GAME DAY: Carolina Hurricanes @ Ottawa Senators - 7:30pm ET - Thu. Apr. 1st, 2010

SpezDispenser wrote:

SensGirl11 wrote:
Can you believe the noise in Washington yesterday, they're great fans. It was loud throughout the whole game, even when things weren't going their way.

Perhaps last night, but the game before the fans booed them off the ice. They were all dumbfounded seeing as how they'd lost 5 games all year in regulation there. There were members of the team who were none too pleased - one of them was the coach.

Are you serious? They booed them off the ice for losing 5 home games ALL YEAR? Unbelievable. And they say our fans are fickle.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:So... Z. Smith out... Butler in?

Donovan? Shannon? Cheechoo?

Zubov?

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:

wprager wrote:Poll added.

Hmmm... I can't seem to edit my GDT now. Was going to update it with the Z. Smith news and update the lines to reflect it...

Oh oh!

It's all good now. I had to participate in the poll first... I had not voted yet.

SensGirl11 wrote:
Are you serious? They booed them off the ice for losing 5 home games ALL YEAR? Unbelievable. And they say our fans are fickle.

All fans are fickle to a degree though, right?

Like me last night when Alfie missed that golden opportunity. "We're done, that's the end of that. That missed net was the dagger in our heart". That kind of thing.

shabbs wrote:So... Z. Smith out... Butler in?

According to this article either tomorrow or vs. the Isles.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Ottawa/2010/03/31/13424391-qmi.html

OK, I'm not sure if the roster limit is up or not, I think it is. In any case, I don't think we had anyone on IR, so everyone was on the active roster, and no-one was added.

Smith's cap for the remaining games is hardly enough to send him down. Quite likely they want him to get some games, and they also want Butler to play. So, Smith to Bingo.

It's also possible that Bingo doesn't have a full roster.

SpezDispenser wrote:

SensGirl11 wrote:
Are you serious? They booed them off the ice for losing 5 home games ALL YEAR? Unbelievable. And they say our fans are fickle.

All fans are fickle to a degree though, right?

Like me last night when Alfie missed that golden opportunity. "We're done, that's the end of that. That missed net was the dagger in our heart". That kind of thing.

You're too funny! You were not a happy camper.
It's true the fans are pretty bad, I'm guilty of doing similar things, not as bad this year as last, but still.

I see a couple of people voted for "Here I am ..." That is, of course, the start of the chorus for "Rock me like a hurricane". That actually was not a fluff option, but an (apparently not very) clever way to say "Hurricanes win big".

So, if you did not intend to predict a devastating Sens loss, I would suggest you go and cancel your vote.

Oh, and about the clinching thing, take a look at the second poll option.

wprager wrote:Oh, and about the clinching thing, take a look at the second poll option.

Ok, and how does that happen? Is it with an Atlanta loss or something like that? Or is it an OTL?

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:So... Z. Smith out... Butler in?

According to this article either tomorrow or vs. the Isles.

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There we have it. Playing tomorrow, wearing 16.

shabbs wrote:So... Z. Smith out... Butler in?

Butler IN. He just confirmed on the radio

Wow he must be Dung himself with excitement right now. What a lucky kid he is. I can't even imagine the feeling.

SensGirl11 wrote:Wow he must be Dung himself with excitement right now. What a lucky kid he is. I can't even imagine the feeling.

He claims to love the fans in Ottawa....and he's confirmed to be top 3 finalist for Hobey Baker!

Can't help but feel bad for Shean Donovan. Winchester, Smith, and Shannon are all ahead of him and barring multiple injuries, have we seen the last of Chummy as a senator?

Michallica wrote:Can't help but feel bad for Shean Donovan. Winchester, Smith, and Shannon are all ahead of him and barring multiple injuries, have we seen the last of Chummy as a senator?

I have a feeling he will be signed to a multi-year deal in the coming days.

Michallica wrote:

SensGirl11 wrote:Wow he must be Dung himself with excitement right now. What a lucky kid he is. I can't even imagine the feeling.

He claims to love the fans in Ottawa....and he's confirmed to be top 3 finalist for Hobey Baker!

That's so great, I'm really excited for him and for us.

Dammit, the voting is over for the Hobey I think. Up until a couple of days ago, anyone could vote.