GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ New York Rangers :: 7:00pm ET :: Sat. Apr. 5th, 2014

sandysensfan wrote:
If they fire MacLean because of 1 bad season after two good ones.. and after the GM & Owner let the franchise player walk... then Murray had better be out of the door behind him...

McLean is a good coach.. Yeah there has been some questionable decisions this year... but if your players aren't doing their job...  what else can he do?

We don't know the reasons for his decisions, so it's hard to judge.

Chris Neil is out there in the last minute on a PP when we need to score a goal to tie the game.  Why? Presumably because no other player is willing to crash the crease.  Maybe we had a legit power forward who could do that ....

The coach has a strategy to execute and does it with the roster he has as best as he can

Questionable decisions perhaps but a questionable roster. What do you do when:

- half your defence is inexperienced and commits constant brain farts every game and your few veteran D are largely disappointing
- your #1 goalie is a sieve who gave up on the team months ago
- your captain and "#1 centre" is -26 and only plays in one zone on the ice
- one of your other best wingers is -25 and his knee is held together with duct tape
- your best winger was injured back in the fall

But hey it's the coach's fault?

Lundqvist confirmed.

http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/rangerrants/rangers_can_clinch_playoff_berth_with_win_no_surprise_but_mcdonagh_not_available_tonight/

And no McDonagh.

Lehner goes.

https://twitter.com/SunGarrioch/status/452549096780218369

#ReleaseTheLehner

Michalek-Spezza-Hemsky
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Lehner

Haha wow, Healy just ripped Anderson saying he has quit on his team. This would be the 2nd time he's done it now, his value in a trade is absolutely worthless for the most part. Maybe they get a 2nd for him from Minny or NYI.

Next year is Anderson's last year of his contract. I suspect he will be real good that year and some shrewd GM may get his team into the playoffs on that alone. It may even be us.

Hoags wrote:Next year is Anderson's last year of his contract.  I suspect he will be real good that year and some shrewd GM may get his team into the playoffs on that alone.  It may even be us.

I will say Anderson ends up in Minny for a 2nd in 2015

Lehner already with 6 saves... 0 goals... heh heh.

Honestly, haha, the pieces in place for the Sens to be successful for a long time are all there and it's soooo obvious who they should be building around... what a nice shot by Stone.

stone showing he belongs. Lehner making a strong case to finally move on past anderson

STONE!

Huge save by Lehner on Nash... nice.

Amazing who is showing up, eh? lol.

GOAL at the other end.... Goalie steps up... team responds.

Cussing right.

Zib roofs it.

You guys seriously think Philips can keep up for another 2 years? He pretty much made 2 blunders that could have resulted in 2 goals if not for Lehner.

Zibanejad and Stone are beautiful. Give Zibby the 2nd line center spot next year.

Spezza is playin out the string, he doesn't give a f***