GDT: Sabres @ Sens

Had a feeling Phillips and Grybawful were on the PK when Ennis was allowed to just walk out in front of the net. Sure enough wasn't disappointed.

You just know your D is inconsistent/bad when a teenager comes up from the AHL for his 1st NHL game and plays better than most of them.

There was also a breakaway I saw in the highlights where a Sabre player just walked around Gryba who was standing still at the blue line...
He's just awful.

Hoags wrote:Had a feeling Phillips and Grybawful were on the PK when Ennis was allowed to just walk out in front of the net.  Sure enough wasn't disappointed.

You just know your D is inconsistent/bad when a teenager comes up from the AHL for his 1st NHL game and plays better than most of them.

He's only a teenager for 8 more days.  

Gryba (who I like) won't be in Ottawa much longer. Ceci is more than ready next year.

Wayne Scanlan ‏@HockeyScanner
Bobby Ryan on getting sub-12 minutes of ice time vs Buff. "I thought I must've kicked Mac's dog or something." Ryan had 2 pts

OK WTF is with MacLean this year????????

NEELY wrote:Home stretch will help here... Kings are coming off 2 wins in a row on a road trip and I suspect they might come out flat tomorrow for what amounts to an 11 am game for them.  If the Sens can bounce back from that performance last night and play even with the Kings they can pull out 2 points.

Kings last played in the West a week ago (Dec. 8). Assuming they traveled to Montreal on the 9th, they will have had 4 four nights in the Eastern time zone. I remember a trip to Europe where I was fine the first three days and then the jet lag hit me like a ton of bricks. Going back West was a very different story. So, yeah, the Kings could very well lay an egg tomorrow. And even if they don't, if Anderson plays like he did last night the Sens will be in good shape.

Don't tell me the Kings won't be good. One of the best coached teams in the league.

LA totally dominated the Leafs last night and made them look silly. They are gonna be a very tough match. We're gonna have to catch them on an off day and hope that   is in full on BEASTMODE!!!!!

Hoags wrote:

Wayne Scanlan ‏@HockeyScanner
Bobby Ryan on getting sub-12 minutes of ice time vs Buff. "I thought I must've kicked Mac's dog or something." Ryan had 2 pts

OK WTF is with MacLean this year????????

I don't give a Diddle about his Jack Adams trophy. If it's a choice between Ryan and Mac, it's not close.

tim1_2 wrote:Don't tell me the Kings won't be good.  One of the best coached teams in the league.  

Kings are no different than anyone else, every team has let down games and this one would look like it could potentially be one. If they beat the Sens 6-0 I wouldn't be shocked but if they the Sens beat them fairly easily on Saturday the fact they have had a very successful road trip thus far going into an afternoon game would be the reason why.

tim1_2 wrote:F'ing 2pm game on Saturday.  Next Saturday too, against Phoenix.  F. That.

The Leafs and CBC control Saturday nights this season.

The Sens have exactly 3 Saturday night games at home all season. Two of those are against the Leafs... the other against the Bruins.

The Sens have a crappy schedule this season...

NEELY wrote:Home stretch will help here... Kings are coming off 2 wins in a row on a road trip and I suspect they might come out flat tomorrow for what amounts to an 11 am game for them.  If the Sens can bounce back from that performance last night and play even with the Kings they can pull out 2 points.

When the Sens played them in LA in October.. they lost in OT on a PP goal. Actually 3 of the 4 LA goals were on the PP...

If the Sens can get a point tomorrow that would be awesome. Two will be some kind of a miracle..

Hoags wrote:

Wayne Scanlan ‏@HockeyScanner
Bobby Ryan on getting sub-12 minutes of ice time vs Buff. "I thought I must've kicked Mac's dog or something." Ryan had 2 pts

OK WTF is with MacLean this year????????

McLean mentioned in the post game.. that Ryan doesn't play the PK.. and maybe that's why his minutes were down...

But again... it could be the flu... Who knows...

sandysensfan wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:F'ing 2pm game on Saturday.  Next Saturday too, against Phoenix.  F. That.

The Leafs and CBC control Saturday nights this season.

The Sens have exactly 3 Saturday night games at home all season.  Two of those are against the Leafs... the other against the Bruins.

The Sens have a crappy schedule this season...

From what I understand the Sens did that on purpose so that they could cash in on some local TV rights revenue. If they had their games in the evening then it's CBC that owns the rights already.

NEELY wrote:Gryba (who I like) won't be in Ottawa much longer.  Ceci is more than ready next year.

well it's just a numbers game at this point. with boro, phillips, ceci, methot. karlsson, cowen and wier.... and then gryba, you have to think someone is getting moved before next september.

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LeKing wrote:

Ev wrote:How will they NOT win this game?

Even if the D sucks.

Didnt see the game but from the highlights Anderson had to steal one so...

They may have the worst record, but they are not the worst team.  They are not playing  two (or was it three?) teenagers in the lineup, they are playing for a coach that is very popular with players, and they are playing a very different type of hockey.  Plus the bar has not just been lowered but dropped to the freaking floor, so they are playing with no pressure.

How many players in Buffalo are better than Karlsson, Turris and Ryan? It shouldn`t be close.

Karlsson has been playing like crap the last couple games. He might have the flu. Pierre mentioned (yesterday?) how in the game at Buffalo Phillips had more icetime than Karlsson. Something's not quite right there.

Buffalo is also playing loosey-goosey, as Grapes likes to say. No pressure on them.

I thought Conacher has played a lot better since sitting for that game.

wprager wrote:

NEELY wrote:Home stretch will help here... Kings are coming off 2 wins in a row on a road trip and I suspect they might come out flat tomorrow for what amounts to an 11 am game for them.  If the Sens can bounce back from that performance last night and play even with the Kings they can pull out 2 points.

Kings last played in the West a week ago (Dec. 8).  Assuming they traveled to Montreal on the 9th, they will have had 4 four nights in the Eastern time zone.  I remember a trip to Europe where I was fine the first three days and then the jet lag hit me like a ton of bricks.  Going back West was a very different story.  So, yeah, the Kings could very well lay an egg tomorrow. And even if they don't, if Anderson plays like he did last night the Sens will be in good shape.

"Kings could very well lay an egg tomorrow"

Nope.