GAME DAY: Atlanta Thrashers @ Ottawa Senators - 7:30pm ET - TUE. Nov. 9, 2010

Well, lookie here -- 2nd in the Division, 2 behind Montreal. Yeah, I know Boston has 4 games to get 2 points and catch us, but fact is they haven't yet.

PKC wrote:
We need Kuba back for the 10 game stretch coming up.

Yeah, this is a tough stretch. We're coming in hot though, and we're an interesting team when we're hot.

wprager wrote:

PKC wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:I loved everything about that Cussing game.

We need Kuba back for the 10 game stretch coming up.

We need Alfredsson to start scoring again. Where's the Captain been the last few games? I know I said it in jest a couple of games ago, but maybe not so much of a joke -- put him on the Spezza line to get him going again?

It actually wasn't a great game for that line. I wasn't overly impressed with 9, 11, or 12. As long as the rest of the team is performing like they were tonight though, it's all gravy. It did look like the 1B line was a step behind where they normally are.

On that note, what a game.

Just ask this guy ->

i have been impressed with hale, when kuba comes back any chance we sit campoli for a few games?

spader wrote:
It actually wasn't a great game for that line. I wasn't overly impressed with 9, 11, or 12. As long as the rest of the team is performing like they were tonight though, it's all gravy. It did look like the 1B line was a step behind where they normally are.

On that note, what a game.

Just ask this guy ->

Agreed.

Am I blind or is there nothing on www.tsn.ca/nhl about Ottawa even playing or winning tonight?

Nothing at all right now. Crazy!

There's a highlight package on the right, and if you click on more stories it shows the headline "Spezza scores twice as Senators take down Thrashers".

Probably just an error that it isn't on the front page.

wprager wrote:

spader wrote:

wprager wrote:By the end of the night we may have two of the league's top-ten scoring defensemen.

Jinxer

Karlsson started the night tied for 12th (with Mike Green et al) and has moved up to be tied for 9th (pending how the others do, of course). Gonchar was already tied for 9th and moved up to be tied for 7th.

Jinxes aren't real.

Tell that to the boogy man who lays in wait in my closet.

man am i happy spezza never got traded this summer. i hope he's happy too

111519 wrote:i have been impressed with hale, when kuba comes back any chance we sit campoli for a few games?

Interesting. I was only thinking of how much better the second pairing would be with Kuba in Hale's place -- not a knock on Hale, but there's a difference. Putting Hale with Carkner would give that pairing a bit more size. However Carkner and Campoli have gotten into a groove playing together. Sure, Campoli's numbers aren't where I was hoping they'd be when I picked him in the pool, but he's been pretty solid defensively. At least earlier on -- have you been noticing a drop off in play?

Flo The Action wrote:man am i happy spezza never got traded this summer. i hope he's happy too

He's killing penalties now too. Perhaps fatherhood has done him some good?

Big Ev wrote:There's a highlight package on the right, and if you click on more stories it shows the headline "Spezza scores twice as Senators take down Thrashers".

Probably just an error that it isn't on the front page.

Thank you. The write-up is there now, but it wasn't at midnight last night.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:man am i happy spezza never got traded this summer. i hope he's happy too

He's killing penalties now too. Perhaps fatherhood has done him some good?

This might be an unpopular opinion but Spezza looks like a guy who's looking past the "A" and gunning for the "C" once it's vacated by The Alfie.

CockRoche wrote:

Big Ev wrote:There's a highlight package on the right, and if you click on more stories it shows the headline "Spezza scores twice as Senators take down Thrashers".

Probably just an error that it isn't on the front page.

Thank you. The write-up is there now, but it wasn't at midnight last night.

It was much more important for them to get the story out about the Leafs 0-4 loss. Surely, Leafs Nation could not be denied this important update. It's not like there is a special TV network and Radio station devoted to updating Leafs Nation to their team's activities.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:man am i happy spezza never got traded this summer. i hope he's happy too

He's killing penalties now too. Perhaps fatherhood has done him some good?

This might be an unpopular opinion but Spezza looks like a guy who's looking past the "A" and gunning for the "C" once it's vacated by The Alfie.

It was somewhat unpopular a couple of years ago when I brought it up I don't think a 4-game stretch is enough to sway the masses, so let's just see if this "sticks".

Spezza's the team's highest paid player and longest contracted player. Combined with his play, he's a top candidate.

wprager wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:man am i happy spezza never got traded this summer. i hope he's happy too

He's killing penalties now too. Perhaps fatherhood has done him some good?

This might be an unpopular opinion but Spezza looks like a guy who's looking past the "A" and gunning for the "C" once it's vacated by The Alfie.

It was somewhat unpopular a couple of years ago when I brought it up I don't think a 4-game stretch is enough to sway the masses, so let's just see if this "sticks".

I don't think that's fair to say about him. He might not have put up points in a couple of the games earlier this year but he hasn't had a single bad game yet. He's scoring, killing penalties, protecting the puck, creating turnovers defensively and getting teammates involved with his sick passing skill. Through the first 10 games of the season, this is easily the best Jason Spezza I've ever seen in Ottawa - one who's offensively and defensively responsible.

I love Regin, but the poor monkey took his knocks last night.