Ottawa Senators vs Phoenix Coyotes, January 24th, 9:00

What the hell is happening? How is that not a goal?

SpezDispenser wrote:What the hell is happening? How is that not a goal?

Tim Peel ... filling in since Dan O'Rourke can't be here tonight.

I get the no goal, I dont understand the penalty

5 on 5, the Yotes are in 'defend' mode, make it happen!

NEELY wrote:I get the no goal, I dont understand the penalty

I don't. Foligno is driving to the net with a defender on him gets a shot off from the top of the crease and Alfie puts in the rebound. Tied game.

Then some a-hole with a striped shirt starts waving his arms, just like the other a-hole last night pointing to center.

Ouch, this is starting to hurt.

Holy Diddle Sportsnet please fire Dean Broan and Denis Potvin. Classless and annoying those 2 are.

That game is on MacLean. If he doesn't try and force Butler down everyone's throat they win that game.

NEELY wrote:That game is on MacLean. If he doesn't try and force Butler down everyone's throat they win that game.

MacLean is awesome but WTF does he keep putting Butler up on the top line for ?

Butler is done in terms of chances, no way he gets back into thetop 6. I bet Murray makes a move in the next 2 weeks.

If you're going to blame MacLean then blame him for his rant about not getting the same opportunities.

But, yeah, I said earlier that getting Petersson out there was the thing to do.

Petersson def deserves a shot going forward.

NEELY wrote:Petersson def deserves a shot going forward.

The refs deserve a shot, too. Two nights in a row ridiculous calls.

You think if that;s Lucic instead of Foligno coming down toward the crease it's anything but a goal?

I guess the trick is, complaining and whining to the referees is fine, as long as you do it during the game, but shut you trap afterward.

Well, back to 6th It was fun for a while, but this is a good spot.

Rest up, regroup, surprise the hell out of Boston (they lost 5-3 to the Caps, without Ovechkin).

The Bruins have given up 5 goals in consecutive games. Both goalies got lit up.

Last time we were in a playoff position at this time of year I remember how horrible they were after the All Star Break. There was talk of getting home ice advantage instead we got 5th and bounced by the Pens in the 1st round.

Hope they rest and come out strong again after the break.

there's no way Ottawa is getting home ice.

Hoags wrote:

NEELY wrote:That game is on MacLean. If he doesn't try and force Butler down everyone's throat they win that game.

MacLean is awesome but WTF does he keep putting Butler up on the top line for ?

Showcasing?

Wow. A lot of doom & gloom here. I watched the first two periods before going to bed, and what I saw was a team for which you could definitely use the "tired" excuse...they just all looked out-of-sync. This team played more hockey than anyone up to this point, and had to finish up on a west-coast swing.

I'm going to give this group and coaching staff the benefit of the doubt (I think they've earned that). The break has come at a good time, and let's see how they do when they get back before we push the panic button. The "second half" of the season is well spaced out, and we have the benefit of playing more games at home than on the road. Also, I think we end up playing a lot of non-playoff teams from here on out. Things are still heavily in our favour, and we're in a spot NONE of us imagined four months ago.