Low Effort GDT Battle of Ontario: Toronto (away) vs. Ottawa (home), 7 p.m. EDT, (TSN 5, TSN 4)

[SensFactor]

Green 2-0
Berube 0-2

Lets go!

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Another Preseason win vs the mighty leafs

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Solid preseason game. Hope no one got seriously injured.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Well, he's been the best right handed defenseman on the team this game. Not that that means much.

Jensen was fine, he was solid for most of the game and had a rookie partner. He actually jumped up in the play more than I expected him to. He skates well too, it seems like he'll be a good pickup.

 

[Korpse]

Not much feel for the puck but everyone put in a shift, even the top guys in an early preseason game. Stutzle was strong defending especially when tracking back.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1838754592617644131

 

[StoicSensFan]

Sanderson played amazing.. stapled to Hamonic.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

I really enjoy Cheryl Pounders analysis.

 

[Back in Black]

Love it!!!

 

[The Waffler]

The road to 82-0 continues

Sorry, 82-0+**

 

[Puikiou]

FORWARDS

1. Tkachuk: 40 goals season incoming. Best he has skated in his career.

2. Greig: He was dancing before his injury and looked outstanding in the intra squad game too. He’s much more confident this season, which should allow his high end skills to shine. A 50+ points breakout season wouldn’t be surprising if he stays healthy.

3. Perron: Fantastic addition with very little to dislike so far.

4. Reinhart: Continues to impress. There’s an NHL player there, the question becomes “now or later?”.

5. Giroux: Gave it his half and still stood out.

6. Ostapchuk: Nice pick and finish on the PK. Engaged and physical, got better as the game progressed, but he’s still not sure he’s NHL-ready. He would benefit from dominating in Belleville.

7. Stützle: Not as clumsy or sluggish as he was in the intra squad game, but still not there, as far as an A or even B game.

8. Cousins: Every bit of his playing style is agitating.

9. Boucher: Skates well and hits like a truck. The rest is tbd.

10. Highmore: Still a fringe depth player that stands out for his speed and hustle.

11. Pilon: Competed and made a few nice plays. Still not an NHLer.

12. Hodgson: Who now?


DEFENSE

1. Sanderson: There won’t be many games in which #85 isn’t the best player on the ice this season.

2. Jensen: Unspectacular. It’ll do.

3. Hamonic: Something, something, lipstick on a pig.

4. Roos: There’s very little there.

5: JBD: Yeah, give us Addison. It’ll be Belleville or another organization via waivers for this guy. Either way, his days in Ottawa are numbered.

6. Davies: Ay curumba!


GOALIE

Forsberg: Steady and composed. The team will need him this season.

 

[armani]

Sanderson looks primed for a big season, loved the Big-O’s short hander. Jenik vs. Ostapchuk is an interesting battle for the 4th line.

JBD had a strong 3rd period.

Hope The Riddler is fine, his line was fire before he went down.

Forsberg was solid.

f*** the Maple Shits.

Go Sens Go!!

 

[Norris4Norris]

The road to 82-0 continues

Sorry, 82-0+**

The road to 40-42 you mean?

 

[The Waffler]

The road to 40-42 you mean?

What’s your f***ing problem man

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Brannstrom would look really good on this year's Senators roster.

 

[bert]

it feels like boucher is getting no ice time, havent noticed him one bit.

Thought he skated well and had some great hits on the forcheck. I can see him in a heavy grinder bottom 6 role as long as he can stay healthy and continue to develop. He's basically lost 2 years of development. I am not defending the pick, but you can see the type of skillset that is translatable to the NHL as a role player.

I like what Methot is saying about Jensen. Been focusing on him and he's taken some big hits and keeps his game simple. He's very Zub like.

Thought he had a really tough night, puck wasnt his friend. I cant imagine it goes any worse than that for him.

Brannstrom would look really good on this year's Senators roster.

Where exactly on the third pair RD?.... At 2 million a replacement level D man is a bad investment.

 

[bert]

The fact that this can even be debated is all kinds of sad for our defense,

Yeah neither looked great haha. I dunno hopefully once in a system whoever that 3rd pair RD is fits into the teams system.

 

[Norris4Norris]

What’s your f***ing problem man

For the smartest man-child on HF you can sure put 2 and 2 together.

But you're right it will probably be more like 35-35-12

 

[bert]

Forseberg makes me nervous

Let in a stinker for the 2nd shot of the game then settled in. He looks like he is moving side to side better than last year. But he really cant catch a puck eh. I wanna see Tokarski get a start here.

 

[ThreeMs]

I really enjoy Cheryl Pounders analysis.

Me too, she's one of the best in the business.

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

I am the #1 Hamonic hater here but that was his best game in a sens uniform.

He skated a lot better, didn’t fall on his ass a lot, made simple plays getting the puck across the boards instead of his usual icings, actually won puck battles, and legit made breakout passes that were on someone’s stick!!

 

[Puikiou]

Based on 3 games so far (intra + pre-season x2):

Norris/Greig - Stutzle - Giroux
Tkachuk - Pinto - Batherson
Crookshank - Norris/Greig - Perron
Cousins - Jenik - Amadio
Gregor/Kulemin or Reinhart

Sanderson - Zub
Chabot - Yakemchuk
Kleven - Jensen
Addison/Hamonic

Ullmark
Forsberg​

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

People are pretty harsh on our blueliners on this forum, I thought Hamonic played really well and I thought JBD was pretty solid all game. They gave up 1 goal (which Forsberg should've had) and then shut them down for the rest of the game, didn't really make Forsberg make a tough save.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

It was a very low bar, but Hamonic's mobility is looking night and day from last season

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Green said Grieg left with a headache and was kept out for precautionary reasons.