Toronto vs. Ottawa - 09/27/2011

SpezDispenser wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:Thoughts on that game:

-- Cowen looked a little tired, I thought, and wasn't quite his dominating self. The back end in general, tho', looked a little jumbly.

-- Can't see ZBad not making this team now, at least for those first 9 games. And that independent of the Regin injury situation, which I hope isn't too bad. The two guys (Regin & Winchester) who needed to come in and play strong to stay on this team end up getting hurt, and now their future on the Sens, and in the NHL, is in serious jeopardy.

-- Best game (well, periods 1 & 3) from Filatov. He's got Spezza-esque hands, that's for sure. Love to see him bury one to build that confidence and comfort level up.

-- Better game from Butler, getting some chances, but still not as noticeable out there right now as in March and April.

-- Very good games from Condra and Greening. Both guys are very good are the fore-check, forcing turnovers and digging pucks out of corners.

Query: where's Konopka? Don't think I've seen that guy since the 1st Leafs game...

Sore back for Konopka.

I was thinking the same about Cowen. I think he must have played 20+ last night and he started to look tired. Rundblad took a step back tonight, no question. Z-Bad was very impressive, Spezza made some bad plays, but some good ones too. I like to see him simplify in the reg. season, too many turnovers tonight.

Greening, Condra, Smith, Daugavins - all really effective, but they too seemed to lose their stamina in the latter part of the game.

Lehner was really strong, but you can't leave him out to dry like that. Our D was amazingly poor.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:@SpezD, I didn't even think of the Rags for Wolski. More off-season money for Sather to spend if they take Kuba. Hell, I would have traded Kuba for Drury. The guy is just plain awful.

asq2 wrote:Missed the game. How was Zibanejad outside of his goal? Did he keep the puck on his stick for any extended period of time?

SpezDispenser wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:Thoughts on that game:

-- Cowen looked a little tired, I thought, and wasn't quite his dominating self. The back end in general, tho', looked a little jumbly.

-- Can't see ZBad not making this team now, at least for those first 9 games. And that independent of the Regin injury situation, which I hope isn't too bad. The two guys (Regin & Winchester) who needed to come in and play strong to stay on this team end up getting hurt, and now their future on the Sens, and in the NHL, is in serious jeopardy.

-- Best game (well, periods 1 & 3) from Filatov. He's got Spezza-esque hands, that's for sure. Love to see him bury one to build that confidence and comfort level up.

-- Better game from Butler, getting some chances, but still not as noticeable out there right now as in March and April.

-- Very good games from Condra and Greening. Both guys are very good are the fore-check, forcing turnovers and digging pucks out of corners.

Query: where's Konopka? Don't think I've seen that guy since the 1st Leafs game...

Sore back for Konopka.

I was thinking the same about Cowen. I think he must have played 20+ last night and he started to look tired. Rundblad took a step back tonight, no question. Z-Bad was very impressive, Spezza made some bad plays, but some good ones too. I like to see him simplify in the reg. season, too many turnovers tonight.

Greening, Condra, Smith, Daugavins - all really effective, but they too seemed to lose their stamina in the latter part of the game.

Lehner was really strong, but you can't leave him out to dry like that. Our D was amazingly poor.

rooneypoo wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:Thoughts on that game:

-- Cowen looked a little tired, I thought, and wasn't quite his dominating self. The back end in general, tho', looked a little jumbly.

-- Can't see ZBad not making this team now, at least for those first 9 games. And that independent of the Regin injury situation, which I hope isn't too bad. The two guys (Regin & Winchester) who needed to come in and play strong to stay on this team end up getting hurt, and now their future on the Sens, and in the NHL, is in serious jeopardy.

-- Best game (well, periods 1 & 3) from Filatov. He's got Spezza-esque hands, that's for sure. Love to see him bury one to build that confidence and comfort level up.

-- Better game from Butler, getting some chances, but still not as noticeable out there right now as in March and April.

-- Very good games from Condra and Greening. Both guys are very good are the fore-check, forcing turnovers and digging pucks out of corners.

Query: where's Konopka? Don't think I've seen that guy since the 1st Leafs game...

Sore back for Konopka.

I was thinking the same about Cowen. I think he must have played 20+ last night and he started to look tired. Rundblad took a step back tonight, no question. Z-Bad was very impressive, Spezza made some bad plays, but some good ones too. I like to see him simplify in the reg. season, too many turnovers tonight.

Greening, Condra, Smith, Daugavins - all really effective, but they too seemed to lose their stamina in the latter part of the game.

Lehner was really strong, but you can't leave him out to dry like that. Our D was amazingly poor.

He looked even more uncomfortable and unsure of himself on the left than the right side. Don't think that experiment is going to work out.

Honestly, if Kuba is brutal, I could see Boro getting a shot over Rundblad for that final left-side D spot. Guy has looked pretty steady all camp, tho' tonight wasn't his best night either. Looked like he, Cowen, and Karlsson were all a little dogged.

La Femme wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:Thoughts on that game:

-- Cowen looked a little tired, I thought, and wasn't quite his dominating self. The back end in general, tho', looked a little jumbly.

-- Can't see ZBad not making this team now, at least for those first 9 games. And that independent of the Regin injury situation, which I hope isn't too bad. The two guys (Regin & Winchester) who needed to come in and play strong to stay on this team end up getting hurt, and now their future on the Sens, and in the NHL, is in serious jeopardy.

-- Best game (well, periods 1 & 3) from Filatov. He's got Spezza-esque hands, that's for sure. Love to see him bury one to build that confidence and comfort level up.

-- Better game from Butler, getting some chances, but still not as noticeable out there right now as in March and April.

-- Very good games from Condra and Greening. Both guys are very good are the fore-check, forcing turnovers and digging pucks out of corners.

Query: where's Konopka? Don't think I've seen that guy since the 1st Leafs game...

Sore back for Konopka.

I was thinking the same about Cowen. I think he must have played 20+ last night and he started to look tired. Rundblad took a step back tonight, no question. Z-Bad was very impressive, Spezza made some bad plays, but some good ones too. I like to see him simplify in the reg. season, too many turnovers tonight.

Greening, Condra, Smith, Daugavins - all really effective, but they too seemed to lose their stamina in the latter part of the game.

Lehner was really strong, but you can't leave him out to dry like that. Our D was amazingly poor.

He looked even more uncomfortable and unsure of himself on the left than the right side. Don't think that experiment is going to work out.

Honestly, if Kuba is brutal, I could see Boro getting a shot over Rundblad for that final left-side D spot. Guy has looked pretty steady all camp, tho' tonight wasn't his best night either. Looked like he, Cowen, and Karlsson were all a little dogged.

To be honest with you, I think they're pretty exhausted right now. Training camp is always pretty hard, and they played a lot of games.

spader wrote:

NEELY wrote:When have they given up a lead this pre-season....? They are scoring goals right now, working out kinks, without a forward, and the defense is very young. Once all the pieces are in place I think people will be plesently surprised.

They were up 3-0 in Montreal before losing 4-3.

Big Ev wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

NEELY wrote:Would you even trade Kadri for Silvferberg right now...? Probably not.

I don't think so.

Exactly. I'm not saying Kadri can't turn things around and be a good NHLer, I'm saying he is the biggest unknown of that draft and even then, he seems like his development has stalled.

That's not true. Glennie, Scott. Kassian, Zack. De Haan, Calvin. Holland, Peter. Caron, Jordan.

As you can see most players from that draft still have done nothing. Kadri was good in the AHL last year

SpezDispenser wrote:Respect where it's due, Grabovski has become an excellent hockey player.

SpezDispenser wrote:The Sens kept the pace for almost 2 periods too, damn, that was a shame. And all the goals I can remember were good on Lehner - no chance. Maybe the final goal, but it seemed like a laser.

SpezDispenser wrote:Filatov is a rock star. He has to continue playing like that, but that's exciting stuff.