GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Montreal Canadiens - 7:00pm ET - Sat. Oct. 17th, 2009

shabbs wrote:Yeah, the Leafs/Rags game will be the national CBC game. CBC's web site should have the Sens/Habs game streaming. I think the free RDS-HD preview is over. What game is listed on CBC in Ottawa?

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Booooo two Canadian teams playing should be the national game....This sucks as I wont be able to watch it.

Great GDT Shabbs. I'm really looking forward to this game. I haven't watched the Habs play yet and want to see how we stack up against another team that's still searching for an identity.

If the Sens look as good as they did against TBL, this should be another step towards the most complete team we've seen in the nation's capital in....forever.

Check Jarkko Ruutu out... 2nd in points on the team behind Alfie. 2 goals and 3 assists.

By the way, I turned to 508 last night and it was still on -- that's RDS-HD on the Rogers "dial" in Ottawa. I do remember the Info showing "Free preview until ..." before, and that wasn't there. So it would appear that I am getting RDS-HD for "free" -- likely part of the VIP package.

Yee-haw! Now, I wonder if there is any way to take the RDS-HD video and the CBC-HD audio (since Dean will be making the play-by-play, most likely).

Now there's cool (but entirely impractical due to how few times it would actually get used) feature for a set-top box. Combine the video of one channel with the audio of another. This is one practical application, but I could imagine a few hilarious applications as well.

Michalek's girlfriend and her family will be at the game tonight...

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators/encore+family+will+watching+Milan/2113606/story.html

Some nice inspiration for him.

Sens' honest effort winning fans over...

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators/Honest+Senators+effort+winning+fans+over/2113598/story.html

True... winning also helps.

shabbs wrote:Sens' honest effort winning fans over...

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators/Honest+Senators+effort+winning+fans+over/2113598/story.html

True... winning also helps.

A pretty nicely written article by the Citizen's hockey beat writer.

I 2nd that. Nice article and frankly just seeing the boys give a s**t is a welcome change, no?

shabbs wrote:Michalek's girlfriend and her family will be at the game tonight...

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators/encore+family+will+watching+Milan/2113606/story.html

Some nice inspiration for him.

Hopefully he goes Mike Fisher, rather than Tony Romo

Karen from Montreal, hmm? Well, it may not be as headline-grabbing as Hilary Duff, but if she can cheer him on to another hat-trick that's more than the Duffster ever did for Comrie in Ottawa.

wprager wrote:Karen from Montreal, hmm? Well, it may not be as headline-grabbing as Hilary Duff, but if she can cheer him on to another hat-trick that's more than the Duffster ever did for Comrie in Ottawa.

She's doing pretty well in Edmonton though.

If CLousotn keeps rolling 4 lines this should be easy. I say 5-2 win.

I predict Sens 4-1.

Michalek - Spezza - Cheechoo
Kovalev - Fisher - Alfredsson
Foligno - Shannon - Neil
Ruutu - Kelly/Regin - Donovan

I know it's rarely good to mess with such a thoroughly winning formula, but if Regin's playing on the fourth line I'll be irked.

I'd go:
Foligno - Regin - Shannon
Ruutu/Donovan/Neil - Kelly - Ruutu/Donovan/Neil

shabbs wrote:Sens' honest effort winning fans over...

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators/Honest+Senators+effort+winning+fans+over/2113598/story.html

True... winning also helps.

That article mentions that Cheechoo and Michalek had 14 shots between them in the Tampa game. I'm liking that...

This has the makings of a great game.  Habs are gonna be hungry and the sens are confident.  I think it comes down to Price.  If he's solid, it'll be a tight game.  I say 4-3 sens.

asq2 wrote:

Michalek - Spezza - Cheechoo
Kovalev - Fisher - Alfredsson
Foligno - Shannon - Neil
Ruutu - Kelly/Regin - Donovan

I know it's rarely good to mess with such a thoroughly winning formula, but if Regin's playing on the fourth line I'll be irked.

I'd go:
Foligno - Regin - Shannon
Ruutu/Donovan/Neil - Kelly - Ruutu/Donovan/Neil

If Shannon doesn't play well, that change will be made in game.

asq2 wrote:

Michalek - Spezza - Cheechoo
Kovalev - Fisher - Alfredsson
Foligno - Shannon - Neil
Ruutu - Kelly/Regin - Donovan

I know it's rarely good to mess with such a thoroughly winning formula, but if Regin's playing on the fourth line I'll be irked.

I'd go:
Foligno - Regin - Shannon
Ruutu/Donovan/Neil - Kelly - Ruutu/Donovan/Neil

That sound much better.

Regin is being wasted on the 4th line.