CLINCH DAY - Ottawa Senators @ New York Islandddddders, Sunday, April 1, 2012, 3:00 PM EST

Big Ev wrote:Is this a joke?

For Diddle sakes.

As per Mendes:

Ian Mendes ‏ @ian_mendes
Very tough break for Sens. Daniel Alfredsson (flu) & Jason Spezza (attending birth of child) won't play today. Not a joke.

if this was the last game of the year and ottawa needed 2 points for the playoffs, I doubt Spezza misses it

and flu for Alfredsson, that's BS. No way he sits if they had less breathing room.

Birth of a child, especially a first, is a momentous thing - no way anyone misses that.

Anyone got a stream?

Big Ev wrote:Is this a joke?

For Diddle sakes.

April Fools joke by any chance?

Riprock wrote:Birth of a child, especially a first, is a momentous thing - no way anyone misses that.

Good thing it's his second kid then.

I say no chance he misses the game if his child is coming on Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. No chance they let him go for that. Yeah i get how the birth of a child trumps all but not in every case.

Stream for those who need:

http://atdhenet.tv/45379/watch-ottawa-senators-vs-new-york-islanders

:skater:

Is NHL.com wrong or do we only have 9 forwards?

Whenever the Sens let the opposition setup alone in behind the net... bad things happen.

Isles up 1-0.

Boo.

Butler's playing hard. He seems to recognize the urgency of his situation.

Turris tied it up on a nice patient goal.

It's 1-1 after 1.

Sens were buzzing there at the end. The goal seemed to wake them up.

Let's carry that into the 2nd.

GO SENS GO!!!

I want to change the freakin' rules. There is *NO WAY* that goal should be allowed. He lifts his skate up, moves it forward and angles it to kick it in -- *EXACTLY* how the coaches were teaching my kids *IN SOCCER*.

Kicking motion? Why would anyone even try to do? Heck, if someone tries to kick with the tip of their boot, I'd prefer that they allowed *that* instead.

Next to the clearing the puck over the glass, this is probably my second most hated rule.

Riprock wrote:Birth of a child, especially a first, is a momentous thing - no way anyone misses that.

It's her second.

But if that had been the situation (last game of the season, needed two points) then they would have induced her sooner. She was overdue.

Of course, if Jason had done better in math, he may have been able to figure out that (4-9) modulo 12 = 7: NO UNPROTECTED SEX ANYWHERE NEAR JULY!

Gonch! 2-1 Sens.

9MM! 3-1