Game 1, Round 1 - Ottawa @ Montreal

tim1_2 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Sounds like Latendresse might be back with the Swedish Mafia - which is GREAT news!

Michalek - Turris - Alfredsson
Greening - Smith - Neil
Latendresse - Zibanejad - Silfverberg
Concaher - Pageau - Condra

?Something like that I assume. Probably mix and match the first two lines, but we'll see what comes out of practice.

I'd almost be tempted to put Pageau between Michalek and The Alfie. Maybe if things go awry here in game 1.

SpezDispenser wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Sounds like Latendresse might be back with the Swedish Mafia - which is GREAT news!

Michalek - Turris - Alfredsson
Greening - Smith - Neil
Latendresse - Zibanejad - Silfverberg
Concaher - Pageau - Condra

?Something like that I assume. Probably mix and match the first two lines, but we'll see what comes out of practice.

I'd almost be tempted to put Pageau between Michalek and The Alfie. Maybe if things go awry here in game 1.

Yeah, but that line of Pageau, Condra, Conacher has been so good, it's hard to break them up.

Ev wrote:oh no

Eugene Melnyk ‏@MelnykEugene 22m
I’m finally on Twitter - thanks for the push guys! #PeskySens open tonight, can’t wait! #GoSensGo!

Ev wrote:oh no

Eugene Melnyk ‏@MelnykEugene 22m
I’m finally on Twitter - thanks for the push guys! #PeskySens open tonight, can’t wait! #GoSensGo!

Ev wrote:damn I have a job interview in an hour and I think I'm gonna talk about the Sens by accident

tim1_2 wrote:I saw a Tweet about O'Rourke being one of the refs for this series? Has anyone else confirmed this? I am assuming it was some kind of sick joke.

O’Rourke has suddenly become public enemy number one for Ottawa Senators fans. His ears must be burning from the vitriol he’s receiving after officiating three of the Senators past four games – all losses – where a series of questionable calls have gone against Ottawa.

Accordingly, O’Rourke has become the devil for Senators fans. The more reasonable of the critics believe he has a personal axe to grind against Senators coach Paul MacLean. On the far end are the conspiracy theorists, who suggest it’s all part of a league plot to keep the Senators out of the playoffs. Back off on that one. There’s no grassy knoll in sight.

Still, O’Rourke is hardly above criticism. The latest episode came in the Senators’ 4-3 loss to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, a high-paced, evenly played game which was ultimately decided when the Bruins’ Dennis Seidenberg beat Senators goaltender Craig Anderson with a slapshot from centre ice. The Senators received four penalties and the Bruins none and Boston scored on two of its power play chances. The game ended with MacLean on the top of the players’ bench, screaming obscenities at O’Rourke and fellow referee Bob Martell.

The history between MacLean and O’Rourke goes back to Jan. 21, when the Senators lost 2-1 to the Anaheim Ducks. Immediately after that game, MacLean went public, saying that O’Rourke told him that defenceman Erik Karlsson was “a diver”, which is the reason he didn’t call a penalty when Karlsson was knocked to the ice by Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf in the final minute of the game. Since then, the Senators have been on the wrong end of the referee’s whistle.

In a 4-0 loss to Los Angeles on Jan. 23, where O’Rourke and Tim Peel were the referees, a penalty shot was awarded even though replays showed that a penalty wasn’t warranted. Against Phoenix on Jan. 24, with Peel and Dan O’Halloran serving as referees, an apparent third period tying goal by Daniel Alfredsson was wiped out by a questionable goaltending interference call. Then came Tuesday’s game against Boston.

LeKing wrote:

Ev wrote:oh no

Eugene Melnyk ‏@MelnykEugene 22m
I’m finally on Twitter - thanks for the push guys! #PeskySens open tonight, can’t wait! #GoSensGo!

Buckle up!