Game Day - Florida @ Ottawa, 7:30PM, Thursday, October 27, 2011

shabbs wrote:Sens in 8th spot now...

Give it an hour and they will be in 7th.

cash wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Honestly can't believe that happened. That was a crazy roller coaster of emotions...man.

Rundblad's pass was what got that goal going.

That was a good shift all around. Started with a DaCosta steal and lot of second efforts by all 5.

That play was dead until Rundblad made an insanely prescient interception (I don't know how else to describe that right now...I'm a little drunk. Bottom line, just intercepting that pass takes tremendous hockey sense). To then draw both defenders to him and dish it back to Alfie before the FLA player that was out of the zone had a chance to make himself relevant, that just made it one of the most outstanding plays I've seen from a rookie defender in a very very long time.

Not only that though, he made another ridiculous play weaving through the Panthers like they were pylons and making a pretty damn nice play to almost score. Kid's legit, very exciting.

SpezDispenser wrote:

NEELY wrote:
He's back, him and Cowen look like they have a ton of chemistry and are really getting a feel for each other now. He's controlling parts of the game again.

Maybe it's just me, but I find Cowen to be the least confident that I've seen him since his first couple of games. He's getting there, but I find he took a step back the last couple of games.

I thought Cowen has been really good. Being a defensive D man as a rookie can't be easy but he looks good. Real good game tonight.

fell asleep and missed the end ... doh ... been a long day

Rundblad is also turning into something really special. Can't believe he looks this comfortable this early on. Team is coming together a lot quicker than I think anyone would have imagined.

shabbs wrote:The jersey is 4-0!!!!!

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW YYYYYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Crap. I missed this one.

NEELY wrote:Rundblad is also turning into something really special. Can't believe he looks this comfortable this early on. Team is coming together a lot quicker than I think anyone would have imagined.

Yeah, this is the player that's blowing my mind right now. Such subtle skill, it's truly a joy to watch this kid. Especially with guys like Greening and Michalek with their speed, they'll eat those beautiful, soft passes up.

Those passes where he holds onto the puck for that extra second and draws in the opponents are so neat.

If Filatov ever turns into a 25-30 goal guy, Ottawa is going to be a really good team in a few years.

A few years? There'll be plenty of guys in a few years salivating to take feeds from Karlsson, Rundblad and co.

Hopefully this shows people just how far hard work can get you. They are playing like a team that's good enough to get into the playoffs and if they continue to work hard along with Anderson playing well, they will.

I just love that they are shutting people up again.

Hard to get too excited because of the way they played for some of that game...but still, pretty Cussing excited.

SpezDispenser wrote:Hard to get too excited because of the way they played for some of that game...but still, pretty Cussing excited.

Why? Because a team that was being put together with 3 new coaches, a new system, and 5, 6 rookies struggled early on. They have a lot of their game cleaned up, especially the PK. They are outworking their opponents each night and if it wasn't for bad luck they probably would have an above 500 record.

NEELY wrote:If Filatov ever turns into a 25-30 goal guy, Ottawa is going to be a really good team in a few years.

With Hoffman, Silfverberg, Petersson, Puempel, Noesen in the system I'd say odds are at least one of them makes it.

NEELY wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Hard to get too excited because of the way they played for some of that game...but still, pretty Cussing excited.

Why? Because a team that was being put together with 3 new coaches, a new system, and 5, 6 rookies struggled early on. They have a lot of their game cleaned up, especially the PK. They are outworking their opponents each night and if it wasn't for bad luck they probably would have an above 500 record.

The first period was....slow. Looked like they didn't want to play the game, but they woke up in a big way. Loved it.

Hoags wrote:

NEELY wrote:If Filatov ever turns into a 25-30 goal guy, Ottawa is going to be a really good team in a few years.

With Hoffman, Silfverberg, Petersson, Puempel, Noesen in the system I'd say odds are at least one of them makes it.

Stone too.

1st period they were all over them. The Sens are the better team for sure.

I just hope teams keep thinking they are getting to play the Sens from last year... if the other team doesn't work as hard as the Sens, they won't beat them. Amazing the bounces go the way of that harder working team eh...

I'm still shocked at how fast Rundblad's game is coming together. Mind blowing because we're all sitting here watching it happen in front of our eyes - like with Karlsson, but this is happening even quicker.

now THAT was a team game.....what an awesome finish yet again. Not a perfect game but how can one not admire the team's effort in this one?

5 points:

1) Gonchar is BACK
2) The top 6 looks awesome. DaCosta came to play and Alfie is GOD. Good game by Foligno and Condra (what a beaut¥ pass)
3) Anderson made key saves.....but would it kill him to have a 0.900% in an upcoming game? Preferably the next two?
4) Rundblad is getting his Dung together!
5) Cowen almost scored! Great game for him and Phillips.