GAME DAY:Ottawa Senators @ Vancouver Canucks - 10:00pm ET - MON. Feb. 7, 2011

hemlock wrote:We are going to get Cussing pounded tonight.

I just hope it isn't a double digit loss.

SpezDispenser wrote:Clouston is mentally-deficient. We're TRYING TO TRADE RUUTU dimwit. You have to play him.

Unless....there's a deal done between Vancouver and Ottawa for him?

Hoags wrote:I'll bet Ruutu told CC where to shove his matching tie and dress shirt and he's been benched since.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

hemlock wrote:We are going to get Cussing pounded tonight.

I just hope it isn't a double digit loss.

If it's a double digit loss do we get two losses out of it?

tim1_2 wrote:Just read Don Brennan’s preview of tonight’s game. Reading the Clouston quotes, it sort of sounds like he’s coaching not to lose, instead of coaching to win:

“We have to respect who they are,” coach Cory Clouston said of the line that features the league’s second and fourth-leading scorers, the twins Daniel and Henrik. “Understand when they’re on the ice, manage the puck ... putting the puck in safe plays if you don’t have a play. Not forcing something because they are such a good team on transition. When to take advantage of an opening and when to keep it simple.
“Almost like a rugby game, where you’re not always trying to score, you’re trying to advance the ball, keep it safe.
“Sometimes you’re out there in a situation where you’re trying to give yourself momentum and not give them momentum, and try to shut them down and frustrate them a little bit.”

I wouldn’t often get into the mysterious world of coaching a team, but if this is the approach he’s been using, would it not be time to try something else? Like “be really aggressive and try to score some goals.”

I know diddly-squat about coaching hockey, but it seems to me that if my NHL coaching career was on ground this shaky, I’d be trying pretty much anything to get a W.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Ottawa/2011/02/06/17178926.html

Hoags wrote:I'll bet Ruutu told CC where to shove his matching tie and dress shirt and he's been benched since.

shabbs wrote:Elliott goes for magic #13...

jawal wrote:

shabbs wrote:Elliott goes for magic #13...

I think that i heard that Elliot has the Senator goalie record for the longest winning streak. Playing Vancouver is like guaranteed loss night. Will this give Elliot the record for longest losing streak or does he already own that dubious record.