Game Day: Canes Vs. Sens Jan 13, 08

Cronenbergfan wrote:he seems to be.

What came over him?
Aliens?
Therapy?
Or did it take a hit to his pride from being moved off the first PP team?

Lazy Donkey.

Sullivan just scored his first goal since returning - hopefully he can regain his form from a few years ago.

FISHER!!!!

I'm also not watching but checking the box scores and such (will watch it later). Vermette has more than twice as many face offs as Fisher (they are both smokin' by the way). Is Vermette playing centre finally? If I recall, Fisher was on a line with Neil and Foligno, at least that's what Ice Chips said about probably lines. So is Vermette centering the 2nd line?

wprager wrote:I'm also not watching but checking the box scores and such (will watch it later). Vermette has more than twice as many face offs as Fisher (they are both smokin' by the way). Is Vermette playing centre finally? If I recall, Fisher was on a line with Neil and Foligno, at least that's what Ice Chips said about probably lines. So is Vermette centering the 2nd line?

when did we get a 2nd line?

So I guess things wont change in Sens land. Nice to see that the team shows up when they want to.

Wow! What a difference a goalie who makes timely saves and gives up virtually no rebounds can make. Great game!

Snuh wrote:Wow! What a difference a goalie who makes timely saves and gives up virtually no rebounds can make. Great game!

At the risk of sounding negative after a win, this isn't what we need. A faint glimpse of hope. It's nice to see Elliott getting his shot and playing well, but goaltending isn't the biggest problem on this team. We still don't have that elusive d-man we've been after.

Personally, I will be much less impressed if Elliott continues to shine and it costs us a seeding or two. It could be the difference between getting a blue chipper and not. This season is a write off. I want to see them treat it that way.

Great game.

Spezza had a nice defensive play.

Don't win too often, though. We don't want to end up 9th.

hemlock wrote:

Snuh wrote:Wow! What a difference a goalie who makes timely saves and gives up virtually no rebounds can make. Great game!

At the risk of sounding negative after a win, this isn't what we need. A faint glimpse of hope. It's nice to see Elliott getting his shot and playing well, but goaltending isn't the biggest problem on this team. We still don't have that elusive d-man we've been after.

Personally, I will be much less impressed if Elliott continues to shine and it costs us a seeding or two. It could be the difference between getting a blue chipper and not. This season is a write off. I want to see them treat it that way.

Agreed. The thought of going on a run right now is terrifying. Hopefully it was a one-game abberation.

I hope this win doesn't replace the urgency of change needed within the Senators.

Sens4thecup wrote:I hope this win doesn't replace the urgency of change needed within the Senators.

As I recall, last season the Commodore/Stillman trade came after a Sens win.

hemlock wrote:

Snuh wrote:Wow! What a difference a goalie who makes timely saves and gives up virtually no rebounds can make. Great game!

At the risk of sounding negative after a win, this isn't what we need. A faint glimpse of hope. It's nice to see Elliott getting his shot and playing well, but goaltending isn't the biggest problem on this team. We still don't have that elusive d-man we've been after.

Personally, I will be much less impressed if Elliott continues to shine and it costs us a seeding or two. It could be the difference between getting a blue chipper and not. This season is a write off. I want to see them treat it that way.

I was just making a point about how solid goal tending can create confidence from the D on up. When the D know their goalie isn't going to kick out huge rebounds 9 times out of 10 they can focus more on getting their man and getting the puck out, rather than collapsing down low every time to clear the garbage.

asq2 wrote:

hemlock wrote:

Snuh wrote:Wow! What a difference a goalie who makes timely saves and gives up virtually no rebounds can make. Great game!

At the risk of sounding negative after a win, this isn't what we need. A faint glimpse of hope. It's nice to see Elliott getting his shot and playing well, but goaltending isn't the biggest problem on this team. We still don't have that elusive d-man we've been after.

Personally, I will be much less impressed if Elliott continues to shine and it costs us a seeding or two. It could be the difference between getting a blue chipper and not. This season is a write off. I want to see them treat it that way.

Agreed. The thought of going on a run right now is terrifying. Hopefully it was a one-game abberation.

I agree and its obvious that against a better team, many of the individual plays that looked so great wouldn't have worked out as they did tonight.
But I disagree that goaltending hasn't been the absolute biggest issue with this team. It feeds confidence throughout the D-corps and the forwards and promotes a more free-flowing transition game.

Snuh wrote:

hemlock wrote:

Snuh wrote:Wow! What a difference a goalie who makes timely saves and gives up virtually no rebounds can make. Great game!

At the risk of sounding negative after a win, this isn't what we need. A faint glimpse of hope. It's nice to see Elliott getting his shot and playing well, but goaltending isn't the biggest problem on this team. We still don't have that elusive d-man we've been after.

Personally, I will be much less impressed if Elliott continues to shine and it costs us a seeding or two. It could be the difference between getting a blue chipper and not. This season is a write off. I want to see them treat it that way.

I was just making a point about how solid goal tending can create confidence from the D on up. When the D know their goalie isn't going to kick out huge rebounds 9 times out of 10 they can focus more on getting their man and getting the puck out, rather than collapsing down low every time to clear the garbage.

Exactly. The goaltending issue has gone underrated since Gerber's (and the team's) performance last season down the stretch and into the playoffs

TO THE CUP!!!!

shabbs wrote:TO THE CALDER CUP!!!!

fixed

Tukker wrote:

shabbs wrote:TO THE CALDER CUP!!!!

fixed

Not unless we give them Elliott back.