GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Buffalo Sabres – 7:30PM EST, Friday, March 26, 2010

Big Ev wrote:

sens4win wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Kovalev has a "lower-body" injury. Or maybe just a case of suckitis.

ya you know you suck when you are 3rd in points on the team.

and being third in points on this team is nothing to brag about

if your saying all this because you think i put a minus for your post it wasnt me, and ya i thought you meant all season sorry for jumping to conclusions/

SeawaySensFan wrote:

wprager wrote:Interesting part is that it was tweeted that Alfredsson, Phillips and Kuba did not skate, which implies that Kovalev did. This was before they left for Buffalo. So did he injure something at practice?

That's what's mysterious. Apparently, he participated in the full practice. We'll see if there's anything more to it by tomorrow, I guess.

Maybe Murray took a page out of Gainey's play book and told him to take a couple of days.

Big Ev wrote:

sens4win wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Kovalev has a "lower-body" injury. Or maybe just a case of suckitis.

ya you know you suck when you are 3rd in points on the team.

and being third in points on this team is nothing to brag about

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have a winner!

wprager wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

sens4win wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Kovalev has a "lower-body" injury. Or maybe just a case of suckitis.

ya you know you suck when you are 3rd in points on the team.

and being third in points on this team is nothing to brag about

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have a winner!

when did the match start ?

sens4win wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

sens4win wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Kovalev has a "lower-body" injury. Or maybe just a case of suckitis.

ya you know you suck when you are 3rd in points on the team.

and being third in points on this team is nothing to brag about

if your saying all this because you think i put a minus for your post it wasnt me, and ya i thought you meant all season sorry for jumping to conclusions/

No, no, I can't even tell when I get a minus or a plus on a particular post, so I didn't even know I got one on that.

sens4win wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

sens4win wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Kovalev has a "lower-body" injury. Or maybe just a case of suckitis.

ya you know you suck when you are 3rd in points on the team.

and being third in points on this team is nothing to brag about

if your saying all this because you think i put a minus for your post it wasnt me, and ya i thought you meant all season sorry for jumping to conclusions/

Even as an admin, I can't see who -d him. Probably one of the usual suspects. Anyhow I evened it out on another post.

wprager wrote:

sens4win wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

sens4win wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Kovalev has a "lower-body" injury. Or maybe just a case of suckitis.

ya you know you suck when you are 3rd in points on the team.

and being third in points on this team is nothing to brag about

if your saying all this because you think i put a minus for your post it wasnt me, and ya i thought you meant all season sorry for jumping to conclusions/

Even as an admin, I can't see who -d him. Probably one of the usual suspects. Anyhow I evened it out on another post.

oh well i was trying to be nice and evened it out on the original post

And now Big Ev is back in black

I've heard a couple of times that Alfie hasn't practised on a non-game day for a long, long time. Before the Olympics I think they were saying. He simply no longer practises except to take the skate on the morning of a game, review video and talk to his linemmates. Has anyone else heard this?

With Kovalev out with a lower body injury, do we see the FFS line re-united?

SpezDispenser wrote:I've heard a couple of times that Alfie hasn't practised on a non-game day for a long, long time. Before the Olympics I think they were saying. He simply no longer practises except to take the skate on the morning of a game, review video and talk to his linemmates. Has anyone else heard this?

I think the vets skate early on in the season but it's pretty much optional after a certain point.

SpezDispenser wrote:With Kovalev out with a lower body injury, do we see the FFS line re-united?

We're missing Michalek (6'2", 225) and Kovalev (6'1", 215). I'd feel more comfortable with Shean Donovan (6'2", 218) than Ryan Shannon (Hobbit).

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:I've heard a couple of times that Alfie hasn't practised on a non-game day for a long, long time. Before the Olympics I think they were saying. He simply no longer practises except to take the skate on the morning of a game, review video and talk to his linemmates. Has anyone else heard this?

I think the vets skate early on in the season but it's pretty much optional after a certain point.

Now that I think of it, maybe the power-play drills should be mandatory.

wprager wrote:

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:I've heard a couple of times that Alfie hasn't practised on a non-game day for a long, long time. Before the Olympics I think they were saying. He simply no longer practises except to take the skate on the morning of a game, review video and talk to his linemmates. Has anyone else heard this?

I think the vets skate early on in the season but it's pretty much optional after a certain point.

Now that I think of it, maybe the power-play drills should be mandatory.

ding ding ding we have another winner

Hockeyhero22000 wrote:

wprager wrote:

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:I've heard a couple of times that Alfie hasn't practised on a non-game day for a long, long time. Before the Olympics I think they were saying. He simply no longer practises except to take the skate on the morning of a game, review video and talk to his linemmates. Has anyone else heard this?

I think the vets skate early on in the season but it's pretty much optional after a certain point.

Now that I think of it, maybe the power-play drills should be mandatory.

ding ding ding we have another winner

if were going to go any were in the playoffs are PP has to be better, so at this point i dont care if players get bonuses every time they score on the PP.

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:I've heard a couple of times that Alfie hasn't practised on a non-game day for a long, long time. Before the Olympics I think they were saying. He simply no longer practises except to take the skate on the morning of a game, review video and talk to his linemmates. Has anyone else heard this?

I think the vets skate early on in the season but it's pretty much optional after a certain point.

Yeah man, I think you're right - which is fine, whatever, they know what they can and can't do, but I would suggest lacing them up and working on light PP drills. Nothing strenuous, just 5 guys on 4 moving the puck around.

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:With Kovalev out with a lower body injury, do we see the FFS line re-united?

We're missing Michalek (6'2", 225) and Kovalev (6'1", 215). I'd feel more comfortable with Shean Donovan (6'2", 218) than Ryan Shannon (Hobbit).

Yeah but Donovan would replace a Winchester if he went down, Shannon was warming the bench waiting for this specifically. Besides...we're playing Buffalo, not the biggest of opponents.

SpezDispenser wrote:

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:With Kovalev out with a lower body injury, do we see the FFS line re-united?

We're missing Michalek (6'2", 225) and Kovalev (6'1", 215). I'd feel more comfortable with Shean Donovan (6'2", 218) than Ryan Shannon (Hobbit).

Yeah but Donovan would replace a Winchester if he went down, Shannon was warming the bench waiting for this specifically. Besides...we're playing Buffalo, not the biggest of opponents.

they have like Chara's son on that team (Tyler Myers),