GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Pittsburgh Penguins - 7:00pm ET - Wed. Feb. 13th, 2013

shabbs wrote:What a downer man.

No kidding. I just feel kind of sick. Cussing sucks. Nothing much to say...I will quote Gord Miller..."Last year, nothing could go wrong for the Senators. This year, nothing can go right."

With Anderson's career inconsistency year to year, I say sell high right now.

I think we jinxed karlsson with allnthat Norris trophy and best player in the nhl talk yesterday

Bryan Murray:

Ottawa GM talking to media RT @JoshYohe_Trib Murray: "It's Matt Cooke. What else should I say? Watch the replay."

Karlsson, Spezza, Michalek (?), Cowen... Diddle THIS Cussing Dung

LeKing wrote:Bryan Murray:

Ottawa GM talking to media RT @JoshYohe_Trib Murray: "It's Matt Cooke. What else should I say? Watch the replay."

well...I guess bmurr is a dumbarse. So is karlsson for looking over at the penguins bench as he got helped off the ice, right?

In fairness I don't think Cooke tried to cut karlsson but I don't think he tried to stop it either. Just an extremely careless play and one he was trying to use to his advantage (but not trying to cutnhim)

They aren't going to trade right now. If things go totally off the rails, maybe by the deadline. But you don't bail on the team just because one player (albeit one of the best in the world) goes down. And I realize Lehner is more than ready, but you keep going with for now. Maybe the team adjusts, plays .500 hockey and can challenge for 8th. Time will tell, but the odds certainly aren't in our favour now!

Oglethorpe wrote:With Anderson's career inconsistency year to year, I say sell high right now.

Yup. No point having Anderson playing if the Sens can't score a goal or keep possession of the puck. Sell super high, ship him off to Columbus or Chicago.

I doubt it was intentional(reckless maybe) but I really can't give Cooke any benefit of the doubt. Not after what he's done.

tim1_2 wrote:They aren't going to trade right now. If things go totally off the rails, maybe by the deadline. But you don't bail on the team just because one player (albeit one of the best in the world) goes down. And I realize Lehner is more than ready, but you keep going with for now. Maybe the team adjusts, plays .500 hockey and can challenge for 8th. Time will tell, but the odds certainly aren't in our favour now!

I agree with that completely, you gotta let it play out a little bit but if they go on a 3, 4, 5 game losing streak which I think they will then you gotta consider it.

Giving Lehner and Bishop the starts is probably the right move in 2 or 3 weeks.

If Columbus offers up LA's 1st and a prospect for Anderson, do you take it?

Haven't been this bummed in a long time

Hoags wrote:I doubt it was intentional(reckless maybe) but I really can't give Cooke any benefit of the doubt. Not after what he's done.

Question to Cooke in the scrum should be "who's next?". Savard, Markov, Karlsson, list just gets better.

NEELY wrote:
If Columbus offers up LA's 1st and a prospect for Anderson, do you take it?

Why would Columbus give up that much for Andy ? They suck even with a good goalie and they'd have to get rid of Bobrovsky or Mason whom no one will take.

Jarmo will be building long term there just like we are. He's gonna use those 3 1st rounders.

You don't trade Anderson. End of story

Hoags wrote:

NEELY wrote:
If Columbus offers up LA's 1st and a prospect for Anderson, do you take it?

Why would Columbus give up that much for Andy ? They suck even with a good goalie and they'd have to get rid of Bobrovsky or Mason whom no one will take.

Jarmo will be building long term there just like we are. He's gonna use those 3 1st rounders.

Because no matter what your team looks like you need a goaltender. Columbus doesn't have one that can cover up for the mistakes of a really young team like Anderson has for Ottawa. Lehner is ready, he deserves the shot and Bishop will be right there to push him.

Trading Anderson has to be considered now.

Feel awful right now. Any other player but Karlsson, even Anderson

SpezDispenser wrote:Feel awful right now. Any other player but Karlsson, even Anderson

Watching a goalie make 50 saves a night is fun and all but 5 to 6 will ed up behind him.

NEELY wrote:

Hoags wrote:

NEELY wrote:
If Columbus offers up LA's 1st and a prospect for Anderson, do you take it?

Why would Columbus give up that much for Andy ? They suck even with a good goalie and they'd have to get rid of Bobrovsky or Mason whom no one will take.

Jarmo will be building long term there just like we are. He's gonna use those 3 1st rounders.

Because no matter what your team looks like you need a goaltender. Columbus doesn't have one that can cover up for the mistakes of a really young team like Anderson has for Ottawa. Lehner is ready, he deserves the shot and Bishop will be right there to push him.

Well I'm not getting into this again with you. All I will say is I always wanted Lehner to steal Anderson's job not have it handed to him.