GAME DAY #25: Blackhawks @ Sens - 7:30pm - Thursday Dec. 3 2015

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:We're really lucky to have seen the emergence of a young star in Stone last year, then be able to see another one emerging in the hoff

Even luckier neither were traded, as you would have wished.

ZZZZING!!!

This is Hoff's world. As Charlemagne said (allegedly, according to a Hollywood script), we walk in the garden of his turpulence.

wprager wrote:

wprager wrote:Hoffman does his thing, minute-and-a-half into the game.

Hoffman almost does his thing with 0:00.02 to go, then he does his thing 30 seconds into OT.

A travesty that Kane (with a 5-on-3 goals and a couple apples -- one that was verra nice) gets 1st star while Hoff, with *two* goals (and the post) and an assist gets 3rd.

That was just weird. I was quietly looking at the screen knowing what I was seeing was all too real yet still not believing it was real.

Impressive that we have 5 players in the top 30 league scoring. Imagine if we can get some NHL defensemen

wprager wrote:

wprager wrote:Hoffman does his thing, minute-and-a-half into the game.

Hoffman almost does his thing with 0:00.02 to go, then he does his thing 30 seconds into OT.

A travesty that Kane (with a 5-on-3 goals and a couple apples -- one that was verra nice) gets 1st star while Hoff, with *two* goals (and the post) and an assist gets 3rd.

Meh, Karlsson was the best player on the ice and wasn't even a star so...

LeCaptain wrote:

wprager wrote:

wprager wrote:Hoffman does his thing, minute-and-a-half into the game.

Hoffman almost does his thing with 0:00.02 to go, then he does his thing 30 seconds into OT.

A travesty that Kane (with a 5-on-3 goals and a couple apples -- one that was verra nice) gets 1st star while Hoff, with *two* goals (and the post) and an assist gets 3rd.

Meh, Karlsson was the best player on the ice and wasn't even a star so...

I'd still give the nod  to Hoffman over Karlsson, who was better after a couple of stinkers.

Like I've said numerous times, Karlsson can and should be the best player on the ice against just about any team in the NHL and when he isn't, it's disappointing. But when a guy like Hoffman can come up to his level from time to time, it's gravy.

Perhaps even... sausage gravy.

Karlsson was great in the last minute and a half and he certainly *can* be the best player out there. But over the full 60+ minutes I don't think he was the best.

By the way NHL.com has Hoff-Kane-Ryan as the three stars. It was SNet that had them as Kane-Panarin-Hoff. Not sure what the stars were at the game itself (as announced by Stuntman Stu). Is there an "official" star ledger? Is it the NL.com one? The names announced at the game? On the radio? "My God, it's full of stars"

By the way, care to guess who leads the Sens' D in blocked shots?  How about blocked shots per game?  Give up?

Spoiler:

wprager wrote:Karlsson was great in the last minute and a half and he certainly *can* be the best player out there.  But over the full 60+ minutes I don't think he was the best.

By the way NHL.com has Hoff-Kane-Ryan as the three stars.   It was SNet that had them as Kane-Panarin-Hoff.  Not sure what the stars were at the game itself (as announced by Stuntman Stu).  Is there an "official" star ledger?  Is it the NL.com one?  The names announced at the game?  On the radio?  "My God,  it's full of stars"

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more to come

wprager wrote:Karlsson was great in the last minute and a half and he certainly *can* be the best player out there.  But over the full 60+ minutes I don't think he was the best.

By the way NHL.com has Hoff-Kane-Ryan as the three stars.   It was SNet that had them as Kane-Panarin-Hoff.  Not sure what the stars were at the game itself (as announced by Stuntman Stu).  Is there an "official" star ledger?  Is it the NL.com one?  The names announced at the game?  On the radio?  "My God,  it's full of stars"

Agreed. And that's pretty damn frustrating to me when we need to bank wins and deal from a position of strength when we start to make all those trades I've been asking for.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

LeCaptain wrote:

wprager wrote:

wprager wrote:Hoffman does his thing, minute-and-a-half into the game.

Hoffman almost does his thing with 0:00.02 to go, then he does his thing 30 seconds into OT.

A travesty that Kane (with a 5-on-3 goals and a couple apples -- one that was verra nice) gets 1st star while Hoff, with *two* goals (and the post) and an assist gets 3rd.

Meh, Karlsson was the best player on the ice and wasn't even a star so...

I'd still give the nod  to Hoffman over Karlsson, who was better after a couple of stinkers.

Like I've said numerous times, Karlsson can and should be the best player on the ice against just about any team in the NHL and when he isn't, it's disappointing. But when a guy like Hoffman can come up to his level from time to time, it's gravy.

Perhaps even... sausage gravy.

Did somebody say...sausage gravy?

tim1_2 wrote:Yeah, I don't think we'll see a forward actually playing D, it'll just be a rotation for the 4th line winger from the other available forwards.

Anyway, we have a team capable of winning against anyone, so why not.

Enter the .

Feels good to be so right.

Anyway, BoroCop was great, Hoffman is pretty much a better version of James Neal at this point (which is a great thing), Karlsson stepped it up, Stone, Neil, etc etc, just an overall great game. had a small glitch, but made some big stops too.

LeCaptain wrote:Impressive that we have 5 players in the top 30 league scoring. Imagine if we can get some NHL defensemen

Seriously

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:We're really lucky to have seen the emergence of a young star in Stone last year, then be able to see another one emerging in the hoff

Even luckier neither were traded, as you would have wished.

Depends on what we would have got back, but yes, lucky.

You guys seriously think Karlsson didn't have a good 60? Just at the top of my head I remember him stripping Toews off the puck twice.

SpezDispensed wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:We're really lucky to have seen the emergence of a young star in Stone last year, then be able to see another one emerging in the hoff

Even luckier neither were traded, as you would have wished.

Depends on what we would have got back, but yes, lucky.

In both cases you were looking for a 3rd or whatever you could get  to make room for a prospect and move Lazar up in the lineup, IIRC.

LeCaptain wrote:You guys seriously think Karlsson didn't have a good 60? Just at the top of my head I remember him stripping Toews off the puck twice.

I have huge expectations for Karlsson, personally. So "good" will never be good enough when it comes to him. Sucks to be him.

Really fun game to watch! Hoff shows up in a big way. Even I that has pumped his tires throughout the years think he's playing better than i could of imagined. Is it sustainable? Im not sure. I fear that hes playing for his next contract and if we are judging on the rate he is scoring at he might just get 6mill per year. But then do you get a drop off?
He's a pleasure to watch at the moment. Thats speed. Just ridiculous at times. Actually our forward group is ridiculous. There is so much talent that you could argue this is simply the beginning.

Can we get a defenceman to play with ceci now? Put that 1st round pick in play and make it happen. But get the right guy.
The window is starting to open for this team.