GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Carolina Hurricanes - 7:00pm ET - WED. Nov. 17, 2010

wprager wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

wprager wrote:Whom did Staal board? Like I said, he's clearly kicking when you're down.

and good for him. This team just finished getting outscored 15-3 in their last 2 games. They should be trying to score as many goals as they can (and dish out as many hits as they can).

Yeah, thanks for educating me there. You must work in customer support.

wprager wrote:Sorry, it's an old Microsoft joke, not a serious guess.

spader wrote:That was pretty bad. Roche called it, they were clearly physically and mentally exhausted. I hope we can all accept that this wasn't a day when the boys were going to be in the zone.

Big Ev wrote:

CockRoche wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

CockRoche wrote:
It's not as simple as that. Not even close. Your comment is an insult to the Sens and believe it or not, to the Richardson family as well. For someone who speaks volumes of his own children (I think it is you at least), you should know better.

I won't even get into the mental drain they are feeling right now from the funeral; I will just talk about their schedule. These guys are programmed. It is beyond a routine for them. To try and compare their mental and energy dump they have every game with your life of supper, kids, wife and then your once a week beer league is laughable.

Actually, I don't even feel like getting into in right now, but I will say that if Ottawa wins this game I will be stunned. It is almost a foregone conclusion that Carolina is in for an easy game. This game for Carolina is as easy a win as last year when Ottawa played Minnesota after all the Wild's equipment caught on fire.

They got to grieve during the 3rd period of the Flyers game, now they have to focus tonight. An easy win for Carolina will make me very upset. I can't begin to understand what the Richardsons are going through, but I don't want that as an excuse tonight - last game, yes, I can take that, this game...no thanks. Do it for Luke, he doesn't want the players to mope around during a game as their assistant coach, I guarantee it.

You don't understand how fatigued the players are right now; in every possible way, they are exhausted.

I don't mean to be so matter of fact on this issue, but I have zero expectations for the Sens tonight because of what they are going through. Emotions, travel schedule, funeral, emotion, travel schedule, routine thrown off and an in-your-face Hurricanes team; it's a recipe for a tough game ahead.

I will send you a private message shortly.

Why send him a PM? Whatever you have to say, you can say it publicly.

EDIT: That was a bit uncalled for, my bad.

Flo The Action wrote:man-o-man-o-man

do we ever suck. i'm sorry, there's no excuse for this.

TheAvatar wrote:Why the hell is Alfie on the ice in the last 2 minutes of the 3rd period when we're losing 1,000,000 to 1 ?!? Really, why?Also, did cc even use our timeout in the 1st? I'm not saying we would've won the game if he had but ... you know ...

CockRoche wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:man-o-man-o-man

do we ever suck. i'm sorry, there's no excuse for this.

Don't embarrass yourself; you are better than that.I tried to be as polite as possible when explaining what the players are feeling right now. I'm not sure there is anything more to say about this game and the expected outcome.

CockRoche wrote:

TheAvatar wrote:Why the hell is Alfie on the ice in the last 2 minutes of the 3rd period when we're losing 1,000,000 to 1 ?!? Really, why?Also, did cc even use our timeout in the 1st? I'm not saying we would've won the game if he had but ... you know ...

Because he is the leader of the Ottawa Senators. When everybody else on the team just wanted to go home, he was out there showing every player that there will be better days ahead and that he will take it from here.

Alfie asked to be out there; I assure you of that.

Flo The Action wrote:

CockRoche wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:man-o-man-o-man

do we ever suck. i'm sorry, there's no excuse for this.

Don't embarrass yourself; you are better than that.I tried to be as polite as possible when explaining what the players are feeling right now. I'm not sure there is anything more to say about this game and the expected outcome.

i can understand all the reasons that we can end up playing bad but there is no way to explain playingTHAT bad. 7-1? no way. sorry.
and don't bring this condescending crap to me.^^^^

Dash wrote:I'm not even watching the game to be honest, but I "watched" the 1st, and the only thing I can say is that Carolina should be a little more classy tonight. I get that they need to win, I have no problem with that, but there's no need to celebrate every goal.

Flo The Action wrote:

CockRoche wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:man-o-man-o-man

do we ever suck. i'm sorry, there's no excuse for this.

Don't embarrass yourself; you are better than that.I tried to be as polite as possible when explaining what the players are feeling right now. I'm not sure there is anything more to say about this game and the expected outcome.

i can understand all the reasons that we can end up playing bad but there is no way to explain playingTHAT bad. 7-1? no way. sorry.
and don't bring this condescending crap to me.^^^^

wprager wrote:What is a "TSN2"?

CockRoche wrote:
I'm surprised it was only 7-1.