Game Day: Boston Bruins @ Ottawa Senators, 7:30pm, Fri. Nov. 15, 2013

wprager wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Oglethorpe wrote:Spezza looks like he is skating better tonight.

EDIT: Not that it could have gotten much worse.

We must be watching different games.  He's done as a legit threat 5 on 5.

You're correct.

Check your PVR.  You must be watching an old game.  Not saying this is Vintage Spezza but he is hustling out there, taking pucks away, winning face-offs.  

Gryba is standing around.  Cowen keeps overcommitting going for the big hit.  Anderson is letting the first 2 goals in.  Team is playing like they expect it.   Karlsson hasn't done anything Karlsson-esque yet.

NEELY wrote:Seriously, what's the biggest difference between last years team and this years?  Alfie was the Captain, Spezza is now the captain.    This is what a Spezza lead team looks like and until they move on from the guy this is how they will look.

shabbs wrote:

NEELY wrote:Seriously, what's the biggest difference between last years team and this years?  Alfie was the Captain, Spezza is now the captain.    This is what a Spezza lead team looks like and until they move on from the guy this is how they will look.

Man, that better not be the case...

NEELY wrote:

shabbs wrote:

NEELY wrote:Seriously, what's the biggest difference between last years team and this years?  Alfie was the Captain, Spezza is now the captain.    This is what a Spezza lead team looks like and until they move on from the guy this is how they will look.

Man, that better not be the case...

He's still front and center and is the teams leader, it's not gonna work even if he "doesn't play poorly".

shabbs wrote:

NEELY wrote:

shabbs wrote:

NEELY wrote:Seriously, what's the biggest difference between last years team and this years?  Alfie was the Captain, Spezza is now the captain.    This is what a Spezza lead team looks like and until they move on from the guy this is how they will look.

Man, that better not be the case...

He's still front and center and is the teams leader, it's not gonna work even if he "doesn't play poorly".

Say goodbye to Bobby Ryan at the end of his contract then...

SpezDispenser wrote:How many times do people have to be told that leadership doesn't come from one person - captain or not.  It's a team thing with various individuals who either a)lead by example - a la Marc Methot, or b) lead by their work ethic and skill - a la Bobby Ryan.

Using Spezza as an excuse is pathetic right now.

Ev wrote:What does spezza have to do with Ryan signing lol

NEELY wrote:

wprager wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Oglethorpe wrote:Spezza looks like he is skating better tonight.

EDIT: Not that it could have gotten much worse.

We must be watching different games.  He's done as a legit threat 5 on 5.

You're correct.

Check your PVR.  You must be watching an old game.  Not saying this is Vintage Spezza but he is hustling out there, taking pucks away, winning face-offs.  

Gryba is standing around.  Cowen keeps overcommitting going for the big hit.  Anderson is letting the first 2 goals in.  Team is playing like they expect it.   Karlsson hasn't done anything Karlsson-esque yet.

Aside from him getting physically dominated on the first goal, yah, great period.  Did his line even have a shot?  I mean is the best people can come up with for Spezza at this point is "well, he's trying, you can tell". haha, has that what it's come down to?

Oglethorpe wrote:

NEELY wrote:

wprager wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Oglethorpe wrote:Spezza looks like he is skating better tonight.

EDIT: Not that it could have gotten much worse.

We must be watching different games.  He's done as a legit threat 5 on 5.

You're correct.

Check your PVR.  You must be watching an old game.  Not saying this is Vintage Spezza but he is hustling out there, taking pucks away, winning face-offs.  

Gryba is standing around.  Cowen keeps overcommitting going for the big hit.  Anderson is letting the first 2 goals in.  Team is playing like they expect it.   Karlsson hasn't done anything Karlsson-esque yet.

Aside from him getting physically dominated on the first goal, yah, great period.  Did his line even have a shot?  I mean is the best people can come up with for Spezza at this point is "well, he's trying, you can tell". haha, has that what it's come down to?

You mean when he won the faceoff and tied up Bergeron, but Phillips and Michalek turned away and left the puck behind Spezza.  Your blind hatred for anything Spezza is forcing me to defend him.  He is playing poorly but you continue to take it to such extremes it forces defence of him.

Ev wrote:Spezza banged neelys fiance at cabin

Hoags wrote:Lucky the Oilers exist or we'd be the biggest joke in Canada from the NHL

NEELY wrote:

Oglethorpe wrote:

NEELY wrote:

wprager wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Oglethorpe wrote:Spezza looks like he is skating better tonight.

EDIT: Not that it could have gotten much worse.

We must be watching different games.  He's done as a legit threat 5 on 5.

You're correct.

Check your PVR.  You must be watching an old game.  Not saying this is Vintage Spezza but he is hustling out there, taking pucks away, winning face-offs.  

Gryba is standing around.  Cowen keeps overcommitting going for the big hit.  Anderson is letting the first 2 goals in.  Team is playing like they expect it.   Karlsson hasn't done anything Karlsson-esque yet.

Aside from him getting physically dominated on the first goal, yah, great period.  Did his line even have a shot?  I mean is the best people can come up with for Spezza at this point is "well, he's trying, you can tell". haha, has that what it's come down to?

You mean when he won the faceoff and tied up Bergeron, but Phillips and Michalek turned away and left the puck behind Spezza.  Your blind hatred for anything Spezza is forcing me to defend him.  He is playing poorly but you continue to take it to such extremes it forces defence of him.

His own man beat him, he lost the drawn, lol.  How can you even blame someone else other than Spezza there?