GAME DAY: NY Rangers @ Ottawa, 7:30PM, Thursday, March 8, 2012

Mendes: Jim O'Brien will come back into the lineup tonight for Zenon Konopka. Only change to Sens lineup.

Biron!!!!

SpezDispenser wrote:Biron!!!!

Yes! Biron in net!

No bigger chance than this to nab a point or two!!

Big Ev wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Michallica wrote:Brent Wallace Twitter:

@tsn_wally: Kuba has gone from being ranked 885th with a -26 last season to being the 17th best this season at +21. Karlsson from 889 (-30) to 51st (+14)

That is incredible. All the people who were saying negative things about the Anderson signing (don't know why) have been proven dead wrong now. It also (obviously) is a testament to how well Kuba has played this year. Why have we not re-signed him yet...why...

Karlsson needs no more words right now. Spectacular hockey player.

It actually proves that +/- is a useless stat more than anything else. Not sure how that has anything to do with the Anderson signing given his mediocre stats.

Anderson has 29 wins and a SV% of .913. .913 is within spitting distance of Miller (.914) and Fleury (.915). And given how bad it was through December (when he had surgery to remove the stye on his eye) I would have to think he's been among the top-25% of the starters in the new year.

I'm not sure "mediocre" fits all that well.

SpezDispenser wrote:No bigger chance than this to nab a point or two!!

Two. Definitely.

Anyone notice how the over/under for this game is 5 instead of the typical 5.5? With Biron and Bishop in goal, might be a safe bet to take the over.

NEELY wrote:Sens can beat the Rangers which has been shown this season and basically every other season. Sens a message to the team you might be playing in the first round.

This calls for a two-hander to the throat of an important Rags player...

wprager wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Michallica wrote:Brent Wallace Twitter:

@tsn_wally: Kuba has gone from being ranked 885th with a -26 last season to being the 17th best this season at +21. Karlsson from 889 (-30) to 51st (+14)

That is incredible. All the people who were saying negative things about the Anderson signing (don't know why) have been proven dead wrong now. It also (obviously) is a testament to how well Kuba has played this year. Why have we not re-signed him yet...why...

Karlsson needs no more words right now. Spectacular hockey player.

It actually proves that +/- is a useless stat more than anything else. Not sure how that has anything to do with the Anderson signing given his mediocre stats.

Anderson has 29 wins and a SV% of .913. .913 is within spitting distance of Miller (.914) and Fleury (.915). And given how bad it was through December (when he had surgery to remove the stye on his eye) I would have to think he's been among the top-25% of the starters in the new year.

I'm not sure "mediocre" fits all that well.

Yeah, it all seemed to coincide with that stye being removed. Interesting...

As I said before, it's one thing to hit .913 but it's a pretty big deal to have gotten there from a turrible sub-900 start.

wprager wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Michallica wrote:Brent Wallace Twitter:

@tsn_wally: Kuba has gone from being ranked 885th with a -26 last season to being the 17th best this season at +21. Karlsson from 889 (-30) to 51st (+14)

That is incredible. All the people who were saying negative things about the Anderson signing (don't know why) have been proven dead wrong now. It also (obviously) is a testament to how well Kuba has played this year. Why have we not re-signed him yet...why...

Karlsson needs no more words right now. Spectacular hockey player.

It actually proves that +/- is a useless stat more than anything else. Not sure how that has anything to do with the Anderson signing given his mediocre stats.

Anderson has 29 wins and a SV% of .913. .913 is within spitting distance of Miller (.914) and Fleury (.915). And given how bad it was through December (when he had surgery to remove the stye on his eye) I would have to think he's been among the top-25% of the starters in the new year.

I'm not sure "mediocre" fits all that well.

's stats took a beating early in the year when the defense was absolutely terrible (the Rundblad era, although not ALL his fault). Slagging is just ignorant.

The Sens have to get more shots on the goalie.. too many wide and high.

Bishop has to be better than his first game the other night. Should be a bit more comfortable tonight..

He was said to be the best goaltender not in the NHL ... so tonight he gets his chance to prove that and help get the Sens 2 much needed pts.

shabbs wrote:GO SENS GO!!!

Let's DO THIS!!!

Karlsson vs Lundqvist?

#Benormous Bishop vs. Martin "Stay with the Low Blows" Biron

sandysensfan wrote:The Sens have to get more shots on the goalie.. too many wide and high.

Bishop has to be better than his first game the other night. Should be a bit more comfortable tonight..

He was said to be the best goaltender not in the NHL ... so tonight he gets his chance to prove that and help get the Sens 2 much needed pts.

Yeah, that was before he was in the NHL. Now he is definitely not the best goaltender not in the NHL. First home game. Not sure how comfortable he'll be. Other than better aim, the Sens really need to get in the way of more shots.

Dubinsky is out for the Rags tonight.

http://blueshirtsunited.com/photos/903/biron-starts-tonight-dubi-is-out

That is a good thing for Ottawa.

No excuses....they gotta win tonight especially with Phillips still playing. Anything less than 2 points is disappointing.

Michallica wrote:No excuses....they gotta win tonight especially with Phillips still playing. Anything less than 2 points is disappointing.

I would be happy with a point.

A better showing by Bishop would be nice too.