soft goals.

Petr Mrazek is a confidence goaltender. We need him to find his swag. He was his absolute best with something to prove, and when he was taking Jimmy's job. He's still our guy despite the hate this forum gives him. Ride with Mrazek, he'll bounceback. He's too good not too.

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

what I like about coreau is that he makes things look easy compared to Petr

whereas Petr is all athleticsm Coreau just uses his size

 

[icKx]

lol I know a team full of secondary scoring players though most are inconsistent. Good veteran signing though. He's only 32 as well. I'd be down for a 2 year extension. Worried about signings this summer though, something tells me Patrick Sharp and Ryan Miller will be targets.

I think a 2 year extension is a no brainier. His combo of reach, passing and incredible shot tipping is hard to find.

 

[Claypool]

Brendan "Icing" Smith

 

[BIGZ40]

Petr Mrazek is a confidence goaltender. We need him to find his swag. He was his absolute best with something to prove, and when he was taking Jimmy's job. He's still our guy despite the hate this forum gives him. Ride with Mrazek, he'll bounceback. He's too good not too.

I don't disagree, but with this team in front of Mrazek it's gonna be hard to get that swag back. Ideally I'd like to see Jimmy moved and Coreau and Mrazek as our goaltenders. I still have faith in Mrazek, love that he's a big game goalie, but he is having a miserable year so far.

 

[NervousPerson]

Refs are really letting them play tonight. ******

 

[TheMule93]

Dekeyser real tough period

 

[datsyukfan]

Cmon Dekeyser! So deflating! Typical of this team

 

[NervousPerson]

Stone grabs DDK with his free hand. That's the only reason the puck was given up. Nice job ref.

 

[rx7dryver]

Lol dd.

 

[Claypool]

I love when the first line spends all its energy trying to get the puck out of the zone instead of trying to score.

 

[Wood Stick]

Hard for DeKeyser, he's in way over his head especially with Greener out. We need that impact D now.. I wish there was some way to get OEL.

 

[BIGZ40]

Dekeyser real tough period

He's the most disappointing player this year for me. He has consistently looked bad. Not skating very well this year and not making smart decisions with the puck.

 

[theYman]

Yup trash refs. Thanks for the hooking call that was obvious from this trash Sens team.

 

[LionsFan01]

Dekeyser real tough period

What's that, 3 turnovers in his own zone? And the icing that led to nearly 2 minutes of zone time for Ottawa. Same refrain over and over this season with him. Can't handle the physical stuff down low and can't make a decent breakout pass with any consistency. And at times looks legitimately scared to shoot the puck.

 

[PuckDynasty]

Dekeyser real tough period

Rough period? He's had so many rough periods he could keep Tampax in business by himself.

 

[silkyjohnson50]

We are not unloading players IMO. With the loser point and the East, we will be within 5 or so points at all times. We're not bad enough to last by a large gap.

What do you feel is more important. Staying within a handful of pts of a playoff spot or gaining assets to improve the future?

 

[TheMule93]

Rough period? He's had so many rough periods he could keep Tampax in business by himself.

Good point

Dekeyser had a standard period

 

[Leronziia]

I like DeKeyser, he tries.

It's not his fault he's an undrafted college defenseman turned NHL player thrown into a #1-2 role. It's also not his fault he was given 5m/yr to struggle in the role.

The sooner we accumulate draft picks and recruit kids that can handle the load, the sooner this organisation can turn itself around.

 

[TheRatPoisoner]

They had my hopes up there for the first 9 mins or so.

Rough period? He's had so many rough periods he could keep Tampax in business by himself.

Well done

 

[SoupGuru]

DeKeyser has made some bad decisions but I can't find a single teammate trying to help him out. None of the defensemen are getting options. A bunch of forwards standing around hoping their defenseman can break the double team and get them the puck.

 

[14ari13]

What's that, 3 turnovers in his own zone? And the icing that led to nearly 2 minutes of zone time for Ottawa. Same refrain over and over this season with him. Can't handle the physical stuff down low and can't make a decent breakout pass with any consistency. And at times looks legitimately scared to shoot the puck.

This is because dekeyser is the only top 4 dman we have, all others are 3rd pair Dmen, some of them not even NHL Dmen. Even lidstrom would look bad with this supporting crew. We need green back badly.

Tatar and Nyquist can't de anything right. Whichever zone, the puck just goes the wrong way.

 

[NervousPerson]

Nice passing. Too bad no goal came from it.