FINAL: 5 Ottawa @ 1 Pittsburgh , 7:00PM, Tuesday, January 10, 2011

Anderson is tied for second in wins, tops in the league in TOI and shots faced, and second in saves (just 3 behind Rinne). His SV% is .903, and given where it was in early December (hovering around .889?) it must be phenomenal over the last 10-15 games.

Anderson is playing well right now, really well. Sometimes it takes time for a goaltenders game to come around but he's proven he can carry a load for a team. He needs a break at some point though and like I said in the other thread, unless Auld can play in a game and not let up 4 plus goals the backup situation will need be be addressed.

NEELY wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:It's very nice to see Anderson looking like the guy that pushed an unlikely Avs team to the playoffs. The nice thing here is the Sens look like a more solid team that could push most first round opponents and have a solid chance of winning a 7 game series. Playoffs alone are gravy so winning a round would be an extremely successful season.

Edit: I will say that you never really know how guys like Greening, Condra, Butler, Daugavins, Cowen will react when the playoffs hit. It's nothing like AHL playoffs and they could end up a little awe struck.

NHL playoffs are a lot like the AHL playoffs. Same kind of grind and same kind of game plans. That said, the guys you mentioned are all character guys that will probably be even better in the playoffs than the regular season. The Sens have a ton of players that know how to play mistake free hockey.

In terms of the grind and such sure but the crowds are bigger, the distractions are more prominent, there's a ton more coverage with reporters, TV cameras, interviews, family bugging you for tickets. Sure they're character guys and they should be fine I'm just saying it's an unknown until they actually get there is all.

Here's his cumulative SV% -- the first number is the last game, the next one is the average of the last two games, and so on. The dip from .927 to .924 was when he let in 4 on 7 shots and got yanked. Since that game his SV% is .940!

0.967
0.925
0.925
0.937
0.936
0.935
0.940
0.924
0.927
0.926
0.928
0.920
0.920
0.916
0.915
0.917
0.917
0.916

wprager wrote:Anderson is tied for second in wins, tops in the league in TOI and shots faced, and second in saves (just 3 behind Rinne). His SV% is .903, and given where it was in early December (hovering around .889?) it must be phenomenal over the last 10-15 games.

Oh, you mean since Rundblad was traded? That guy was among the league-worst for +/- for a reason. He was a defensive liability, which affected the whole team. I said in the early-going that Anderson only looked bad because of the defense in front of him. Now that things have been shored up a little, he looks much better, but I would argue that his play hasn't really changed that much. I maintained from the start that he was playing well, but now the numbers are improving too.

He had bad games even when Rundblad sat out. I don't think you can blame it on a single player. I think his stye was bothering him -- I had a 2 week stint when it came and went, and it got pretty bad -- cloudy vision half the time because of all the tearing up; but his hung around for 3 months.

When asked who else could score a goal like Spezza did last night, The Name Dropper replied (almost before the question was done being asked) Pavel Datsyuk! Haha. His man crush on all things Red Wing makes me sick to my stomach.

SeawaySensFan wrote:When asked who else could score a goal like Spezza did last night, The Name Dropper replied (almost before the question was done being asked) Pavel Datsyuk! Haha. His man crush on all things Red Wing makes me sick to my stomach.

To be fair I would have the same answer. Datsyuk is still underrated and he might be the best player in the NHL.

NEELY wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:When asked who else could score a goal like Spezza did last night, The Name Dropper replied (almost before the question was done being asked) Pavel Datsyuk! Haha. His man crush on all things Red Wing makes me sick to my stomach.

To be fair I would have the same answer. Datsyuk is still underrated and he might be the best player in the NHL.

Underrated my Donkey. You'd think he invented hockey the way people talk about him all the time.

He didn't?

NEELY wrote:He didn't?

No. Scotty Bowman did. Just ask The Name Dropper.

Turris had more icetime than Spezza last night(again).

Again, I'm prepared to barbecue a nice crow on the Turris deal. I said to Mel last night, imagine if he becomes what Bryan Murray thinks he can? A friggin star 2nd line C? We're in such amazingly good shape if that happens...still will temper any excitement until he shows it for a slightly longer stretch, but damn, pretty exciting stuff.

Now...we need to draft a D-man this draft please (or buy one).

SpezDispenser wrote:Again, I'm prepared to barbecue a nice crow on the Turris deal. I said to Mel last night, imagine if he becomes what Bryan Murray thinks he can? A friggin star 2nd line C? We're in such amazingly good shape if that happens...still will temper any excitement until he shows it for a slightly longer stretch, but damn, pretty exciting stuff.

Now...we need to draft a D-man this draft please (or buy one).

That he shows it for any stretch coming in basically cold after a long hold out should be comforting enough.

SpezDispenser wrote:Again, I'm prepared to barbecue a nice crow on the Turris deal. I said to Mel last night, imagine if he becomes what Bryan Murray thinks he can? A friggin star 2nd line C? We're in such amazingly good shape if that happens...still will temper any excitement until he shows it for a slightly longer stretch, but damn, pretty exciting stuff.

Now...we need to draft a D-man this draft please (or buy one).

Here's the thing with Turris: he's young, he finally feels like he's being given a fair shake, and he's playing for big bucks on his next contract (who wouldn't be). He also has found his stride nicely (always tough to miss training camp and come in "cold" more or less).

So all things considered, he should be, and is, playing his Donkey off. The real test, I think, will be once he lands his big contract. Then we'll see what he's made of.

tim1_2 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Again, I'm prepared to barbecue a nice crow on the Turris deal. I said to Mel last night, imagine if he becomes what Bryan Murray thinks he can? A friggin star 2nd line C? We're in such amazingly good shape if that happens...still will temper any excitement until he shows it for a slightly longer stretch, but damn, pretty exciting stuff.

Now...we need to draft a D-man this draft please (or buy one).

Here's the thing with Turris: he's young, he finally feels like he's being given a fair shake, and he's playing for big bucks on his next contract (who wouldn't be). He also has found his stride nicely (always tough to miss training camp and come in "cold" more or less).

So all things considered, he should be, and is, playing his Donkey off. The real test, I think, will be once he lands his big contract. Then we'll see what he's made of.

If he sucks after demanding big bucks we can cleverly call him Turri$.

F-ing nice feeling this morning to wake up after hammering the Pens - injured or not.