GDT: GAME 1 | PANTHERS VS SENATORS | THE ULLMARK ERA BEGINS | Thu Oct 10, 2024, 7PM

[albator71]

Ullmark is great but there are some others on this team that need to improve their game

This is the 1st game of the season man you need to chill

 

[NyQuil]

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The Ottawa Senators Defeat The Defending Champions On Opening Night

What a performance. Are the Sens a team to watch out for this year?

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You need to get some attention in real life.

 

[Cosmix]

Seemed fine to me

Norris is a bit timid but not as much as at the start of last season; I don't blame him for that considering he is coming back from injury and has not played much in the previous 2 seasons. I expect him to improve after playing about 15-20 games.

 

[DylanSensFan]

You need to get some attention in real life.

Who are we talking about here?

 

[Knave]

I am willing to give Chabot and Jensen more time because of how smooth Jensen feels. Maybe it will rub off on Chabot.

But Hamonic-Kleven needs to end as soon as possible. Hamonic should be Jensen to Kleven but instead Kleven runs around, Hamonic stands in front of our goalie or is always second to the corner to battle for a puck. It is not a very good pairing.

I understand Barkov's line and Reinhart's line are dominant and they won a Stanley Cup but it wasn't that they got hemmed in... it was how Hamonic and Kleven looked when they got hemmed in. And Hamonic got us hemmed in without Kleven too... so the focus goes to him as the veteran.

 

[Alex1234]

Agree I didn't like Chabot's decision making there in the 3rd. He's not going to have the excuse of playing too much so he has to be better than he's shown so far.

At least he's not on PP1 anymore

 

[albator71]

First game of the year, gotta expect guys to make some mistakes as they get their timing back. Extra tough opponent who already played a game, too. I didn't like the volume of stupid giveaways but I'm waiting to see a bunch more games before any alarms start to ring. Gotta give them time to get things straightened out.

Yes Thank You!

 

[Cosmix]

This is the 1st game of the season man you need to chill

Panthers played very well. We were lucky to have Ullmark and Stutzle play well. There is a lot of room for improvement.

 

[Butchy Dakkar]

That could have ended so much worse, Florida with a an absolute forechecking clinic in P2P3, no answer for it except Ullmark. We have to be way better.

Tkachuk Giroux and Norris very quiet game, but bright spots elsewhere.

I like Matt Cullen.

1-0, GSG

 

[Sun God Nika]

40$ on the ML
20$ on 3 leg parly sens ml, stutzle point, tkachuk point
15$ on a tkachuk goal

Would have liked that Tkachuk goal, but its a good night

 

[Speatleysson]

 

[Icelevel]

Ullmark trade was a win win. Kasty with 2 goals in a 6-4 win over mtl

 

[PatrickEaves]

Ullmark trade was a win win. Kasty with 2 goals in a 6-4 win over mtl

Imagine allowing the Habs to score 4 goals.

Boston traded the wrong goalie.

 

[Tuna99]

typical Travis Green hockey - get going early and then hang on when you have to and just be a dirt bag for wins, hit/block shots/discipline (2 penalties all game), wins face offs, be steardy.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Official attendance is 19,436. Could be they were getting beer during the ceremony?

That is likely tickets sold.

There were lots of resale tickets still available on Ticketmaster and the secondary market apps. People were trying to unload on some apps that don't have price floors at half price in the hour or two before game time.

A lot of people with season tickets who could not go either own cottages so they don't care about losing money if their tickets don't sell, or they got skunked because Sens org undercut the price of their own resale cap by releasing more tickets and not allowing ticket holders to sell at market value.

That is not a commentary on the popularity of our team, and I don't think failing to put 20k people in a building that falls under legitimate day trip territory for most of the city is a bad look. The building is a few thousand bigger than most NHL arenas, and going to games is a lord of the rings style expedition.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Panthers played very well. We were lucky to have Ullmark and Stutzle play well. There is a lot of room for improvement.

I would say there is massive improvement in our game from last year. If you understand how the Panthers play, this is their style. In the playoffs they attacked and attacked and attacked in waves against the other teams. We are talking playoff teams, who were absolutely out skated night over night by the Panthers. This is the Panthers style. Our First, parts of our second and third looked very good. Of course there is room for improvement. How about we celebrate instead? We won this game, even if it wasn't pretty.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Zub was not very good today

 

[Cosmix]

Ullmark is part of the team isn't he??? We just won a game versus a better team then us and still you're not happy, my God what would make you happy an 8-0 win with the Sens outshooting the other team 50-10??? You're very hard to please buddy Lol

I am not pleased with poor play; I saw enough of it the past few seasons. Being critical of poor play and wanting the GM and coaching staff to make changes to improve team play is not a bad thing. I want the team to make the playoffs and improvement is required to get there.

Great that we got a win and 2 points. Hope we get many more wins.

Yes I am hard to please, wanting the playoffs.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

I am stoked, but the two way game was abandoned mid second and they started losing every puck battle. I blame a lot of that on this being Florida, the best, but they need to shave those sideburns and play with structure in the 3rd. No super poorly timed goal allowed was refreshing.

 

[Cosmix]

I am not pleased with poor play; I saw enough of it the past few seasons. Being critical of poor play and wanting the GM and coaching staff to make changes to improve team play is not a bad thing. I want the team to make the playoffs and improvement is required to get there.

Great that we got a win and 2 points. Hope we get many more wins.

Yes I am hard to please, wanting the playoffs.

 

[UglyPuckling]

Thought the Senators had a strong 1st period. But, as the 2nd period progressed, the Sens were being hemmed in by the Panthers who had the jump and a lot of possession in the Senators zone. Some of that was due to the Senators not being able to clear their zone. Ullmark held them off. Ullmark had a great game obviously, as did Stutzle, but a number of other Senator players had rather quiet nights.

 

[Race Dawg]

Imagine allowing the Habs to score 4 goals.

Boston traded the wrong goalie.

Always liked Ullmark. I dreamed of Ottawa actually having a real goalie and over comes Linus from Boston. My prayers have been answered.

 

[DylanSensFan]

I think the overall team game is much improved from last year, as seen in this first game.

 

[ToastrStutzle]

They better beat the Habs Saturday is all I'm gonna say

 

[Icelevel]

Thought the Senators had a strong 1st period. But, as the 2nd period progressed, the Sens were being hemmed in by the Panthers who had the jump and a lot of possession in the Senators zone. Some of that was due to the Senators not being able to clear their zone. Ullmark held them off. Ullmark had a great game obviously, as did Stutzle, but a number of other Senator players had rather quiet nights.

They did the same thing to Boston yesterday. Difference was they had korpi in net we had Ullmark.