GDT - Game #6: Sens @ Canucks Oct 25, 2016, 10:00pm

wprager wrote:The Canucks are surprisingly good (tied for 3rd overall with a 4-1-1 record); the Senators are unsurprisingly average.  It's early.  Too early to evaluate or panic, but not too early, it seems, to do some line juggling.  From practice and supported by the coach's comments, Pyatt will move up to the top line and Stone will move down to the third line:

Hoffman-Turris-Pyatt
Smith-Pageau-Stone (the "Smithstonian Line")
Dzingel-Brassard-Ryan
Puempel-Kelly-Neil

With Varone waived through to Bingo the Sens will dress 12 forwards as Puempel and Chabot sit.  Chabot may not have had a great outing in his first game but he really is not going to improve if he continues to sit.  This is good for his wallet, not his development.  I've always been a big Boro supporter but if Chabot is going to get his 9 games then might as well do it quickly so he can go back to Saint John and continue his development.  Boro will get his icetime.  It's a long season.

Last time Sens won in Vancouver was the 2014 Heritage Classic at BC place.  In their last win in Rogers Arena Marc Crawford was behind the home bench; Jacques Martin was still the Sens coach as Alfie scored the winner to give Martin Prusek the 2-1 win.  That was 2004.  Time to break the streak.

PTFlea wrote:I must say, it's time for the forwards to accept the task of supporting the D-men, then moving up the ice and creating offence.  

wprager wrote:

PTFlea wrote:I must say, it's time for the forwards to accept the task of supporting the D-men, then moving up the ice and creating offence.  

Isn't that pretty much what he was screaming about at practice?  You make sure you have control and only then you go on offense.  Or something along those lines.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Let's smash some faces.