PLAYOFF GAME DAY: Game 5: Ottawa Senators (1) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (3) - 7:00pm ET - Thu. Apr. 22nd, 2010

N4L wrote:

Michallica wrote:un-freaking believable! we owe pascal leclaire and anton volchenkov an apology....this was brilliant. Diddle you nhl. not having your way tonight!!!

CARKNER!!!!!!!!!

No we dont, Leclaire sucked all year. Tonight he earned the confidence of fan, team mates, and managment. He also earned his salary.

marakh wrote:

PKC wrote:

marakh wrote:Regin is now a Zetterberg potential, you heard it here first.

We said this years ago homie, welcome to Regin's coming out party. The rest of us have been mixing the punch and putting out the hors d'oeuvres.

I said this years ago too, but without much substance. Now it's backed up pretty solidly.

Foligno and Regin were Diddling beasts tonight, and that made Spezza more comfortable. Alfie was brutal most of the time but who cares.

marakh wrote:Anyone who has a ticket for saturday, I'm Diddling buying it.

N4L wrote:

M_Christopher wrote:

N4L wrote:

PKC wrote:

N4L wrote:

N4L wrote:WOW, Im shocked here... guess Clouston is desperate enough to try anything at this point. I wouldnt be shocked if this game was done after the 1st 10 mins. We'll see if Leclaire is actually a big game goaltender.

Yup.

While everyone was Dung all over the decision, I was the first to say people would be pleasantly surprised by the guy tonight. Look at this...he set a Diddling franchise record for saves in a playoff game. The guy was outside of his skull tonight.

I never lost faith in this team. We just needed a break somewhere. Maybe this will be the thing that can help us play our game at home and get another win up on the board.

One period at a time boys.

Leclaire renewed my faith in a couple things tonight. I thought Leclaire would flop but I still understood the decision like I said in previous posts.

I still think this team is a few pieces short and some guys need to be putting in a way better effort and leading, but a lot of guys stepped up HUGE.

Fisher, way better, A Train was a beast, Karlsson lead the team in mins despite his huge gaff (rookie mistakes), Foligno easily had his best game, just amazing.

Karlsson's give away was more a result of Sutton and the Sens being spread out to quick (half were changing though) nothing Erik really could have done.

But it doesn't matter tonight Game 6 period 1 here we come. (blaring "Hero" - Enrique Iglesias all the way)

Dude, Karlsson took it up the middle when Crosby and Malkin were on the ice with no support. That's not even remotly on Sutton.

Michallica wrote:

N4L wrote:

Michallica wrote:un-freaking believable! we owe pascal leclaire and anton volchenkov an apology....this was brilliant. Diddle you nhl. not having your way tonight!!!

CARKNER!!!!!!!!!

No we dont, Leclaire sucked all year. Tonight he earned the confidence of fan, team mates, and managment. He also earned his salary.

I think we showed zero confidence in leclaire for tonight and basically conceded defeat. I doubted him for tonight, as did many so yeah we do.

N4L wrote:

PKC wrote:

N4L wrote:Regin is a star in the making, that kid IMO is the next big thing in Ottawa. He did everything he possibly could in this series and he has been nothing short of fantastic.

Him and Karlsson have been nothing short of a Diddling revelation in the playoffs. Couldn't be happier with these two guys right now. Another 2A for Karlsson tonight, 40:38 minutes of hockey. Stellar.

Regin and Karlsson may very well carry this team if a few peices can be added going forward. I still fully believe what I believe about Spezza and think he is the key to an absolute monster of a contender in 4 or 5 years.

Karlsson makes some HUGE mistakes but he learns and the amazing thing I saw from him tonight, right after that gaff, the Diddling kid kept going like it never happend. That's a special kid and as much as I knew he was going to be a star one day, I didnt think anyone can bounce back like that at 19 on the highest of levels. UNREAL.

M_Christopher wrote:

N4L wrote:

M_Christopher wrote:

N4L wrote:

PKC wrote:

N4L wrote:

N4L wrote:WOW, Im shocked here... guess Clouston is desperate enough to try anything at this point. I wouldnt be shocked if this game was done after the 1st 10 mins. We'll see if Leclaire is actually a big game goaltender.

Yup.

While everyone was Dung all over the decision, I was the first to say people would be pleasantly surprised by the guy tonight. Look at this...he set a Diddling franchise record for saves in a playoff game. The guy was outside of his skull tonight.

I never lost faith in this team. We just needed a break somewhere. Maybe this will be the thing that can help us play our game at home and get another win up on the board.

One period at a time boys.

Leclaire renewed my faith in a couple things tonight. I thought Leclaire would flop but I still understood the decision like I said in previous posts.

I still think this team is a few pieces short and some guys need to be putting in a way better effort and leading, but a lot of guys stepped up HUGE.

Fisher, way better, A Train was a beast, Karlsson lead the team in mins despite his huge gaff (rookie mistakes), Foligno easily had his best game, just amazing.

Karlsson's give away was more a result of Sutton and the Sens being spread out to quick (half were changing though) nothing Erik really could have done.

But it doesn't matter tonight Game 6 period 1 here we come. (blaring "Hero" - Enrique Iglesias all the way)

Dude, Karlsson took it up the middle when Crosby and Malkin were on the ice with no support. That's not even remotly on Sutton.

He tryed to chip it up and got no support. It was a mistake but he wasn't alone on it. If you have PVR watch specifically where Sutton was.

It doesn't matter though, in the end the result is a huge Win

N4L wrote:

Michallica wrote:

N4L wrote:

Michallica wrote:un-freaking believable! we owe pascal leclaire and anton volchenkov an apology....this was brilliant. Diddle you nhl. not having your way tonight!!!

CARKNER!!!!!!!!!

No we dont, Leclaire sucked all year. Tonight he earned the confidence of fan, team mates, and managment. He also earned his salary.

I think we showed zero confidence in leclaire for tonight and basically conceded defeat. I doubted him for tonight, as did many so yeah we do.

There was every reason in the world to doubt him. Obviously Im eating my words but still, apologies? Dont think so.

dennycrane wrote:Radio just announced 2500 tickets available. Those will be gone by noon tomorrow.

marakh wrote:I was at game 3 and the atmosphere was amazing. I would say this saturday the roof is gonna explode.

dennycrane wrote:Just searched - still 100's available.