GAME DAY: Calgary Flames @ Ottawa Senators - 7:30 PM Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010

That first goal was def on him, Alfi had his man on the zone, D were in good position, Hagman was Spezza's guy on the back check and he was left screaming down the middle, I was at the game and was furious because it was just a lack of effort. A lot of blind passes that were made in some nasty area's of the ice. It wasnt pretty for a lot of reasons. To his credit he turned it around in the 2nd and 3rd when Cheechoo got thrown on his line.

I really do think Clouston won that game for The Sens because of how he got Spezza's game turned around a bit there. (along with Elliott)

N4L wrote:That first goal was def on him, Alfi had his man on the zone, D were in good position, Hagman was Spezza's guy on the back check and he was left screaming down the middle, I was at the game and was furious because it was just a lack of effort. A lot of blind passes that were made in some nasty area's of the ice. It wasnt pretty for a lot of reasons. To his credit he turned it around in the 2nd and 3rd when Cheechoo got thrown on his line.

I really do think Clouston won that game for The Sens because of how he got Spezza's game turned around a bit there. (along with Elliott)

Fair enough, but really our whole D played a god-awful period there. And Spezza certainly did get his head on straight thereafter. That was a really strong second period from him (which, again, I would be saying even if it wasn't him who buried the empty-netter on that play).

There was another play where Spezza glided around the net and just layed his stick on the guy during a forcheck that was pathetic at best... after that you didnt see him gliding the rest of the game. Clouston def bit into him after that 1st because he was the worst player out there for The Sens. But again, to his credit he came back and played solid and scored the winner for his efforts.

Cant get over the play Kovy made on Iginla right at the end there, Kovy is awesome to watch and glad he is here another year at least. He's easily worth that 5 mil.

N4L wrote:That first goal was def on him, Alfi had his man on the zone, D were in good position, Hagman was Spezza's guy on the back check and he was left screaming down the middle, I was at the game and was furious because it was just a lack of effort. A lot of blind passes that were made in some nasty area's of the ice. It wasnt pretty for a lot of reasons. To his credit he turned it around in the 2nd and 3rd when Cheechoo got thrown on his line.

I really do think Clouston won that game for The Sens because of how he got Spezza's game turned around a bit there. (along with Elliott)

Watch the highlights tonight. I watched that first goal a couple of times (PVR), and one of Alfie/Phillips missed the boat completely on that first Calgary goal. They both followed the same guy to the front of the net, leaving the trailer wide open. No way they should give up such an easy shot on a 3 on 3.

That was the far man and the 4th man in the zone, that was neither Alfi nor Phillips man.

EDIT: You're right there, Phillips took the wrong man. That wasnt on Spezza, my bad.

rooneypoo wrote:To be fair, it was an awful period of hockey from our whole team, especially our D. Both teams, actually. Hard to single out Spezza on that one.

I'm not quite ready to anoint Karlsson our best D yet, but man oh man the others can't get the puck out of the zone worth poop. Passes behind the forwards, 10 feet in front, directly to the other team. That was not a pretty sight.

Kuba looks so soft and his passes look disinterested. I don't know if he's on some morphine or what, but he should switch to ecstasy.

N4L wrote:That was the far man and the 4th man in the zone, that was neither Alfi nor Phillips man.

Like I said, I had it on PVR and watched it 3-4 times to make sure. Watch the play on the highlight, Hagman's the 3rd man in... That was a 3 on 3 the whole way.

EDIT: Oops, just saw your edit after I posted.

marakh wrote:Kuba looks so soft and his passes look disinterested. I don't know if he's on some morphine or what, but he should switch to ecstasy.

I dont see how you cant deal Kuba in the off season to sign A Train. Just give A Train the 4 mil over 5 years and be done with it, deal Kuba and cap wise everything is fine.

Wasnt impressed with him at all tonight, so soft.

N4L wrote:That was the far man and the 4th man in the zone, that was neither Alfi nor Phillips man.

EDIT: You're right there, Phillips took the wrong man. That wasnt on Spezza, my bad.

Phillips looked pretty bad on both goals, the first in particular. He's earned a few gimmes, tho'.

marakh wrote:Kuba looks so soft and his passes look disinterested. I don't know if he's on some morphine or what, but he should switch to ecstasy.

He looks SO slow lately, too. It's like he's got an injury or something.

I'm sad that Kuba has digressed back to pre-deadline form. I thought he had really turned things around. Diddle.

SpezDispenser wrote:

marakh wrote:No guys, number of games played is the 1st tie breaker.

Oh.

dont look now but new jersey only has 74 points in second place with 2 games at hand (the same number as buffalo)

PS Go Elliott. Wow. Should be sporting a 2.45ish GAA and a .913 save % with 20 wins. Excellent.

Hockeyhero22000 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

marakh wrote:No guys, number of games played is the 1st tie breaker.

Oh.

dont look now but new jersey only has 74 points in second place with 2 games at hand (the same number as buffalo)

Yeah, I noticed that too, how the heck did that happen?

Wow exercise bike interviews are back ! (end of TSN highlights)

I haven't seen those since the SCF run !

SpezDispenser wrote:

Hockeyhero22000 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

marakh wrote:No guys, number of games played is the 1st tie breaker.

Oh.

dont look now but new jersey only has 74 points in second place with 2 games at hand (the same number as buffalo)

Yeah, I noticed that too, how the heck did that happen?

They traded for a bust

rooneypoo wrote:

marakh wrote:Kuba looks so soft and his passes look disinterested. I don't know if he's on some morphine or what, but he should switch to ecstasy.

He looks SO slow lately, too. It's like he's got an injury or something.

I was at the game and I actually thought Kuba had a strong game. I didn't notice him turning over the puck and in fact I remember, on a few occasions, him getting the Sens out of trouble in their own end.