GAME DAY: Toronto Maple Leafs @ Ottawa Senators - 7:00pm ET - Sat. Mar. 30th, 2013

Hoags wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Bramlet07 wrote:as for the game itself it was just the leafs getting all the luck, sens had possession for the better part of the game. Reimer was just getting lucky as hell, that might have been the worst looking shutout ive seen he was fighting the puck all night

Yup, basically all of this. Some nights just don't go your way, lest night was one of them. The Sens didn't play that badly and IMO outplayed the Leafs for the majority of the night. Bishop wasn't good at all and that was probably the difference aside from some lucky bounces.

Also, if there was ever a game you could hand pick and lose it was that one.

They didnt play bad ? They didn't even show up. They were more concerned with fighting than playing.

Made Reimer look like the best goalie in the NHL.

Once again we get embarrassed in our building.

One fairly meaningless regular season game was probably worth it... just because you lose a game doesn't mean that a message hasn't been sent... and it was.

The second part of the 1st, it was all Sens. The entire 2nd it was all Sens, and some of the 3rd the Sens had some pressure until the back breaker. Bishop wasn't good at all and that was the difference along with some lucky bounces that went the Leafs way. Oh well, it happens.

It wasn't really even Bishop, there were too many penalties and too many defensive breakdowns.

Hoags wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Bramlet07 wrote:as for the game itself it was just the leafs getting all the luck, sens had possession for the better part of the game. Reimer was just getting lucky as hell, that might have been the worst looking shutout ive seen he was fighting the puck all night

Yup, basically all of this. Some nights just don't go your way, lest night was one of them. The Sens didn't play that badly and IMO outplayed the Leafs for the majority of the night. Bishop wasn't good at all and that was probably the difference aside from some lucky bounces.

Also, if there was ever a game you could hand pick and lose it was that one.

They didnt play bad ? They didn't even show up. They were more concerned with fighting than playing.

Made Reimer look like the best goalie in the NHL.

Once again we get embarrassed in our building.

Senators always Dung the bed in a home game vs the leafs and then management wonders why fans don't want to attend the games...i just don't understand how sens allow that. I'm telling you they get flustered with the leafs fans in attendance

SpezDispenser wrote:It wasn't really even Bishop, there were too many penalties and too many defensive breakdowns.

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Jesus, it was 1 game and if there was a game you could hand pick to lose it's the one last night. About as close to meaningless in the big picture as you can get. People are just pissed about the fact it was the Leafs... if it was the Panthers no one would care.

Sometimes a loss is a good thing and last night it was a good thing over the long run,

NEELY wrote:

Hoags wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Bramlet07 wrote:as for the game itself it was just the leafs getting all the luck, sens had possession for the better part of the game. Reimer was just getting lucky as hell, that might have been the worst looking shutout ive seen he was fighting the puck all night

Yup, basically all of this. Some nights just don't go your way, lest night was one of them. The Sens didn't play that badly and IMO outplayed the Leafs for the majority of the night. Bishop wasn't good at all and that was probably the difference aside from some lucky bounces.

Also, if there was ever a game you could hand pick and lose it was that one.

They didnt play bad ? They didn't even show up. They were more concerned with fighting than playing.

Made Reimer look like the best goalie in the NHL.

Once again we get embarrassed in our building.

One fairly meaningless regular season game was probably worth it... just because you lose a game doesn't mean that a message hasn't been sent... and it was.

The second part of the 1st, it was all Sens. The entire 2nd it was all Sens, and some of the 3rd the Sens had some pressure until the back breaker. Bishop wasn't good at all and that was the difference along with some lucky bounces that went the Leafs way. Oh well, it happens.

Bishop?? Come on dude he was fine. Wish he stopped the first one, but the breakdown on the 2nd goal with phillips being unable to contain kadri, and then the awful awful giveaway by silfverberg were the real back breakers. Lesson learned for silfverberg I hope.

NEELY wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:It wasn't really even Bishop, there were too many penalties and too many defensive breakdowns.

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Jesus, it was 1 game and if there was a game you could hand pick to lose it's the one last night. About as close to meaningless in the big picture as you can get. People are just pissed about the fact it was the Leafs... if it was the Panthers no one would care.

Sometimes a loss is a good thing and last night it was a good thing over the long run,

Care to elaborate on the 'hand pick' comment? What do you mean? If anything they should have showed up since they head out on their longest road trip and needed to distance themselves from 6th place

shabbs wrote:

LeKing wrote:

shabbs wrote:Cherry was chubbin' huge with Kadri, McLaren and Orr all on the HNIC set... holy Diddle...

And apparently it was awful all game?
Haha, oh CBC...

I guess we should not be surprised.

That was an absolute disgrace of a hockey broadcast and the end was the 'cherry' icing on the cake. I don't care if they got kadri out but why the hell were the goons there too?? Way to hide your pom poms cbc

Michallica wrote:

NEELY wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:It wasn't really even Bishop, there were too many penalties and too many defensive breakdowns.

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Jesus, it was 1 game and if there was a game you could hand pick to lose it's the one last night. About as close to meaningless in the big picture as you can get. People are just pissed about the fact it was the Leafs... if it was the Panthers no one would care.

Sometimes a loss is a good thing and last night it was a good thing over the long run,

Care to elaborate on the 'hand pick' comment? What do you mean? If anything they should have showed up since they head out on their longest road trip and needed to distance themselves from 6th place

If there is 1 team that you would want to jump ahead of you it's the Leafs. Finishing 6th is a good scenario for the Sens. The way they lost, getting beat by 4 at home and having to go back to video room and being a little bit more careful going forward is a good thing. They lost next to no ground on anyone in the playoff race. They sent a message that they won't be pushed around as well.

The way they lost, who they lost to, and at this point in the season with only 2 games in the next 7 days... you want video, you want them to get refocused, and you want them to come out playing hard down the stretch. Loses are not always a bad thing.

Michallica wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Hoags wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Bramlet07 wrote:as for the game itself it was just the leafs getting all the luck, sens had possession for the better part of the game. Reimer was just getting lucky as hell, that might have been the worst looking shutout ive seen he was fighting the puck all night

Yup, basically all of this. Some nights just don't go your way, lest night was one of them. The Sens didn't play that badly and IMO outplayed the Leafs for the majority of the night. Bishop wasn't good at all and that was probably the difference aside from some lucky bounces.

Also, if there was ever a game you could hand pick and lose it was that one.

They didnt play bad ? They didn't even show up. They were more concerned with fighting than playing.

Made Reimer look like the best goalie in the NHL.

Once again we get embarrassed in our building.

One fairly meaningless regular season game was probably worth it... just because you lose a game doesn't mean that a message hasn't been sent... and it was.

The second part of the 1st, it was all Sens. The entire 2nd it was all Sens, and some of the 3rd the Sens had some pressure until the back breaker. Bishop wasn't good at all and that was the difference along with some lucky bounces that went the Leafs way. Oh well, it happens.

Bishop?? Come on dude he was fine. Wish he stopped the first one, but the breakdown on the 2nd goal with phillips being unable to contain kadri, and then the awful awful giveaway by silfverberg were the real back breakers. Lesson learned for silfverberg I hope.

First goal has to be stopped. 2nd goal bad bounce. 3rd goal they needed a save but w/e, he was left there alone. 4th goal was awful. Bishop didn't do much to help his team win last night and that's 2 games he has struggled against the Leafs... 11 goals in 3 games isn't great. Only 23 shots on goal.

His team did nothing to help him. Can't pin this loss on bishop. You seriously overlooking gaffes by Neil, philips, and silfverberg?

No but the team overall didn't play that badly. If O'Brien's shot goes in it's 1-1 after the 1st, if they score on one of the 100 chances they had in the 2nd it's a different game, if the puck doesn't bounce off a shin pad right to Kadri's stick it's a different game.

The 3rd things fell apart, oh well it happens. Bishop let in 2 weak goals, don't see how that's even debatable?

Looks like we didn't get dominated by any means.
I agree with Neely that because it's the Leafs, everyone is more pissed.
I'll take the 6th place, please.

LeKing wrote:Looks like we didn't get dominated by any means.
I agree with Neely that because it's the Leafs, everyone is more pissed.
I'll take the 6th place, please.

Always nice to beat the Leafs but oh well... Sens have overachieved all year and people are jumping off a cliff. IMO this is the best thing that could happen to the Sens at this point in the season. A bit of an a$$ kicking by the Leafs on the score board and it's just some to rebuild on.

NEELY wrote:No but the team overall didn't play that badly. If O'Brien's shot goes in it's 1-1 after the 1st, if they score on one of the 100 chances they had in the 2nd it's a different game, if the puck doesn't bounce off a shin pad right to Kadri's stick it's a different game.

The 3rd things fell apart, oh well it happens. Bishop let in 2 weak goals, don't see how that's even debatable?

1st and 4th goals were questionable so you're right. But to expect a shutout is unrealistic and the goals that really lost them through game weren't his doing .

Anyways yes this loss hurts more because it's the farking leafs. And it happens every year at home so there's that part of it too. Sick of history constantly repeating itself

Interesting note. The past three seasons the maple leafs have won the 2nd game in Ottawa by scores of 5-1, 5-0, and 4-0. The trend for games in Ottawa has also been that the sens lose last two home games to the leafs.

Just as infuriating as to lose to the Bruins on home ice

LeKing wrote:Looks like we didn't get dominated by any means.
I agree with Neely that because it's the Leafs, everyone is more pissed.
I'll take the 6th place, please.

I actually liked huge portions of the game for the Sens. They just didn't get any luck. The Leafs were just ok, with the exception of the Kadri line, which was dynamite.

Someone posted that Bishop let two weak ones in. He did. It happens. He had a shutout the game before and he had a weak game. I think at this point he deserves the benefit of the doubt. Still, it's tough not to get down on the goalie when two goals are scored because the Toronto player is between him and the net. That isn't supposed to happen. He was playing WAY out for some reason.

Meh. it's a little disconcerting, but he's entitled to a couple mistakes after stealing a few games.

LeKing wrote:

Ev wrote:Gryba needs to be scratched.

Didn't see the game but he was at 0, Philips was -3. Any explanation?

They didn't convert on the chances he gave them, but Gryba was pretty weak on the puck and gave it up a few times. I think he's fatiguing. It's a tough schedule, particularly if you aren't used to an NHL schedule to begin with.

They need to start rotating guys in and out with Lundin... it's been a long season and yah, guys are starting to feel it. Only 2 games this up coming week so lots of time to heal up (kinda).