GDT: -Winnipeg Jets @ Ottawa, 7:30PM SNET/TSN1200 (Intense Edition)

Sens need to get an insurance goal... not liking the feel of this....

Sens win!

3 in a row.

No Spezza.

Is it time for #peskysens to come back?

Sens are 5-0-0 when Kassian fights, apparently.

can someone go sneeze in spezza's face? i do not want him back...

Flo The Action wrote:can someone go sneeze in spezza's face? i do not want him back...

Yeah I have a nice flu going on right now.

Needless to say the Zibanejad line - particularly Conacher - continue to impress. Turris was phenomenal as well.

Felt as if Pageau was 100% invigorated by Stone being there. Had his best game I can recall.

Funny how Michalek and Conacher play well without Spez dragging them down

Sens for sure were the 2nd best team on the ice but when a team starts winning games they shouldn't be that is always a positive sign. Hate that goal from Anderson yesterday though, just an awful goal to give up and if the Sens want any chance at a playoff spot those have to stop going in.

Zibanejad's line was awesome. If they can get that same game from Conacher most nights then the Sens have themselves a player. Michalek looks to be finding his stride a little playing with guys who can get up and down the ice at the same pace he does.

Turris... #1 center in the NHL. Anyone who questions that is just ignorant. I'm also convinced at some point he can put up PPG numbers once he hits his peak.

Ryan, solid, not great but solid. MacArthur needed a game like that, he was fantastic. Hopefully when Spezza gets back they keep MacArthur far away from him so it doesn't kill his game again.

Karlsson... esssh, not a great game but w/e, they won. He needs to be much better.

Ceci, no idea why I didn't like him as a prospects when they drafted him but I've become a huge fan. Kid understands the game and how to play it.

Cowen looking way better. Methot finding his stride. Smith, Greening, Condra all were solid.

Pageau had a little jump, Stone looked better as the game went on (still not a fan). Kassian = win.

Yeah, that lazy goal by Anderson was horrible. That's the kind of goal that can kill a game's momentum. Glad it didn't. He looked like his old self at times last night.

It truly is amazing how different this team plays without Spezza. PMac and co surely have to see this...

The team is night and day without Spezza playing or at least not playing big minutes. I don't know how much proof they really need in terms of the overall picture. Fact: Sens play better without Spezza.

NEELY wrote:The team is night and day without Spezza playing or at least not playing big minutes.  I don't know how much proof they really need in terms of the overall picture.  Fact:  Sens play better without Spezza.

and phillips....btw three of the best sens games were played with spezza in the lineup (detroit, st. louis, pitts). But this much is clear, they don't NEED spezza.

NEELY wrote:Sens for sure were the 2nd best team on the ice but when a team starts winning games they shouldn't be that is always a positive sign.  Hate that goal from Anderson yesterday though, just an awful goal to give up and if the Sens want any chance at a playoff spot those have to stop going in.

Zibanejad's line was awesome.  If they can get that same game from Conacher most nights then the Sens have themselves a player.  Michalek looks to be finding his stride a little playing with guys who can get up and down the ice at the same pace he does.

Turris... #1 center in the NHL.  Anyone who questions that is just ignorant.  I'm also convinced at some point he can put up PPG numbers once he hits his peak.

Ryan, solid, not great but solid.  MacArthur needed a game like that, he was fantastic.  Hopefully when Spezza gets back they keep MacArthur far away from him so it doesn't kill his game again.

Karlsson... esssh, not a great game but w/e, they won.  He needs to be much better.

Ceci, no idea why I didn't like him as a prospects when they drafted him but I've become a huge fan.   Kid understands the game and how to play it.

Cowen looking way better.  Methot finding his stride.  Smith, Greening, Condra all were solid.

Pageau had a little jump, Stone looked better as the game went on (still not a fan).  Kassian = win.

Pretty good assessment here. Although I thought Mark Stone had a decent game and showed decent speed I thought.

Karlsson worries me though, I don't know what is up with the kid but his nonchalant plays sometimes remind me of a quitter, and that's probably the worst thing you can be on a sports team. Same with anderson.

shabbs wrote:Yeah, that lazy goal by Anderson was horrible. That's the kind of goal that can kill a game's momentum. Glad it didn't. He looked like his old self at times last night.

It truly is amazing how different this team plays without Spezza. PMac and co surely have to see this...

Game to forget for anderson, and he can thank his posts for the victory. He made a couple decent saves but that 2nd goal was atrocious...

Michallica wrote:

NEELY wrote:The team is night and day without Spezza playing or at least not playing big minutes.  I don't know how much proof they really need in terms of the overall picture.  Fact:  Sens play better without Spezza.

and phillips....btw three of the best sens games were played with spezza in the lineup (detroit, st. louis, pitts).  But this much is clear, they don't NEED spezza.

It seems that if Spezza is nursing any kind of injury, he's totally useless. His mind is distracted by whatever injury he has and his game, along with his line mates, suffers.

He's only effective if he's 100% healthy. And in today's NHL, that's a rarity.

shabbs wrote:

Michallica wrote:

NEELY wrote:The team is night and day without Spezza playing or at least not playing big minutes.  I don't know how much proof they really need in terms of the overall picture.  Fact:  Sens play better without Spezza.

and phillips....btw three of the best sens games were played with spezza in the lineup (detroit, st. louis, pitts).  But this much is clear, they don't NEED spezza.

It seems that if Spezza is nursing any kind of injury, he's totally useless. His mind is distracted by whatever injury he has and his game, along with his line mates, suffers.

He's only effective if he's 100% healthy. And in today's NHL, that's a rarity.

it's hard to figure out what the hell is affecting his play. but one thing has become clear is we're better off without him. time to make the most of a bad situation and get maximum return back for him. be it a couple of NHL players and a pick or some different package of picks and prospects. if you look at what Boston offered for iginla last year (not what pittsburg gave) i think is a minimum starting point for what we could get in return, probably get at least top 4 or top 6 plus a package.

Conacher and Zibanejad are apparently good friends off the ice now - including spending time as a foursome with their girlfriends. They room together on the road, they sit next to each other in the room - and now it's starting to really show on the ice.

Amazing break for Conacher - if he brings that every night. Sens might now have a duo for a long long time there.

They showed chemistry in the summer. Was stupid not to try me out earlier

NEELY wrote:The team is night and day without Spezza playing or at least not playing big minutes. I don't know how much proof they really need in terms of the overall picture. Fact: Sens play better without Spezza.

My guess is it'll take a little more than three games.