EMERGENCY FAN MEETING: The Senators are Soft, Broken, and Have No Identity - Here's My Fix. Share Yours.

[Golden_Jet]

Hey Stats Master Flex!

Cute cherry-picking there, bud. 7th in shots against? Maybe watch the actual games instead of just refreshing your NHL stats page. Those numbers are about as meaningful as my beer league scoring title right now.

Listen, I actually worked for Stats Inc. - you know, the company that LITERALLY provided the NHL's official statistics, including those fancy numbers scrolling across your TV screen during games. I covered every Senators game and through to the Stanley Cup playoffs because of my accuracy. But you know what I learned from all that number-crunching? Stats are like a rookie's flow - looks great on paper, but doesn't mean jack when you're getting lit up on the ice.

Sure, we're 7th in shots against. Congratulations, we're successfully preventing shots from the neutral zone! But maybe watch our goalies' body language - they look like they've been playing without a cup. Those aren't just any shots we're giving up; they're Grade-A chances that would make Hasek nervous.

And please, don't get me started on these "hits." I've seen harder contact at a Tim Hortons drive-thru. Being "seventh in hits" is like being the tallest Smurf - who cares? Half these counted hits wouldn't even spill a beer, let alone create any real physical presence on the ice.

You can wave your fancy stats around like a ref with a new whistle, but at the end of the day, the only stat that matters is whether we're booking tee times in April or playing hockey. Right now, I'm pretty sure our boys are already checking Tee Time's at the Royal Ottawa this.spring.

Here's a stat for you: 100% of armchair coaches who throw numbers around without actual game analysis end up looking like a bantam player at an NHL tryout - completely out of their depth.

But hey, keep refreshing those stat pages, bud. I'm sure that'll change everything. Meanwhile, some of us will keep watching the actual games and calling it like we see it, rose-colored glasses checked at the door.

P.S. - Next time you want to school someone on hockey stats, make sure you're not bringing a calculator to a hockey fight.

How's that for some "insight," eh?

The fancy stats on my TV are form Sportslogiq, way better than anything the NHL has ever provided.

Yet here you are lecturing people on stats, and have never provided any . Half the crap you just posted there is made up BS cause you disagree, seems like you don’t like stats tbh.

Try providing some, just once.

 

[Micklebot]

Please don't take this the wrong way but when you cherry pick stats you can make anything look good. I respect your posts very much. However, I have to take this one with a grain of salt.

Cherry pick? It's our current level of play, but ok. We need to keep it up, whether we can is the question

Cherry picking would be removing the losing streak from our record, and arguing that's the team we are.

People were lamenting how we'd already lost the season because of a losing streak, and how well we'd need to play to make the playoffs as a result, well we are currently playing at the pace needed to recover from the losing streak, that all I was illustrating.

The reality is you need to win 6-7 games to recover from a 5 game losing streak, and we have ~55 games to do it in. Our last stretch made up one of those games.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Good listen here. They hit on a lot.. Even some things people have been discussing on the board

 

[darude]

Squeaking into the playoffs at least shows progress but real talk, with the way this team has played what teams we could face in the first round does anyone thing we have a chance against? I'm just not seeing it right now.

There's a lot of runway left to change that though.

 

[SensFanInMTL]

 

[Tuna99]

Sens need to go 34-22 to get to 94 points.

It’s possible. Just lots will have to go right. Injuries. goalies, PK, Pp, long road winning streak

 

[Senovision]

View attachment 943688

Could you imagine being on the ice and seeing those 3 galoots jump over the boards??
If I was on the opposing team my next move would be how quickly can I skate over to my teams bench. Line Change!