GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Columbus Blue Jackets - 7:00pm EST/8:00pm AST - Jan. 30th, 2009

Im not a true newfoundlander im here for the cheap university but i am likely to stay when i am done

hey, whatever works.
Once you visit the Rock, you never want to leave.

Hartsberg has now turned what was just a player issue into a coaching issue in one night. I was 100% behind the guy until he switched up the lineup up front for NO REASON at all.

He found chemistry and decided it wasnt good enough... good one you moron. Why would he scratch Heatley and Spezza also...??? Oh, they are dressed!

Hockeyhero22000 wrote:Im not a true newfoundlander im here for the cheap university but i am likely to stay when i am done

That's ok, I'm not a true Haligonian... I've been here long enough though... If anything, at least I'm reppin' Ottawa well...

how did Kuba get the slashing penalty when his stick is broken these refs are pretty horrible

Neely4Life wrote:Hartsberg has now turned what was just a player issue into a coaching issue in one night. I was 100% behind the guy until he switched up the lineup up front for NO REASON at all.

He found chemistry and decided it wasnt good enough... good one you moron. Why would he scratch Heatley and Spezza also...??? Oh, they are dressed!

I'd forgive him if he lost his Dung on these refs but he can't even do that!!! S-hitsburg is absolutely useless...

Hockeyhero22000 wrote:how did Kuba get the slashing penalty when his stick is broken these refs are pretty horrible

Cause the refs are American and they really hate Castro???

Seriously though, everyone was saying (for the most part) this isnt on the coach... well, he shouldnt have fuc ked with what worked! I get the Bell deal, I do, I wont harp on that, but he changed every line excpet the one that has been garbage! WTF!?!?!?

anyone get the feeling that Hartsburg is, in the words of the great Big Sugar "Diggin' a hole."?

Seriously, I still think he's a good coach, but I'm sure the players are waiting for him to show SOME emotion!! this is one of the worst-reffed games I've watched in a while!!

I have not been this mad about a game in a long time. Not because we lost (losing at this point), not because of a lack of effort (its expected) but because its absolutly inexcusable to be that stupid and in charge of an NHL bench.

A 5 year old who learned how to copy and paste would have had the ability to put together a better lineup tonight than Hartsberg.

Harts was notorious for constantly shuffling lines in the O. Thats why he will always be a great major-junior coach, but a lackluster NHL coach.

to put it simply, what got him results and success in the OHL wont cut it in the NHL.

Neely4Life wrote:I have not been this mad about a game in a long time. Not because we lost (losing at this point), not because of a lack of effort (its expected) but because its absolutly inexcusable to be that stupid and in charge of an NHL bench.

A 5 year old who learned how to copy and paste would have had the ability to put together a better lineup tonight than Hartsberg.

I think I have you beat... John Paddock would have had the ability to put together a better lineup tonight than Hartsburg!!! Actually, I don't know about that one...

didn't I say way back that Hartsberg was the wrong coach for this team....

In over his head is the term I used....

Again, things in Ottawa have to change in a big way...

I've been a Spezza/Heatley apologist long enough. Maybe the quickest rebuild would be the most drastic.

Trade Spezza AND Heatley for prospects and picks. With the ridiculous cap space we would have target a NUMBER 1 DMAN (Bouwmeester) and grab MacDonald as you're number 1 centre. Play the kids and let them grow together in a better atmosphere.

RobbyJ wrote:I've been a Spezza/Heatley apologist long enough. Maybe the quickest rebuild would be the most drastic.

Trade Spezza AND Heatley for prospects and picks. With the ridiculous cap space we would have target a NUMBER 1 DMAN (Bouwmeester) and grab MacDonald as you're number 1 centre. Play the kids and let them grow together in a better atmosphere.

There ya go...

I thought people were kidding me when they told me the lineups. I assured them that he'd go back to what went moderately well last night. Unbelievable. We'll be lucky to hit 20 shots this game.

504Heater wrote:I thought people were kidding me when they told me the lineups. I assured them that he'd go back to what went moderately well last night. Unbelievable. We'll be lucky to hit 20 shots this game.

Come on MSP or Schroeder!!!!!!!!!