GAME DAY: Preseason - Boston @ Ottawa - 7:00pm ET - Fri. Sep. 25th, 2009--PLUS afterthoughts...

SensFan71 wrote:looks like Zack Smith is definitely on the bubble, if he doesn't put in any or quality minutes tonight, he will be returning to Bingo. Lee has to be another one on the bubble.

Has Lee played yet this pre-season? Don't remember seeing him (I think that if he played and went unnoticed, it's actually worse than not having played - in his case)

TheAvatar wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:looks like Zack Smith is definitely on the bubble, if he doesn't put in any or quality minutes tonight, he will be returning to Bingo. Lee has to be another one on the bubble.

Has Lee played yet this pre-season? Don't remember seeing him (I think that if he played and went unnoticed, it's actually worse than not having played - in his case)

uncertain if he has played either, from the GDT, he is pencilled in as the extra D. if he doesn't make an impression tonight (if he plays), it's down to Bingo for you Lee.

Man, that's gotta suck for him; I find it hard to believe that he's not expecting the hammer to fall though.

SensFan71 wrote:

TheAvatar wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:looks like Zack Smith is definitely on the bubble, if he doesn't put in any or quality minutes tonight, he will be returning to Bingo. Lee has to be another one on the bubble.

Has Lee played yet this pre-season? Don't remember seeing him (I think that if he played and went unnoticed, it's actually worse than not having played - in his case)

uncertain if he has played either, from the GDT, he is pencilled in as the extra D. if he doesn't make an impression tonight (if he plays), it's down to Bingo for you Lee.

He has played but he has been underwhelming. Clouston said he is getting better but '..has to be more physical because he will never be an offensive guy. He can become solid player who can kill penalties and play some power play for you.' Now thats a ringing endorsement for a first round pick.

It is in line with what I have been saying about him for the past year. He is basically Tom Priessing with blond hair... he will be decent #4 d but I am sure that Dean Lombardi nearly fell off his chair when Kopitar was still available after we picked.

TheAvatar wrote:Man, that's gotta suck for him; I find it hard to believe that he's not expecting the hammer to fall though.

oh I am sure he must know it, and who knows, it might be the wake up call he needs, go back to Bingo, make your game better, be there for injury call ups or leave it until next camp.

Clouston will have a live news conference after practice at around 11am. Watch it on SensTV.

http://senators.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp

shabbs wrote:
Game coverage:
- TV: TSN2 (HD),NHLN-US (HD)
- Radio: Team 1200 (need to confirm)
- Web: http://www.atdhe.net/

Quick point of clarification: atdhe.net -- reliable source with a good track record who is almost for-sure to air the game, or iffy source with a spotty record who might, maybe, perhaps air the game?

Cheers!

rooneypoo wrote:

shabbs wrote:
Game coverage:
- TV: TSN2 (HD),NHLN-US (HD)
- Radio: Team 1200 (need to confirm)
- Web: http://www.atdhe.net/

Quick point of clarification: atdhe.net -- reliable source with a good track record who is almost for-sure to air the game, or iffy source with a spotty record who might, maybe, perhaps air the game?

Cheers!

They've been very reliable. If it's in their listing... it airs.

shabbs wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:

shabbs wrote:
Game coverage:
- TV: TSN2 (HD),NHLN-US (HD)
- Radio: Team 1200 (need to confirm)
- Web: http://www.atdhe.net/

Quick point of clarification: atdhe.net -- reliable source with a good track record who is almost for-sure to air the game, or iffy source with a spotty record who might, maybe, perhaps air the game?

Cheers!

They've been very reliable. If it's in their listing... it airs.

Thanks Shabbs! I was organizing my day around this game, and was pissed to learn about the NHLN blackout in Canada.

rooneypoo wrote:

shabbs wrote:
Game coverage:
- TV: TSN2 (HD),NHLN-US (HD)
- Radio: Team 1200 (need to confirm)
- Web: http://www.atdhe.net/

Quick point of clarification: atdhe.net -- reliable source with a good track record who is almost for-sure to air the game, or iffy source with a spotty record who might, maybe, perhaps air the game?

Cheers!

I'll be at the game tonight, so I won't have to deal with horrible Internet feeds or crapy Rogers 22 coverage. Can't wait to see Regin and Karlsson in live action!

I've also found that ATDHE.net has a pretty excellent feed compared to other internet sites. It's no NHL Center ICE Online type feed but it's quite good even if you feed you computer into your flat screen TV it's still pretty good.

It seems Schubert has been "promoted" to the 4th line for tonight... hmmm... last chance for Schubie?

shabbs wrote:It seems Schubert has been "promoted" to the 4th line for tonight... hmmm... last chance for Schubie?

It's mean what they are doign to him, haha. Letting him think he has a shot.

will be watching this one on TSN2, or at least flipping back and forth between Ghost Whisperer, wife will be watching that season premiere, ugh, I hate that hockey season and the new shows all hit at once.

N4L wrote:

shabbs wrote:It seems Schubert has been "promoted" to the 4th line for tonight... hmmm... last chance for Schubie?

It's mean what they are doign to him, haha. Letting him think he has a shot.

Maybe it's a last ditch effort to drumb up interest in the guy. Who knows? They managed to get something for McGratton right?

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

N4L wrote:

shabbs wrote:It seems Schubert has been "promoted" to the 4th line for tonight... hmmm... last chance for Schubie?

It's mean what they are doign to him, haha. Letting him think he has a shot.

Maybe it's a last ditch effort to drumb up interest in the guy. Who knows? They managed to get something for McGratton right?

will take table scraps at this point for him if any team was interested, but am certain he will be waived.

Tonight's lines vs Bruins:

Michalek - Spezza - Alfredsson
Kovalev - Regin - Fisher
Foligno - Shannon - Cheechoo
Schubert - Kelly - Neil

Phillips - Volchenkov
Campoli - Carkner
Lee - Karlsson

I'll update the original post as well.

SensFan71 wrote:will be watching this one on TSN2, or at least flipping back and forth between Ghost Whisperer, wife will be watching that season premiere, ugh, I hate that hockey season and the new shows all hit at once.

My wife would ask to watch her shows instead of the game, but she'd have to have to tell that "I walked into the open cupboard door" story again.