GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Montreal Canadiens - 3:00pm ET - Feb. 21st, 2009

Neely4Life wrote:Elliott is NHL ready for sure, I have no doubt, but pulling him to get the team going is going to kill his confidence eventually. If thats the only tatic Clouston has to get his team going, send him back down and bring Gerber in. Elliott is here to play, thats it, good or bad. If he gets lit up, he gets lit up, but lets stop singling the goalie out just because Clouston's team isnt ready to play.

4 of the last 5 this team has come out extremely slow out of the gate. Thats on Clouston, and if he cant change that, and 3 other coaches couldnt change that, change the players.

If they want to send Elliott down, thats fine, but there is nothing for him to learn in the AHL. Giving teams 3 goal leads every game because your team isnt ready to play reflects badly apon everyone in that organization. But hey, we got 47 shots that didnt matter. Heatley and Spezza, 2 points each, congrats! At least your stats look better at the end of the day then your goalies.

wprager wrote:Tank Nation rejoice. Sens lose, Leafs are winning. Buffalo is pulling away, leading 3-0 against the Rangers, who face Toronto tomorrow (two tired teams, I smell a 3-point game). Maybe Boston will have their hands full with Florida tonight and be tired enough to give away at least one point to Tampa Bay tomorrow.

I'm still not part of Tank Nation, but I've reconciled myself with what looks to be the inevitable. First year without Redden is their first year out of the playoffs. Darn it, I wish they missed last year.

MurderOnIce wrote:

wprager wrote:Tank Nation rejoice. Sens lose, Leafs are winning. Buffalo is pulling away, leading 3-0 against the Rangers, who face Toronto tomorrow (two tired teams, I smell a 3-point game). Maybe Boston will have their hands full with Florida tonight and be tired enough to give away at least one point to Tampa Bay tomorrow.

I'm still not part of Tank Nation, but I've reconciled myself with what looks to be the inevitable. First year without Redden is their first year out of the playoffs. Darn it, I wish they missed last year.

You are not suggesting there is a corelation between the two?

Cronie wrote:same here Wprager.
I haven't cued up the game today yet and I'm seriously debating the notion of not watching it at all.

It seems fair to assume that we are still in the Hedman sweeps, although Murray's latest move seems to indicate (to me anyway) that he has more coming...

wprager wrote:

MurderOnIce wrote:

wprager wrote:Tank Nation rejoice. Sens lose, Leafs are winning. Buffalo is pulling away, leading 3-0 against the Rangers, who face Toronto tomorrow (two tired teams, I smell a 3-point game). Maybe Boston will have their hands full with Florida tonight and be tired enough to give away at least one point to Tampa Bay tomorrow.

I'm still not part of Tank Nation, but I've reconciled myself with what looks to be the inevitable. First year without Redden is their first year out of the playoffs. Darn it, I wish they missed last year.

You are not suggesting there is a corelation between the two?

It's the comparison I did not want to invite. Would have been better if they missed out in his last year here.

wprager wrote:Congrats on the 2K, N4L. You snuck up on me in the last few days. If only Spezza had played better of that stretch, you'd still be around 1700

wprager wrote:

Cronie wrote:same here Wprager.
I haven't cued up the game today yet and I'm seriously debating the notion of not watching it at all.

It seems fair to assume that we are still in the Hedman sweeps, although Murray's latest move seems to indicate (to me anyway) that he has more coming...

We are very much there. The #1 will be Tavares (who, by the way, I really wonder about -- is he too slow for the NHL?); we are currently (if Toronto keeps their lead) 4th, and have pretty good odds of getting #2.

wprager wrote:

Cronie wrote:same here Wprager.
I haven't cued up the game today yet and I'm seriously debating the notion of not watching it at all.

It seems fair to assume that we are still in the Hedman sweeps, although Murray's latest move seems to indicate (to me anyway) that he has more coming...

We are very much there. The #1 will be Tavares (who, by the way, I really wonder about -- is he too slow for the NHL?); we are currently (if Toronto keeps their lead) 4th, and have pretty good odds of getting #2.

Cronie wrote:yeah, I agree.
Even with Alfie wearing the extra gear, they couldn't trounce a woeful Habs squad?! Jesus, maybe I was right, they are tuning out Clouston already...

MurderOnIce wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cronie wrote:same here Wprager.
I haven't cued up the game today yet and I'm seriously debating the notion of not watching it at all.

It seems fair to assume that we are still in the Hedman sweeps, although Murray's latest move seems to indicate (to me anyway) that he has more coming...

We are very much there. The #1 will be Tavares (who, by the way, I really wonder about -- is he too slow for the NHL?); we are currently (if Toronto keeps their lead) 4th, and have pretty good odds of getting #2.

I saw the London Knights play here and honestly (at least that afternoon) he wasn't the best player on his team IMO. Nazem Kadri is a treat to watch.

Neely4Life wrote:

Cronie wrote:yeah, I agree.
Even with Alfie wearing the extra gear, they couldn't trounce a woeful Habs squad?! Jesus, maybe I was right, they are tuning out Clouston already...

Dude, Spezza and Heatley are absolute coach killers.

asq2 wrote:

MurderOnIce wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cronie wrote:same here Wprager.
I haven't cued up the game today yet and I'm seriously debating the notion of not watching it at all.

It seems fair to assume that we are still in the Hedman sweeps, although Murray's latest move seems to indicate (to me anyway) that he has more coming...

We are very much there. The #1 will be Tavares (who, by the way, I really wonder about -- is he too slow for the NHL?); we are currently (if Toronto keeps their lead) 4th, and have pretty good odds of getting #2.

I saw the London Knights play here and honestly (at least that afternoon) he wasn't the best player on his team IMO. Nazem Kadri is a treat to watch.

Kadri to me is a bit like (a better) Mike Comrie though.

When he's on his game, he's brilliant, but if he struggles he reverts to trying to toe-drag and deke too often. He's not very good (from what I've seen) at simplifying his game.

MurderOnIce wrote:

asq2 wrote:

MurderOnIce wrote:

wprager wrote:

Cronie wrote:same here Wprager.
I haven't cued up the game today yet and I'm seriously debating the notion of not watching it at all.

It seems fair to assume that we are still in the Hedman sweeps, although Murray's latest move seems to indicate (to me anyway) that he has more coming...

We are very much there. The #1 will be Tavares (who, by the way, I really wonder about -- is he too slow for the NHL?); we are currently (if Toronto keeps their lead) 4th, and have pretty good odds of getting #2.

I saw the London Knights play here and honestly (at least that afternoon) he wasn't the best player on his team IMO. Nazem Kadri is a treat to watch.

Kadri to me is a bit like (a better) Mike Comrie though.

When he's on his game, he's brilliant, but if he struggles he reverts to trying to toe-drag and deke too often. He's not very good (from what I've seen) at simplifying his game.

Fair enough. I haven't seen him enough for a long term eval. With the right coaching you can work that out of him. Just ask Spezza... oh whoops.

j/k I do like Spezza deep down. Some nights it is just deeper than others.